Phở Runs Deep: Colonialism is Terrible, But Phở is Delicious @ Chance Theater – Review

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This biting comedy spans centuries, continents, and cultures in a compelling three-part vignette structure. Beginning in 1880s French Indochina, a headstrong Vietnamese cook finds herself in the kitchen of aristocratic French settlers. Then in 1999 Vietnam, American tourists get their first taste of the local cuisine. Finally, in present-day, gentrifying Brooklyn, the simmering clash around culture, ownership, and authenticity comes to a roaring boil. Taken from the websites.

March 31 – April 30, 2023

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8.7 Overall
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Story8.5
Set & Design8.5
Entertainment8.5
Acting9
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Great Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended!

MORE MSG PLEASE That’s Flavor! : NO MSG ADDED Presents: The Empress of OZ

photo credit: Timothy Huynh 

Putting the Yellow in Yellow Brick Road

There’s no place like a No MSG Added sketch show where we seek to define the BRAIN, HEART, COURAGE and HOME of being Asian American. Jump onto the Yellow Brick Road with us as we journey to meet the mighty Empress of Oz! Taken from the website.

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7.3 Overall
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Set & Design7
Entertainment7.5
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Average Show! April 13,20, 27, 2023.

California Premiere of Ride the Cyclone @ Chance Theater in Anaheim – Review

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Strap yourself in for a bracingly funny, supremely inventive musical journey with more twists and turns than the rickety rollercoaster that sends six teenagers prematurely into the afterlife. Now trapped in a fantastical carnival-like purgatory, a mechanical fortune teller invites the teens to tell their stories of life interrupted with the promise of a prize like no other – the chance to return to life. Already being lauded as a contemporary musical masterpiece, this quirky, smart, and darkly hilarious show reveals the resilience of the human spirit with a riveting score that skillfully mixes cabaret, hip-hop, and Broadway. Taken from the website.

January 27 – February 26, 2023

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8.8 Overall
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The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity @ Chance Theater – Review

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Chad Deity follows the life of wrestler Macedonio Guerra. As a lifelong fan, he has followed wrestling only to become a “jobber,” one who is paid to lose to bigger-name stars in the ring. Macedonio meets Vigneshwar Paduar, and together they find a way to push it to the limit and say what needs to be said. But will it finally get Mace his big shot at Chad Deity himself? Unspoken racism, politics, and courage are all woven into this play that leaves it all on the mat. Taken from the website.

GREAT SHOW! LA THEATRE BITES RECOMMENDED!
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8.7 Overall
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Story9
Set & Design9
Entertainment8.5
Acting8.5
Costumes8.5
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Cry It Out @ Chance Theater – Review

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Acclaimed writer Molly Smith Metzler (Shameless, Orange is the New Black, and Maid) holds both a microscope and a megaphone to the joys and perils that today’s mothers face. Taken from the website

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9 Overall
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Story9
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Entertainment8.5
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  Exceptional Show!

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April 1 – May 1, 2022

The Vandal @ The Chance Theater – Review

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Two strangers are waiting for the bus on a cold road at night… next to a cemetery. The bus is late. The woman’s coat is too thin. And this fast-talking teenager waiting at the same bus stop won’t leave her alone. He works hard to get her to talk to him, using everything from philosophical riffs to brash seduction. Just around the corner is a liquor store, whose owner is waiting for a special delivery. All three people have no idea what this fateful night holds in store… and that it may provide the answers they’ve all been looking for.  Taken from the website.

Good Show!
Review
8.1 Overall
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Story8
Set & Design7.5
Entertainment8
Acting8.5
Costumes8.5
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September 22 – October 22, 2019

Ragtime @ Chance Theater – Review

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Famous historical characters and a rich score propel Ragtime through a spectacular re-creation of turn-of-the-20th-century New York. Based on E.L. Doctorow’s acclaimed novel, this 13-time Tony-nominated musical paints a nostalgic and powerful portrait of three people — a stifled married woman from the upper classes, a determined Jewish immigrant, and a daring young musician from Harlem — whose fates become unexpectedly intertwined. With music and lyrics by the Tony Award-winning team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, the show boasts a Tony Award-winning book by Terrence McNally and such memorable songs as “Getting Ready Rag,” “Wheels of a Dream,” “Till We Reach That Day” and “Make Them Hear You.” Taken from the website. 

June 28 – July 28, 2019 

Good Show!

SKYLIGHT @ THE CHANCE THEATRE IN ANAHEIM HILLS – Review

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On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant, a successful and charismatic restaurateur whose wife has recently died. As the evening progresses, the two attempt to rekindle their once passionate relationship only to find themselves locked in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies and mutual desires. Can they find their way back to each other, or has the time for their tumultuous romance reached its end? Taken from the website.

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EXCEPTIONAL SHOW!
Review
9.3 Overall
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Story9
Set & Design10
Entertainment9
Acting9.5
Costumes9
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Rockin’ Lizzie Borden : Lizzie The Musical @ Chance Theater – Review

Punk-rock opera that explores the bloody legend of America’s favorite axe-wielding sweetheart-diva-heroine-enigma-psychopath, Lizzie Borden. Accused of brutally killing her father and stepmother in 1892, Lizzie was eventually acquitted by a jury of her peers, leaving the horrific crime unsolved. What really happened on the fateful night of the dual killings? Taken from the website. 

Feb 1 – March 3, 2019

 

Very Good Show!
Review
8.4 Overall
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Story7
Set & Design9
Entertainment7.5
Acting8.5
Costumes10
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