Carpenter Performing Arts Center
6200 Atherton St.
Long Beach,CA
Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's evergreen musical about an extraterrestrial plant with a man-eating appetite agreeably closes Musical Theatre West's 56th season. Danny Gurwin and Lowe Taylor make adorable leads; the plant remains the star. If staging the compact show in a capacious venue suggests a hybrid nosegay in a giant terrarium, there's unpretentious fun afoot.
— David C. Nichols
Special to The Times
July 16, 2009
Critic's Choice: Read the complete
Times review.
Additional performances July 18 and 25 at 2 p.m. and July 19 at 7 p.m.
Through July 26
Sundays :
2 p.m.
Thursdays :
8 p.m.
Fridays :
8 p.m.
Saturdays :
8 p.m.
Price: $30-$58
Box Office: 562-856-1999 x4
