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    Foreground Dixon. Rear: Uribes, Su, Perkins, Arauz, Ascensio. Photo by Jenny Graham.

    It’s Enough to Make a Person Run for Office

    Leigh Kennicott 27 February
    3 minutes

    After one of the opening performances of Detained at the Fountain Theatre last week, one of the audience members turned to her friend and said, “All they had to do was follow […]

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    Hicks, Everts. Photo by Jenny Graham.

    Singing Revolution Has a Lesson for Us Today

    Leigh Kennicott 17 February
    3 minutes

    How fitting that Singing Revolution: the Musical, onstage at the Broadwater in Hollywood, appears as the world holds its collective breath while Vladimir Putin plays cat and mouse with Ukraine, once part […]

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    Gil, Pevec, Zabilka. Photo credit Veronica Slavin.

    Something Rotten: A Tale of Two Reviews

    Leigh Kennicott 14 February
    3 minutes

    Something Rotten is a quintessential musical, reminiscent of the glory days about, of all people, Shakespeare, playing at Thousand Oaks’ massive Kavli Theatre in the BofA Performing Arts Center for the […]

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    Damante, Eisenerg, David. Photo by Eric Kettle.

    : Theatre 40 launches a brave Death with Benefits

    Leigh Kennicott 5 February
    2 minutes

    If you loved Arsenic and Old Lace, you’ll recognize the similarities to John Strysik’s new play, Death, With Benefits. One can see the bare bones of an hilarious romp in Strysik’s comedy, but, […]

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    Solomon, Blanchard, Van Kampen (center). Photo by Eric Keitel.

    Theatre 40 Strikes Again with Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People

    Leigh Kennicott 18 December
    3 minutes

    It never ceases to amaze me that writers can be so adept at delving into a human psyche to reveal the complicated self-preservation mechanisms that come into play.  They “hold a […]

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    Huffman, Knight, Bottita. Photo by Jenny Graham.

    The Fountain’s Production of The Children is Impeccable…and Frustrating

    Leigh Kennicott 11 December
    4 minutes

    With customary professionalism, Simon Levy directs a flawless production of Lucy Kirkwood’s play, The Children.  First presented in England in 2016, current events seemed to have surpassed the original message with which […]

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