There is absolutely nothing wrong with director Oanh Nguyen’s staging of Big Fish, a musical adaptation of the 2003 Tim Burton-directed film and the 1998 novel it was based on. The music and singing is top-notch, the choreography and technical elements spot-on, and the entire affair shows that the Chance, which long ago emerged as […]
Fox Fullerton set to take a BITE into summer
Anyone who has spent much time in downtown Fullerton (shame on you) is undoubtedly familiar with the Fox Fullerton, the once-stately movie palace opened in 1925 on Harbor Boulevard just north of Chapman Avenue. It’s been closed since 1987 and has survived threats of wrecking balls, redevelopment plans, and all kinds of weird […]
The Christians Takes You to Church
Yes, the name of the play is The Christians. Yes, it was written by young, emerging playwright Lucas Hnath, and it has seen productions in such hotbeds of liberal indoctrination as London, New York, Austin and Los Angeles. Yes, it is year two of the Donald Trump interregnum, and the kind of Christians that Hnath’s […]