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July, 2016
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July 30, 2016 | Anaheim, Musical, Review, The Chance Theater, Uncategorized Comments Off on A Singular Sensation in Anaheim : A Chorus Line @ The Chance Theatre – Review |

A Singular Sensation in Anaheim : A Chorus Line @ The Chance Theatre – Review

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July 29, 2016 | Laguna Niguel Community Theatre, News, Press Releases, Theater, Uncategorized, Video Comments Off on Behind the Scenes : The Wizard of OZ playing @ Laguna Niguel Community Theatre |

Behind the Scenes : The Wizard of OZ playing @ Laguna Niguel Community Theatre

Laguna Niguel Community Theatre is preparing for their production of The Wizard of OZ, now playing @ Laguna Niguel Community Theatre July 29th – August 7th.

location: 24602 Aliso Creek Rd Laguna Niguel, CA

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July 26, 2016 | Anaheim, Musical, podcast, The Chance Theater, Uncategorized Comments Off on AMB Theatre Podcast #56 presented by OCR : A Chorus Line @ The Chance Theatre in Anaheim – Podcast |

AMB Theatre Podcast #56 presented by OCR : A Chorus Line @ The Chance Theatre in Anaheim – Podcast

(photo credit:Doug Catiller, True Image Studio)

In an empty theater, on a bare stage, casting for a new Broadway musical is almost complete. For 23 dancers, this audition is the chance of a lifetime. It’s what they’ve worked for—with every drop of sweat, every hour of training, every day of their lives. It’s the one opportunity to do what they’ve always dreamed—to have the chance to dance. Taken from the website 

July 1- August 7 2016

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July 26, 2016 | Laguana Hills, News, Press Releases, Uncategorized Comments Off on Shakespeare Double Feature in Laguna Hills – TWELFTH NIGHT & MACBETH |

Shakespeare Double Feature in Laguna Hills – TWELFTH NIGHT & MACBETH

On the Edge Theatre Productions in cooperation with the Laguna Hills
Community Center presents SHAKESPEARE IN THE HILLS 2016. This year we will
be running two shows over a period of 3 weeks. Continue Reading

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July 24, 2016 | New Swan Shakespeare Festival, Review, Theater, UCI, Uncategorized Comments Off on New Swan Shakespeare Festival Presents : Hamlet @ University of California, Irvine – Review |

New Swan Shakespeare Festival Presents : Hamlet @ University of California, Irvine – Review

Written by Daniella Litvak 

“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark[1],” but things are looking nice at the fifth annual New Swan Shakespeare Festival.  Located on UC Irvine’s Gateway Commons, the New Swan Theater is a movable two-tiered Elizabethan style stage, and it’s a pretty picture to look at.  Just sitting in the theater itself is its own experience.  Thanks to its amphitheater style each seat in the house offers a unique vantage point–although there may be a few times when you have to crane your neck to see everything occurring onstage, because it is a very busy set with actors popping in and out on both levels. Continue Reading

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July 7, 2016 | Review, shakespeare, shakespeare oc, Theater, Uncategorized Comments Off on Shakespeare OC presents : Hamlet @ The Strawberry Bowl in Garden Grove – Review |

Shakespeare OC presents : Hamlet @ The Strawberry Bowl in Garden Grove – Review

Written by Alina Mae Wilson 

The visual beauty.  The talented cast.  The perfectly straightforward technique that does not simply present but improves upon the Shakespearean script though utilization of the “show-don’t-tell” method of storytelling.  It is the experience so many of us have been waiting for —Hamlet –and it’s over in Garden Grove. Continue Reading

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