BORDER CRISIS

posted on November 18th, 2025 at 1:34 PM by Steven Stanley

Considering how much of what’s coming out of Washington DC these days seems like théâtre de l’absurde, the time could hardly be riper for City Garage to debut Charles A. Duncombe’s absurdist comedy Border Crisis, though in the case of this contemporary adaptation of a 1967 Polish play, excellent intentions yield less than successful results.
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posted in Comedy, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY

posted on November 15th, 2025 at 1:44 PM by Steven Stanley


An American couple attempting to make a fresh start in London soon discover this is more easily said than done when things start going bump in the night in Levi Holloway’s terrorific stage spinoff of the movie franchise Paranormal Activity, now scaring the living daylights out of thrill-and-chill-seeking Angelinos at the Ahmanson.

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posted in Los Angeles, Theater Review, Thriller, WOW!

TABLE 17

posted on November 14th, 2025 at 9:34 AM by Steven Stanley


Audiences are invited to talk back to the exes who reunite at a trendy night spot to rehash the past and maybe, just possibly get back together in the MCC Theater production of Douglas Lyons’ raucously funny off-Broadway hit Table 17, imported to L.A. by the Geffen Playhouse precisely when stressed-out Angelinos need it most.

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नेहा & NEEL (NEHA & NEEL)

posted on November 10th, 2025 at 12:28 PM by Steven Stanley

A divorced Indian mother and her USA-born-and-raised teenage son embark on the year’s most entertaining and heartwarming road trip in Ankita Raturi’s नेहा & Neel (Neha & Neel), now guaranteeing audiences an abundance of laughs and more than a few cross-cultural insights at the Los Angeles Theatre Center.

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ALICE BY HEART

posted on November 9th, 2025 at 1:05 PM by Steven Stanley


The off-Broadway critics got it right when they called Alice By Heart’s book muddled, but that didn’t bother me a bit last night, so captivated was I by the impressive production it has been given by MouthBone Theater Company.

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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

LE SWITCH

posted on November 8th, 2025 at 1:21 PM by Steven Stanley


It’s love at first sight (but will there be a happily ever after?) for marriage-phobic David and the irresistible Quebecois he meets on a bachelor party trip to Montreal in Philip Dawkins’ very funny and very romantic Le Switch, now charming audiences at the Broadwater Blackbox.
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PERFECT WORLD

posted on November 4th, 2025 at 1:12 PM by Steven Stanley


Barbara Follett had two novels published before she turned 15. Then, at the age of 25, she disappeared and was never heard from again. Her life now forms the basis of Perfect World, a promising new bio-musical being given the most polished of World Premieres at the El Portal Theatre.
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posted in Musical, North Hollywood, World Premiere, WOW!

PETER PAN GOES WRONG

posted on November 2nd, 2025 at 12:56 PM by Steven Stanley


If you thought The Play That Goes Wrong set a laugh record at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, that record has now been broken by the even wilder, even wackier, even funnier Peter Pan Goes Wrong.
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posted in Comedy, Downey/La Mirada, Theater Review, WOW!

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