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Suggested Reading This Month –
Theatre Awards
2019 Theatre Award Nominations and Winners
London
- Ballet Revolucion (Sadler’s Wells)
- Coriolanus (Tom Hiddleston)
- Miss Saigon (25th Anniversary)
- Pajama Game
- Strangers on a Train (Laurence Fox)
- The Light Princess
- The Weir
- Urinetown
- The Secret Society of Leading Ladies (2021)
Los Angeles
- Anastasia the Musical
- Anastasia the Musical: Interview with Tari Kelly (Countess Lily)
- Bright Star
- Diary of Anne Frank (Special Event)
- Evita
- Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
- Matilda
- Matthew Bourne’s CINDERELLA
- Matthew Bourne’s SWAN LAKE
- Miss Saigon: 2019 US Equity Tour: Interview w/ Jinwoo Jung, THUY
- Miss Saigon: 2019 US Equity Tour: Review
- Priscilla Queen of the Desert
- The Phantom of the Opera
- The Sound of Music
- The Waitress
- The Wizard of Oz (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Orange County
- Firebird the Ballet (Interview: Sophia Bovet)
- Firebird the Ballet (Review)
- The Nutcracker (Interview)
- The Great Divorce – National Tour 2021/2022 (Review)
- Wicked 2nd National Tour (Review)
- Pacific Symphony: Live Music is Back for 2021
- Staying Healthy at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in 2022 (Updated July 2022)
- Disney Princess Concert is a Joyous Experience! (2022)
- Il Divo Greatest Hits Tour (2022) Honors Carlos Marin
- Esmé Quartet Is An International Sensation – 2022 Review
- The Band’s Visit is Stirring and Beautifully Delivered (2022)
- 2022: Pretty Woman the Musical Delivers Big Voices and Talent
- 12 Shows Coming to Irvine Barclay in 2022-2023
- Aquila Theatre – Pride and Prejudice (2022-2023 U.S. Tour)
- Frozen Makes its Magical Orange County Debut (2023)
- Pacific Symphony Schedule: Summer 2023
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Kelli Rabke (La Mirada, 2023)
Ventura County
Camarillo
Moorpark
Simi Valley
- Fiddler on the Roof
- Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
- Thoroughly Modern Millie
- The Addams Family
- The Drowsy Chaperone
- Winter Wonderettes
Thousand Oaks
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Cabrillo Music Theatre)
- Adam Trent (Magician)
- Adam Trent (Interview)
- Annie Jr. (Alexa Margolis Theatre Camp Interview)
- Annie Jr. (Review)
- Beauty and the Beast (Susan Egan)
- Beauty and the Beast (Yvette Lawrence Interview)
- Book of Mormon
- Children of Eden: Misty Cotton Interview
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Jr. (Conejo Players)
- Damn Yankees! (Cabrillo)
- Don’t Dress for Dinner
- ELF the Musical (Non Equity Tour)
- Evita (Cabrillo)
- Finding Neverland (Non Equity Tour): Mark Bacon Interview
- Flashdance (Non Equity Tour)
- Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Non Equity Tour)
- Godspell (Conejo Players)
- Hairspray (Conejo Players)
- Inspecting Carol (PANIC!)
- Is He Dead? (Conejo Players)
- Jersey Boys (Equity Tour)
- Jersey Boys: Drew Seeley Interview
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (5-Star Theatricals)
- Kiss Me Kate (Cabrillo)
- Legally Blonde (YAE)
- Legally Blonde (Non Equity Tour)
- Legally Blonde (Interview: Berlande
- Love’s Labour’s Lost (Kingsmen)
- Mary Poppins (Cabrillo)
- Mary Poppins: Interview #1
- Mary Poppins: Interview #2
- Mary Poppins, Jr. (YAE)
- Matilda (5-Star Theatricals)
- Merry Wives of Windsor (Kingsmen Shakespeare Company)
- Miracle on 34th Street (Conejo Players)
- Motown (Non Equity Tour)
- Next to Normal (PANIC!)
- Oklahoma! (Cabrillo)
- Oklahoma! Lewis Wilkenfeld Interview
- Pippin (Conejo Players)
- Ragtime (Non Equity Tour)
- Richard II (Kingsmen Shakespeare Company)
- She Loves Me (PANIC!)
- She Loves Me: Tiffany Asta Interview
- She Loves Me: Brandon Lloyd Interview
- Shrek Jr. (YAE)
- Side Show (Conejo Players)
- Sister Act (Cabrillo)
- STOMP (Interview)
- The King and I (Non Equity Tour)
- The King and I (Interview)
- The Little Mermaid (Cabrillo)
- The Little Prince (YAE)
- The Music Man: Larry Raben Interview (5-Star Theatricals)
- The Music Man: Adam Pascal Quote (5-Star Theatricals)
- The Music Man: Review (5-Star Theatricals)
- The Secret Garden (Youth Musical Theatre)
- The Sound of Music (Non Equity Tour)
- The Sound of Music (Interview)
- The Wizard of Oz (Conejo Players)
- West Side Story (Conejo Players)
Film/TV
- Margin of Error (Roustabouts Theatre Co., VIRTUAL)
- Pride and Prejudice by Paul Gordon (Streamingmusicals.com)
- Sight and Sound Theatres: NOAH
- Sight and Sound Theatres: MOSES
- Sight and Sound Theatres: JESUS
- The Passion (FOX)
- The Sound of Music LIVE
Soundtrack Reviews
- Emma the Musical (Paul Gordon)
- The Passion LIVE
Actor Interviews
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