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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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!

ALADDIN

posted on March 8th, 2019 at 4:48 PM by Steven Stanley

A tale as old as A Thousand And One Arabian Nights, not only is Disney’s Aladdin an entertainment bonanza for audiences of all ages, it just might be the most gorgeous-too-look-at production ever to light up the Segerstrom Center For The Arts stage.
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posted in Musical, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

AMERICA ADJACENT

posted on March 5th, 2019 at 5:48 PM by Steven Stanley

The United States proves far from paradise for six Filipino women seeking a brighter future for their unborn (or recently born) infants in Boni B. Alvarez’s captivating and compelling hot-button-issue dramedy America Adjacent, a Skylight Theatre Company World Premiere.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

NEWSIES

posted on March 4th, 2019 at 11:15 AM by Steven Stanley

Newsies makes its entertaining community theater debut at Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center as Actors’ Repertory Theatre Of Simi premieres its enthusiastically performed, proudly pro-labor 2019 season opener.
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posted in Musical, Theater Review, Ventura County

THE GLASS MENAGERIE

posted on March 3rd, 2019 at 9:46 PM by Steven Stanley

Director Geoff Elliott reinvigorates a 20th-century classic to stunning effect in A Noise Within’s 2019 revival of Tennessee Williams’ 1944 chef-d’oeuvre The Glass Menagerie.
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posted in Classic Play, Pasadena, Theater Review, WOW!

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