ANDREW LIPPA’S WILD PARTY
posted on March 28th, 2024 at 12:14 PM by Steven Stanley
Performances don’t get any more sizzlingly spellbinding than Madelyn Claire Lego’s star turn as Queenie in Jaxx Theatrical’s fabulous 4-performance-only revival of Andrew Lippa’s Wild Party.
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Tags: Andrew Lippa, Jaxx Theatricals, Los Angeles Theater Review
posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, Now Playing, Theater Review, WOW!
THE ALLSTORE
posted on March 23rd, 2024 at 12:33 PM by Steven Stanley
Life is a living hell for the minimum-wagers staffing The AllStore in Evan Marshall’s pitch-black, trigger warning-packed, frequently hilarious counterpoint to ABC TV’s feel-good Superstore, now getting its World Premiere at Theatre of NOTE.
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Tags: Evan Marshall, Los Angeles Theater Review, Theatre Of NOTE
posted in Comedy-Drama, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Now Playing, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!
ONE OF THE GOOD ONES
posted on March 19th, 2024 at 10:41 AM by Steven Stanley
Fireworks ignite when a well-to-do Hispanic-American couple’s 22-year-old daughter brings home the man of her dreams in Gloria Calderón Kellett’s One Of The Good Ones, a laugh-packed, conversation-starting 21st-century Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner now getting the classiest and crowd-pleasingest of World Premieres at the Pasadena Playhouse.
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Tags: Gloria Calderón Kellett, Los Angeles Theater Review, Pasadena Playhouse
posted in Comedy, Now Playing, Pasadena, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!
A FROGGY BECOMES
posted on March 17th, 2024 at 3:11 PM by Steven Stanley
If you’ve ever been twelve years old, you’ll get an extra special kick out of Becky Wahlstrom’s wild and wacky and way-out-there coming-of-age comedy A Froggy Becomes, now getting the most exhilarating of World Premiere stagings at Open Fist Theatre.
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Tags: Becky Wahlstrom, Los Angeles Theater Review, Open Fist Theatre Company
posted in Comedy, Los Angeles, Now Playing, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!
FAITHLESS
posted on March 16th, 2024 at 10:29 AM by Steven Stanley
A pair of 30something siblings summoned to their widowed stepfather’s home confront a family crisis involving their adopted teenaged sister in Jon Klein’s absorbing family dramedy Faithless, a laughter-and-discussion-provoking Victory Theatre Center World Premiere.
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Tags: Jon Klein, Los Angeles Theater Review, The Victory Theatre Center
posted in Burbank/Glendale, Comedy-Drama, Now Playing, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!
INTO THE WOODS
posted on March 15th, 2024 at 11:15 AM by Steven StanleyThe Nocturne Theatre opens its Spring 2024 season with Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into The Woods, and though not everything works in the oft-produced musical’s latest revival, its striking high fantasy look, a number of inspired directorial choices, and more than a few sensational performances earn cheers.
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Tags: James Lapine, Los Angeles Theater Review, Stephen Sondheim, The Nocturne Theatre
posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical, Theater Review
CONEY ISLAND LAND, OR THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL ACTUALITY AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE
posted on March 4th, 2024 at 6:05 PM by Steven Stanley
High school sweethearts reunite for the first time since their breakup thirty years earlier in Timothy Braun’s absorbing World Premiere two-hander Coney Island Land, or The Great Existential Actuality at The End of The Universe, a terrifically acted and designed guest production at North Hollywood’s Theatre 68 Complex.
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Tags: Los Angeles Theatre Review, Theatre 68, Timothy Braun
posted in Drama, North Hollywood, Theater Review, Two-Hander, World Premiere, WOW!
FOOTLOOSE THE MUSICAL
posted on March 3rd, 2024 at 11:34 AM by Steven StanleyDirector Barry Pearl and co-director/choreographer Michelle Elkin re-team at the Colony Theatre to bring L.A. audiences a bigger-budget incarnation of their 2023 hit Footloose The Musical, though this time round minus the powerhouse star turn of last year’s breakout leading man.
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Tags: BarCinBoo Productions, Colony Theatre, Dean Pitchford, Los Angeles Theater Review, Panic! Productions, Tom Snow, Walter Bobbie
posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical, Theater Review