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		<title>A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (EAST WEST PLAYERS): 67% &#8211; BITTERSWEET</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 04:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BITTER Were this performed in East West’s original 99-seat location, it wouldn’t be a problem, but this is the cavernous 240-seat David Henry Hwang Theater, a renovated church with a ceiling so high there could be a second floor. The vocals are swallowed up in the rafters as musical director Caroline Su’s piano accompaniment overpowers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OUR LADY OF 121ST STREET (THEATRE 68): 90% &#8211; SWEET</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 22:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SWEET When Our Lady comes to its conclusion, you realize that you&#8217;ve just witnessed an exorcism of sorts. Some of the characters come away transformed; others continue trudging down the same path they&#8217;ve followed for years. Kurt Gardner &#8211; Blog Critics SWEET All of this makes for a rich and engaging ensemble piece, despite the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CRESCENT CITY: A HYPEROPERA: 80% &#8211; SWEET</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 23:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BITTERSWEET Welcome to Crescent City, a “hyper-opera” which opened at Atwater Crossing last weekend. Equal parts opera, avant-garde, art installation and phantasmagoria, the result, if you can handle it, is a jaw-dropping, perplexing, exciting, numbing, fun, challenging, watchable, incoherent, exasperating, noteworthy, and exciting theatrical experience the likes of which you may never see again. Tony [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MOON OVER BUFFALO (GROUP REP): 100% &#8211; SWEET</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 23:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SWEET MOON OVER BUFFALO is truly a night (or afternoon) of fun and frolic. Great script, fabulous actors and a completely enjoyable experience. Isn’t that what the theatre is supposed to be. Have a great time! Cathy Wayne &#8211; NoHoArtsDistrict SWEET Moon over Buffalo features hilarity and hijinks as it celebrates the theatrical world. Mary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OUT THERE ON FRIED MEAT RIDGE RD.: 75% &#8211; SWEET</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 08:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BITTERSWEET If these characters interacted this way as a spontaneous exercise in your improv class, you’d feel that something special had happened. You might think it was good enough to stage. But to someone not already in love with it, or who hadn’t smoked a joint right before the show, Fried Meat sustains interest more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE TURN OF THE SCREW (VISCERAL COMPANY): 93% &#8211; SWEET</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 17:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SWEET A splendid production that is very well directed by Dan Spurgeon, written by Jeffrey Hatcher, and based on a classic ghost story by Henry James, The Turn of The Screw defies all theories that excellent theater productions cannot be done in small black-box facilities. Randall Gray &#8211; The California Theatre Critic SWEET But it’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE CHILDREN: 88% &#8211; SWEET</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 07:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SWEET This is a noteworthy production in every regard, from Elyanow’s brilliant poetry (“To mortal man, how great a scourge is love”) and ingenious references to the characters’ brave new world (“The sun has been harnessed!” shouts the handmaiden when the lights are switched on) to uniformly exquisite design elements and strikingly courageous, committed performances [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 07:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SWEET The narrative also is nicely embellished with fascinating period film footage. Rodney Rincon and Phil Buono&#8217;s rudimentary barracks mock-up is surprisingly effective, and the performances are quite good under Alex Morris&#8217; direction. Lovell Estell III &#8211; LA Weekly SWEET Yet it’s impossible not to respect and admire “Camp Logan,” which recalls a too-little-addressed period [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 07:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SWEET As StageSceneLA readers may have noticed, this reviewer rarely attends one-acts, preferring full-length plays in the same way I invariably opt for novels over short stories. Still, there are times when I make exceptions, and in the case of Love Struck, I’m quite glad I did. Steven Stanley &#8211; StageSceneLA BITTER Maggie Grant&#8217;s direction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MODIGLIANI (OPEN FIST): 46% &#8211; BITTER</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BITTER Directed by Bjorn Johnson, the uneven cast, on a borrowed set, is unable to find the intimate realities of the broke and drunk artists who lived in Paris in 1916. Dale Reynolds &#8211; Stagehappenings BITTER McIntyre has chosen a rich subject but makes disappointingly little of it. Neal Weaver &#8211; LA Weekly SWEET What [...]]]></description>
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