A new addition to Long Beach Arts Month in October, with 11 world-premiere plays from local talent, the 4th Annual Long Beach Poppin’ Play Festival, produced by Alive Theatre, will include:
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LB play festival to include world premieres of works written by local playwrights
October 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Arts, theatre
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Wardrobe malfunction the butt of humor in Steve Martin’s provocative The Underpants
August 19th, 2011 · No Comments · theater, theatre
Vicki Paris Goodman
Culture Writer
Steve Martin’s contribution to The Underpants was actually a 2002 adaptation of Carl Sternheim’s 1910 German expressionist play.
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Actors rise to the challenge in LB Playhouse’s ‘Night Must Fall’
June 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Arts, Culture, theatre
Vicki Paris Goodman
Culture Writer
Night Must Fall is not your typical whodunit. The psychological thriller written by Emlyn Williams concentrates less on its outcome’s unpredictability and more on the mindset of its two primary characters. But I didn’t know that, so I watched in spellbound fascination all the while trying to guess the identity of the [...]
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The Wild West comes to LB Playhouse in the form of The Taming of the Shrew
April 29th, 2011 · No Comments · theater, theatre
By Stephanie Raygoza
Editorial Intern
Giving an Italian-themed, Shakespearean classic a Western twist could easily rustle up the spurs of any literary enthusiast. However, Gregory Cohen’s adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew at the Long Beach Playhouse delivers brazen performances partnered with witty, drawl-filled lines and a brilliantly brash shrew.
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MTW’s Footlighters Guild awards five $1,000 scholarships to high-school students
April 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Arts, theater, theatre
Musical Theatre West’s (MTW) Footlighters Guild recently announced the winners of its annual Footlighters Scholarship competition.
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