As part of its new contemporary series, the Long Beach Shakespeare Company will debut Bent, an award-winning drama by Martin Sherman, on Friday, Sept. 3 at 8pm. Performed for the first time in Long Beach with Co-Artistic Director Denis McCourt directing, Bent will be performed at the Expo Backroom Theatre, 4321 Atlantic Ave., through Oct. [...]
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LB Shakespeare Company stages disturbing play about persecution of homosexuals during WWII
August 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Art, Arts, theater, theatre
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Lady explorers do Time Warp in On the Verge at Long Beach Playhouse
August 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Art, Arts, Vicki's View, theater, theatre
By Vicki Paris Goodman
Entertainment Writer
On the Verge, playwright Eric Overmyer’s extra-dimensional romp of a Victorian-era discovery tour, seemed largely to perplex its audience. And for good reason, I think.
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LB Playhouse to host forum to discuss its future plans
August 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Art, Arts, theater, theatre
The Long Beach Playhouse, which is under new management, will open its doors to the community on Thursday, Aug. 19. The new staff will host a forum to discuss the future vision of the Playhouse and how it can continue its legacy in the Long Beach arts community.
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Rarely produced original script of The Importance of Being Earnest worth catching at Ark Theatre
August 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Art, Arts, theater, theatre
By Vicki Paris Goodman
Entertainment Writer
How does one improve upon the best of the best? How does one make my favorite play of all plays even better? I couldn’t wait to see if it was possible, knowing that the odds in favor of such a phenomenon were brutal at best. And as I suspected, the perfection [...]
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Darkly comic Smoke & Mirrors reflects smoldering twists at Long Beach Playhouse
August 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Art, Arts, Vicki's View, theater, theatre
By Vicki Paris Goodman
Entertainment Writer
Once you’ve seen ten or twenty murder mysteries, they start to become what I would call “partially predictable.” In the case of Smoke & Mirrors, this is certainly the case. Still, there are stylistic differences that set each of these suspense thrillers apart from the others, making the experience fresh and [...]
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