A CHRISTMAS CAROL

posted on December 21st, 2025 at 12:13 PM by Steven Stanley


A production design that just keeps getting more gorgeous, staging that gets more and more inventive year after year, new songs and harmonies to make it seem almost a musical, and cast additions that only add to the magic… For these reasons and more, there’s no A Christmas Carol in town that comes close to matching A Noise Within’s one-of-a-kind take on the Charles Dickens classic.
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posted in Pasadena, Play With Songs, Returning Production, Theater Review, WOW!

HEISENBERG

posted on December 20th, 2025 at 10:55 AM by Steven Stanley


Heisenberg, Simon Stephens’s odd-couple romcom with philosophical underpinnings, now makes for a fascinating and ultimately quite moving ninety minutes of intimate theater in Los Feliz under Cameron Watson’s inspired direction.
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posted in Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, Two-Hander, WOW!

FROST MY LIFE

posted on December 17th, 2025 at 1:03 PM by Steven Stanley


With a whopping 40 new Hallmark Christmas Movies debuting this holiday season (not to mention 5 more premiering on Netflix), the time could hardly be riper for Wisteria Theater Company’s off-the wall-wacky, R-rated musical parody Frost My Life.
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posted in Musical Spoof, North Hollywood, Not Recommended, Theater Review, WOW!

A SLEIGHFUL OF SONGS

posted on December 15th, 2025 at 9:13 AM by Steven Stanley


Over a half dozen Theatre West member and a bevy of special invited guests joined vocal talents for four performances only of A Sleighful Of Songs, and at the risk of repeating myself, like So Many Stars two Decembers ago, this was the most glorious seventy-five minutes of songs, songs, and more songs I’ve seen and heard all year.
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posted in Cabaret/Concert/Variety, Los Angeles, Theater Review, WOW!

SANTASIA – A HOLIDAY COMEDY!

posted on December 13th, 2025 at 10:10 AM by Steven Stanley


Santasia – A Holiday Comedy! is back at Sherman Oaks’ Whitefire Theatre for its 26th annual mash-up of  madcap SNL-style skits, clever Claymation videos, hilarious Broadway musical parodies, nostalgic Christmases memories, and Brandon Loeser in drag, and it hardly matter than Santasia 2025 is pretty much the exact same production as last year’s, Version 26.0 remains the best possible news for audiences seeking holiday comedy that combines R-rated language and the season’s spirit of warmth and good cheer.
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posted in Comedy, San Fernando Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

WHO’S HOLIDAY

posted on December 12th, 2025 at 1:24 PM by Steven Stanley

Cindy Lou Who is all grown up and peppering her rhyming couplets with enough 4-letter words to make a sailor blush as Anica Petrovic delivers the most dazzling of solo star turns in Matthew Lombardo’s Who’s Holiday at Hollywood’s Hobgoblin Playhouse.

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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Solo Performance, WOW!

STEREOPHONIC

posted on December 11th, 2025 at 11:26 PM by Steven Stanley


If you’ve ever wondered what it would have been like to be a fly on the wall when Fleetwood Mac spent seven tumultuous months recording Rumours, the next best thing to your wish has come true in David Adjmi’s multiple-Tony winning play à clef Stereophonic.
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, National Tour, Play With Songs, Theater Review, WOW!

MRS. CHRISTMAS

posted on December 8th, 2025 at 11:29 PM by Steven Stanley


San Diego theater treasure Linda Libby stands in for prolific playwright Tom Jacobson in Jacobson’s funny and loving musical tribute to his truly one-of-a-kind mother in Mrs. Christmas, now spreading holiday cheer at Long Beach’s Aurora Theatre.
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posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Solo Performance, Theater Review, WOW!

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