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"Gotta Git It Done," The Bixby Park Community Players, Long Beach, by James Scarborough
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Clocking in at a smidge under 90 spellbinding minutes, Gotta Gittit Done, written by Glen "Frosty" Little, directed by Achille Zavatta for The Bixby Park Community Players, presents a threnody for the passing of the father of two nameless characters... Continue reading
Posted Feb 19, 2013 at What the Butler Saw
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"The Apotheosis of Herman Rodman Guidry," Theatre at the Pike, Long Beach, CA, by James Scarborough
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Larger than life. On the plus side, the phrase characterizes the personalities of the two protagonists in Jamrack Holobom's "The Apotheosis of Herman Rodman Guidry," directed by Jackson Timbers and adapted for the stage by Holobom for The Theatre at... Continue reading
Posted Jan 25, 2013 at What the Butler Saw
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"Churley's Angels," The All American Melodrama Theatre & Music Hall, by James Scarborough
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If you want a nifty little recipe for escapist humor, look no further than The All American Melodrama Theatre & Music Hall’s “Churley’s Angels.” Start with a tantalizing concept (a satire on the iconic “Charlie’s Angels”). Fold it in to... Continue reading
Posted Apr 1, 2012 at What the Butler Saw
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"Once Upon a Murder," Act Out Mystery Theatre, by James Scarborough
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“Once Upon a Murder,” written and directed by Paul Vander Roest for Act Out Mystery Theatre at the Reef Restaurant, skewers the residents of our bedtime stories – various princes, evil step-parents, witches, Hansel and Gretel, Goldilocks, even Cinderella –... Continue reading
Posted Jan 29, 2012 at What the Butler Saw
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"Beverly Hill Billies 90210," The All American Melodrama Theater & Music Hall, by James Scarborough
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Generating a rousing Y’all come back now, hear!, “Beverly Hillbilly’s 90210,” written by Valerie Speaks, directed and with additional jokes by Ken Parks for The All American Melodrama Theater and Music Hall, captures the humor to be found in this... Continue reading
Posted Jan 15, 2012 at What the Butler Saw
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"Baby Doll," The Elephant Theatre Company, by James Scarborough
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Most young women dream of sugar plum fairies and knights in shining armor. Not Baby Doll (Lulu Brud) in Tennessee Williams’ eponymous play, directed by Joel Daavid for The Elephant Theatre Company on the occasion of the playwright’s 100th birthday.... Continue reading
Posted Jan 8, 2012 at What the Butler Saw
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"Somberton Senior Residence Presents: 'The Nutcracker,'" The Found Theatre, by James Scarborough
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If the Found Theatre does one thing very well on a regular basis, it presents meaningful stories that totter on the verge of utter and wildly entertaining collapse. It's purposeful, of course. What also collapses is the Fourth Wall between... Continue reading
Posted Dec 18, 2011 at What the Butler Saw
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"Anne of Green Gables," The Chance Theater, by James Scarborough
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The Chance Theater’s presentation of “Anne of Green Gables,” a musical based on the novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery, directed by Casey Long, reminds us that any season, not just this Christmas one, is the season for a compelling story... Continue reading
Posted Dec 4, 2011 at What the Butler Saw
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"Undertow," Jason Shawn Alexander at 101/exhibit Gallery, Miami, Florida, by James Scarborough
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"'For Heaven's Sake, Out With It Already!" Impatience as Artistic Virtue in the Work of Jason Shawn Alexander" There will be time, there will be time/To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet; /There will be time... Continue reading
Posted Nov 28, 2011 at What the Butler Saw
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"It's a Wonderful Christmas Carol," The All American Melodrama Theater and Music Hall, by James Scarborough
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With their latest production, “It’s a Wonderful Christmas Carol,” written and directed by Ken Parks, with music by Parks and Rick Illes, it’s easy to see why The All American Music Theater and Music Hall was recently honored by Trip... Continue reading
Posted Nov 27, 2011 at What the Butler Saw
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"Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion," by James Scarborough
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Fascinating, exquisitely shot, and not a little funny, “Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion,” directed by Glenn Gebhard, written by Juan Santamarina, and narrated by Michael York, updates the status of a tired and spent Cuban Revolution and the people who... Continue reading
Posted Nov 6, 2011 at What the Butler Saw
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"Thread," Kimberly Brooks at Taylor de Cordoba, by James Scarborough
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Kimberly Brooks’s “Thread” at Taylor De Cordoba is neither about fashion nor the women who bring it to life but about how fashion lives but for the moment it’s worn. It’s about the expectations that clothes elicit, and once those... Continue reading
Posted Oct 10, 2011 at What the Butler Saw
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“Snooty and the Beast,” All American Melodrama Theatre & Music Hall, by James Scarborough
