Dear readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of Peter and the Starcatcher, now playing at The Ahmanson in Downtown LA. Much like the dastardly pirates terrorizing the high seas, in his fun...
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Returning — The Second City’s “A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens!” – Los Angeles theater review
Returning to the Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre is the sketch comedy show based on the ghostly old Holiday chestnut by Charles Dickens. Written by Second City alums, Peter Gwinn and Bobby Mort, The Second...
The Sound of Music Live! NBC TV’s presentation of the classic musical
Last Thursday, NBC presented a live production of the classic musical The Sound of Music, with Carrie Underwood as its star Maria. Mark McClain Wilson maintains that while The Sound of Music Live! was not nearly as...
Mark McClain Wilson
Live! From the Last Night of My Life – theater review for LA Weekly
Gentle readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of Live! From the Last Night of My Life, now playing at Sacred Fools in East Hollywood. A despondent fellow, Doug (Pete Caslavka), is disillusioned...
Unsubtle and pedestrian – “Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty” at the Ahmanson Theater – Los Angeles dance ballet theater review
With its Gothic theme, reflected in lavish costuming and majestic sets (both elements designed by Lez Brotherston), and a lush score by Tchaikovsky, “Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty” promises to be a magical evening of...