December 17, 2007 – 8:01 am
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December 2007
A Mostly Monthly E-Newsletter by and about GrooveLily
Valerie Vigoda: vocals/violin
Brendan Milburn: keys/vocals
Gene Lewin: drums/vocals
Happy holidays, everyone - and thanks for an amazing 2007. Details on “Striking 12″ in NYC between Christmas and [...]
November 19, 2007 – 9:44 pm
I have had the distinct experience - I was going to write “distinct pleasure,” but it’s pleasure mixed with a bit of squirm-inducing - of having two articles about me over the years in my college’s glossy, quarterly magazine. The first was shortly after I graduated in 1993, and it was a reprint of an [...]
A Mostly Monthly E-Newsletter by and about GrooveLily
Valerie Vigoda: vocals/violin
Brendan Milburn: keys/vocals
Gene Lewin: drums/vocals
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Our premiere production of “Sleeping Beauty Wakes” wraps up this coming Sunday, May 20. If you’re in the LA area [...]
A CurtainUp Los Angeles Review
Sleeping Beauty Wakes
By Laura Hitchcock
Scintillatingly directed and choreographed by Jeff Calhoun, who also did the Deaf West award-winning production of Big River, this co-production of The Center Theatre Group and Deaf West Theatre is everything a dream ought to be. Rachel Sheinkin’s book begins with the classical fairy tale in which [...]
A thing of beauty
Deaf West awakens with adult-themed fairy tale
By Evan Henerson
Theater Critic
After more than four years of musical dormancy, Deaf West Theatre has heeded its wake-up call. The sign-language musical, pioneered by Deaf West and championed by Center theatre Group, has roared into exciting new life.
Sleeping Beauty Wakes
April 11, 2007
By Dany Margolies
Sleeping Beauty sleeps. She of the Charles Perrault fairy tale was born a princess centuries ago to a doting king and queen but was cursed by an evil fairy who was not invited to the princess’ christening. Under the curse, the princess fell into a deep sleep that could [...]
Sleeping Beauty Wakes
Bottom Line: The play awakes, dazzles and confuses the senses as if it were a musical comedy video game.
By Laurence VittesApr 10, 2007
Brilliant entertainment in three dimensions, with constantly changing centers of focus often unrelated to where they would be in a conventional production.
Apr 9, 2007Los Angeles
Sleeping Beauty Wakes
Reviewed By: Jonas Schwartz
Sleeping Beauty Wakes, the new co-production by Deaf West Theater and the Center Theater Group, is neither a conventional play nor a musical. It is however, a true theatrical experience — a work of art, talent, and humor in which the combination of deaf and speaking actors [...]
Monday, April 9, 2007
Sleeper hit
Review: A new version of the Sleeping Beauty fable combines deaf and hearing actors in a winning combination of catchy music, deft storytelling.
By PAUL HODGINS
The Orange County Register
What should Sleeping Beauty do if Prince Charming is neither princely nor charming? Probably best to snooze right through the kiss, dontcha think?
A Mostly Monthly E-Newsletter by and about GrooveLily
Valerie Vigoda: vocals/violin
Brendan Milburn: keys/vocals
Gene Lewin: drums/vocals
G r o o v e L i l y E - N e w s # 4 5
GrooveLily is springing out all over. “Sleeping Beauty Wakes” is officially a hit in LA, and has been extended through [...]