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Anita W. Harris

Anita W. Harris has reviewed theater in and around Long Beach for the past eight years. She believes theater is a creative space where words and stories become reality through being spoken, enacted, felt and lived. She is a member of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle and won 3rd place for theater criticism in 2023 and 2024 in the Los Angeles Press Club's Journalism Awards.

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A play about standing on your morals during McCarthy’s Red Scare hits home today in International City Theatre’s ‘Conscience’

by Anita W. Harris September 3, 2026September 3, 2026

Was this written in 1950 or 2026? “The American people are sick and tired of being afraid to speak their minds lest they be politically smeared as ‘Communists’ or ‘Fascists’ by their opponents. Freedom of speech is not what it used to be in America.”

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Theater News: Long Beach Playhouse’s ‘Hangmen’ brings a dark comedy to close out summer

by Anita W. Harris August 30, 2026August 30, 2026
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Theater Review: A modernized ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’ brings enthusiasm and an excellent lead

by Anita W. Harris August 20, 2026August 22, 2026
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Theater News: The Garage Theatre continues its supernatural season with unusual love story ‘The Swan’

by Anita W. Harris August 20, 2026August 22, 2026
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Theater News: Carpenter Center gears up for fall season with ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ author, jazz musicians and Indian dance

by Anita W. Harris August 13, 2026August 20, 2026
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Secret romance gets a twist in Long Beach Shakespeare Company’s ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’

by Anita W. Harris August 6, 2026August 6, 2026
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Free opera at the aquarium: ‘Acquaprofonda’ tells the story of courage, kindness and a mysterious sick whale

by Anita W. Harris July 30, 2026July 30, 2026
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See (nearly) all of Shakespeare for free in Bixby Park on July 31

by Anita W. Harris July 23, 2026July 23, 2026
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Musical Theatre West’s glitzy ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ has younger audiences in mind

by Anita W. Harris July 17, 2026July 17, 2026
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See Oscar Wilde 1980s style with Long Beach Shakespeare Company’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’

by Anita W. Harris July 9, 2026July 10, 2026

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