Friday, December 6, 2019
This production benefits magnificently from the understanding that less is often more—relying less on special effects or stage gimmicks and more on stellar performances, always with an eye…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 06:00AMSaturday, November 9, 2019
Ms. Martin and Mr. Raitt’s talents match one another’s flawlessly, helping to make this a “Must See” for fans and aficionados of either (or both) of them; of rare television antiquit…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 02:28PMFriday, October 25, 2019
If you’re in the market for a good, old fashioned. “Forget your troubles” kind of musical you've hit the jackpot here—so what if it all adds up to lunacy, it’s lovable lunacy! Up i…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 08:00AMFriday, October 18, 2019
Even with a decade of providing Southland theater enthusiasts with top-flight entertainment under their belts, this marks something of a distinguished achievement for 3-D Theatricals, as it�…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 07:00AMFriday, October 4, 2019
If the goal of theater is to make one feel and be affected by what they’re seeing and experiencing, the gang at “One More Productions” have certainly succeeded in spades as “Bright S…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 07:00AMThursday, September 26, 2019
At turns hilarious, while at others startlingly affecting, many of the best lines or crucial plot-twists delightfully take you off guard, making their impact lingering and lasting...it’s u…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 05:41PMWednesday, August 14, 2019
Director Vaughn truly knows this show and possesses plenty of earnest affection for the material. Here his direction is fast paced and colorful—kind of like a frisky and forward-flowing wh…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 04:36PMWednesday, July 17, 2019
Helped tremendously by the more intimate size of the venue, this closer proximity to the action increases the visceral-level responses one gets concerning all the high-stakes emotions and th…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 08:00AMWednesday, July 10, 2019
This new production at “The Long Beach Playhouse” is a more intimate interpretation of this solid audience favorite, while still maintaining (and doing justice) to all the elements that …
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 08:00AMWednesday, July 3, 2019
Ms. Mattsson’s direction is lively, and free-flowing, with an inspiring trend toward finding the ‘realism’ in the outright farcical; this makes the characters, and what they’re doing…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 08:00AMMonday, May 27, 2019
Under his letter-perfect and agile direction, Bird and his cast and crew have concocted a big, bright, bubbly Valentine to hope-against-hope and the good old-fashioned value of having a drea…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 08:00AMWednesday, May 22, 2019
Schwartz’s cutting-edge score (his first for a major Broadway show) adeptly combines the best elements of ‘old school’ classic musicals from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s with the more…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 08:00AMThursday, May 9, 2019
3-D Theatricals' gives this one the treatment such a monumental, near-epic tale of this caliber fully deserves. Even if you’ve seen the show done before, you’ve NEVER seen it like this�…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 08:00AMThursday, May 2, 2019
A complex, highly-stylized musical dramedy, style is precisely what the folks at “One More Productions” have given it in spades. Yeston’s songs are some of the smartest and very best w…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 08:00AMThursday, April 25, 2019
More a knowing ‘homage’ to the 1952 cinematic mega-hit than an outright ‘reproduction’ of it, Director-Choreographer Spencer Liff references just enough of the film, while re-envisio…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 07:30AMWednesday, March 20, 2019
Admittedly, “Sunday In The Park With George” is not at all an easy or simple show to produce; Thrillingly however, the “Kentwood Players” rise to all technical and textual demands (a…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 08:00AMThursday, March 7, 2019
Rudetsky and Plotnick’s book winks at many of these Big-Screen exploits, but never out-and-out ‘steals’ from any of them, resulting in an entirely—and an enthrallingly--new work that…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 06:00AMMonday, February 25, 2019
Sort of akin to what you’d get were “Honey Boo-Boo” to become a live stage-show (--only the absurd humor here is genuinely intended--) the truly hysterical script combines the best (an…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 08:00AMWednesday, February 20, 2019
Just about ALL the music heard in “Gentleman’s Guide” is a sumptuous repast for the ears as would befit any ‘Edwardian era’ Operetta, delivered by a coterie of absolutely magnifice…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 07:00AMWednesday, February 13, 2019
Each principal figure we encounter in this ‘saga’ is time-tested and thoroughly unforgettable, and all those playing them do every one justice. So too, this production features an ensemb…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 02:05PMThursday, January 17, 2019
A thoroughly delightful “Semi-History” lesson through song, “1776” is most assuredly a brave and uncommon musical—but nonetheless entrancing (maybe for this very reason.) Not only …
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 06:00AMThursday, December 6, 2018
Featuring an intelligent and exceedingly witty score from Tony-nominated Composer Paul Gordon, (who also provided the book,) his lyrics are blithe, bubbly, astute and amusing while remainin…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 06:19PMWednesday, October 24, 2018
What’s in store is an authentic theatrical ‘discovery’ waiting to be discovered--even better, this new production in Long Beach surely makes it worth discovering! Yes, it can be an emo…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 07:00AMWednesday, October 10, 2018
It’s always important to bear in mind that events of this nature always succeed best when giving us the opportunity to live out our most secret or heart-stopping fears (—no matter how un…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 06:39PMWednesday, October 3, 2018
Co-Directed by “One More Productions” Co-Founders, Nicole Cassesso and Damien Lorton (who also Co-Stars as the hyper has-been Impresario, “Max Bialystock”) the choreography comes gra…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 03:02PMWednesday, September 26, 2018
Branda Lock’s Direction plays toward the many laughs the script gives rise to—often by means of the downright clever way more than a few of the numbers are staged. By the same token, man…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 07:23PMFriday, August 10, 2018
3-D Theatricals' latest re-imagining takes clear advantage of all the geniality, appeal and undoubtedly many cherished memories connected with both these songs and the show itself, with each…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 07:00AMThursday, July 19, 2018
Calling on the talents of twenty-nine supremely adept performers, their collective enterprise and abilities all aid immeasurably in making this “Hello, Dolly!” a genuinely blithe, boiste…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 08:00AMThursday, June 28, 2018
Numerous elements cleverly reflect—but never wholly reconstruct or ‘copy’ the groundbreaking movie—so those who expect them to, as well as those who hope they don’t, are sure to be…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 05:15PMTuesday, June 12, 2018
“Unbiased" is one of this productions’ major assets. In fact, it could be argued that the true strength of Dawson’s direction is how, (unlike in several more recent productions of “P…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 08:00AMThursday, June 7, 2018
Forget the movie! Fierstein’s book is exciting and even considerably moving at turns; Yet if there was one ‘take away” from this particular production (although in truth there are inde…
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