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It’s rare when the stars align and every single aspect of a play is just really wonderful. Good People, making its Los Angeles premiere at the Geffen Playhouse, is really wonderful for exactly that reason. And by that I mean, all those reasons… every...

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You haven’t been to the Show At Barre in Los Feliz? Really? Well, I don’t have room to talk, because I hadn’t been, either. Better late than never, I always say. But from the looks of it, and the experience I had, the show won’t be going away for a long time… so you...

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I never got to read the George Orwell novel, 1984, in school. Perhaps the story of a totalitarian world which controls every part of society and its people hit a little close to home for my teachers? Anyway, sitting down for the revival of1984 at The Actor’s Gang is...

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Molly Ivins. I’ll admit, I’d never heard of her. But she’s the gal worthy of 75 minutes of your time in Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, currently playing at the Geffen. Or she might be. For those, like me, who are unfamiliar with this spitfire of a...

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Theatre Review I’m not a fan of surprises… the last thing I was anticipating from my evening at the Ahmanson Theatre, watching Bring it On the Musical, was a surprise. I thought I had it all figured out before I walked in the door. Not because I’d seen the movie. I...

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Theatre Review It’s hard to mess up a really great story.Few people would argue that To Kill a Mockingbird is anything but a treasured, classic story. We’ve read the one and only book by Harper Lee and watched the movie starring Gregory Peck… and we love it. This is...