MY THING OF LOVE

posted on May 10th, 2019 at 11:53 AM by Steven Stanley

An alternate cast prove the wrong trio of actors to make Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros’ offbeat comic drama My Thing Of Love come to explosive life in its Sixty-Six Theater Co. debut under Paul Rush’s direction.
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posted in Comedy, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

posted on May 8th, 2019 at 5:10 PM by Steven Stanley

If you’ve any doubt that Fiddler On The Roof is a true musical theater masterpiece, check out the dazzling National Tour now playing at Costa Mesa’s Segerstrom Center For The Arts for proof positive that the Broadway classic is as great as it gets.
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posted in Musical, National Tour, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE

posted on May 6th, 2019 at 5:31 PM by Steven Stanley

The concert staged reading masters at Musical Theatre Guild put together a stunningly performed and directed Sunday In The Park With George (on a Sunday no less) with just enough production design thrown in that audience members might well have thought they were witnessing a fully-staged production of the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine masterpiece and not a book-in-hand “reading” put together with a mere twenty-five hours of rehearsal.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Concert Staged Reading, Theater Review, WOW!

BOXING LESSONS

posted on May 4th, 2019 at 10:47 AM by Steven Stanley

A TV season’s worth of secrets and lies come to light over the course of one tumultuous weekend in John Bunzel’s darkly comedic, ever so slightly absurdist Boxing Lessons, an expertly acted, directed, and designed New American Theatre World Premiere.
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BRIGHT STAR

posted on April 29th, 2019 at 2:10 PM by Steven Stanley

Christanna Rowader’s star shines bright in Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s Bright Star, a Golden Era-style Hollywood weeper given the most gorgeous of bluegrass scores and just as many joyous laughs as soapy tears on the Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre stage.
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posted in Musical, San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

SKYLIGHT

posted on April 28th, 2019 at 12:05 PM by Steven Stanley

Skylight, David Hare’s postmortem look at an adulterous couple’s unexpected reunion, gets a terrific 24th-anniversary Chance Theater revival under Oanh Nguyen’s incisive direction.
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posted in Drama, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

HAIRSPRAY

posted on April 27th, 2019 at 4:17 PM by Steven Stanley

Director Kari Hayter breathes such fresh new life into the Best Musical Tony-winning Hairspray that no matter how many times you’ve seen the 2003 Broadway smash, it will feel like your first.
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posted in Musical, South Bay, Theater Review, WOW!

BIG FISH

posted on April 25th, 2019 at 4:03 PM by Steven Stanley

Gorgeously scored and emotionally impactful, Broadway’s Big Fish gets a terrific regional staging at Claremont’s Candlelight Pavilion, one of Inland Valley Repertory Theatre’s most successful big-cast musicals in years.
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