THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT

posted on August 7th, 2018 at 12:06 AM by Steven Stanley

Stephen Adly Guirgis’s The Motherf**ker With The Hat proves a terrific showcase for the young professional actors studying at the Gloria Gifford Conservatory at the school’s spiffy new digs on Hollywood Theatre Row.
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posted in Comedy, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review, WOW!

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN

posted on August 1st, 2018 at 10:39 AM by Steven Stanley

Pitch-perfect casting makes a world of difference in the return engagement of Daniel Talbott’s haunting memory play What Happened When, an Echo Theater Company midweek gem.
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posted in Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, WOW!

DISNEY THE LITTLE MERMAID

posted on July 30th, 2018 at 7:17 PM by Steven Stanley

An all-around splendid cast, inspired direction, delightful choreography, and an absolutely gorgeous production design combine to make Disney The Little Mermaid one of Candlelight Pavilion’s best productions ever.
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posted in Musical, San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

HAITI

posted on July 30th, 2018 at 10:09 AM by Steven Stanley

Theatricum Botanicum breathes new life into William DuBois’ swashbuckling historical soap opera Haiti, giving the long-forgotten look back at the Haitian Revolution its very first production—and a rip-roaring one at that—since the New Deal-funded melodrama made theatrical history in 1938 by featuring a black-and-white cast performing side by side on a Harlem stage.
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posted in Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

FAMOUS

posted on July 29th, 2018 at 9:07 AM by Steven Stanley

Fame wields a double-edged sword for those who come to Hollywood in search of it in Michael Leoni’s Famous, and if the latest from the writer-director of the smash hit Elevator is often flashier than it is profound, it is also without question one of the year’s electrifyingly staged productions, and thanks to the #metoo movement, just about as timely as a World Premiere play can get.
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SCREWBALL COMEDY

posted on July 27th, 2018 at 5:41 PM by Steven Stanley

If Ben Hecht‎ and ‎Charles MacArthur (The Front Page, Twentieth Century) were alive today, they might have written Screwball Comedy, a Norm Foster/Theatre 40 gem that more than does justice to the genre whose name it bears.
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SCHOOL OF ROCK

posted on July 25th, 2018 at 5:11 PM by Steven Stanley

Rob Colletti doing his best Jack Black opposite a dozen of the most multi-talented tweens ever to burn up a stage add up to the fun-for-all-ages Broadway musical delight that is Andrew Lloyd Webber and Julian Fellowes’ School Of Rock, now playing at Orange County’s Segerstrom Center For The Arts.
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posted in Musical, National Tour, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

NEWSIES

posted on July 23rd, 2018 at 6:52 PM by Steven Stanley

A sensational Dillon Klena and a terrifically talented young cast of singing-dancing newsboys make Moonlight Stage Productions’ Newsies an infectiously entertaining (and unashamedly pro-labor) treat.
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posted in Musical, San Diego County, Theater Review, WOW!

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