FARRAGUT NORTH

posted on May 8th, 2017 at 2:50 PM by Steven Stanley

Farragut North, Beau Willimon’s riveting look at the behind-the-scenes maneuverings and back-stabbings of a Presidential primary campaign, a Geffen Playhouse hit just months after the first Obama win, now gets a solid Odyssey Theatre guest production with a far different man in the White House.
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THE HOUSE IN SCARSDALE: A MEMOIR FOR THE STAGE

posted on May 8th, 2017 at 12:43 PM by Steven Stanley

A disowned playwright embarks on a quest to uncover his dysfunctional family’s long-buried truths in Dan O’Brien’s powerful, poetic autobiographical memory play The House In Scarsdale: A Memoir For The Stage, now being given a superbly acted, directed, and designed World Premiere Production at The Theatre @ Boston Court.
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posted in Drama, Pasadena, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

HELLO AGAIN

posted on May 6th, 2017 at 10:41 AM by Steven Stanley

Sex × 10 + book, music, & lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa’s = Hello Again, LaChiusa’s edgy, seductive, unapologetically unhummable chamber musical adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s 1897 classic La Ronde, the stellarly cast, terrifically performed, audience-challenging latest from Chromolume Theatre.
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posted in Los Angeles, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

OF MICE AND MEN

posted on May 5th, 2017 at 2:55 PM by Steven Stanley

Spencer Cantrell and Gregory Crafts give riveting performances as migrant farm workers George and Lenny in Theatre Unleashed’s intimate revival of John Steinbeck’s classic tale of human loneliness and impossible dreams, the 20th-century classic Of Mice And Men.
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MIDDLETOWN

posted on May 4th, 2017 at 2:25 PM by Steven Stanley

Birth. Life. Death. Infinity. Playwright Will Eno addresses all of the above in Middletown, his 21st-century response to Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, and if the Pulitzer Prize finalist tends to take quirkiness to extremes, inspired direction, design, and performances make this Chance Theater Southern California Premiere well worth a trip to Anaheim Hills.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

SYLVIA

posted on May 1st, 2017 at 4:21 PM by Steven Stanley

There’s never been a romantic triangle quite like the one that propels A.R. Gurney’s Sylvia, now getting a cheer-worthy Rubicon Theater revival with an irresistible Ashley Fox Linton as the canine homewrecker who gives this alternately hilarious and heartstrings-tugging romcom its name.
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posted in Comedy, Theater Review, Ventura County, WOW!

HAROLD AND MAUDE

posted on May 1st, 2017 at 4:14 PM by Steven Stanley

The strokes of inspiration that made last year’s Private Eyes one of Morgan-Wixson Theatre’s best are occasionally evident in Colin Higgins’ Harold And Maud, but this time around director Brandon Baer is hampered by casting missteps, pacing problems, and a stage too cavernous for the inventive look he and his design team have conceived.
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THE MUSIC MAN

posted on April 29th, 2017 at 3:57 PM by Steven Stanley

Palos Verdes Performing Arts scores a musical comedy bulls-eye with their big-stage, up-close-and-personal revival of Meredith Willson’s 1957 classic The Music Man, the all-around best of the half-dozen Music Men I’ve seen so far.
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posted in Musical, South Bay, Theater Review, WOW!

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