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• Opera Review (NYC): Double-bill of Erwartung and Bluebeard's Castle at Opera Manhattan Repertory Theatre, February 21, 2010

  Love - the perfect crime.

  Review by Dan Boone — on Mar 01, 2010

• Theatre Review (LA): Puppetry of the Penis at the Coast Playhouse

  A new cast brings Puppetry of the Penis to Los Angeles, and it's real hoot thanks to stars Rich Binning and Christopher J. Cannon.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Feb 28, 2010

• Opera Review (NYC): Dido and Aeneas - Opera Manhattan Repertory Theatre, February 21, 2010

  In this enjoyable production, which put the music first and foremost, the overwhelming delight was soprano Sharin Apostolou as Belinda.

  Review by Dan Boone — on Feb 27, 2010

• Dance Review (LA): Kings of the Dance at the Ahmanson Theatre

  Stars from dance companies around the world come together to present an evening of male dancing at its best.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Feb 25, 2010

• Theatre Review (London): 11 and 12 Directed by Peter Brook at the Barbican

  In this 100-minute meditation on religious tolerance, it is hard to care too much about what is actually happening on the stage.

  Review by David Trennery — on Feb 24, 2010

• Theatre Review (LA): Broads by Fahn and Symon at the El Portal Theatre

  Four leading Broadway performers light up Broads but the material isn't worthy of their talents

  Review by Robert Machray — on Feb 24, 2010

• Concert Review: Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester at UCLA Royce Hall, Los Angeles, California

  Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester bring a " night in Berlin) to the UCLA Campus.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Feb 24, 2010

• Theater Review (NYC): Forgotten by Pat Kinevane at the Irish Arts Center

  A strange blend of Irish character studies and Japanese Kabuki theater, this is more than a play, it's an immersive poetic experience.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Feb 20, 2010

• Theatre Review (LA): Dirty Rotten Scoundrels by Lane and Yazbek at the NoHo Arts Center

  Richard Israel does a fine job staging this musical in a small space, but the casting is problematic.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Feb 18, 2010

• Theater Review (Stratford, CT): Love Letters

  A charming love story, told solely through the power of words.

  Review by CindyC — on Feb 17, 2010

• Theater Review (New Haven): Compulsion at Yale Rep

  Yale Rep's Compulsion: An interesting drama with a disappointing twist.

  Review by CindyC — on Feb 17, 2010

• Theatre Review (LA): The Color Purple with Fantasia at the Pantages Theatre

  You won't forget her once you see Fantasia, the American Idol winner, in this national tour.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Feb 15, 2010

• Theatre Review (LA): Petrushka by Stravinsky and Basil Twist at the Broad Stage

  This adaptation of Stravinsky's ballet by master puppeteer Basil Twist made for a short but inspiring evening.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Feb 15, 2010

• Theater Review (NYC): Never In My Lifetime at the Access Theatre

  Northern Ireland in the 1970s: On the road to nowhere.

  Review by Kate Shea Kennon — on Feb 14, 2010

• Theater Review (NYC): Charles L. Mee's Fêtes de la Nuit

  Almost magically, these characters whom we only glimpse come brightly alive, exuding sorrow, angst, joy in turn.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Feb 13, 2010

• Theatre Review (LA): Hellz Kitchen Ablaze by Tommy Carter at the Elephant Stageworks

  Crooked detectives want to share in the spoils from a drug bust. The play is taut, tense, full of paranoia and racism.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Feb 13, 2010

• Theatre Review (LA): The Browning Version by Terence Rattigan at the Pacific Resident Theatre

  This nearly perfect play is given a smashing production at Pacific Resident Theatre starring Bruce French and directed by Marilyn Fox.

  Review by Robert Machray — on Feb 09, 2010

• Theater Review (Tampa, FL): Wicked

  Experience the Wonderful World of Oz as you have never seen it before.

  Review by Bruce G. Smith — on Feb 08, 2010

• Theater Review (NYC): Clybourne Park

  1959: a black family is moving into a white neighborhood. 2009: after hard times, the same neighborhood is re-gentrifying.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Feb 07, 2010

• Theater Review (NYC): The Mike and Morgan Show at the Access Theatre: What Wouldn't I Do For You?

  Regret being the major theme of the evening, a character reminds the audience that "in the heat of the summer, it is hard to ever imagine being cold."

  Review by Kate Shea Kennon — on Jan 31, 2010