WHAT HAPPENED WHEN

posted on April 19th, 2018 at 8:00 AM by Steven Stanley

The survivor of a horrific childhood is visited by ghosts of his dark and desolate past in Daniel Talbott’s memory play What Happened When, now getting an exquisitely designed Echo Theater Company West Coast Premiere unfortunately made more cryptic than already written by one bad casting choice.
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posted in Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review

LITTLE BLACK SHADOWS

posted on April 17th, 2018 at 11:42 AM by Steven Stanley

Kemp Powers’ Little Black Shadows takes an intriguing concept (the lives of teenage house slaves serving white teen masters in early-1850s Georgia), then veers off track into family dysfunction, folktales, magical realism, and a couple of weird plot twists that left me scratching my head despite the best efforts of a Grade-A cast headed by the simply sensational Giovanni Adams and Chauntae Pink.
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posted in Drama, Orange County, Theater Review, World Premiere

GODSPELL

posted on April 17th, 2018 at 7:52 AM by Steven Stanley

Godspell will never make my list of favorite musicals. Despite its melodious Stephen Schwartz score, I find the show itself pretty much a snooze. Still, its many fans could hardly ask for a more imaginatively directed or more sparklingly performed production than The Wayward Artist’s at Santa Ana’s Grand Central Art Center.
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posted in Musical, Orange County, Theater Review

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!

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