Friday, June 13, 2008

ATW NewsClips - California, Pacific Northwest Print

Los Angeles Times

'Shel Silverstein Uncensored!'
Also reviewed: 'Thumping Claw 2008,' 'Adam Baum and the Jew Movie,' 'I'm Just...

'A Very Brady Musical' at Theatre West
The parody of the popular TV series is pure camp and pure fun.

Stephen Belber's 'Finally' at Black Dahlia
Morlan Higgins delivers a tour de force playing four characters who have...

Alice Ripley in 'The Who's Tommy' on her terms
The Tony-nominated actress and pop musician is about to become a mother for...

'Songs From an Unmade Bed' at Celebration Theatre
An intimate solo show about a gay urban romantic features tunes from 18...

Orange County Register

A young O.C. playwright captures lightning in a bottle – twice
Lisa Meyers of Orange wins the Blank Theatre Company's Young Playwrights Festival for the second time in three years.

Orange County Register - Performing Arts Blog

‘High School Musical’ is coming again. Deal with it.

Orange County Weekly

[Summer Guide] Our Picks for the Best of Summer Theater

San Francisco Chronicle

A 'Wicked' Season
The stage is set for the Best of Broadway's 2009 season. "Wicked," "August: Osage County," "Grease," and two more shows are slated for San Francisco theaters.

Magic Meets Song
It's mixed bag of tricks from Siegfried & Roy protege Darren Romeo.

Eating Crow
Appearing at Stage Werx, "Heist a Crow" is a comedy about life, death and what happens after.

A maestro revives an era, with his grandparents as his guide
The aim of the Yiddish theater, according to Michael Tilson Thomas, was "the entertainment, education and elevation" of its audience. The resourcefully churning engine that made those lofty goals possible was improvisation. If the music gave out before an...

'Tis pity star-crossed lovers are siblings

A few split ends don't mar 'Hairspray'

San Francisco Examiner

Review: Jacobean sex and revenge, plus a punk cellist
Even after almost 400 years after its first performance, there is a problem with the title of John Ford's play. American Conservatory Theater Artistic Director Carey Perloff, whose production of it opened Wednesday, took a direct approach.....

San Jose Mercury-News

'Pity' skewers conventional assumptions

Contra Costa Times

Lively Arts: Have some fun in the park with the bard

Review: Familiarity breeds some contempt in "'Tis Pity"

San Diego Union-Tribune

Aiming for the heart, 'The Hit' amusingly takes its shot
Brother-and-sister antique dealers encounter a hit man – actually, a delightfully dizzy hit girl – in “The Hit,” a charmer having its world premiere at Lamb's Players Theatre. Written by Lamb's associate artist Mike Buckley, ...

Seattle Times

Don't have reservations about ticket price for "Three Hotels"

"Avenue Q" is like "Sesame Street" — but all-grown-up and grouchy

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Unexpected Productions celebrates 25 years
Seattle's Unexpected Productions is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a 54-hour Improvathon and Theatresports show.

'A Marvelous Party' introduces a new generation to Noel Coward
Is Noel Coward still relevant? Act Theatre, and the creators of "A Marvelous Party," think so.

'Avenue Q' offers more than just potty-mouthed puppets
Brimming with R-rated cheek and zing, plus some vigorous flesh-on-fur coitus, "Avenue Q" is a rollicking good time.

The Oregonian

Open-air
"And summer's lease hath all too short a date." ....So Shakespeare wrote, and don't you know it, Bub! In Oregon, we might sometimes wonder if winter's lease will ever run out. ....

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