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'Just for Us'...and Elon Musk? Two sides of the 1920s in 'Castle' and 'Inherit the Wind'.
Plus 'Freight', 'Spring Awakening,' 'Radical,' 'Insulted. Belarus' and news from SCR.
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Don Shirley
October 2023
A mid-autumn 'Night's Dream.' Daydreams in 'She.' An implausible dream at SCR.
Plus 'Baby Foot,' "Engagement' and 'Wild' parties, 'Love Among the Ruins,' 'Methusalem'
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Don Shirley
Fourth walls fall: 'Life Sucks,' 'Every Brilliant Thing,' 'Measure STILL.' 'Tacos' tops LATC's trio.
Plus LTC's big new grant. Atwater's Black-teen duo. A bi duo. McCraney and phones.
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Don Shirley
September 2023
Enter 'Exit Wounds' and 'Kill Shelter'. Don't kill the Colony.
Plus 'A View From the Bridge,' 'Exorcistic,' 'The Bluest Eye,' CTG's latest, and more
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Don Shirley
August 2023
What might be on tap at the Taper...in its current meantime?
Plus "Les Miz," '60s Chicago in Capistrano, 'Stew' and 'Crabs'
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Don Shirley
July 2023
A cluster of classics - in South Pasadena, Griffith Park, Topanga, Glendale, Boyle Heights
Plus 'Into the Woods,' Ali meets Fetchit, 'The Ants,' 'Beetlejuice' musical.
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Don Shirley
June 2023
The Taper tapers
Plus "Into the Breeches!" in Long Beach. Katori Hall's 'Mountaintop' and 'Tina'.
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Don Shirley
Transforming 'Transparent' into a stage musical. 'Dreamcoat' delivers. It's Durang, dude.
Plus 'Soldier's Play,' 'On This Side of the World,' 'Gandersheim,' Gunderson, Inge
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Don Shirley
May 2023
Misbehaving men: 'Six,' ' A Little Night Music,' 'King and I"
Plus 'Under the Skin,' 'Coleman '72,' A New Brain,' '44,' where is 'Whittier'?
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Don Shirley
April 2023
CTG's Desai decision...and the Ahmanson's '1776.' Hitting the Road in 'Scintilla.'
Plus 'Private Lives' and 'Ava'
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Don Shirley
March 2023
20th-century tumult in 'Ragtime' and 'Twilight'. A healing 'Tempest' and two new musicals.
'Walter Paisley,' 'Lonely Few,' 'La Egoista,' 'Lifespan of a Fact'
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Don Shirley
February 2023
The 'R' in SCR. A WW2 'Much Ado'. 'Sunday' starts Sondheim fest. The 'Maggie' musical.
Plus Geffen's 'Breath,' Kristina Wong, and more.
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Don Shirley
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