Kentwood Players — Attraction in Los Angeles

This was the first time I went to see a production by the Kentwood players. For those who don't know, it's a regional theater located in Westchester Osage.

The play is called The Giver, adapted by Eric Coble, that is set in the future in a dystopian society. It's a community where children who reach age 12 are given their lifetime assignments, families are given children, one of each gender and old people are sent to another place to live out their lives until they are "released." The Giver, played by a wonderful actor named Gavin Glynn is the keeper of all memories. The young actor who plays Jonas, Jack Heath, is a real find. The rest of the cast did a fine job. I also enjoyed the aspect of a multimedia production. I didn't expect this production to move...

The ensemble gave a remarkable display of dance routines choreographed brilliantly by Islabel Olives and directed by Harold Dershimer is. A truly original performance.

Between each act, applauded by the audience, the stage was set for the next act, and as the lights came back, the players were in place and the play continued seamlessly.

All the performers were top notch, but one must single out the narrator of the play who moved us along the plot, tevya, played by Bradley Miller. His singing and prescience as the papa of 5 daughters is real and sympathetic and his magnificent rendition of "if I were rich man,"...

I just attended Kentwood Players "Little Women", the Broadway Musical. It was an outstanding cast from top to bottom, well directed and choreographed, with simple but attractive and ingenious sets. The "Jo", Jackie Fiske, was the center of the production and played the part powerfully, with solid singing and intensity, but the ensemble, both men and women, were uniformly excellent. Supported by a small orchestra, excellent lighting. The singers were unmiked, but the acoustics were good and they were up to the challenge.

A very...