"It's very easy to lose your attention to the amazing visuals being created moment-to-moment which enhance every single vignette as it unfolds." Read the latest review from Broadwayworld HERE!
"Santa Monica Playhouse is one of the best (and most beloved) theaters in the Los Angeles region. The team of DeCarlo & Rudie, who also serve as its artistic directors, have taken this theater to new heights over their many years on stage and off. And with shows such as this one, without a doubt, you won't find quality theater of this ilk anywhere else. LOVE IN BLOOM is a musical showpiece that is as giddy and whimsical as a lovestruck “fool!” It’s not a spoiler alert to say that everyone lives happier ever after." Accessibly Live Off-Line
BAWDY! BOLD! BODACIOUS!
"Critic's Pick of the Year" American Radio Network
“RECOMMENDED!” Carol's Culture Corner |
“Magically performed…plaudits to all!” Theatre Spoken Here |
santa Monica Playhouse is proud to present the RETURN OF THE HIT
Rudie-DeCarlo MUSICALLOVEINBLOOM TO CELEBRATE ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY
"Top notch...An Upbeat Romp!" Santa Monica Mirror |
“Delightful whimsy… a bold ambitious piece of musical theatre” L.A. Weekly |
It’s the feel-good bawdy musical comedy hit of the season, the Rudie-DeCarlo tribute to the wenches and rogues of the Bard.
Love In Bloom, the “captivating” (stagehappenings.com) garden of a thousand and one theatrical delights returns to celebrate its 10th anniversary to insure that all's well that ends as you like it. Magic and mayhem, fops and fairies, mistaken identity, romance and humor abound in this tongue-firmly-in-cheek evening of theatre.
“Wow!...Superlative!... It certainly deserves as long a run as it can handle.” reviewplays.com
Written and Directed by the award-winning creative team of Chris DeCarlo and Evelyn Rudie
(read more about them here.)
(read more about them here.)
“As homage to Shakespeare, master of pantomime Marcel Marceau, Commedia dell’arte and conventions of classical theater in general, it soars. And by the time the lights fade to black, you will not be able to fight the feeling that all you need is love.” UCLA Daily Bruin
Love In Bloom features members of internationally acclaimed Actors’ Repertory Theatre:
Patrick Censoplano (Fame, Grey’s Anatomy, David Sedaris’s SantaLand Diaries) as the charming but most definitely wishy-washy Prince Hamelot
Rachel Galper (Mistakes Were Made, A Love Affair, Turning Thirty) as the lusty Lady Merrymount
Graham Silbert (Author! Author! – an evening with Sholom Aleichem, Cinderella Topsy Turvy, If Pillows Could Talk) as the rogue Frivolio
Rachel Galper (Mistakes Were Made, A Love Affair, Turning Thirty) as the lusty Lady Merrymount
Graham Silbert (Author! Author! – an evening with Sholom Aleichem, Cinderella Topsy Turvy, If Pillows Could Talk) as the rogue Frivolio
joined by guest artists Tara Brown(Bosch, Working Title) and Cynthia Zitter* (The Fosters, How to Get the Girl) as long-lost sisters disguised as men disguised as women
and Zane Garcia (American Mime Theatre, Harrisburg Shakespeare Company; Blue Bloods, Our Town) as the sweet monster Calabasas
and Zane Garcia (American Mime Theatre, Harrisburg Shakespeare Company; Blue Bloods, Our Town) as the sweet monster Calabasas
with Rudie* and DeCarlo* as King and Queen of the Faeries.
“The presentation is uniquely their own, and delightfully so… Hilarious!” L.A. Theatre Review
Choreography by Cydne Moore • Costume Design by Ashley Hayes • Lighting, Video & Set Design by James Cooper
Production Stage Manager George J Vennes III
Production Stage Manager George J Vennes III
“A production in which each exquisite cast member blossoms and nourishes the soul. Live, love, laugh at this true labour of love, sheer delight, played out from beginning to end.” The Tolucan Times
RETURNS: January 18 through March 1, 2020
Sundays at 6:00pm
General Admission: $35
Discounts available for Students, Teachers, Seniors, & Members of the Military • Great group rates available for 8 or more - call us today!
Discounts available for Students, Teachers, Seniors, & Members of the Military • Great group rates available for 8 or more - call us today!
Santa Monica Playhouse Reserves the Right to Cancel or Reschedule Performances Without Prior Notice. Please Call to Confirm Show Dates and Times.
*Member Actors' Equity Association