Category Archives: Theater

We love the theater and go to Cerritos, OC Performing Arts Center, and South Coast Reperatory

Doo Wop Evening At Cerritos Center For The Performing Arts

Posted on Saturday, February 27, 2010 by Paul

We celebrate the exciting world of Doo Wop with the genre’s biggest and brightest performers: Jay Siegel & The Tokens, best known for the popular hit The Lion Sleeps Tonight; Kenny Vance & The Planotones, who made history with the … Continue reading →

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Greg Turns 58 And We Go To The Spelling Bee

Posted on Sunday, February 21, 2010 by Paul

We went to see the Putnam County Spelling Bee with Greg and family.  Afterwards, we went to the Elephant Bar for a mid-afternoon dinner.  Fun was had by all!

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The Music Of Andrew Lloyd Webber

Posted on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 by Paul

We went to the Orange County Performing Arts Center to see and listen to his music.  A 27 piece orchestra made the performance come alive!  This grand showcase of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s music features a cast of Broadway veterans, backed … Continue reading →

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Gershwin On Gershwin Was A Great Show

Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2010 by Paul

We went to Cerritos to see Gershwin On Gershwin and it was quite nice. Alexis had six fantastic backup singers and a sixteen piece orchestra.

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Fences At South Coast Rep

Posted on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 by Paul

One of the most powerful forces in American theater chronicles the black experience in the 1950s in this masterful drama. At its center—and filling his home with robust humor, tyrannical outbursts and unexpected tenderness—is Troy Maxson. Once a baseball star … Continue reading →

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OC Pavillion Here We Come; Dinner And A Great Show!

Posted on Saturday, February 6, 2010 by Paul

All Shook Up is a new musical comedy based on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and built around a number of songs made famous by Elvis Presley. It’s NOT a biographical revue. It takes place in 1955, somewhere in middle America, where … Continue reading →

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“Ordinary Days” On An Unordinary Evening

Posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 by Paul

It was pouring rain but we went anyway. Greg Leach, Sue and Paul headed for South Coast Rep to see a new type of play in the small theater. Ordinary Days causedus to sit up and take notice of its … Continue reading →

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Rainy Day Movies Are Best… “Spy Next Door”

Posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 by Paul

We saw Jackie Chan in “The Spy Next Door”.  Former CIA spy Bob Ho (Chan) takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend’s three kids, who haven’t exactly warmed to their mom’s beau. And when one of … Continue reading →

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Woody Herman Orchestra At CPAA

Posted on Sunday, January 17, 2010 by Paul

Jazz clarinetist-saxophonist Woody Herman revolutionized Swing music with a repertoire that embraced a wide spectrum of genres, including Blues, Bop, and Rock.  The Big Band leader won Grammys for Thundering Herd, Giant Steps, and the album Encore: Woody Herman, 1963. … Continue reading →

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LA Music Center To See Mary Poppins

Posted on Saturday, January 9, 2010 by Paul

This was a high flying spectacle  running on the rocket fuel of such memorable movie numbers as ‘A Spoonful of Sugar’ and ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’.  The special effects were magnificent  with her flying over the audience and into the ceiling.

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