theater
‘The Last Ship’ is a stunning masterpiece of working-class musical theatre
January 27, 2020Another self-conscious aspect of the musical genre that creeps in from time to time comes in some of the solos when singers default into crooning Broadway vocal production, particularly in the amorous, yearning songs.
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‘Nowhere on the Border,’ an engrossing play on our conscience
January 24, 2020A soul-wrenching, laser-beamed treatment of the emotional and economic issues around cross-border migration from Mexico into the U.S. Southwest.
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What the Constitution means to everyone living in America
January 23, 2020Provocative, absorbing and attention-grabbing in every way, if the Constitution means anything to you, see What the Constitution Means to Me.
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World premiere ‘Sunday Dinner’: Family dysfunction writ large on a small stage
January 17, 2020They’re all there, every one of them a character and a half. The Materas are one family you won’t soon forget.
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Long Beach Opera’s comic book ‘King Arthur’ fights off alien invaders
January 14, 2020Long Beach Opera is one of the most adventuresome cultural institutions in Southern California.
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