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Tag: Leigha Kato

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RENT (Arden): Revisiting a 90s La boheme

Kathryn Osenlund June 2, 2025 No Comments

Jonathan Larson,  who wrote the book, lyrics, and music in 1994, described Rent as a Rock Opera

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MY FAIR LADY (Quintessence): A splendid holiday gift

Kathryn Osenlund November 22, 2017 2 Comments

A jubilant mix of beautiful music and songs, dancing, magic, social politics… and elocution

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A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD (Arden Children’s Theatre): Another year with frog and toad

Dorie Byrne December 7, 2016 No Comments

The simple tricks of the stage awe an audience of CGI-era children, showing that even something as normal as friendship can be magic.

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Theater in Sketch: MOTHER COURAGE

Chuck Schultz October 24, 2016 No Comments

Some sketches of some Brecht.

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MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN (Quintessence): Epic theater!

Lisa Panzer October 18, 2016 1 Comment

Quintessence Theatre brings to life a beautifully staged, truly epic production of Bertolt Brecht’s MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN, as brilliantly directed by Alexander Burns.

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DOCTOR FAUSTUS (Quintessence): If you want to know everything, go to hell

Kathryn Osenlund April 5, 2016 No Comments

A remarkably original and gloriously entertaining version of the Marlowe play.

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SAINT JOAN (Quintessence): The Maid’s new clothes

Lisa Panzer March 23, 2016 No Comments

George Bernard Shaw’s play is presented in rich tonalities of color, light, positioning, and sound. It is wide awake.

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METAMORPHOSES (Arden): A swim with the gods

Joshua Millhouse October 9, 2015 No Comments

This visceral production explains why humans act the way that we do, and reveres love as the most sacred of experiences.

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Leigha Kato, who plays Rapunzel and Little Red Riding Hood in Theatre Horizon's INTO THE WOODS.
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INTO THE WOODS (Theatre Horizon): Agony is ecstasy

Kaitlyn Foti February 13, 2015 No Comments

Theatre Horizon tackles Steven Sondheim’s alternative take on fairy tales.

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4000 MILES (PTC): What a Long, Strange Trip it’s Been

Michael Fisher October 17, 2013 No Comments

As someone born in the mid-1980s, I’ve rolled my eyes at the sight of the word “Millennial” more times than I can count. What’s great about Amy Herzog’s 4000 MILES is that she refuses to imprison the characters in any social or political context.

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