The Bedroom Window at Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

The Bedroom Window

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd Los Angeles

In The Bedroom Window, Gwen returns home from graduate school to fulfill the expectations of her family and her longtime boyfriend. As she finds the life she left is no longer the same, she meets Porter, a carefree painter whose approach to life is nothing like what's been in store for her, and a romance blossoms between them. With more than 25 original songs, The Bedroom Window examines the process of growing up and dealing with change.

Thru - Sep 26, 2010

Thursdays: 8:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 8:00pm

Sundays: 3:00pm

Price: $34.99

Show Type: Musical

Box Office: 310-477-2055

www.tbwthemusical.com

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The Bedroom Window Reviews

Average Rating based on 3 reviews

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Backstage - Somewhat Recommended

"... During the frequent choral crescendos, when the ensemble shuffles across the stage to croon about ongoing emotional challenges, the performers' overstated earnestness and robotic uniformity suggest the eerie "Ballad of Sweeney Todd," surely unintentionally. On the other hand, Rice keeps the same Pepsodent smile on his face whether he's crooning about the hurtful pangs of secret love or proclaiming victory over the blues. His persistent grin epitomizes the overriding mood imposed by the material and by Elissa Weinzimmer's direction: false good cheer. Agony and ecstasy are never far apart in musicals that pretend they are soulful and deep, while a happily-ever-after high is always a foregone conclusion. Nonetheless, this musical soap opera, populated by attractive and eager young players showing great promise, might succeed as harmless fluff if a ruthless script editor was allowed to whip the soggy saga into more palatable shape."

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- Les Spindle

LA Theatre Review - Somewhat Recommended

"...The performances in this production are almost all very good. All had amazing, powerful voices. The music is also quite good, some of it very complex with intricate counter-melodies and intertwining lines, and some of it had real power and emotion in it, although after a while it all started to sound the same. The main problem for me was the script. The themes are about passion vs. settling, about doing what you love vs. doing what's expected of you, about living your "real" life as opposed to living the life in front of you. All admirable and worthy of exploration, but the story with which Daniel Mahler, Nanea Miyata and Brittany Morrison, the writers, hung those themes upon has been explored many times, and better. Heck, even Woody Allen once had a sub plot with much the same story line. One can excuse, I suppose, young writers for not knowing the territory into which they're jumping, thinking it brand new and revolutionary."

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- Geoff Hoff

Stage Scene LA - Recommended

"...for this reviewer, The Bedroom Window's positives definitely outweigh the negatives. Mahler, Miyata, and Morrison have tackled something quite original, at least for a musical, and I can easily see The Bedroom Window becoming a popular choice for college musical theater departments, whose students and audiences match this show's age demographic to perfection, the show's themes likely to resonate with 18-23 year olds in particular."

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- Steven Stanley

The Bedroom Window at Odyssey Theatre Ensemble