HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL

posted on January 8th, 2018 at 12:35 PM by Steven Stanley

A cast and production team only just entering their 20s proves a particularly fine fit—and more than up to the task of bringing Heathers: The Musical to murderously crowd-pleasing life at Thousand Oaks’ Hillcrest Center For The Arts.
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posted in Musical, Theater Review, Ventura County, WOW!

BAREFOOT IN THE PARK

posted on January 8th, 2018 at 12:15 PM by Steven Stanley

Newlyweds Corrie and Paul Bratter may have moved into their sixth-floor New York City walkup some fifty-five years ago but their story remains as fresh and delightful as it was when Neil Simon first introduced Broadway audiences to Barefoot In The Park back in 1963 in Glendale Centre Theatre pitch-perfect New Year’s 2018 revival.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Comedy, Theater Review, WOW!

HOW THE PRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS

posted on December 27th, 2017 at 6:40 PM by Steven Stanley

A triple-threat-tastic cast give the holiday-season-musical-spoofing Troubies’ How The Princh Stole Christmas their multitalented all (and the Prince catalog gives them plenty of hits to rock to), but with only a handful of recognizable characters and the thinnest of plots to satirize, the latest from the Troubadour Theatre Company falls short of the brilliance of previous Troubies greats.
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A CHRISTMAS STORY

posted on December 22nd, 2017 at 1:44 PM by Steven Stanley

Sierra Madre Playhouse has one terrific Christmas gift in store for you this holiday season, Philip Grecian’s lovingly recreated stage adaptation of the MGM holiday classic A Christmas Story, directed with equal parts love, imagination, and care by Christian Lebano.
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posted in Comedy, San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

SANTASIA – A HOLIDAY COMEDY

posted on December 21st, 2017 at 3:00 PM by Steven Stanley

Santasia – A Holiday Comedy is back at Sherman Oaks’ Whitefire Theatre for its 18th annual potpourri of wacky Benny Hill-like skits, SNL-ready videos, Broadway-parodying production numbers, nostalgic recollections of Christmases past, and a whole lot of drag, the best possible news for audiences seeking holiday comedy rated R-for-language and H-for-heart.
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posted in Comedy, San Fernando Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL

posted on December 20th, 2017 at 11:53 AM by Steven Stanley

Twenty-five years of Motown history and nearly five-dozen Top 40 hits performed by twenty-two triple-threats to rival Broadway’s best make for one fabulous Motown: The Musical, now playing at Costa Mesa’s Segerstrom Center For The Arts.
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posted in Musical, National Tour, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

THE NUTCRACKER

posted on December 17th, 2017 at 11:41 AM by Steven Stanley

Gorgeous and spectacular, Long Beach Ballet’s The Nutcracker is back in town, its 35th-annual edition featuring a trio of gifted guest artists backed by over two-hundred dancers young and older, the 60-piece Long Beach Ballet Orchestra, and a production design that will have you oohing and aahing at wonders not limited to a Christmas tree that grows to magnificent proportions, Rebel The White Arabian Horse, cannonball blasts, and a sleigh that takes flight as fireworks shower from above.
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posted in Dance, Long Beach/San Pedro, Theater Review, WOW!

MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET

posted on December 16th, 2017 at 11:20 AM by Steven Stanley

Pasadena Playhouse fills this year’s holiday slot with a “live radio play” adaptation of the 1947 movie classic Miracle On 34th Street, a charmer, make no mistake, but more stocking stuffer than a full-fledged Christmas gift to follow the back-to-back brilliance of Our Town and King Charles III.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Pasadena, Theater Review

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