THE CIVIL TWILIGHT
posted on November 4th, 2024 at 12:07 PM by Steven Stanley
Two strangers seeking refuge in a dingy motel room reveal their deepest, darkest secrets to riveting effect in The Civil Twilight, Shem Bitterman’s lollapalooza of a two-hander now getting a brilliantly acted World Premiere at the Broadwater Studio Theatre.
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Tags: Los Angeles Theater Review, The Broadwater Studio Theatre, The Road Theatre Company
posted in Drama, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Now Playing, Theater Review, Two-Hander, World Premiere, WOW!
THE WISDOM OF EVE
posted on November 3rd, 2024 at 10:06 AM by Steven StanleyThe results are uneven, and at nearly three hours in length the play outstays its welcome, but at the very least Mary Orr’s The Wisdom Of Eve gives Whitefire Theatre audiences the chance to see how All About Eve might have turned out had it been adapted by its original author and not by the brilliant Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who received sole writing credit (and two Oscars) for the film. (The answer is not nearly as good.)
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Tags: Los Angeles Theater Review, Mary Orr, Whitefire Theatre
posted in Drama, Now Playing, San Fernando Valley, Theater Review
BARBRA’S WEDDING
posted on November 2nd, 2024 at 10:27 AM by Steven Stanley
Nick Bredosky and Kaylin Zeren deliver the comedic goods in a savvily gender-swapped take on Daniel Stern’s married-couples comedy Barbra’s Wedding, now halfway through its two-Fridays-only run at LA Connection Comedy Improv Theatre.
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Tags: Daniel Stern, LA Connection Comedy Theatre, Los Angeles Theater Review
posted in Burbank/Glendale, Comedy, Now Playing, Theater Review, WOW!
THE 22+ WEDDINGS OF HUGO MULITPLE
posted on November 1st, 2024 at 10:47 AM by Steven Stanley
Latino Theater Company treats L.A. audiences to a rarity in this city of almost a million-and-a-half Spanish speakers, teatro en español (with English supertitles) thanks to Gala Hispanic Theater’s The 22+ Weddings Of Hugo Multiple, Gustavo Ott’s simply marvelous look at love and immigration in today’s America.
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Tags: Gala Hispanic Theater, Gustavo Ott, Los Angeles Theater Review, Los Angeles Theatre Center, The Latino Theater Company
posted in Comedy, Los Angeles, Now Playing, Theater Review, WOW!
BUYER & CELLAR
posted on October 29th, 2024 at 10:14 AM by Steven Stanley
Emerson Collins delivers the solo performance of the year (opposite none other but Barbra Streisand herself) in Jonathan Tolins’ Buyer & Cellar, the latest winner from The Sixth Act.
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Tags: Jonathan Tolins, Los Angeles Theater Review, The 6th Act, Whitefire Theatre
posted in Now Playing, San Fernando Valley, Solo Performance, Theater Review, WOW!
MURDER ON THE LINKS
posted on October 28th, 2024 at 10:31 AM by Steven Stanley
Playwright Steven Dietz has taken Agatha Christie’s 1923 whodunnit Murder On The Links and adapted it as a rollicking, tongue-in-cheek six-actor farce that only the most diehard Christie purist could fail to love.
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Tags: Agatha Christie, International City Theatre, Los Angeles Theater Review, Steven Dietz
posted in Comedy, Long Beach/San Pedro, Theater Review, WOW!
ROBBIN, FROM THE HOOD
posted on October 27th, 2024 at 12:37 PM by Steven Stanley
Robbin, from the Hood, goes head-to-head with a multibillion-dollar conglomerate in Marlow Wyatt’s invigorating follow-up to 2023’s Best-of-the-Year Scenie-winning SHE.
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Tags: Los Angeles Theater Review, Marlow Wyatt, The Road Theatre Company
posted in Drama, North Hollywood, Now Playing, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!
CAROLE COOK DIED FOR MY SINS
posted on October 25th, 2024 at 10:43 AM by Steven StanleyA sumptuous production design and a theatrical venue in L.A.’s hip Los Feliz district help distinguish Mason McCulley’s Carole Cook Died For My Sins from the slew of autobiographical solo performances on stage each summer at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
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Tags: Los Angeles Theater Review, Mason McCulley, Skylight Theatre
posted in Los Angeles, Now Playing, Solo Performance, Theater Review, World Premiere