THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY OF STRANGER THINGS

posted on November 5th, 2018 at 8:41 AM by Steven Stanley

The talented team who spoofed Bridesmaids, Clueless, Jurassic Park, Hocus Pocus, and Home Alone to hilarious effect take satirical aim at Stranger Things, the latest of their Unauthorized Musical Parody series at Rockwell Table + Stage and one of UMPO’s best.
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posted in Los Angeles, Musical Spoof, Theater Review, WOW!

CHILDREN OF EDEN

posted on November 4th, 2018 at 11:25 AM by Steven Stanley

Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, and Noah and his brood get their Sunday School stories told Broadway-musical-style in Stephen Schwartz and John Caird’s Children Of Eden, a gorgeously staged, terrifically performed showcase for Cal State Fullerton’s musical theater BFA classes of 2019 and 2020.
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MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

posted on November 3rd, 2018 at 9:48 AM by Steven Stanley

Farce master Ken Ludwig proves the perfect playwright to adapt Agatha Christie’s Murder On The Orient Express for the stage, evidence of which is now on display at La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts where Sheldon Epps has directed a pitch-perfect production of a pitch-perfect play.

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posted in Comedy-Drama, Downey/La Mirada, Theater Review, WOW!

AVENUE Q

posted on November 2nd, 2018 at 3:30 PM by Steven Stanley

Avenue Q proves an ideal showcase for ten terrifically talented Trojans, eight of whom are making their Musical Theatre Repertory debuts, as USC’s premier all-student musical theater company opens its 13th season with 2004’s Tony-winning grown-up take on a children’s TV classic.
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THE GAME’S AFOOT

posted on November 1st, 2018 at 7:16 PM by Steven Stanley

You don’t have to be a murder mystery fan to enjoy Ken Ludwig’s The Game’s Afoot; Or Holmes For The Holidays, but if you are, this Ludwig-meets-Conan Doyle-meets-Agatha Christie farce will prove a particularly tangy holiday treat at Pasadena’s Madeline Gardens, and one served with a high-tea dinner as scrumptious as the show itself.
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QUACK

posted on October 30th, 2018 at 1:40 PM by Steven Stanley

Allegations of medical advice turned fatal threaten to destroy TV’s most beloved physician in Eliza Clark’s Quack, a Center Theatre Group World Premiere that proves as hilarious as it is timely as it is button-pushing and thought-provoking.
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TWO MILE HOLLOW

posted on October 29th, 2018 at 7:59 AM by Steven Stanley

Anton Chekhov meets Aaron Spelling in Leah Nanako Winkler’s Two Mile Hollow, an Artists At Play World Premiere whose first act is so deliciously, risk-takingly hilarious, one can’t help wishing there were about a quarter-hour less of Act Two.
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THE ADDAMS FAMILY

posted on October 29th, 2018 at 7:36 AM by Steven Stanley

Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre welcomes the ghosts-and-goblins season with the creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky clan known as The Addams Family, providing Southland audiences with the snap-snappiest Halloween entertainment in town.
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posted in Musical, San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

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