SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE

posted on March 30th, 2019 at 10:39 AM by Steven Stanley

USC School Of Dramatic Arts offers musical theater aficionados the rare opportunity to see Stephen Sondheim’s musical masterpiece Sunday In The Park With George fully staged, fully orchestrated, exquisitely designed, and most importantly of all, superbly performed by a stellar student cast.
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TOO MUCH SUN

posted on March 29th, 2019 at 11:41 PM by Steven Stanley

Tony-nominated playwright Nicky Silver goes Chekhovian without abandoning his gift for snappy one-liners in Too Much Sun, a West Coast Premiere that manages to transition from comedy to something befitting the Greeks without missing a beat.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN

posted on March 28th, 2019 at 3:51 PM by Steven Stanley

Lucy, Linus, Schroeder, Sally, Snoopy, and that adorable blockhead Charlie Brown provide a terrific triple-threat talent showcase for six Cal State Fullerton Musical Theater BFA majors in the delightful song-and-sketch cycle You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown.
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posted in Musical, Orange County, Student-Cast Production, Theater Review, WOW!

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

posted on March 26th, 2019 at 3:52 PM by Steven Stanley


Mushnik’s Skid Row Florists are open for business out Santa Monica way in Morgan-Wixson Theatre’s solid revival of the 1982 cult musical classic Little Shop Of Horrors.
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ARGONAUTIKA

posted on March 25th, 2019 at 4:00 PM by Steven Stanley

Jason’s mythical quest for the Golden Fleece becomes the most thrillingly imaginative action-adventure swashbuckler of this or any L.A. theater year as A Noise Within treats audiences of all ages to Mary Zimmerman’s Argonautika: The Voyage Of Jason And The Argonauts.
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posted in Action-Adventure, Pasadena, Theater Review, WOW!

MATILDA THE MUSICAL

posted on March 23rd, 2019 at 12:33 PM by Steven Stanley

Deliciously daffy lead performances, a couple of equally splendid but darker-hued star turns, an awesomely talented child ensemble, and one of the cleverest and most tuneful scores to cross the pond in recent years make 5-Star Theatricals’ Matilda The Musical worth catching despite consistent sound-mixing problems that too often made Dennis Kelly’s book and Tim Minchin’s lyrics difficult if not impossible to decipher on Opening Night.
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posted in Musical, Theater Review, Ventura County

AUNTIE MAME

posted on March 21st, 2019 at 5:42 PM by Steven Stanley

Amanda Walker’s absolutely fabulous Mame Dennis and Lauren Mayfield’s hilariously scene-stealing Agnes Gooch are the best reasons to catch Inland Valley Repertory Theatre’s big-stage revival of Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s 1955 Broadway smash Auntie Mame, that and the chance to see where its hit Hollywood screen adaptation and the Jerry Herman musical gem Mame got their start.
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HYPE MAN: a break beat play

posted on March 19th, 2019 at 4:26 PM by Steven Stanley

The police shooting of an unarmed African-American teenager impacts the lives of a white rapper, his black backup singer, and the multiracial beat maker who completes their stardom-bound rap group in Idris Goodwin’s HYPE MAN: a break beat play, an exhilarating, discussion-provoking Fountain Theatre West Coast Premiere.
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posted in Los Angeles, Play With Songs, Theater Review, WOW!

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