ANNIE

posted on August 16th, 2019 at 11:40 AM by Steven Stanley

A nation in the midst of its gravest economic crisis. Out-of-work Americans on the streets. Underage orphans forced into backbreaking labor. And a perky little redhead with an unquenchable hope for a better “Tomorrow.” Annie The Musical is back at Glendale Centre Theatre, proving that even the grimmest of times can inspire the most cheerful, delightful, and tuneful of musical comedy treats.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH

posted on August 12th, 2019 at 4:09 PM by Steven Stanley

Climate change, natural disasters, cataclysmic war, and a leading lady who steps out of character to inform the audience that she doesn’t understand a word of the play in which she’s appearing. What must 1942 theatergoers have made of Thornton Wilder’s The Skin Of Our Teeth?

Check out Theatricum Botanicum’s zesty 2019 revival and savor for yourself this Greek Mythology-meets-The Bible-meets-Ancient History-inspired 20th-century classic, as charming as it is mind-blowing and as terrifically directed and performed as any Wilder fan could wish for.
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SHREK THE MUSICAL

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

The big green ogre made famous by Dreamworks Animation is back on stage as 3-D Theatricals revives its 2013 smash, the irresistibly crowd-pleasing Shrek The Musical.
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posted in Gateway Cities, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE

posted on August 10th, 2019 at 11:25 AM by Steven Stanley

Hot on the heels of their sensational A Gentleman’s Guide To Love And Murder, The Drowsy Chaperone makes it two big winners in a row for Actors’ Repertory Theatre Of Simi with performances to rival those of the original Broadway and touring casts.
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posted in Musical, Theater Review, Ventura County, WOW!

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

posted on August 9th, 2019 at 3:32 PM by Steven Stanley

There’s no more bewitching way to spend a midsummer night than under the stars at William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a quarter-century Theatricum Botanicum tradition.
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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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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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