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This past week I attended the official opening night of the Tony-nominated musical The Scottsboro Boys (the show received twelve nominations including Best Musical back in 2011) here in Los Angeles at downtown's Ahamanson Theatre. Going into the show, I really wasn't sure what to expect (especially with such heavy source material) but I did hear great things so I went in with an open mind. After it was finished, it was clear to me that The MORE
This past Friday evening I attended the opening night of FELA! which is now back at downtown Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre by popular demand! I saw the musical (which originally premiered on Broadway back in 2009) a couple of months ago when it first played here in LA, and I loved it, so I couldn't resist seeing it for a second time. This time the lovely Michelle Williams (of Destiny's Child fame) joined the cast as Sandra Isidore, the woman who MORE
Last week I attended the opening night of End Of The Rainbow, the show's official Los Angeles premiere at downtown's Ahmanson Theatre. Ever since the show played on Broadway last year, I had been dying to see it, especially after star Tracie Bennett was nominated for a Tony Award for her incredible performance as Hollywood legend Judy Garland (aka Liza Minnelli's mom) past her prime. The show is set in December of 1968, just a couple of months MORE
The other night I attended the official opening night for Backbeat, at downtown's Ahmanson Theatre, hosted by the lovely folks from Center Theatre Group. It's a musical (originally staged over in London) about the early beginnings of The Beatles (particulary their time in Hamburg, Germany), and the little known fifth member Stuart Sutcliffe, who was the band's original bassist and sadly died at age 22 from a brain hemorrhage. There was also a MORE
A few weeks ago I was able to attend the opening night of Cole Porter's classic 1934 musical Anything Goes at downtown Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre. It's the Roundabout Theatre Company production that walked off with three Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical! To be completely honest, I wasn't sure if I was going to enjoy it (I'm more about modern musicals), but gosh was I completely wrong, not only did I like it, I LOVED it! I was MORE
About a week ago I was very fortunate to attend the opening night of the award-winning play War Horse, at downtown Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre. Ever since it garnered a bunch of awards for its Broadway run (including a Tony for Best Play), I had been dying to see it, all I heard was amazing things about the ground-breaking production! Thankfully the play not only lived up to my high expectations, it actually exceeded them! The horses MORE
I wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to catch Stephen Sondheim's classic 1971 musical Follies (with a book by James Goldman), now in its final days down at the Ahamanson Theatre. I had the chance to see it a few weeks ago, it was everything I hoped it would be, it was excellent. I'm a huge fan of Sondheim's work, and this truly is one of his masterpieces, probably his best musical (besides Company or Sunday in the Park with George). This MORE
A few weeks back I had the extreme pleasure of attending the Los Angeles premiere of a shiny new production of Waiting For Godot, down at the Mark Taper Forum (one of LA's best intimate venues). I was already pretty familiar with Samuel Beckett's 1953 absurdist play (hailed as one of the most influential works of the 20th century) but I had never seen a live production. It turned out to be an excellent and highly enjoyable evening, I hadn't seen MORE
The other night I attended the opening night of the smash hit musical American Idiot, held here in Los Angeles at downtown's Ahmanson Theatre (sitting two rows away was Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson, I was dying). I had been wanting to see this show ever since it garnered rave reviews on Broadway and was nominated for a number of Tony Awards back in 2010 including Best Musical (unfortunately it lost out to Memphis). It's based on the band MORE
This past Friday evening I was at the official opening night of Bring It On: The Musical at Los Angeles' downtown Ahmanson Theatre. Of course I'm a huge fan of the movie (2000) so I was super excited to see what this brand new musical had in store! I'm happy to report the show was hilarious and a total blast, including a new story not based on any of the five films with original music. The audience ate up everything the highly energetic young MORE
A few weeks ago I attended the Los Angeles premiere (with my pal Cindy) of Les Misérables, the award-winning musical (translated into 21 different languages, productions have played in 42 countries / 291 cities) which is now celebrating it's 25th anniversary! I did see the show years ago on Broadway twice, I'm not going to lie, it's not certainly not my favorite musical (I'm more of Miss Saigon fan, which was created by Claude-Michel Schönberg MORE
A couple of weeks ago I attended the opening night of God Of Carnage at downtown Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre (along with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie who were seated only a few rows away), the Tony Award winning play (by Yasmina Reza) that had critically acclaimed run on Broadway. Thankfully the original cast made it out here, which includes Hope Davis, Jeff Daniels, Marcia Gay Harden, and James Gandolfini. The play focuses on two couples who MORE
Last week I attended the Los Angeles premiere of Irish playwright Martin McDonagh's, The Cripple of Inishmaan, over at the Kirk Douglas Theatre (part of the Center Theatre Group) in Culver City which is quickly becoming one of my favorite venues! Years ago (1996) I saw his black comedy The Beauty Queen of Leenane on Broadway and thought it was devastating and fantastic at the same time. This has similar underlying tones of tragedy and loss but it MORE
The other night I attended the Los Angeles premiere of 33 Variations (at the Ahmanson) starring the legendary Jane Fonda reprising her critically-acclaimed role originated on Broadway. I wasn't quite sure what to expect (certainly not Cher who was sitting a few seats away from me), I didn't want to read too much about the play beforehand so I went in with an open mind, and let me tell you, I completely loved it! I had been itching for a good play MORE
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