BIG FISH

posted on July 17th, 2018 at 11:27 AM by Steven Stanley

Chance Theater takes full advantage of Big Fish The Musical’s newly revised “small cast edition” to transform an overblown Broadway flop into an intimate gem that could touch even a heart of stone.
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posted in Musical, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

ARRIVAL & DEPARTURE

posted on July 16th, 2018 at 11:47 PM by Steven Stanley

A deaf New York film professor and a hearing-impaired bookkeeper fall head over heels into adulterous love in Arrival & Departure, playwright Stephen Sachs’ 21st-century updating of Noel Coward’s über-romantic cinematic classic Brief Encounter, a compelling, excitingly staged, terrifically acted Fountain Theatre World Premiere whose script could still use some work.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

THREE DAYS IN THE COUNTRY

posted on July 15th, 2018 at 12:12 AM by Steven Stanley

Unrequited love has rarely been as delightful to witness as it is in Three Days In The Country, playwright Patrick Marber’s tasty new “version of” Ivan Turgenev’s considerably older (by about a hundred seventy years), longer (by an hour and a half), and stodgier (or so I’m told) A Month In The Country, and a glorious return to partner-cast form for L.A.’s crème-de-la-crème Antaeus Theatre Company.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Comedy, Theater Review

LYSISTRATA UNBOUND

posted on July 12th, 2018 at 7:10 PM by Steven Stanley

Drama, dance, and Greek-style tragedy merge in Lysistrata Unbound, playwright Eduardo Machado and director-choreographer John Farmanesh-Bocca’s stunning reenvisioning of Aristophanes’ 2400-year-old tale of a woman who takes antiwar protests to a decidedly personal level.
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posted in Dance, Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, World Premiere, WOW!

jackbenny

posted on July 10th, 2018 at 8:01 PM by Steven Stanley

The singing, songwriting twins known professionally as jackbenny (and individually as Jack and Benny Lipson) have set up monthly residency at Silver Lake’s Lyric Hyperion Café, guaranteeing audiences two hours a month of original music, laughter, an occasional cover, and a guest artist (or two or three) to spice up the already savory mix.
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posted in Cabaret/Concert/Variety, Los Angeles, Theater Review, WOW!

YANKEE DOODLE DANDY

posted on July 9th, 2018 at 11:36 AM by Steven Stanley

A talented cast do their best to breathe life into Musical Theatre West’s Yankee Doodle Dandy, a well-intentioned but ill-conceived look back at the life of George M. Cohan, the father of 20th-century musical comedy.
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posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Musical, Theater Review

BIG RIVER

posted on July 7th, 2018 at 7:09 PM by Steven Stanley

Actors Repertory Theatre Of Simi treats Simi Valley audiences to one of its best–and best-looking–productions ever, a terrifically performed revival of the 1005-performance Tony-winning Best Musical of 1985, Roger Miller and William Hauptman’s Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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posted in Musical, Theater Review, Ventura County, WOW!

CABARET

posted on July 6th, 2018 at 2:56 PM by Steven Stanley

Michael Matthews takes Cabaret, a director’s show if there ever was one, and transforms it into the summer’s most spectacular intimate musical, an almost perfect rendition of the 20th-century Broadway classic, a production blessed by superb performances, breathtaking choreography, and the most jaw-dropping design I may ever have seen at Celebration Theatre.
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

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