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!

MAYAKOVSKY AND STALIN

posted on July 22nd, 2018 at 11:35 AM by Steven Stanley

Some good actors attempt to breathe life into writer-director Murray Mednick’s talky, tedious Mayakovsky And Stalin, the longest two-and-a-half hours I’ve spent in a theater in years.
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DISNEY BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

posted on July 21st, 2018 at 11:25 PM by Steven Stanley

A luminous Susan Egan’s return to the role that made her a Broadway star is just one reason not to miss 5-Star Theatricals’ five-star revival of Disney Beauty And The Beast, though it is easily Egan’s incandescent star turn that gives the production’s two-weekend run at Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza event status.
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posted in Musical, Theater Review, Ventura County, WOW!

MARY POPPINS

posted on July 20th, 2018 at 4:55 PM by Steven Stanley

In-the-round staging proves a perfect fit for Mary Poppins at Glendale Centre Theater, placing the emphasis firmly on P.L. Travers’ storytelling, the Sherman Brothers’ hum-along songs, a bunch of infectious dance numbers, and leading lady Deborah Robin, quite possibly the best of the seven Marys I’ve seen on stage.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

MUTT HOUSE

posted on July 19th, 2018 at 5:23 PM by Steven Stanley

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I defy anyone to resist the canine charmers of Mutt House, or their human companions, or the songs, or the laughter, or the romance, or the heart of this Kirk Douglas Theatre guest production, as gem-perfect an L.A. World Premiere musical as I’ve seen in at least a dog’s year.
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