194 stories by "Leo Buck"
This fun and funny, feel-good frolic features a book that is quintessentially "Woody Allen"--seasoned with witty sight gags, stage-bits, and one-liners--each better than the one that came be…
While this might not be the first 'Juke-Box' musical, it unquestionably rates among the very best, sporting a truly sensational score comprised of classic rock 'n' roll, gospel, R&B and …
To even the most casual observation this is a rich and ambitious work--fast-moving, far-reaching and certainly complex enough; thrillingly, the crew at "The Chromolume" rise to every challen…
Far richer, vaster and more nuanced than the 1972 Academy Award-winning film, this 1998 revival script utilized for this production explores more facets of its characters and the explosive t…
Brimming with sumptuous melodies, baronial choreography, and a heartwarming story of faith, forgiveness, and renewal, this elegant new production is the perfect panacea to squelch any rumbli…
A classic "Rags to Riches" story (by earning riches out of rags) set in the early-to-middle decades of the nineteenth century, true to form, many of the numbers heard here gratis the talente…
Although a piece as elaborate as "King Lear" is not the easiest thing to musicalize, nonetheless, the show's creators have enviably managed to do just that conjuring copious amounts of bold-…
Ms. Ordaz has constructed an intricate jigsaw puzzle of a plot with a copious array of layers"but it all becomes crystal clear by the closing scene which brings everything brilliantly full-c…
Packing his story with one awesome--and awesomely funny--number after the other, Mel Brooks has fundamentally taken an already outstanding screwball comedy from the screen, and transformed i…
Were there ever any doubt, "One More Productions" validates its worthiness to be counted among So Cal's "Big League" theater companies with this outstanding--and astounding new production...…
Director Ken Page has the Midas touch as regards his complete understanding of this riveting time and the material that sprang from it, and he deftly applies this knowledge liberally with a …
Who'd ever think that Murder and Whimsy could go so well together? A silly, sinister"and always satisfying slice of satire, there's giggles and guffaws galore ripe for the taking courtesy of…
Orignal "Pythoner" Eric Idle has deftly managed to set all the inherent nuttiness and over-the-top comedy of "Python's" humor to music, while also sending-up many of the standard conventions…
While admittedly, not a show for those who prefer that their musical entertainments promote more 'light-hearted' and easily-digested sentiments, for mature theater enthusiasts who yearn for …
Filled with plenty of heart and the excessive, uber-hip, fun of the 1980's, "One More Production's" treatment here is like, a totally tubular send-up of that magic time when hair was high, t…
Dawson's direction attempts to add gravitas and deeper relevance to this musical-romance"and in this regard he has very much succeeded. What's more, it should be noted that the Director's po…
Director Casale has astutely packed his cast with some genuinely astonishing talents"vocally and dramatically. In addition, his direction bestows on us a more earthy and realistic production…
This is an exceptional sort of musical, and dramatically, there's quite a lot of very clever elements; Van Slyke's fast-moving and fluidly-paced direction is infused with discerning little n…
Superbly staged, though-provoking and heartbreaking all at once, Richard Israel's direction is fluid"giving rise to excellent continuity from one scene into the next. The world he paints is …
The cast and crew of "One More Productions" latest have every reason to be proud"not just because they get to experience being part of such a venerated classic as is "The Music Man", but als…
MTW's new staging is a Top-Notch re-mounting of a true-blue, honest-to-goodness classic of both Americana and Musical Theater. Small wonder that opening night's performance was to a complete…
Ms. Towers-Rowles and her cast shrewdly stay true to both the show's roots and elemental intentions giving us, in essence, a stylish snapshot of 1970's hang-ups, head-trips and highs vis-Å
Along with a nice, (and periodically, even 'bouncy') contemporary score, Fornarola and Pailet's book is commensurately sly and always witty; billed as "An 8-'Bit' Musical that asks 'What if …
Never mind the 'straight' way; the team at "The Chromolume Theatre" have found the 'right' way to theatrical heaven with "Zanna, Don't!"
, Director Hayter and company set a fast-pace and fun stride something akin to a theatrical rollercoaster ride that's bound to leave you breathless and howling for more.