THE HOTHOUSE

posted on January 27th, 2018 at 2:36 PM by Steven Stanley

The nuts are running the nuthouse in the darkly comedic, rarely performed Harold Pinter gem that is the latest from Antaeus Theatre Company, written when Pinter was a mere twenty-seven but shelved till he turned fifty, and perhaps more than any other partner-cast Antaeus gem before it, one that truly merits a second visit.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Comedy, Theater Review, WOW!

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

posted on January 25th, 2018 at 5:11 PM by Steven Stanley

Shakespeare’s got the hots for Viola, only this time round it’s not on the silver screen but live and on stage as South Coast Repertory enchants audiences with Billy Elliot screenwriter Lee Hall’s theatrical adaptation of Marc Norman and legendary playwright Tom Stoppard’s 1998 seven-Oscar-winning Shakespeare In Love.
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posted in Comedy, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

A DELICATE SHIP

posted on January 23rd, 2018 at 12:28 PM by Steven Stanley

Questions of “What if…” haunt the memories of the trio of 30somethings who propel Anna Ziegler’s A Delicate Ship, the latest dramatic sensation from North Hollywood’s Road Theatre Company and a play that will stick with you long after its final fade to black.
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posted in Drama, North Hollywood, Theater Review, WOW!

CABARET

posted on January 22nd, 2018 at 1:22 PM by Steven Stanley

There’ve been Cabarets light, Cabarets dark, and Cabarets in between, but there’s probably never been a Cabaret as pitch black as the stunning German Expressionist nightmare director Larry Carpenter has unleashed on audiences at the La Mirada Theatre For the Performing Arts.
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posted in Downey/La Mirada, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

JERSEY BOYS

posted on January 20th, 2018 at 11:10 AM by Steven Stanley

Jersey Boys (aka The Story Of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons) is back in town in a streamlined staging that may trim its cast by 21% but stints hardly an iota on entertainment value, its new-for-2017/18 National Tour stopping this weekend only at the Segerstrom Center For The Arts.
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posted in Musical, National Tour, Orange County, WOW!

THE LAST WIFE

posted on January 20th, 2018 at 10:38 AM by Steven Stanley

A captivating Olivia Saccomanno rules the stage as Queen Katherine Parr in Kate Hennig’s fascinating feminist take on The Last Wife (of Henry VIII), now getting its Los Angeles Premiere at Theatre 40 in a production not quite ready for its Opening Night.
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posted in Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls

PLEDGE

posted on January 16th, 2018 at 12:23 PM by Steven Stanley

Pledge, Paul Shoulberg’s edgy, entertaining Hollywood Fringe Festival 2017 slice-of-frat-life comedy is back, and fully designed for a post-Fringe run. Now all Shoulberg has to do is expand his 65-minute one-act into a full-length play and it could well see life after its four weeks at the Dorie.
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posted in Comedy, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review

LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS

posted on January 16th, 2018 at 12:06 PM by Steven Stanley

Brynn Alexander and Philip Asta ace two of the year’s most uniquely demanding roles, aided and abetted by Cricket S. Myers’ and Matt Richter’s spectacularly detailed sound and lighting designs, in the United States Premiere of Sam Steiner’s Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons. If only Steiner’s vision of a dystopian future in which speech is limited to a hundred-forty words a day didn’t defy credibility and logic at every turn.
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posted in Drama, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review, Two-Hander

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