JOCASTA: A MOTHERF**KING TRAGEDY

posted on January 13th, 2019 at 11:04 AM by Steven Stanley

Technical marvels and some inventive directorial touches aren’t enough to rescue The Ghost Road Company’s Jocasta: A Motherf**king Tragedy from its performance-artsy approach to Greek tragedy and its lackluster lead.
(read more)

Tags: , ,
posted in Drama, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review, World Premiere

DESERT RATS

posted on January 8th, 2019 at 10:36 AM by Steven Stanley

It isn’t just aspiring kidnappers who owe it to themselves to check out Nate Rufus Edelman’s Desert Rats for a primer on what not to do when abducting a high school cheerleader but anyone seeking L.A. theater at its entertainingly edgy best.
(read more)

Tags: , , ,
posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, WOW!

DEAR EVAN HANSEN

posted on January 3rd, 2019 at 10:32 AM by Steven Stanley

A socially challenged teen experiences unexpected life changes when a well-intentioned self-esteem-building exercise backfires in the extraordinary, multiple Tony-winning Dear Evan Hansen, now bringing audiences to tears (and to their feet) at the Segerstrom Center For The Arts.
(read more)

Tags: , , ,
posted in Musical, National Tour, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

WINK

posted on December 29th, 2018 at 11:08 AM by Steven Stanley

Casting a non-binary actor as a non-binary protagonist merits snaps, but the two-hour suspension of disbelief required of an audience by Neil Koenigsberg’s Wink sinks whatever good intentions may have prompted its playwright to put fingertips to keyboard.
(read more)

Tags: , ,
posted in Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review

THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES

posted on December 23rd, 2018 at 12:25 PM by Steven Stanley

A salacious Santa’s unspeakable indiscretions aren’t nearly so laughable in a #metoo era as they were when Jeff Goode premiered The Eight: Reindeer Monologues twenty-five Christmases ago, just one reason his quarter-century old collection of R-rated solo confessions proves even more powerful and relevant than when it debuted in 1994, a dark comedy gone darker than ever as its ingeniously staged, splendidly performed Crown City Theatre Company debut makes abundantly clear.
(read more)

Tags: , ,
posted in Comedy, North Hollywood, Theater Review, WOW!

SISTERS THREE

posted on December 21st, 2018 at 10:41 AM by Steven Stanley

A pair of quirky contemporary adult siblings bearing more than a passing resemblance to Anne and Emily Brontë generate dramatic sparks aplenty in Jami Brandli’s Sisters Three, that is until Charlotte shows up near the end and the Inkwell Theater World Premiere turns from a mostly quite absorbing two-hander to a solo performance that goes off the deep end … way off.
(read more)

Tags: , ,
posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere

A CHRISTMAS STORY

posted on December 20th, 2018 at 10:29 AM by Steven Stanley

Ralphie Parker’s back for a second December at the Sierra Madre Playhouse, still wishing and hoping to find a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle BB gun under the tree, still providing audiences of all with A Christmas Story sure to both touch the heart and tickle the funny bone.
(read more)

Tags: , ,
posted in Comedy, San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

ROPE

posted on December 17th, 2018 at 5:16 PM by Steven Stanley

Director Anna Safar puts an unexpected but not unwelcome comedic spin on Patrick Hamilton’s Rope, a Robo & Bash Production at NoHo’s Avery Schreiber Playhouse.
(read more)

Tags: , , ,
posted in Comedy-Drama, North Hollywood, Theater Review

Next PagePrevious Page