Mamma Mia is Musical at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas

Written by Linda Lane


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Mark Thompson's sparse white set with an intense blue sky setsrepparttar tone for a holiday on a tiny Greek island. As they sing "It's a rich man's world"repparttar 105317 bar/restaurant is cleverly lit — doors are highlighted with bold purple spots andrepparttar 105318 floor is illuminated with what appear to be red rocks. Anthony Van Laast's choreography is simple and efficient. Phyllida Lloyd's direction is what smoothesrepparttar 105319 seams betweenrepparttar 105320 scenes andrepparttar 105321 songs. As producer Craymer insisted,repparttar 105322 music is a natural extension ofrepparttar 105323 action.

Twenty-one years ago Donna Sheridan played by seasoned actress Tina Walsh, had her own little holiday. The diary her daughter Sophie finds opens Pandora's box. Sophie,repparttar 105324 young bride-to-be is played by Suzie Jacobsen Balser, a refreshing new talent. Sophie forces her mother to reexaminerepparttar 105325 past so that she can discover who she is and what she's really all about. "Slipping Through my Fingers" is a touching mother-daughter duet.

The supporting cast is also first rate. Donna's two band members from Donna andrepparttar 105326 Dynamos turn up for Sophie's white wedding. Played by Reyna Von Vett and Jennifer Perry they provide comic relief, wisdom, and as always, a few memorable musical numbers.

Sophie's fiancé Sky, played by Victor Wallace has a chorus of male friends who are eager to celebraterepparttar 105327 last hours of bachelorhood. When Act II rolls around there are so many questions. Which one ofrepparttar 105328 three men Donna knew rather briefly — at a time when brief relationships were in vogue — is Sophie's father? There are clues and there are songs,repparttar 105329 most personal of which is "Mamma Mia!".

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Triumph of Love In Los Angeles

Written by Kim and Don Tatera


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Sincerepparttar Hollyhock House suffered extensive earthquake damage duringrepparttar 105316 January 1994 Northridge Earthquake, onlyrepparttar 105317 exterior restoration of this massive building was near completion. Sadly,repparttar 105318 public has been deprived of being allowed to go on interior tours of this masterpiece since it was nearly condemned. Luckily, Kim and I had touredrepparttar 105319 house on two separate occasions prior to it's earthquake damage, and had marveled inrepparttar 105320 blending of differing architectural influences ranging from Mayan, Japanese, Egyptian and Spanish Colonial. After nine years of LA bureaurocratic red tape and squabbling, only a few of many needed millions of dollars have trickled into restoring this first example of F.L.W.'s "California Romanza" style of architecture.

California Romanza, which is a term Frank Lloyd Wright coined, meaning, "To make ones own form," although intended to apply as an architectural term to explain his many influences, can be applied in a philosophical manner torepparttar 105321 theme of this play:repparttar 105322 struggle ofrepparttar 105323 mind overrepparttar 105324 heart. Inrepparttar 105325 eternal battle of logic versus love, there are no hard and fast rules. Each heartfelt pang of emotion has to be dealt with for all its love, jealousy, and fear of rejection certainly requires one "to make one's own form." No simple formulas or answers exist. It's a long, dragged out war, whether on a quest to restorerepparttar 105326 Hollyhock House, or to logically comprehendrepparttar 105327 many intricacies of love.

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