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Theater
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Brave and Affecting -
December 22, 2005
La Posada Magica -
618 Words About 14 Bad Plays -
December 22, 2005
Briefly, the least of local theater in 2005
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For the Rest of Us -
December 15, 2005
A Christmas Closet tries, fails to reach the bitter and alone -
The Power of Myth -
December 8, 2005
Ovid’s Metamorphoses lives on -
Simplifying the Unsimplifiable -
December 8, 2005
A sadly unhuman Stalag 17 -
More Than Adequate -
December 8, 2005
Cal State Fullerton’s Bus Stop is nicely done, if not groundbreaking -
Blake and Love -
December 1, 2005
How playwright Rick Batalla put two things together that might not ordinarily fit -
Returns to Sender -
December 1, 2005
Bernard Farrell’s holiday comedy is neither humorous nor heartwarming -
Dreams in Transit -
November 17, 2005
Vanguard Theatre Ensemble closes; Insurgo moves -
Hurt Me, Jesus -
November 3, 2005
Sacred Geometry is richly perverse -
Tepidly Wacky -
October 27, 2005
Dracula has a dull bite -
So Much Bitchy Yammering -
October 27, 2005
Youth is a disadvantage for immature Muses -
As Good As It Gets -
October 27, 2005
Theatre de la Jeune Lune delivers a masterful Miser -
This Week in the Worst Thing the World Has Ever Seen -
October 20, 2005
Dona Sangre -
Timing Is Everything -
October 13, 2005
Especially at this years Guignol, which lacks it -
Lets Go Crazy Broadway-Style -
October 13, 2005
Evita is totally extreme and in-my-face. But youd like it -
Drunken Lullabies -
October 6, 2005
To Bukowski, with love -
Hitchcocki, Hell and Trout Fishing -
October 6, 2005
Ten theatrical reasons you aint going nowhere till spring -
Smart But Narrow-Minded -
October 6, 2005
Dumb Show has little to say -
Raw Humanity -
October 6, 2005
As Dumb Show arrives: Joe Penhall on mixing life and work -
Ties That Bind -
September 22, 2005
These Voices could be ours -
A Play Is a Tool -
September 22, 2005
How to use Bad Dates to avoid one -
Just in Time -
September 15, 2005
South Coast Repertorys revival of Brechts Chalk Circle makes sense now -
To Motherhood -
September 1, 2005
Still-demanding Caucasian Chalk Circle is a brave choice for SCR -
Urine Luck -
September 1, 2005
Costa Mesas Urinetown is far better than last years version -
The Plays the Thing -
September 1, 2005
Much Ado is the ideal first- date destination -
Security Blanket -
September 1, 2005
Little Women as feminist mantra. And musical -
Aural Alchemy -
August 25, 2005
Mr. Karaoke makes stars of its cast -
Give em Enough Rope -
August 18, 2005
Laramie explains itself -
Rickety Rocket -
August 18, 2005
Ken Jones tense Darkside aims for the moon, gets stuck on Earth -
The Secret Lives of Couples -
August 11, 2005
Dinner With Friends probes beneath marriages surface -
Church du Soleil -
August 4, 2005
The Rev. Schuller's daughter puts on a show. Very cool puppets rule -
Unplanned Obsolescence -
July 28, 2005
Andrew Marshalls fresh Pan finds the satyr contemplating the abyss -
Strike Up the Band -
July 28, 2005
Revived by a whiff of irony, musical numbers are hot on stage -
Delirious -
July 21, 2005
Like a Marx Brothers movie, this Hamlet relieves the burdens of the saddest heart -
Fun Enough -
July 21, 2005
The Musical of Musicals devoted to having a good time -
Warped Brilliance -
July 21, 2005
Blake scandalously funny -
Born Too Loose -
July 14, 2005
So Alone works best at full volume -
Pleasingly Pliable -
July 14, 2005
John Beanes submissive Shrew is revolutionary in compliance -
BROADWAY HITLER -
July 7, 2005
Chances not-so-fresh Cabaret -
Free Willy -
July 7, 2005
Long Beach Shakespeare in the Park -
The Plays the Thing -
June 30, 2005
Rude Guerrilla is no match for Stoppard -
Ungainly Bedfellows -
June 30, 2005
Hedwig clicks, but still needs more Jagger -
Its Astounding -
June 30, 2005
Rocky rules, and the Maverick is even better -
The Trannie Capital of OC -
June 23, 2005
Hedwig and Rocky find a home in Fullerton -
Beloved By Bluehairs! -
June 16, 2005
Mr. 80%s swishy high jinks -
Big Willie Style -
June 9, 2005
A summer Shakespeare smackdown -
Miller Time -
June 2, 2005
