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  Parking lot available across the street.
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  Casual dress. Western is best.
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  Boxed dinner by Chef Dunn - save room! Beer & Wine, popcorn

Goldstar Member Reviews

Toedtman

Now THAT's my kind of theatre-going experience! There's the venue, which I love, the bar and complimentary popcorn, and then the show itself. Entering the theatre from the lounge with a beer & popcorn in hand, the band is rocking out, Ennio Morricone style. And the set plus lighting is gorgeous throughout.

But let's face it, we're all there to see Lagarto, the Mexican villain who kidnaps the town sweetheart and turns her into a beast.

Written on Jun 19 2009

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Unique theatre experience! Spaghetti western in an old warehouse theatre....you don't get that much here in Los Angeles! Just the right mix of caricature, cornball lines, and quirky plot without going over the top and losing the audience completely.

Written on Jun 15 2009

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MsCrabtree

I saw "Stranger" last weekend and absolutely loved it. The music was great and it added so much to have a live band. The set was well conceived and imaginative and the script and actors kicked ass. Very fast paced, the audience was right with the actors for the whole show and gave them a standing ovation at the end. All the actors were wonderful but special kudos to Miranda, the villlain Legarto and the Padre. If you want to see something completely different from any other theater experience in LA, go see "Stranger".

Written on Jun 24 2009

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Polly Anderson

Wonderful acting, terrific set design and costumes, passionate music. Evocative of the Sergio Leone movies but also some original and fresh plot devices, too (ie. Lucinda's brainwashing, Stranger's backstory)

We really enjoyed it!

Written on Jun 29 2009

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More Information About Stranger

Website

http://www.bootlegtheater.com/mainstage.html

Description

<p>A Spaghetti Western with Music
Written by Eva Anderson & Keythe Farley
Music by Anthony Bollas</p> <p>Cast: Richard Azurdia, Ann Closs-Farley, Michael Dunn, Cameron Dye, Wallis Hearst, Joe Hernandez-Kolski, Travis Michael Holder, Dylan Kenin, David Natale and Molly O’Neill</p> <p>The Nevada Desert. 1847. The tiny town of San Lorenzo is terrorized by a ruthless villain named Lagarto. He has brutally murdered the town's sheriff, kidnapped his sixteen-year-old daughter Lucinda, and turned her into a killing machine with a taste for human flesh. The people of San Lorenzo are too weak to fight, but Miranda Coolidge, owner of the local saloon has something Lagarto wants-- a secret treasure that the late sheriff hid somewhere in the desert, and when a stranger with a mysterious past blows into town, she and the local preacher find real reason to hope.</p> <p>Bootleg Theater and the producers of the smash hit The 99Cent Only Calendar Competition, are proud to present Stranger, a new Spaghetti Western Musical. Written by Eva Anderson (Wildboy ’74) and Keythe Farley (Bat Boy: The Musical) with original music by Tony Bollas (). Directed by Farley, Stranger is a thrilling tale of redemption and revenge set in the desert east of the Sierra Nevadas in 1847. </p> <p>"Spaghetti Western" is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western film that emerged in the mid-1960’s -- so named because most were produced by Italians -- Sergio Leone being the most notable. But the distinction between the Spaghetti Western and the American Western is much deeper than the nationality of the producers. The American Western usually concerns itself with a simple story of Good vs. Evil, while the Spaghetti Western deals, often, in moral ambiguity and shades of gray. The Italian films are also much grittier and far bloodier than their American counterparts.</p> <p>"When Eva approached me with the idea of a Spaghetti Western Musical, I have to admit that I had trouble imagining Clint Eastwood opening his mouth to sing," says Farley. </p> <p>"What came out of our collaboration," says Anderson, "is a new form of musical theatre. One where songs and music still drive the narrative, but where none of the main characters sing." Farley adds, "This allows for great actors who wouldn’t normally be found in a musical to work alongside performers whose strength resides in the musical arena." </p> <p>The music of Stranger is written by Tony Bollas who is working in close collaboration with the authors and director. He says, "With the Spaghetti Western, Sergio Leone used the evocative music of Ennio Morricone to help maintain an elevated reality that is almost theatrical in nature. That’s what I hope to do--use music and song to elevate the emotion already present in the script." </p> <p>The play’s most dynamic moments will be staged as dance/fight scenes set to musical accompaniment. "If Twyla Tharp and Quentin Tarantino had a child, this is the kind of movement the spawn of that unholy union might stage-- it’s a ‘Twyla Tarantino’ approach to choreography." laughs Farley. </p> <p>Full of wild music and shocking plot twists; funny, sardonic dialogue and piles of dead bodies, Stranger is poised to become the ultimate theatrical experience: an actionpacked, blood-soaked thrill ride set to music.</p>