100 APRILS

posted on July 3rd, 2018 at 5:13 PM by Steven Stanley

The victims and the perpetrators of the mass murder of a million-and-a-half Armenians haunt a dying septuagenarian circa 1982 in Leslie Ayvazian’s edifying, impressively performed, if problematic World Premiere drama 100 Aprils, the latest from Rogue Machine.
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posted in Drama, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review, World Premiere

THE BLADE OF JEALOUSY

posted on July 2nd, 2018 at 10:59 PM by Steven Stanley

The Blade Of Jealousy, Henry Ong’s contemporary updating of a 17th-century Spanish screwball farce, proves a misfire for the writer of the justly lauded Sweet Karma, a misdirected, overacted, and mostly laugh-free World Premiere now playing Sundays at Sherman Oaks’ Whitefire Theatre.
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posted in Comedy, San Fernando Valley, Theater Review, World Premiere

MARY POPPINS

posted on July 1st, 2018 at 6:06 PM by Steven Stanley

Santa Monica’s Morgan-Wixson Theatre delivers the family entertainment goods with a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Mary Poppins, once again proving that you don’t need Broadway-budget spectacle to get audiences cheering.
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posted in Musical, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

OUR VERY OWN CARLIN MCCULLOUGH

posted on June 29th, 2018 at 3:23 PM by Steven Stanley

Amanda Peet takes a trio of characters we’ve seen before–a parent, a prodigiously talented child, and a dedicated coach–and weaves them together into the cliché-defying Our Very Own Carlin McCullough, as riveting a World Premiere as I’ve seen at the Geffen Playhouse, or just about anywhere else for that matter.
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THE HUMANS

posted on June 27th, 2018 at 5:20 PM by Steven Stanley

Laughter and fears go hand in hand at Thanksgiving dinner in Stephen Karam’s justifiably honored Best Play Tony-winner The Humans, now playing at the Ahmanson with its Tony-winning stars Jayne Howdyshell and Reed Birney (and all but one of its original Broadway ensemble members) intact.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, National Tour, Theater Review, WOW!

MAMMA MIA!

posted on June 25th, 2018 at 11:01 PM by Steven Stanley

No matter how many times you’ve seen Mamma Mia!, you have never seen it as excitingly performed, expertly directed, thrillingly choreographed, or gorgeously designed as it is under Vista skies in its Moonlight Stage Productions SoCal regional debut.
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posted in Musical, San Diego County, Theater Review, WOW!

PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES

posted on June 24th, 2018 at 12:50 PM by Steven Stanley

The roadside joint’s a jumpin’ just a whoop-and-a-holler east of Pasadena as the Sierra Madre Playhouse treats audiences to the infectiously entertaining Pump Boys And Dinettes.
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posted in Musical Revue, San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

THE 39 STEPS

posted on June 23rd, 2018 at 5:28 PM by Steven Stanley

Richard Hannay is on the run again in Patrick Barlow’s masterful four-actor comedic adaptation of John Buchan’s The 39 Steps, as supremely imaginative an evening of theater as you’re likely to experience any time soon.
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posted in Comedy, Long Beach/San Pedro, Theater Review, WOW!

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