THE DEVIL’S WIFE

posted on August 8th, 2017 at 12:44 PM by Steven Stanley

Three recently bereaved sisters find their world rocked by a mystery man dressed all in black (save a pair of blood-red satin gloves) in Tom Jacobson’s devilishly droll period thriller The Devil’s Wife, a Skylight Theatre Company World Premiere.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT

posted on August 6th, 2017 at 6:16 PM by Steven Stanley

You won’t be laughing nearly as hard this summer as audiences at 3-D Theatricals’ Broadway-caliber revival of Monty Python’s Spamalot, that is unless you happen to be among those SoCal theatergoers lucky enough to attend the musical’s back-to-back runs this month in Redondo Beach and Cerritos.
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posted in Gateway Cities, Musical, South Bay, Theater Review, WOW!

THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES

posted on August 5th, 2017 at 5:01 PM by Steven Stanley

From “Dream Lover” to “It’s My Party” to “Lollipop” to “Son Of A Preacher Man” to “Wedding Bell Blues,” the Greatest Hits of the ‘50s and ‘60s (as performed by the quartet of comedic charmers best known as The Marvelous Wonderettes) guarantee the Sierra Madre Playhouse one finger-snapping, toe-tapping summer hit.
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posted in Musical, San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

FUN HOME

posted on August 2nd, 2017 at 12:56 AM by Steven Stanley


Coming of age. Coming out. Coming to grips. Three extraordinary actresses breathe life into a young lesbian’s journey from childhood to mid-life in Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir-turned-Tony-winning musical Fun Home, its National Tour now making a brief but thrilling SoCal return to Costa Mesa’s Segerstrom Center For The Arts.
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posted in Musical, National Tour, Orange County, WOW!

SHOUT SISTER SHOUT

posted on August 1st, 2017 at 3:30 PM by Steven Stanley

The cast is sensational as all get-out and the life story they have to tell, that of Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973), is well worth a stage or screen bio, but the late great gospel/R&B pioneer deserves far better than the ill-conceived World Premiere musical Shout Sister Shout.
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posted in Musical, Pasadena, Theater Review, WOW!

NEWSIES

posted on July 31st, 2017 at 4:26 PM by Steven Stanley


The great big Broadway smash that is Disney’s Newsies is getting its first major Southern California regional production up at PCPA Solvang and what a sensational SoCal debut it is!
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posted in Musical, Santa Barbara County, Theater Review, WOW!

AS YOU LIKE IT

posted on July 30th, 2017 at 12:31 PM by Steven Stanley

The Antaeus Company transports lovers, philosophers, fools, royals, and audiences into the woods as Antaeus likes it, that is to say with two equally terrific casts bringing William Shakespeare’s As You Like It to magical, mystical, mesmerizing life.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Classic Play, Theater Review, WOW!

DISNEY THE LITTLE MERMAID

posted on July 25th, 2017 at 11:28 AM by Steven Stanley

Moonlight Stage Productions treats audiences of all ages to its most kids-and-grownups-friendly Summer Of 2017 treat, a crowd-pleasing, big-stage, cartoon-turned-live-action production of Disney The Little Mermaid
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posted in Musical, San Diego County, Theater Review, WOW!

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