PHOTOGRAPH 51

posted on March 18th, 2019 at 10:35 AM by Steven Stanley

Playwright Anna Ziegler shines a revelatory light on a hitherto hidden figure in the discovery of DNA’s double helix structure in Photograph 51, the latest from South Coast Rep.
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posted in Drama, Orange County, Theater Review

THE WOLVES

posted on March 17th, 2019 at 3:27 PM by Steven Stanley

Echo Theater Company has not only scored a major coup in snagging the Los Angeles Premiere rights to Sarah DeLappe’s 2017 Pulitzer Prize finalist The Wolves, the extraordinary production Echo has mounted of DeLappe’s Altmanesque eavesdropping on six Saturdays of teen-girl soccer warmups will surely be remembered as one of 2019’s best.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, WOW!

FRIENDS WITH GUNS

posted on March 16th, 2019 at 12:29 PM by Steven Stanley

Can a “take ‘em all away” couple have Friends With Guns? Playwright Stephanie Alison Walker poses this provocative question in the button-pushing World Premiere latest from the Road Theatre Company on Magnolia.
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posted in Drama, North Hollywood, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

BLACK SUPER HERO MAGIC MAMA

posted on March 15th, 2019 at 5:33 PM by Steven Stanley

Playwright Inda Craig-Galván puts a personal face on a national epidemic in Black Super Hero Magic Mama, a Geffen Playhouse that scores points for originality provided you’re a fan of Marvel/DC blockbusters.
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posted in Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, World Premiere

REBEL GENIUS – A LOVE STORY

posted on March 13th, 2019 at 6:49 PM by Steven Stanley

Albert Einstein may seem the least likely of protagonists for a contemporary pop musical, but wonder of wonders, he makes for a compelling leading man in Rebel Genius – A Love Story, Matthew Puckett’s World Premiere showcase for the gifted triple-threats of UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s Ray Bolger Musical Theater Program
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NO, NO, NANETTE

posted on March 12th, 2019 at 10:59 AM by Steven Stanley

Roaring Twenties Broadway lives again in Candlelight Pavilion’s bubbly revival of the musical comedy chestnut No, No, Nanette, a nostalgic change of pace from the season-opening stunner that was Titanic, a sweet bit of fluff before the upcoming dramatic fireworks of 2016’s Bright Star, and a tuneful reminder that where songs are concerned, they don’t write’em like they used to.
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posted in Musical, San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

FOR THE LOVE OF (OR, THE ROLLER DERBY PLAY)

posted on March 11th, 2019 at 9:46 AM by Steven Stanley

With director Rhonda Kohl choreographing like you’ve never seen a play choreographed before, it’s perhaps no wonder CTG picked Theatre Of NOTE’s For The Love Of (Or, The Roller Derby Play) to open year’s Block Party at the Kirk Douglas despite its overly familiar coming-of-age love story and a two-and-a-half-hour running time that could stand some significant snips.
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posted in Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls

HAMLET

posted on March 9th, 2019 at 2:35 PM by Steven Stanley

Five extraordinary actors of assorted ethnicity, gender, race, accent, and age make theatrical history by divvying up The Prince Of Denmark in The 6th Act’s brilliantly conceived, superbly performed Hamlet.
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posted in Classic Play, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review, WOW!

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