THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA
posted on October 8th, 2025 at 12:52 PM by Steven Stanley
Boston Court Pasadena revitalizes Tennessee Williams’s last Broadway success with artistic director Jessica Kubzansky’s excitingly cast and powerfully performed The Night Of The Iguana.
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Tags: Boston Court Pasadena, Los Angeles Theater Review, Tennessee Williams
posted in Drama, Pasadena, Theater Review, WOW!
JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING
posted on October 6th, 2025 at 11:25 AM by Steven Stanley
The double-Tony-winning Broadway hit Jaja’s African Hair Braiding has arrived at the Mark Taper Forum, the nationally touring production treating L.A. audiences to Jocelyn Bioh’s potent mix of hilarity, humanity, and heart.
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Tags: Center Theatre Group, Jocelyn Bioh, Los Angeles Theater Review, Mark Taper Forum
posted in Comedy, Los Angeles, National Tour, Theater Review, WOW!
I’LL GIVE YOU MY HEART
posted on October 5th, 2025 at 10:31 AM by Steven Stanley
Do you too wish that Hollywood were still making the kind of romantic comedies that turned Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan, and Sandra Bullock into international superstars back in the ‘90s? If so, you won’t want to miss Tamara Steren’s heartstrings-tugging World Premiere romcom I’ll Give You My Heart at Burbank’s Colony Theatre.
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Tags: Colony Theatre, Los Angeles Theater Review, Tamara Steren
posted in Burbank/Glendale, Comedy-Drama, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!
STRIPPED
posted on October 2nd, 2025 at 12:38 PM by Steven Stanley
The songs of Annie Lennox and The Eurythmics provide the musical soundtrack to Stripped, writer-director-choreographer Kelleia Sheerin’s seductively danced love letter to (and cautionary tale about) the City of Angels.
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Tags: Kelleia Sheerin, Los Angeles Theater Review, The Eurythmics. Annie Lennox
posted in Dance, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review, WOW!
TORCH SONG
posted on September 29th, 2025 at 5:08 PM by Steven Stanley
Michael Mullen delivers a career-best performance as Arnold Beckoff in Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song, now making its long-awaited local debut at Santa Monica’s venerable Morgan-Wixson Theatre.
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Tags: Harvey Fierstein, Los Angeles Theater Review, Morgan-Wixson Theatre
posted in Comedy-Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!
MY SPIRITS SOAR
posted on September 29th, 2025 at 10:50 AM by Steven StanleyRising L.A. stage star Abigail Stewart and Daytime Emmy nominee Kevin Spirtas light up the stage in Doug Haverty and Adryan Russ’s entertainingly old-fashioned romantic musical comedy My Spirit Soars now playing at The Group Rep.
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Tags: Adryan Russ, Doug Haverty, Los Angeles Theater Review, The Group Rep
posted in Musical, North Hollywood, Theater Review
OTHERKIN
posted on September 28th, 2025 at 6:34 PM by Steven StanleyIf fantasy fiction is your thing, or you grew up playing Dungeons and Dragons, N.T. Vandecar’s Otherkin might be right up your alley. If not, only the play’s more human elements are likely to grab you.
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Tags: Los Angeles Theater Review, N.T. Vandecar, The Road Theatre Company
posted in Drama, North Hollywood, Theater Review, World Premiere
RENT
posted on September 25th, 2025 at 4:15 PM by Steven Stanley
No matter how many times you’ve seen Jonathan Larson’s legendary rock musical Rent, you have never seen it “dancified” the way Lineage Performing Arts Center dancifies their shows, just one reason why Lineage’s unique take on the 1990s Broadway classic is well worth checking out.
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Tags: Jonathan Larson, Lineage Performing Arts Center, Los Angeles Theater Review
posted in Musical, Pasadena, Theater Review, WOW!
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