All posts tagged "Pantages theatre"
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458Arts‘Jagged Little Pill,’ the Musical, Finds Renewed Meaning in Alanis Morissette’s Anthems
In the mid-1990s, Alanis Morissette reinvented herself, taking the grunge movement to the next level, in an era where song lyrics delved...
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617Arts‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ Exhilarates at the Pantages Theatre
With cinemas benefiting from summer blockbusters filling multiplex auditoriums, it was only a matter of time before the Los Angeles theatre scene...
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1.3KArtsReview: ‘Tootsie’ Proves Its Worth as a Musical
If you’ve seen Tootsie, the 1982 film starring Dustin Hoffman and Jessica Lange, then you have a keen idea of the romantic...
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8.0KArtsReview: ‘Frozen,’ the Musical, Melts the Heart with Its Powerful Premise
The following review is based on the December 6th, opening-night performance of Disney’s “Frozen,” the Musical (the North American tour) at the...
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6.5KArtsReview: “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” the Touring Musical, Is a Tribute to Roald Dahl’s Everlasting Legacy
The following review is based on the March 27th performance of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre, which...
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5.3KArtsThe “Hello, Dolly!” National Tour Is Supremely Funny, Affecting, and Radiant
Every so often theatre patrons deserve to be indulged with an all-out pageantry of musical splendor that leaves nothing behind, bedazzling its...
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6.4KArts‘Waitress,’ the Musical, Is Made and Performed with Love and Care
Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson’s “Waitress,” the Broadway musical, is based on the work of the late Adrienne Shelly, who wrote and...
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6.1KArts“The Color Purple” Is a Saga of Strength and Redemption
When most people hear “The Color Purple,” they may think of the critically acclaimed 1985 film starring Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg, and...
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7.2KArts“Aladdin” is a Magical Musical with Stellar Adventure
As rollickingly fun as Disney’s 1992 motion picture “Aladdin” is, the slightly reimagined stage show, which debuted in 2011 before beginning a...
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7.3KArts“Spamilton” Salutes Musical Theatre
Created, written, and directed by the superbly talented Gerard Alessandrini, “Spamilton: An American Parody” is as much an ode to Lin-Manuel Miranda...