Laugh Out Loud “Looped” at Pasadena Playhouse
As a child in the 1960s I was vaguely aware of Tallulah Bankhead, but more as a caricature than an acclaimed actor. I probably even saw her cult favorite guest appearance as Black Widow on the campy “Batman” television show. So I wasn’t sure what to expect when I attended the opening night of Matthew [...]
Local Theater
The Sierra Madre Playhouse has its 2008 season already underway with “Earth and Sky”, a play by Douglas Post, directed by Jerry Morrison. The “film noir” story (not for kids under age 12) is a thriller done in style. Stars Richard Trujillo, Kristi Leigh Snyder, Dennis Delsing and Brian Francis. “Earth and Sky” runs Fridays [...]
Pasadena Playhouse Allies In Art School Matinee Program Serves LA County
From left to right: Curits C. and Al Espinosa in Of Mice and Men. Photo by Craig Schwartz. Pasadena Playhouse Allies In Art School Matinee Program Serves LA County By Sandy Gillis On Wednesday, May 21 a special morning matinee, part of the Pasadena Playhouse Allies in Art program, sat 650 middle school and high [...]
Big Dreams in Little Pasadena
By Terry Miller Born out of a workshop that was an adjunct to John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, – Big Dreams in Pasadena gave four young writers a chance to see their work performed on stage. Steinbeck’s story is about thwarted hopes and dreams and about friendships when those hopes are shattered. The four [...]
Local Socialites Turn Out for “Mask”
The Pasadena Playhouse hothoused new musical “Mask” through April 20. Book by Anna Hamilton Phelan (Gorillas in the Mist) with songs & lyrics by Cynthia Weill and Barry Mann (“You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling”, “Don’t Know Much”). The Broadway-bound tuneful dramedy starred silver-throated newcomer Allen E. Read as Rocky Dennis, a boy afflicted both a [...]
Motown Music and Monrovia High’s Horror
Talented teens to perform the delightfully dark “Little Shop of Horrors.” By Candyce Columbus Dedicated is an apt adjective to describe Monrovia High School’s drama teacher Marc Segal. Opening on Thursday, April 24 “Little Shop of Horrors” will be his 50th production in 20 years and that means countless after school hours in rehearsal and [...]
Arcadia High Thespians Tackle Difficult Subject
Arcadia High School campus drama department’s production of “The Shadow Box.” completed its controversial run last week. Michael Cristofer’s play, which won the Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award in 1977, deals not only with the topic of death, but it also involves a gay couple, a drug addict and language some might deem inappropriate [...]
“Othello” – Timeless Themes, Cautionary Brilliance
The women of Pasadena’s Boston Court Theatre turn out a classic tale that’s still ripe for the modern world. By Candyce Columbus Centuries before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. marched for civil rights, Shakespeare penned a masterpiece about racism and the evil wreaked by a demented and devious mind. Written in 1603, “The Tragedy of [...]