{"id":10308,"date":"2013-02-12T15:09:56","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T19:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/?p=10308"},"modified":"2013-02-12T15:09:56","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T19:09:56","slug":"theatre-fallen-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/theatre-fallen-angels\/","title":{"rendered":"THEATRE: FALLEN ANGELS"},"content":{"rendered":"

FALLEN ANGELS<\/em><\/h1>\n

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Who would think that a play from 1925 would hold up today? I guess most fans of Noel Coward would. I’ve enjoyed others of his plays, as I did Fallen Angels<\/em> at the Pasadena Playhouse last week, but I was still shocked to discover that it was written in 1925; that fact seriously boggled my mind.<\/p>\n

You know I never give the plots away, (there are tons of other critics who love spoiling the shows for everyone,) but I have to say that the raison d’\u00eatre for the action is that pre-marital sex was had by one or two characters. As amusing as it is in 2013, I can’t help but wonder how it was acted, and received<\/em>, originally. I don’t know much about that era, but I guess it was a wild time, even abroad. Or, especially! (The action take space in London.)<\/p>\n

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Pamela J. Gray and Katie MacNichol, featuring just part of the gorgeous set. Photo by Jim Cox.<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s a six-character play, and all the actors are excellent, especially the three women, ( Pamela J. Gray, Katie MacNichol, and Mary-Pat Green,) who are the stars. None of them appear to be a newbie to show business, with all of them having many years of credits to his or her name, so I was surprised that I had never seen any of them before! I think that just added to my enjoyment, though, because I viewed them as simply the characters they were portraying.<\/p>\n

And characters they were! As cerebral as Noel Coward’s brand of humor is, Fallen Angels <\/em>also features some excellent physical comedy from the ladies. Watch for MacNichol’s spit take\u2014it just may be the best one I’ve ever seen! (Mr. X would say that mine<\/em> are the best, but those are purely by accident, trust me.) And Ms. Green, as the maid, just about steals the show in her all-too-brief moments on-stage. She’s a riot.<\/p>\n

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Mary-Pat Green. Photo by Jim Cox.<\/p><\/div>\n

I love clothing from this period, and David K. Mickelsen’s costumes are excellent. I adored the shoes that \u201cJulia\u201d wears in the second act. I think that when I was little, I played dress-up with my grandmother’s shoes like that! I was sitting semi-close-up, but I kept using my binos to study details of the wardrobe. The people around me must have thought that I was nuts! (And they didn’t even know<\/em> me!)<\/p>\n

And I have to tell you how much I loved the set, designed by Tom Buderwitz. It was gorgeous and, at the same, so utilitarian. I would have loved to live there!<\/p>\n

This was far from the best<\/em> show I’ve ever seen, but it was so enjoyable that I couldn’t even write any notes during it. And an evening like that one, filled with mirth, is what I feel all all theatre should provide. You definitely won’t go wrong with this one!<\/p>\n

[Note: this is a short run, so don’t dilly-dally about seeing it.]<\/p>\n

Fallen Angels<\/em> running through February 24, 2013<\/strong>
\n Pasadena Playhouse 39 South El Molino Ave. Pasadena 626-356-7529 www.PasadenaPlayhouse.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FALLEN ANGELS   Who would think that a play from 1925 would hold up today? I guess most fans of Noel Coward would. I’ve enjoyed others of his plays, as I did Fallen Angels at the Pasadena Playhouse last week, but I was still shocked to discover that it was written in 1925; that fact<\/p>\n

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