Melissa Heckscher

Melissa Heckscher

Melissa Heckscher is a freelance writer and mother of three living in Los Angeles. A former daily news and features reporter, she is the author of 10 nonfiction books and has written for newspapers, magazines, and television stations across the country including The Los Angeles Daily News, the Orange County Register, and NY1 News (New York City). She wishes more than anything that she could sing, dance and act—even karaoke-caliber would do—but is fine watching the professionals do it on stage.  




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First Show:

Cats

Favorite Show:

Wicked



MOST POPULAR ARTICLES

Review: PUPPY PALS at the Norris Theater
Review: PUPPY PALS at the Norris Theater
April 14, 2024

Dog-lovers will lap up every minute of this 90-minute comedic dog stunt show that first premiered on America's Got Talent.

Review: OPHELIA at the Odyssey Theatre
Review: OPHELIA at the Odyssey Theatre
April 14, 2024

Anything that makes you think is worth watching. And so Ophelia — in all its memory lapses and uncomfortable places — is worth it. Just bring a friend so you have someone to help you put the pieces together when it’s all over. 

Interview: Megan McGinnis of BEETLEJUICE National Tour
Interview: Megan McGinnis of BEETLEJUICE National Tour
April 15, 2024

BroadwayWorld spoke with Broadway alumn Megan McGinnis about coming back to SoCal, doing an exorcism in front of her 7-year-old son, and keeping a straight face while acting alongside Justin Collette’s Beetlejuice.  

Preview: BROADWAY RAVE at The House Of Blues Anaheim
Preview: BROADWAY RAVE at The House Of Blues Anaheim
April 11, 2024

This is Broadway Rave, a nightclub-based celebration of musical theater where showtunes are played by a DJ instead of an orchestra and sung, not by trained actors but by pretty much every person in attendance.

Preview: Invertigo Dance Theatre's INTERIOR DESIGN at The Kirk Douglas Theater
Preview: Invertigo Dance Theatre's INTERIOR DESIGN at The Kirk Douglas Theater
April 8, 2024

Issues of love, grief, and community are explored in INTERIOR DESIGN, a 65-minute performance that's being called a 'complete interweaving of dance and theatre' playing at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City April 20-21.






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