Evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe at Bootleg Theater

Evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe

Bootleg Theater
2220 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles

The songbook of Grammy Award winners David Hidalgo and Louie Pérez of Los Lobos drives Evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe, a multimedia play with music that takes its title from the group's 1985 rocker "Evangeline." Evangeline...a devoted daughter by day, a Hollywood go-go dancer by night. A journey of self discovery by a young Chicana, whose neighborhood roots and make-believe world collide when she experiences the West Side art scene and the music of the Sunset Strip, is set against the 1968 student walkouts in East L.A. and the fight for equal education and civil rights.

Thru - May 27, 2012

Price: $32

Box Office: 213-389-3856

www.bootlegtheater.org/

Evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe Reviews

Average Rating based on 7 reviews

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LA Weekly - Not Recommended

"...There's much to like in this chock-full world premiere featuring the songbook of Los Lobos' David Hidalgo and Louie Perez."

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- Ellen Dostal

Backstage - Not Recommended

"...Too often, though, the text tells more than it shows, with the police-riots climax and Evangeline and Alicia's resolution rushed and unearned; this might best be reconceived as a full-fledged musical, with more actors. Nevertheless, if "Evangeline" ultimately is a high-end workshop, its entertainment value will reach beyond the sure-fire target demographic."

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- David C. Nichols

StageHappenings.com - Somewhat Recommended

"...This is a pleasurable, and somewhat engaging, production. But one hopes that it will get a needed re-write of its book, to not lessen the lessons to be learned. This is real L.A. history, mostly forgotten – or never learned – and therefore useful to us all."

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- Dale Reynolds

Buzzine - Not Recommended

"...Collectively, Evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe is a refreshing stage production delicately interweaving cultural sensitivities with America's strongest counterculture days."

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- Parimal Rohit

Working Authur - Not Recommended

"...But sadly, nothing even close to what the Sixties possessed is allowed to seep into the fabric of this production. So at the finish of this show you're left with a painfully pedestrian, threadbare tale that was unable to benefit from a strong and committed cast and some kickass music."

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- Ernest Kearney

LifeInLA - Recommended

"...I really enjoyed Evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe, and definitely recommend for others to go see it. It was an exciting production to experience, where I found myself dancing in my chair throughout the majority of it. Through observing the audience, I know that I was not the only one dancing in their chair."

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- Lia Mandelbaum

Broadway World - Recommended

"...The joy in the making is evident from the moment you step into the theater and it will most certainly find a ready audience in a city that delights in the coming-of-age stories of its people."

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- Ellen Dostal

Evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe at Bootleg Theater