THE LAST FIVE YEARS

posted on May 30th, 2019 at 12:27 PM by Steven Stanley

The Last Five Years, Jason Robert Brown’s exquisite musical two-hander, showcases UCLA talent to stunning effect as part of Pacific Resident Theatre’s Sunday Concert Series in the company’s newly inaugurated intimate cabaret space.
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posted in Theater Review, Two-Hander, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

posted on May 29th, 2019 at 12:25 PM by Steven Stanley

The Broadway National Tour of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory scores points for its colorful performances and sets (and for its singing-dancing Oompa Loompas), but audiences looking for characters they can care about, a plot that will maintain their interest, and songs they’ll want to hear more than once won’t find them at the Segerstrom Center For The Arts.
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posted in Musical, National Tour, Orange County, Theater Review

DEAD ACCOUNTS

posted on May 27th, 2019 at 3:32 PM by Steven Stanley

A New York Banker returns to his family’s Cincinnati home with wads of cash and a secret that’s about to rock their world in Dead Accounts, Theresa Rebeck’s darkly comedic look at the Red State-Blue State divide, now getting a terrifically acted Southern California Premiere at San Pedro’s Little Fish Theatre.
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posted in Comedy, Long Beach/San Pedro, Theater Review, WOW!

SHOOTING STAR – A REVEALING NEW MUSICAL

posted on May 26th, 2019 at 3:16 PM by Steven Stanley

If there’s anything gay men adore, it’s musical theater and porn, just two of the reasons why Shooting Star – A Revealing New Musical, a Hudson Mainstage World Premiere, is the gay porn musical event of this or any other year.

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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

BE A GOOD LITTLE WIDOW

posted on May 25th, 2019 at 9:34 AM by Steven Stanley

Life presents unexpected challenges to a newlywed bride in Bekah Brunstetter’s gut-puncher of a dramedy Be A Good Little Widow, a particularly fine visiting production at West L.A.’s Odyssey Theatre.

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posted in Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

MAMA METAL

posted on May 24th, 2019 at 2:57 PM by Steven Stanley

Playwright Sigrid Gilmer deals with a lifetime’s worth of mother-daughter issues in the most theatrically adventurous of ways in Mama Metal, the head-banging latest from IAMA Theatre Company.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR & GRILL

posted on May 23rd, 2019 at 3:30 PM by Steven Stanley

Billie Holiday sings again at the Garry Marshall Theatre in Deidrie Henry’s searing tour-de-force star turn in Lanie Robertson’s Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Cabaret/Concert/Variety, Theater Review, WOW!

DANIEL’S HUSBAND

posted on May 21st, 2019 at 11:13 AM by Steven Stanley

Daniel and Mitchell have been together for seven years. One of them wants to tie the knot. The other does not. And that’s about all you need to know before making a beeline for the Fountain Theatre to savor Michael McKeever’s laugh-out-loud-then-get-out-your-hankies stunner Daniel’s Husband.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, WOW!

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