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Written and directed by Ken Parks, with music by Parks and Rick Illes, for the All American Melodrama Theater & Music Hall, “Snooty and the Beast,” represents the theatrical equivalent of “Goofus and Gallant,” the life lesson found in each... Continue reading
Posted Oct 3, 2011 at What the Butler Saw
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“Screaming Mimi!,” Act Out Mystery Theatre, James Scarborough
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The Halloween-themed “Screaming Mimi!,” written and directed by Paul Vander Roest for Act Out Mystery Theatre and staged at the Reef Restaurant may offer the formulaic unpleasantness of a murder and its hilarious solution, but, oh, what a formula! Vander... Continue reading
Posted Oct 3, 2011 at What the Butler Saw
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"Love Sick," Elephant Theatre Company, by James Scarborough
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Not a few poets attest to love's ability to uplift and heal. The rest narrate its far more interesting downside. That downside is brilliantly expounded in Kristina Poe's "Love Sick," directed by David Fofi in partnership with New York City's... Continue reading
Posted Sep 30, 2011 at What the Butler Saw
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"All In," by James Scarborough
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Accountant Chris Moneymaker (real name, that; and apt) was on the verge of losing everything because he liked to gamble on sporting events. He started young and, even as he got older, with a pregnant wife and a mortgage he... Continue reading
Posted Aug 28, 2011 at What the Butler Saw
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"Space Trek: A Sci-Fi Comedy," The All American Melodrama Theater, by James Scarborough
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When you see a production at The All American Melodrama Theater & Music Hall, you go for the particular show (In this case, it’s “Space Trek: A Sci Fi Comedy,” written and directed by Ken Parks) but you remember the... Continue reading
Posted Aug 27, 2011 at What the Butler Saw
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“Stay Free© or Die: The Menstrual Hut Project,” The International City Bungalow Gallery, by James Scarborough
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What’s black and white and red all over? The marquee outside the International City Bungalow Gallery where Cassie T. Ration recently unveiled her much anticipated piece, “Stay Free© or Die: The Menstrual Hut Project.” The piece’s inspiration and sources are... Continue reading
Posted Jul 19, 2011 at What the Butler Saw
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"The Wedding Singer," Musical Theatre West, by James Scarborough
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If there’s a malady known as Terminal Cuteness, then that’s the diagnosis for “The Wedding Singer,” written by Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy, with music by Matthew Sklar, directed by Larry Raben and given its professional regional premiere at Musical... Continue reading
Posted Jul 11, 2011 at What the Butler Saw
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"A Shropshire Dalliance," The Long Beach Bit Players, by James Scarborough
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Pixellated with Thomas Hardy moods and Blade Runner visuals, Bailey Rum’s “A Shropshire Dalliance,” directed by Saffron Mendes-Munns for the Long Beach Bit Players, offers an appetizing tale of espionage, food chemistry, and small town love. This tale of star-crossed... Continue reading
Posted Jul 6, 2011 at What the Butler Saw
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"Old Love," Little Fish Theatre, by James Scarborough
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A setting so intimate that it feels like you eavesdrop at late night bistro tête-à-têtes. Incandescent pace that feels like the director juggles stars. Performances so convincing that, though each actor plays multiple roles, you commiserate and swoon for each... Continue reading
Posted Jun 26, 2011 at What the Butler Saw
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"Snow Angel," The Garage Theatre, by James Scarborough
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Perky, humorous, and unusually moving, David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Snow Angel,” directed by Amy Louise Sebelius for the Garage Theatre’s Student Showcase Spectacular, tells the story of Frida (Lindsey Logan), an outsider who, not finding acceptance among her high school peers, creates... Continue reading
Posted Jun 25, 2011 at What the Butler Saw
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"Girl Band in the Men's Room," Dirty Blonde Productions, The Annex, ArtWorks Theatre, Hollywood Fringe, by James Scarborough
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It may be set in 1994, it may bespeak an historical era of music, of feminism, of counterculture; but the story behind “Girl Band in the Men’s Room,” written by Robert Ford, directed by Michael Kortlander for Dirty Blonde Productions... Continue reading
Posted Jun 21, 2011 at What the Butler Saw
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"The Dumb Waiter," Vespertine Productions, The Flight Theatre, Hollywood Fringe, by James Scarborough
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Our experience of Harold Pinter’s “The Dumb Waiter,” directed by Landon Johnson for Vespertine Productions at The Flight Theatre at The Complex Theatres, is not so much that of a fly on a wall; a fly’s buzz would unbalance Johnson’s... Continue reading
Posted Jun 21, 2011 at What the Butler Saw
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"Night Must Fall," Long Beach Playhouse Mainstage Theatre, by James Scarborough
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Director Sharyn Case asks us to consider Emlyn Williams’s murder mystery “Night Must Fall” as a period piece, with a dose of Alfred Hitchcock thrown in for good measure. We do and, as a result, this Long Beach Playhouse Mainstage... Continue reading
Posted Jun 18, 2011 at What the Butler Saw
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