Accent & Performance Coaching for International Actors

posted on August 10th, 2026 at 12:26 PM by Steven Stanley


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NEXT TO NORMAL

posted on August 22nd, 2026 at 10:58 AM by Steven Stanley


Next To Normal has arrived at the Hudson Backstage for an all-too-short 4-performance run that more than does justice to the powerful, deeply moving multiple Tony Award winner.
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, Now Playing, Theater Review, WOW!

TREASURE ISLAND

posted on August 18th, 2026 at 3:11 PM by Steven Stanley

Dialog scenes get bogged down in nautical jargon, 18th-century slang, and outdated grammar, much of it unintelligible to 21st-century ears, but whenever action sequences take over, Theatricum Botanicum audiences are treated to the swashbucklingest adventure story ever to unfold under Topanga skies.
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KIMBERLY AKIMBO

posted on August 16th, 2026 at 4:10 PM by Steven Stanley


Theatre Palisades and director Cate Caplin have another winner on their hands with Kimberly Akimbo, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire’s quirky comedy about a soon-to-turn-16-year-old who’s got more on her plate than your average high schooler.
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posted in Comedy, Now Playing, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

RIDE THE CYCLONE

posted on August 11th, 2026 at 4:46 PM by Steven Stanley

Triple-threat performances by a super-talented Gen Z cast score a solid A from this Boomer, but having now seen two different productions of Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond’s Ride The Cyclone, the best I can give the musical itself is a C-.
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FROZEN

posted on August 11th, 2026 at 8:53 AM by Steven Stanley


The Broadway musical Frozen may not be nearly as preschool-kids-friendly as Disney’s The Little Mermaid or Beauty And The Beast, but Torrance Theatre Company once again gives professional regional theaters stiff competition with their splendidly performed and gorgeous-to-look-at big-stage production of the 2018 Broadway hit.
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MARY POPPINS

posted on August 8th, 2026 at 12:03 PM by Steven Stanley


Carter Thomas not only proves himself a director par excellence, he gives silver screen greats like Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, and Dick Van Dyke a run for their dance showmanship as Bert (the role Van Dyke originated on screen) in Highlands Theater’s magical and mesmerizing revival of the Broadway smash Mary Poppins.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical, Now Playing, Theater Review, WOW!

GREASE

posted on August 7th, 2026 at 12:52 PM by Steven Stanley


I’ve seen eleven different productions of Grease, but none of them has reached the heights of Altadena Music Theatre’s thrillingly innovative under-the-stars reinvention of the 1972 Broadway smash.
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