Ed Rampell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ed Rampell
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In Verdi’s “Falstaff,” all the world’s a jest
November 18, 2013What better way to celebrate Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial than with a production of Falstaff?
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Thrills are alive with sound of Audra McDonald
October 31, 2013Audra McDonald revealed herself as not only possessing a stellar soprano voice, but also a sparkling wit, winning personality and a strong social consciousness and conscience.
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“The Lion in Winter” delivers royal drama with rip-roaring wit
October 29, 2013John Rafter Lee and Diane Hurley deliver bravura turns as the title character and his imprisoned, estranged wife Eleanor.
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“The Summit:” Adventure, death, jaw-dropping cinematography
October 9, 2013The Summit provokes many questions, but should appeal to aficionados of adventure (in particular mountaineering).
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“Awake and Sing!”: Classic proletarian theater, so timely
September 27, 2013Newcomers to the work of Clifford Odets, the Group Theatre's greatest dramatist, as well as longtime fans familiar with this avatar of proletarian theater, are in for a treat at North Hollywood's Lonny Chapman Theatre.
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Che Guevara of antiquity on stage in “Prometheus Bound”
September 10, 2013Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound is this southern California theater season's exceptional undertaking of transcendent artistry with insight into and about the human condition and spirit.
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“Red”: Abstract art’s odd couple makes great drama
August 29, 2013John Logan's multiple Tony Award-winning Red is a theatrical time machine that transports audiences back to those heady days when abstract expressionism was the vogue.
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“Nickel and Dimed” – rich drama of working poor
August 19, 2013The crisis of capitalism has led to a glorious rebirth of left-leaning theatre: Nickel and Dimed is one of this dissident wave's finest, most compelling dramas.
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