A Human Interest Story (or The Gory Details and All), by Carlos Murillo, is an unflinching portrait of a nation obsessed with voyeurism. Directed by Edgar Landa, this intriguing play opens Friday, March 5 at the Players Theater on the Cal State University, Long Beach South Campus, and runs for 15 performances, closing on Saturday, [...]
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Behind the TV screen at CSULB
March 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Art, Arts, Entertainment, theater, theatre
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LBP’s Betty’s Summer Vacation…
March 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Art, Arts, Entertainment, theater, theatre
Warning: This is NOT your typical play review.
By Neena Strichart
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I have been intrigued by “Recommended for Mature Audiences” (RFMA) movie and play warnings since I was old enough to know about the birds and the bees. I remember wanting to see the movie Woodstock as a teenager only to be refused admittance– yet was allowed [...]
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Nixon in China
March 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Art, Arts, Entertainment, theater, theatre
On Saturday, March 20 at 8pm and Sunday, March 28 at 4pm at the Terrace Theater, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., the Long Beach Opera will present Nixon in China, America’s landmark opera by Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy-winning composer John Adams. In 1971, a game of ping-pong brought China and America to opposite sides of a [...]
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Garage Theatre staging Shel Silverstein’s adult-themed play
February 12th, 2010 · No Comments · theatre
The Garage Theatre’s 2010 season opener will be An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein, a lesser known work by the nationally appreciated artist. Silverstein’s 2002 play is about the curious, deranged and maniacal characters of our American landscape, including: a blind hobo singing the blues with his talking dog; a troubled couple working out their [...]
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LB Playhouse has just the right cast to tell Wilder’s story of Our Town
February 12th, 2010 · No Comments · theatre
strong>By Cory Bilicko
Entertainment Writer
It’s no surprise that Our Town is the most produced play in the country, considering its universal theme of the ephemeral nature of human life. Set in the fictional early 20th-Century northeastern town of Grover’s Corners, it opens with the daily grind of small-town life, with young couple George Gibbs and Emily [...]
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