THE MOUSETRAP

posted on April 15th, 2018 at 5:38 PM by Steven Stanley

West End audiences have been keeping the murderer’s identity top secret for a record-breaking 27,000-plus performances, and now Angelinos can check out Crown City Theatre Company’s spiffy revival of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap to see why 65 years’ worth of Londoners keep on going back for more.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, North Hollywood, Theater Review, WOW!

ALL SHOOK UP

posted on April 15th, 2018 at 5:29 PM by Steven Stanley

All Shook Up arrives at NoHo’s El Portal Theatre with its entertaining mix of Elvis Presley hits and jukebox musical plot in a big-stage production featuring top-notch professional leads performing on a community theater-like set backed by a talented but mostly too young ensemble.
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posted in Musical, North Hollywood, Theater Review

SIGNIFICANT OTHER

posted on April 13th, 2018 at 4:16 PM by Steven Stanley

The gay guy finally gets to be Julia Roberts (or Janeane Garofalo circa The Truth About Cats And Dogs) in Significant Other, Joshua Harmon’s smart, funny, bracingly sardonic romcom now getting a terrific East Coast-cast West Coast Premiere at the Geffen.
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posted in Comedy, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

VOTE, PRAY, LOVE

posted on April 9th, 2018 at 6:26 PM by Steven Stanley

Charismatic, multitalented L.A. musical theater performer Ryan O’Connor recalls the most challenging year of his life in story and song in his terrifically entertaining musical memoir Vote, Pray, Love, now playing Sundays and Mondays at the Celebration.
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Play With Songs, Theater Review, WOW!

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT

posted on April 9th, 2018 at 6:01 PM by Steven Stanley

The Twenties roar and Gershwin tunes soar as Musical Theatre West gives L.A. its first taste of the 2012 Broadway delight that is Nice Work If You Can Get It.
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posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

PIGS AND CHICKENS

posted on April 7th, 2018 at 12:24 PM by Steven Stanley

The Office meets A.I. meets Orwell’s Big Brother in Marek Glinski’s entertaining if a tad over-complicated satirical absurdist black comedy Pigs And Chickens, the latest Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA World Premiere.
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THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE

posted on April 6th, 2018 at 3:22 PM by Steven Stanley

A ragtag team of pint-sized spellers make musical theater magic at Burbank’s Grove Theatre Center as Domino One productions debuts its imaginatively directed and choreographed, delightfully performed intimate staging of the 2005 Broadway hit The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

SHREW!

posted on April 4th, 2018 at 5:35 PM by Steven Stanley

Amy Freed returns to South Coast Repertory with another hit-or-miss (but mostly miss) World Premiere comedy, this time a purportedly feminist take on William Shakespeare’s The Taming Of The Shrew retitled simply Shrew!
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posted in Comedy, Orange County, Theater Review, World Premiere

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