Larry Gelbart's Musical City of Angels, a Writer's Film Noir Comes to Life
Costa Mesa Playhouse (661 Hamilton Street Costa Mesa, CA 92627)
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The last date listed for City of Angels was Sunday May 10, 2009 / 2:00pm.
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Laura E. Powell on Where to Park
Parking in lot or street is convenient. Plenty parking;
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Marty F. on Other
No bad seats; this theater deserves to be supported.
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Marty F. on Where to Park
Free, plentiful and convenient parking.
16 Goldstar Member Reviews
Tim Regener
I have never seen a bad production at the Costa Mesa Playhouse -- until Friday evening. This was the most boring, unexciting production that I have seen there. I left during intermission so don't know if it picked up for the second act or not, but I wasn't sticking around to find out.Written on May 11 2009
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This was not one of Costa Mesa Playhouses better productions. The singers were not very good, acting was poor.Written on Apr 27 2009
It almost seemed like they didn't have many actors to choose from some of the choices detracted.
Blond female lead was good.
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Cat B.
At the performance I went to, the actors looked bored. The singing wasn't good, except for one or two notable performers. The music was slowed down to a dirge tempo. Direction was non-existant. Based on other comments here, I thought it would have been much better than it was. What a shame.Written on May 09 2009
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Costa Mesa Playhouse usually puts on quality productions, but this was not one of their better efforts. The few enjoyable performances (particularly Ed McBride, who is very funny as Buddy) were often done in by poor staging and choreography and a lackluster music track that slowed the song tempos down so much that the performers seemed bored singing their own songs. To top it off, the show's finale (a full cast reprise of "I'm Nothing without You")was not sung at all due to a sound glitch. To be fair, many other audience members seemed to enjoy the show a lot more than I did. However, there were obviously a lot of in-jokes aimed at specific people, who howled with delight while everyone else wondered what the heck was so funny.Written on May 04 2009
I will definitely be back to see future productions at CMP. They normally do good work. I just can't recommend this one. Sorry.
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More Information About City of Angels
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Description
<p>Music by Cy Coleman
Lyrics by David Zippel
Book by Larry Gelbart
Directed and Choreographed by Vicki Miller
Music Direction by Dean Mora
Set in Hollywood in the late 1940s, City of Angels is a film noir style detective story that presents its own writer, Stine, who is having trouble transposing his book onto the big screen. In parallel, it follows the protagonist of the film, Detective Stone, on his adventures... as Stine writes. Many of the characters have a counterpart in the other world; these parts may be double cast. It is usually staged with the "real-life" scenes in "color" and the movie scenes in "black and white".
Tony Award for Best Musical
Tony Award for Best Original Score
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical</p>
About the Ticket Supplier: Costa Mesa Playhouse
The Costa Mesa Playhouse is a 73-seat, not-for-profit, Community Theater that has been serving greater Orange County for over 40 years. The Playhouse is dedicated to presenting affordable, quality, live theater in a comfortable and intimate setting, and to offering the talented actors, singers, dancers, and stage craftspeople of Orange County a welcoming environment in which to practice their craft. With a season running from September through June and five productions per season, the Playhouse offers a diverse array of plays and musicals to our theatergoing public.