THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME
posted on November 10th, 2019 at 11:46 AM by Steven Stanley
A star is born in 19-year-old Iain Kohn, whose breakout stage debut as on-the-spectrum amateur detective Christopher Boone is just one reason why Greenway Arts Alliance’s production of Simon Stephens’ The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time ought to top any L.A. theatergoer’s must-see list.
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Tags: Greenway Court Theatre, Los Angeles Theater Review, Mark Haddon, Simon Stephens
posted in Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, WOW!
EIGHT NIGHTS
posted on November 9th, 2019 at 1:00 PM by Steven Stanley
A Holocaust survivor newly arrived in 1940s New York. An African-American couple who’ve journeyed north in the tumultuous ’60s in hopes of escaping racism down south. The Japanese-American grandson of WWII internment camp detainees circa 1988. A Syrian refugee in Trump-era America. Playwright Jennifer Maisel weaves together these characters and their interconnected stories in her decades-spanning World Premiere drama Eight Nights, an Antaeus Theatre Company triumph.
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Tags: Jennifer Maisel, Los Angeles Theater Review, The Antaeus Company
posted in Burbank/Glendale, Drama, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!
FRUITION
posted on November 8th, 2019 at 12:40 PM by Steven StanleyIf dystopian thrillers are your thing, you may buy into the post-apocalyptic world imagined by Alexis DeLaRosa in Fruition, a Theatre Of NOTE World Premiere. If not, you’ll likely find yourself less enthralled by what DeLaRosa imagines in store for the USA as we know it.
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Tags: Alexis DeLaRosa, Los Angeles Theater Review, Theatre Of NOTE
posted in Action-Adventure, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review, World Premiere
ANASTASIA
posted on November 6th, 2019 at 12:05 PM by Steven Stanley
A Disney-style animated flick for the kiddies gets transformed into an epic romantic musical for grown-ups in Anastasia, now evoking oohs and aahs at the Segerstrom Center For The Arts for its gorgeous costumes and spectacular projection designs as well as abundant applause for its trio of thrilling lead performances, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s lush musical score, and Peggy Hickey’s eclectic choreography.
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Tags: Lynn Ahrens, Orange County Theater Review, Segerstrom Center For The Arts, Stephen Flaherty, Terrence McNally
posted in Musical, National Tour, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!
ELIJAH
posted on November 4th, 2019 at 12:32 PM by Steven Stanley
Strangers find themselves stuck inside a rural TGI Friday’s as a hurricane rages not far from where a serial killer is about to be put to death in Judith Leora’s Elijah, 72 minutes of drama, comedy, mystery, suspense, and hot-button issues that kept me on the edge of my Victory Theatre seat from start to finish.
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Tags: Judith Leora, Los Angeles Theater Review, The Victory Theatre Center
posted in Burbank/Glendale, Comedy-Drama, Theater Review, WOW!
ORRY
posted on November 3rd, 2019 at 11:37 AM by Steven Stanley
Legendary Hollywood costume designer Orry-Kelly lives again (at his own funeral, no less) in Nick Hardcastle’s entertaining, informative Orry, now playing a limited engagement at West Hollywood’s Lee Strasberg Theatre.
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Tags: Lee Strasberg Theatre, Los Angeles Theater Review, Nick Hardcastle, Orry-Kelly
posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Play With Songs, World Premiere, WOW!
DIAL “M” FOR MURDER
posted on November 2nd, 2019 at 11:07 AM by Steven Stanley
You’ll be dining at the crime scene as you savor the latest tasty delight from The 413 Project, Frederick Knott’s classic mystery-suspense thriller Dial “M” For Murder at Pasadena’s Madeline Garden.
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Tags: Frederick Knott, Los Angeles Theater Review, The 413 Project Theater, The Madeline Gardens
posted in Drama, Pasadena, Theater Review, WOW!
BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY
posted on October 30th, 2019 at 12:36 PM by Steven Stanley
Fountain Theatre scores a major coup by beating out the biggies with the Los Angeles Premiere of Stephen Adly Guirgis’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Between Riverside And Crazy.
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Tags: Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles Theater Review, Stephen Adly Guirgis
posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, WOW!
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