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1. Evil Dead The Musical @ Maverick Theater – Review
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Welcome to the Splatter Zone! : Evil Dead The Musical @ Maverick Theater – Review
Written by Daniella Litvak
Adapting a single film into a stage show is a challenge. Adapting a film series into an under two-hour, musical theater extravaganza is a Herculean labor. If you’re going to undertake such an audacious feat then you are going to need some audacious source material. What better fits the bill than Sam Raimi’s cult classic Evil Dead trilogy? Now I’ll be honest, most of my knowledge of the films comes more from pop culture osmosis rather than memories of watching them. From what I do know and what people around me in the audience told me is that Evil Dead The Musical is fairly faithful to films —more importantly it captures the elements everyone loves about the movies. Continue Reading
The Killer Angels, Soldiers of Gettysburg @ The Maverick Theatre in Fullerton – Review
(photo courtesy : Brian Newell)
Written by Alina Mae Wilson
As one might surmise from the title “The Killer Angels, Soldiers of Gettysburg”, this is a play about the Battle of Gettysburg and the soldiers that fought in it. It’s an attempt to peer closely into the hearts and minds of men fighting on the opposite sides of the bloodiest battle ever fought on American soil and effectively “humanize” them. Whether they ever lacked the humanization this play seeks to grant them is a question worth exploring in and of itself, but I digress. “The Killer Angels, Soldiers of Gettysburg” is pretty much a social studies lecture–habitually informative, occasionally thrilling, but often dull. Continue Reading
Beware the Plants : Little Shop of Horrors @ The Maverick Theatre in Fullerton – Review
(photo courtesy : Rex Riffel)
Written by Erin Tobin
Staged Cinema Productions kicked off its 15th season with an iconic musical that takes place in a decade not too long before our own. Little Shop of Horrors is one of those well-loved classic musicals. The original Off-Broadway musical was a collaboration between writer Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menkin. The blend of 1960s rock-inspired songs, campy comedy and sci-fi proved to be a hit with audiences, and the stage version was eventually made into 1986 feature film starring Rick Moranis, Ellen Green and Steve Martin. Frank Oz directed the film, which obtained cult status when released to home video.
Environmentally Unfriendly : The Toxic Avenger Musical @ The Maverick Theatre in Fullerton – Review
Written by Patrick Chavis
Heroes come in many forms. Right now at the cinema they come in capes with rippling muscles and have very bad story development (Exhibit A, Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice). But if you find yourself at the Maverick Theatre this April you’ll discover a new type a hero. The type of hero, with out-of-this-world silly story development that might make you barf. And it’s all because of his toxic awesomeness! Continue Reading
