LETTERS TO EVE

posted on May 29th, 2017 at 9:22 AM by Steven Stanley

A young Japanese-American couple fall in love in a WWII relocation center as an African-American jazz musician imprisoned in a Nazi death camp falls for a Jewish inmate in Letters To Eve, an ambitious new musical by Daniel Sugimoto whose reach ultimately exceeds its grasp despite some effective moments, performances, and songs.
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posted in Musical, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN

posted on May 27th, 2017 at 3:01 PM by Steven Stanley

Glendale Centre Theatre once again does what it does best—revive classic Broadway musicals in-the-round—with Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun, the song-and-dance tale of legendary 1880s “cham-peen” sharpshooter Annie Oakley.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical, Theater Review

KISS

posted on May 26th, 2017 at 11:25 AM by Steven Stanley

You must remember this. A kiss is not always just a kiss, or at least not in Guillermo Calderón’s compelling, confounding vision of life and love and death in today’s Syria, the appropriately—or metaphorically—titled Kiss, now being given a never-less-than-daring Odyssey Theatre Ensemble West Coast Premiere.
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posted in Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

DINNER WITH FRIENDS

posted on May 25th, 2017 at 10:15 AM by Steven Stanley

“The thing is, you never know what couples are like when they’re alone; you never do.”

This bit of wisdom is just one reason why Donald Margulies’ Dinner With Friends still packs a punch at Little Fish Theatre seventeen years after it won its playwright the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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posted in Drama, Long Beach/San Pedro, Theater Review, WOW!

ELEVATOR

posted on May 22nd, 2017 at 1:01 PM by Steven Stanley

Get ready for the Elevator ride of the year as Michael Leoni’s gripping, emotion-packed dramedy-in-a-lift returns to West Hollywood seven years after its eleven-month smash run had audiences coming back for more of its crowd-pleasing blend of excitement, laughter, and tears, not to mention one unexpected twist after another.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review, WOW!

FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE

posted on May 22nd, 2017 at 10:24 AM by Steven Stanley

The Nate Holden Performing Arts joint is a-jumpin’—and then some—as Ebony Repertory Theatre thrills L.A. audiences with its 25th-anniversary revival of the Best Musical Tony-nominated Five Guys Named Moe, Broadway’s crowd-captivating tribute to the songs of 1940s R&B pioneer Louis Jordan.
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posted in Los Angeles, Musical Revue, Theater Review, WOW!

LUCKY STIFF

posted on May 20th, 2017 at 5:30 PM by Steven Stanley

“Something Funny’s Going On” this month and next as Actors Co-op treats audiences to the delightful musical comedy bonbon that is Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s Lucky Stiff.
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

JERSEY BOYS

posted on May 19th, 2017 at 9:49 AM by Steven Stanley

Mark Ballas shows off Frankie Valli vocals to match his Dancing With The Stars footwork as Jersey Boys, the 12th-longest-running show in Broadway history, arrives at the Ahmanson Theatre to dazzle audiences with its true-life story of pop legends The Four Seasons (plus a few dozen Top Forty smashes thrown in for zing).
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posted in Los Angeles, Musical, National Tour, Theater Review, WOW!

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