A View From the Bridge -
Broken Marriage -
June 2, 2005
Fig: R.O. -
And When Did He Know It? -
June 2, 2005
What Corbin Knew -
Flea-written -
May 26, 2005
The Great Plague has never sounded lovelier -
Evolution, not Revolution -
May 26, 2005
Drag icon Charles Buschs mainstream Wife - Acting in the Raw - May 19, 2005
- Transvestives, Junkies, Neurotics, Rock & RollNow That's Entertainment - May 19, 2005
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Heidi Fleiss With Class -
May 12, 2005
Opera Pacifics La Traviata sells the seamy side of life -
Pain Is Universal -
May 12, 2005
Karel Capeks Robots besmirches the Garage Theatres good name -
We (Almost) Have Ignition -
May 5, 2005
Vesuvius steams majestically, doesnt erupt -
Make em Laugh -
April 28, 2005
Run for Your Wife plays smear the queer -
Mass Destruction -
April 28, 2005
Go see Timon, loser -
Panty Waste -
April 21, 2005
An extra-small-size Underpants -
Avert Your Eyes -
April 14, 2005
Greenbergs Naked Girl is one fugly Neil Simon photocopy -
Ill Wind Blowing -
April 7, 2005
The Land Southward is a should-be classic -
Blasted in Burbank -
March 31, 2005
Theater director looks to LA for validation, gets screwed -
Restless Maverick -
March 31, 2005
Brian Newell just wants to open a theater in Fullerton. But will the city let him? -
Extra-Pointy Nipples! -
March 24, 2005
The Shag-iest party on Earth -
Not Just for the Toilet-Sex Crowd -
March 24, 2005
Chances Porcelain: No shock, just brilliance -
And the winners are ... -
March 24, 2005
The Weekly falls all over itself singing the praises of local thespians -
Fractured Fairy Tale -
March 17, 2005
Princess Marjorie is the funniest play ever -
The Revolution Starts Now -
March 17, 2005
Mad Forest is merely more UCI brilliance -
He Learned It By Watching Pulp Fiction -
March 17, 2005
Noah Haidle is 26 and a genius of new theaterand his newest production already has the old folks stomping out of SCR -
Loose Change -
March 17, 2005
Nickel and Dimed is better read than staged -
Are You Looking at My Tits? -
March 17, 2005
Boy Gets Girl gets mired in objectivism -
Grass Skirts Optional -
March 10, 2005
At this years OC Weekly Theater Awards starring George W. Bush. Maybe. -
Avant-Tard -
March 3, 2005
The Found Theatres Hitler in Love should have stayed lost -
Future Perfect -
March 3, 2005
The vision of Arthur Millers American Clock -
Exploit-O-Rama! -
March 3, 2005
Liking The Mercy Seat, hating the people in it -
Snowbound -
February 24, 2005
Etudes dances a disturbing version of Robert Scotts last expedition -
Something to Share -
February 24, 2005
Oranges Backhausdance troupe has a spirit like a willow tree -
Poisoned Union -
February 24, 2005
Mercy Seat gives forbidden love a bad name -
No Child Left Behind -
February 24, 2005
Bright Ideas takes a swing at Texas-cheerleader-mom syndrome -
Blood, Sweat and Years -
February 17, 2005
After eons of toil for other people, members of Orange County-spawned Range View Productions mount their first play in Hollywood -
Not a Load-Bearing Wall -
February 10, 2005
The Garages new digs outshine its choice of inaugural play -
Carpet Bombers -
February 10, 2005
Ken Urban wants lesbians to blow shit up. So should you. -
Jokes On You -
February 3, 2005
The Clean House is contaminated -
Pillow Talk -
February 3, 2005
Rover speaks, glowingly -
Listen to the Lady -
January 27, 2005
Vanguard takes on the small-minded boors -
Cultured Carnies -
January 27, 2005
Taiwans national acrobats weird up the circus thing -
Gack! -
January 20, 2005
Staying away from Closer Than Ever -
Doing it Well -
January 20, 2005
Asian Acting tells eight stories, all of them compelling -
Oo La La! -
January 20, 2005
French friskiness rules at Stages - Thars Holes In This Mountain - January 13, 2005
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On a Clear Day -
January 13, 2005
From Christopher Shinns On the Mountain, Sophocles wavers in the distance -
Opera for Beginners -
January 13, 2005
Marriage of Figaro is funny, fulfilling -
Playing for Keeps -
January 6, 2005
365 Days of Dramaturgical Delights -
Beautifully Familiar -
January 6, 2005
36 Views is Authentic Yet Forged
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