AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE

posted on August 5th, 2019 at 12:48 PM by Steven Stanley

Ellen Geer updates Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy Of The People to 1980 and Americanizes it to South Fork, South Carolina in a problematic World Premiere adaptation that would probably work better if its Theatricum Botanicum cast didn’t have a week off between each performance.
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posted in Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls

THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY OF A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN

posted on August 4th, 2019 at 1:25 PM by Steven Stanley

Baseball season just got a whole lot more entertaining with The Unauthorized Musical Parody Of A League Of Their Own, the UMPO Series’ latest musical movie spoof at Rockwell Table & Stage.
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posted in Los Angeles, Musical Spoof, Theater Review, WOW!

TWELFTH NIGHT

posted on August 3rd, 2019 at 11:33 AM by Steven Stanley

William Shakespeare’s star-crossed twins, mismatched lovers, and zany fools are as star-crossed, mismatched, and zany as ever this summer at Theatricum Botanicum, but this time round they burst into song in Ellen Geer’s enchanting Twelfth Night under Topanga skies.
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posted in Classic Play, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE

posted on July 31st, 2019 at 10:37 AM by Steven Stanley

Masterfully inventive direction and a marvelously multi-talented cast work theatrical alchemy on Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle, the latest Antaeus Theatre Company triumph.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Classic Play, Theater Review, WOW!

FIREBRINGER

posted on July 29th, 2019 at 4:05 PM by Steven Stanley

Though only an occasional song or scene or joke hits the mark, a hard-working young cast have fun playing cave people in Brian Holden, Matt Lang, Nick Lang, Meredith Stepien, and Mark Swiderski’s Firebringer: A New Stone Age Musical.
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posted in Musical, North Hollywood, Theater Review

WEST SIDE STORY

posted on July 27th, 2019 at 4:43 PM by Steven Stanley

Inspired direction and innovative choreography reign supreme as 5-Star Theatricals revives and reinvigorates West Side Story, the 1957 Broadway classic about a boy and girl from rival teen gangs (one white, one Puerto Rican) who fall hopelessly in love on the mean streets of New York.
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posted in Musical, Theater Review, Ventura County, WOW!

APPLE SEASON

posted on July 23rd, 2019 at 5:12 PM by Steven Stanley

Childhood abuse survivors return to the Oregon farm they once called home in E.M. Lewis’s compact dramatic gem Apple Season, a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere now riveting audiences at Atwater Village Theatre.
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posted in Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

PETER PAN

posted on July 22nd, 2019 at 4:30 PM by Steven Stanley

Children in particular will be captivated by Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre’s high-flying revival of the 20th-century Broadway classic (and perennial TV favorite) Peter Pan.
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posted in Musical, San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

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