The late Jerry Herman can be accused of many things: “glitzy optimism,” a smiling and inviting personality, lyrics he wrote that jump off the page to greet you, and some pretty dazzling music to go with them. Among his major lifetime achievements, count an even dozen Broadway musicals, three of which — Hello Dolly! (1964), …
I know as much about basketball as I do about astrophysics. Sports are not my thing. So what am I doing reviewing a play about basketball and its gamesmanship? The simple answer is that Lauren Yee’s The Great Leap, now making a splashy Los Angeles debut at The Pasadena Playhouse in a surging co-production with …
Something pretty stunning is going on at The Pasadena Playhouse — and I don’t just mean Ragtime, the current production on its main stage that certainly qualifies. I also don’t just mean the heightened political relevance of this updated version of the 1998 musical, based on E.L.Doctorow’s novel, whose sweeping American landscape emerges as more relevant …
Despite a Belleville at the Pasadena Playhouse that displayed little necessary tension, committed Producing Artistic Director Danny Feldman continues to explore the future…
On Sunday, October 15, I attended what was announced as the Final Reunion of the Pasadena Playhouse Alumni Association. The 62nd. Yes, I’m an alumna. Of course, I showed up. I confess I did not always show up. During the organization’s heyday, when we were young, actively engaged in life and participatory, I attended these …
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