ONCE

posted on February 2nd, 2026 at 9:52 AM by Steven Stanley


Chance Theater opens their 27th season with a gorgeously staged and performed production of the 2012 Broadway smash Once, easily one of the most charming and heartstrings-tugging musicals of the past 27 years.
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posted in Musical, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

THE CIRCLE

posted on February 2nd, 2026 at 9:47 AM by Steven Stanley

Issues of familia, cultura, and política come to a head over the course of one tumultuous weekend in Stacey Martino Romero’s powerful if overlong World Premiere dramedy The Circle, now playing at the Greenway Court Theatre.

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posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere

WHAT OPA DID

posted on January 27th, 2026 at 12:08 PM by Steven Stanley

Audiences in search of uplifting, escapist entertainment in the dismal times we’re living through will not find it in Christopher Franciosa’s Holocaust drama What Opa Did, a Theatre 40 World Premiere not done any favors by James Paradise’s misguided direction.
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posted in Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, World Premiere

BROWNSTONE

posted on January 26th, 2026 at 5:21 PM by Steven Stanley


The walls of a century-old Upper West Side apartment have much to talk about in Catherine Butterfield’s Brownstone, a trio of fascinating tales all taking place in a single residence but at three distinct periods of time.
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LIFELINE

posted on January 24th, 2026 at 4:40 PM by Steven Stanley


A suicide hotline center provides the backdrop for Robert Axelrod’s Lifeline, a Road Theatre Company World Premiere dramedy as compelling as it is funny as it is ultimately quite moving thanks to a terrific script, a fabulous cast, a sensational production design, and Ken Sawyer in the director’s chair.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, North Hollywood, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

KID GLOVES

posted on January 20th, 2026 at 9:58 AM by Steven Stanley


Reality TV competitions don’t get any more entertainingly cutthroat than the one theatergoers get to witness in Matthew Leavitt and Nathan Wang’s delightful new musical comedy Kids Gloves, now getting its World Premiere at the Skylight Theatre.
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THE ALTRUIST

posted on January 19th, 2026 at 11:19 AM by Steven Stanley

A promising if rather grim dark comedy premise yields less than satisfying results in Bill Fitzhugh’s “New Play with Music” The Altruist, a World Premiere production at North Hollywood’s the Group Rep.
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THE CLUB OF BROKEN FASTS

posted on January 11th, 2026 at 1:09 PM by Steven Stanley


John Hughes meets William Shakespeare in Phil S. Gould’s Hollywood Fringe Festival hit The Club Of Broken Fasts, now completing its all-too-short three-performance-only reprise at the Long Beach Playhouse.
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posted in Comedy, Long Beach/San Pedro, Theater Review, WOW!

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