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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posted in Comedy, San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review

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!

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

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