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		<title>EXCLUSIVE: TALKING HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE’S &#8216;LES MIS&#8217; WITH JOSH YOUNG </title>
		<link>https://www.popbytes.com/josh-young-les-miserables-hudson-valley-shakespeare-interview/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ALEX KELLEHER-NAGORSKI]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 21:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Denis Lambert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hudson Valley Shakespeare]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Josh Young]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Les Misérables]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[After performing in five different productions of Les Misérables, Josh Young is finally playing his dream role of Jean Valjean. Leading a new production at <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.popbytes.com/josh-young-les-miserables-hudson-valley-shakespeare-interview/" title="EXCLUSIVE: TALKING HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE’S &#8216;LES MIS&#8217; WITH JOSH YOUNG ">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>MAMMA MIA! Is the Ultimate Feel-Good Musical Experience</title>
		<link>https://www.popbytes.com/mamma-mia-musical-los-angeles-review/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MICHAEL KNUDSEN]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ABBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ahmanson Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Center Theatre Group]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the opening night of MAMMA MIA! at the Ahmanson Theatre, presented by Center Theatre Group. The beloved <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.popbytes.com/mamma-mia-musical-los-angeles-review/" title="MAMMA MIA! Is the Ultimate Feel-Good Musical Experience">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>‘Primary Trust’ Is a Powerful and Poignant Season Finale at the Mark Taper Forum</title>
		<link>https://www.popbytes.com/primary-trust-play-los-angeles-review/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MICHAEL KNUDSEN]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Center Theatre Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eboni Booth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knud Adams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Taper Forum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petey McGee]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the opening night of Primary Trust by Eboni Booth, the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner, which <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.popbytes.com/primary-trust-play-los-angeles-review/" title="‘Primary Trust’ Is a Powerful and Poignant Season Finale at the Mark Taper Forum">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Maren Morris Brings Her Dreamsicle Tour to Ponte Vedra Concert Hall</title>
		<link>https://www.popbytes.com/maren-morris-brings-her-dreamsicle-tour-to-ponte-vedra-concert-hall/</link>
					<comments>https://www.popbytes.com/maren-morris-brings-her-dreamsicle-tour-to-ponte-vedra-concert-hall/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ALEX KELLEHER-NAGORSKI]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 20:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Concerts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maren Morris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ponte Vedra Concert Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week, Grammy-winning pop/country singer Maren Morris brought her Dreamsicle Tour to the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall (Ponte Vedra, FL) for two electric nights. Walking <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.popbytes.com/maren-morris-brings-her-dreamsicle-tour-to-ponte-vedra-concert-hall/" title="Maren Morris Brings Her Dreamsicle Tour to Ponte Vedra Concert Hall">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>From Baum to Broadway: &#8216;Back to Oz&#8217; Celebrates a Century of Oz Magic</title>
		<link>https://www.popbytes.com/back-to-oz-los-angeles-museique-review/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MICHAEL KNUDSEN]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Back to Oz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carmen Cusack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Center Theatre Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DC6 Singers Collective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LaVance Colley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Taper Forum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MUSEIQUE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Granner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rachael Worby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Wiz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Wizard of Oz]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This past weekend, I had the absolute pleasure of attending opening night of Back to Oz at Center Theatre Group&#8216;s Mark Taper Forum, presented in <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.popbytes.com/back-to-oz-los-angeles-museique-review/" title="From Baum to Broadway: &#8216;Back to Oz&#8217; Celebrates a Century of Oz Magic">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Big Laughs, Bigger Heart: ‘Kim’s Convenience’ Delivers in Los Angeles</title>
		<link>https://www.popbytes.com/kims-convenience-play-review-los-angeles/</link>
					<comments>https://www.popbytes.com/kims-convenience-play-review-los-angeles/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MICHAEL KNUDSEN]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ahmanson Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Center Theatre Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ins Choi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim’s Convenience]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week, I ventured downtown to Center Theatre Group’s Ahmanson Theatre to experience the official opening night of Kim’s Convenience. This 2011 play, penned by <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.popbytes.com/kims-convenience-play-review-los-angeles/" title="Big Laughs, Bigger Heart: ‘Kim’s Convenience’ Delivers in Los Angeles">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>EXCLUSIVE: TALKING &#8216;THE SOUND OF MUSIC&#8217; NATIONAL TOUR WITH CHRISTIANE NOLL </title>
		<link>https://www.popbytes.com/christiane-noll-sound-of-music-tour-interview/</link>
