NOSFERATU, A SYMPHONY IN TERROR

posted on September 9th, 2016 at 1:52 PM by Steven Stanley

A silent horror movie classic inspires Crown City Theatre’s excitingly original Nosferatu, A Symphony In Terror, arriving just in time to greet the Halloween season with its stunning blend of movement and dance performed to a gloriously symphonic soundtrack.
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posted in Dance, North Hollywood, Theater Review, WOW!

LIKE BLOOD FROM A CHEAP CIGAR

posted on September 7th, 2016 at 9:24 AM by Steven Stanley

An effective use of reverse chronology and a luminous Genevieve Joy are the two best reasons to catch Like Blood From A Cheap Cigar, Joy’s short, bittersweet look at love gone bad, now concluding a limited run at Hollywood’s Hudson Guild Theatre following its Hollywood Fringe Festival debut this past June.
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Short One-Act, Theater Review

DUTCH MASTERS

posted on September 6th, 2016 at 9:47 PM by Steven Stanley

A classic setup—Hitchcock called it Strangers On A Train—is given an excitingly edgy contemporary spin in Greg Keller’s edge-of-your-seat two-hander Dutch Masters, a Rogue Machine Theatre West Coast Premiere that will keep you guessing throughout its riveting seventy-five minutes, then have you talking about what you’ve seen long after its powerful final fadeout.
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review, Two-Hander, WOW!

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES

posted on September 5th, 2016 at 2:23 PM by Steven Stanley

The Pride Of Saint Tropez, The Envy Of The Cabaret World, The Jewel Of The Riviera, in other words Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein’s La Cage Aux Folles, has opened its doors in beautiful downtown Claremont as Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre debuts its absolutely fabulous big-stage revival of the 1980s Broadway classic, directed and choreographed with abundant flair by Roger Castellano.
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posted in Musical, San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

MUTUAL PHILANTHROPY

posted on September 4th, 2016 at 5:42 PM by Steven Stanley

Copiously consumed whisky and wine fuel a dinner party for four as playwright Karen Rizzo puts a personal face on the social divide between the super-wealthy and the other 99% of us Angelinos in her explosive dark comedy Mutual Philanthropy, now getting an excitingly acted World Premiere by Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere

WTC VIEW

posted on September 3rd, 2016 at 5:02 PM by Steven Stanley

Late September 2001. Downtown NYC. Life goes on, but not like before, never like before, in Brian Sloan’s riveting WTC View, now getting a long-awaited West Coast Premiere at Santa Ana’s Theatre Out, and a particularly fine one at that.
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posted in Drama, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

ANYTHING GOES

posted on September 2nd, 2016 at 12:12 PM by Steven Stanley

Reno Sweeney once again fires up the congregation with revivalist fervor (and some of the best tunes ever written) as Glendale Centre Theatre offers audiences its exhilarating revival of the 1930s Cole Porter classic Anything Goes, once again demonstrating GCT’s expertise at taking great big Broadway musicals and giving them intimate in-the-round pizzazz.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

PLEASE DON’T ASK ABOUT BECKET

posted on August 30th, 2016 at 4:50 PM by Steven Stanley

Wendy Graf puts a personal face on the question of nature vs. nurture in Please Don’t Ask About Becket, the playwright’s latest family drama now getting an often compelling World Premiere guest production at The Sacred Fools Theatre Black Box.
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posted in Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, WOW!

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