MATILDA THE MUSICAL
posted on November 30th, 2019 at 1:03 PM by Steven Stanley
Combining hilarity and heart in the most endearingly entertaining of holiday-season treats, Matilda The Musical makes it three smash hits in a row for Actors’ Repertory Theatre Of Simi.
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Tags: Actors Repertory Theatre Of Simi, Dennis Kelly, Roald Dahl, Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, Tim Minchin, Ventura County Theater Review
posted in Musical, Theater Review, Ventura County, WOW!
AUGUST WILSON’S JITNEY
posted on November 25th, 2019 at 11:39 AM by Steven Stanley
Father-son conflict, romantic friction, and the threat of imminent unemployment ignite dramatic sparks amidst tension-relieving laughter in August Wilson’s Jitney, whose 2017 Broadway debut now visits the Mark Taper Forum after a well-earned Best Revival Tony win.
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Tags: August Wilson, Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles Theater Review, Mark Taper Forum
posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, WOW!
EMBRIDGE
posted on November 24th, 2019 at 12:05 PM by Steven Stanley
Take a hearty dollop of Jane Austen romance, sprinkle in a dash of Oscar Wilde wit, and you’ve got Kathryn Farren’s Embridge, now captivating L.A. theatergoers in its World Premiere engagement at San Pedro’s Little Fish Theatre.
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Tags: Jane Austen, Kathryn Farren, Little Fish Theatre, Los Angeles Theater Review, Oscar Wilde
posted in Comedy, Long Beach/San Pedro, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET: A LIVE MUSICAL RADIO PLAY
posted on November 23rd, 2019 at 11:56 AM by Steven Stanley
Actors Co-op treats audiences to Miracle On 34th Street: A Live Musical Radio Play, a tuneful, nostalgic, family-friendly alternative to the myriad A Christmas Carols filling local stages this holiday season.
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Tags: Actors Co-op, Jon Lorenz, Lance Arthur Smith, Los Angeles Theater Review
posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!
FOR THE LOYAL
posted on November 23rd, 2019 at 11:50 AM by Steven Stanley
Provocative, edge-of-your-seat, and ripped from today’s headlines, Lee Blessing’s For The Loyal makes its compelling West Coast debut at Sixty-Six Theater Co.
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Tags: Lee Blessing, Los Angeles Theater Review, Sixty-Six Theater Co.
posted in Drama, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review, WOW!
COMPANY
posted on November 19th, 2019 at 10:50 AM by Steven Stanley
Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s 1970 Broadway classic Company proves a fabulous fit for a dozen-and-a-half theater-majoring performers and designers to strut their stuff in the most sumptuously professional a venue any university production could ever hope for, the UC Irvine-adjacent the Irvine Barclay Theatre.
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Tags: George Furth, Orange County Theater Review, Stephen Sondheim, UC Irvine
posted in Musical, Orange County, Student-Cast Production, Theater Review, WOW!
SALVAGE
posted on November 17th, 2019 at 7:49 PM by Steven Stanley
A chance visit to a run-down, out-of-the-way bar stirs up memories long-ago friendships, unfulfilled dreams, unforgotten grudges, and a woman named Jennifer in Tim Alderson’s Salvage, a World Premiere “play with music” which requires buying into more than one coincidence but offers multiple rewards, not the least of which is getting to hear some of the most haunting, gorgeously sung country music in town.
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Tags: Los Angeles Theater Review, Lounge Theatre, Mark Heard, Pat Terry, Randy VanHorner, Tim Alderson
posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Play With Songs, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!
KEY LARGO
posted on November 16th, 2019 at 11:45 AM by Steven Stanley
The Geffen Playhouse reboots a 1948 black-and-white movie classic live in living color in Jeffrey Hatcher and Andy Garcia’s rip-roaring World Premiere stage adaptation of the Bogie-&-Bacall suspense thriller Key Largo, directed with abundant flair by Tony winner Doug Hughes.
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Tags: Andy Garcia, Geffen Playhouse, Jeffrey Hatcher, Los Angeles Theater Review
posted in Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, World Premiere, WOW!
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