					<comments>https://www.popbytes.com/christiane-noll-sound-of-music-tour-interview/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ALEX KELLEHER-NAGORSKI]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 23:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christiane Noll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rodgers & Hammerstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Sound of Music]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Christiane Noll is stepping into one of musical theater’s most iconic roles as Mother Abbess in the national tour of The Sound of Music. Noll <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.popbytes.com/christiane-noll-sound-of-music-tour-interview/" title="EXCLUSIVE: TALKING &#8216;THE SOUND OF MUSIC&#8217; NATIONAL TOUR WITH CHRISTIANE NOLL ">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>EXCLUSIVE: TALKING &#8216;MONTE CRISTO&#8217; WITH SIERRA BOGGESS </title>
		<link>https://www.popbytes.com/sierra-boggess-monte-cristo-interview/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ALEX KELLEHER-NAGORSKI]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adam Jacobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexandre Dumas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monte Cristo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norm Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NYC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Off Broadway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Kellogg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sierra Boggess]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Weiner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theatre at St. Jean’s]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sierra Boggess is once again reinventing the ingenue. As Mercedes in the new Off-Broadway show, Monte Cristo, the Olivier-nominated soprano is stepping into the kind <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.popbytes.com/sierra-boggess-monte-cristo-interview/" title="EXCLUSIVE: TALKING &#8216;MONTE CRISTO&#8217; WITH SIERRA BOGGESS ">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Here Lies Love&#8217; Brings History—and a Warning—to the Dance Floor</title>
		<link>https://www.popbytes.com/here-lies-love-musical-review-los-angeles/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MICHAEL KNUDSEN]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 21:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Center Theatre Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Here Lies Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Imelda Marcos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Taper Forum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musicals]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week I had the absolute pleasure of attending the official Los Angeles opening of Here Lies Love—the electrifying musical from David Byrne and Fatboy <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.popbytes.com/here-lies-love-musical-review-los-angeles/" title="&#8216;Here Lies Love&#8217; Brings History—and a Warning—to the Dance Floor">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>EXCLUSIVE: TALKING &#8216;TWO STRANGERS CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK&#8217; W/ PHOENIX BEST &#038; VINCENT MICHAEL </title>
		<link>https://www.popbytes.com/phoenix-best-vincent-michael-interview/</link>
					<comments>https://www.popbytes.com/phoenix-best-vincent-michael-interview/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ALEX KELLEHER-NAGORSKI]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2025 23:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Broadway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Longacre Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NYC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phoenix Best]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Two Strangers Carry a Cake Across New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vincent Michael]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Phoenix Best and Vincent Michael know exactly what it means to step into the spotlight when it matters most. As the standbys for Robin and <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.popbytes.com/phoenix-best-vincent-michael-interview/" title="EXCLUSIVE: TALKING &#8216;TWO STRANGERS CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK&#8217; W/ PHOENIX BEST &#38; VINCENT MICHAEL ">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>EXCLUSIVE: JESSICA VOSK ON HER NEW HOLIDAY ALBUM AND TOUR </title>
		<link>https://www.popbytes.com/jessica-vosk-interview-holiday-album-tour/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ALEX KELLEHER-NAGORSKI]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Broadway]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hell's Kitchen]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jason Robert Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jessica Vosk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NYC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wicked]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jessica Vosk is ready to sleigh this holiday season. As she wraps up her acclaimed run in Broadway’s Hell’s Kitchen this week, the powerhouse vocalist <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.popbytes.com/jessica-vosk-interview-holiday-album-tour/" title="EXCLUSIVE: JESSICA VOSK ON HER NEW HOLIDAY ALBUM AND TOUR ">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Theater Meets Terror: A Night Inside &#8216;Paranormal Activity&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.popbytes.com/paranormal-activity-play-review-los-angeles/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MICHAEL KNUDSEN]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 21:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ahmanson Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Center Theatre Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Levi Holloway]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just when you think spooky season is officially over, along comes a brand-new show determined to keep the chills going. If you’re a fan of <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.popbytes.com/paranormal-activity-play-review-los-angeles/" title="Theater Meets Terror: A Night Inside &#8216;Paranormal Activity&#8217;">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
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