A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE

posted on May 11th, 2025 at 10:45 AM by Steven Stanley


Kasey Mahaffy delivers an exhilarating, emotion-packed, career-redefining performance as Dublin bus conductor Alfie Byrne in A Noise Within’s stirring revival of Terrence McNally, Lynn Aherns, and Stephen Flaherty’s 2002 off-Broadway musical A Man Of No Importance.
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posted in Musical, Pasadena, Theater Review, WOW!

TASTY LITTLE RABBIT

posted on May 10th, 2025 at 3:53 PM by Steven Stanley


Is it pornography or is it art? That is the question posed by prolific playwright Tom Jacobson in his provocative latest, Tasty Little Rabbit, now tantalizing audiences at Moving Arts.
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posted in Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

LIFE OF PI

posted on May 8th, 2025 at 12:44 PM by Steven Stanley


Not since War Horse has there been a theatrical experience as spectacular as Life Of Pi, the Tony-winning Broadway smash now dazzling L.A. audiences with its life-sized animal puppets, it cinematic spectacle, and Taha Mandviwala’s star-making performance in the title role.
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posted in Action-Adventure, Los Angeles, National Tour, Theater Review, WOW!

BONNIE & CLYDE

posted on May 6th, 2025 at 11:49 AM by Steven Stanley


America’s most infamous bank-robbing duo are back in business and the Rubicon Theatre has got them in the Ventura treasure’s must-see revival of the Tony-nominated Bonnie & Clyde The Musical.
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posted in Musical, Theater Review, Ventura County, WOW!

THE GLASS MENAGERIE

posted on May 5th, 2025 at 3:16 PM by Steven Stanley


Dazzling star turns, inspired direction, and an exquisite production design add up to as magnificent an Antaeus Theatre Company revival of the 20th-century classic The Glass Menagerie as any Tennessee Williams lover could possibly wish for.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Drama, Theater Review, WOW!

THE SPITFIRE GRILL

posted on May 3rd, 2025 at 11:01 AM by Steven Stanley


A young woman fresh out of prison seeks a second chance at life in James Valcq and Fred Alley’s tuneful, inspiring crowd-pleaser The Spitfire Grill, Actors Co-op’s first musical in nearly seven years and one that is well worth the wait.
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

THE VIOLIN MAKER

posted on April 29th, 2025 at 9:17 AM by Steven Stanley

Its heart is definitely in the right place, and I can’t fault the performances elicited by director caryn desai, but I found Lisa Pearl Rosenbaum and Ronda Spinak’s downer of a Holocaust memorial play The Violin Maker too narration-and-flashbacks-heavy to fully command my attention throughout most of its two-hour running time.
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posted in Drama, Long Beach/San Pedro, Theater Review

LEGALLY BLONDE

posted on April 28th, 2025 at 10:49 AM by Steven Stanley

An incandescent Kathryn Brunner makes it crystal-clear what musical theater stars are made of as the indomitable Elle Woods in La Mirada Theatre and McCoy Rigby Entertainment’s big-stage big-talent revival of the 2007 Broadway smash Legally Blonde, about as perfect a screen-to-stage adaptation as there’s been in the past twenty years.
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posted in Downey/La Mirada, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

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