DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BLOCKHEAD

posted on February 12th, 2017 at 11:05 AM by Steven Stanley

Teens play teens, and winningly so, in Worst First Kiss Productions’ terrific intimate staging of Bert V. Royal’s hilarious, thought-provoking, ultimately transformative Dog Sees God: Confessions Of A Teenage Blockhead, a sold-out guest production this weekend only at Hollywood’s The Blank Theatre.
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946: THE AMAZING STORY OF ADOLPHUS TIPS

posted on February 12th, 2017 at 11:00 AM by Steven Stanley

World War II England comes breathtakingly to life as Cornwall’s Kneehigh Theatre returns to the Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts with the magical, musical, mesmerizing (and fact-based) 946: The Amazing Story Of Adolphus Tips.
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posted in Musical, National Tour, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT

posted on February 10th, 2017 at 6:44 PM by Steven Stanley

It’s a long summer day’s journey into the darkest nighttime of their souls for the illness-and-addiction-plagued Tyrones of Eugene O’Neill’s 20th-century classic Long Day’s Journey Into Night, now getting a superbly acted and designed Geffen Playhouse revival under Jeanie Hackett’s inspired direction.
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posted in Classic Play, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

DISNEY’S ALADDIN DUAL LANGUAGE EDITION

posted on February 7th, 2017 at 6:18 PM by Steven Stanley

Rata callejera and hija del sultán fall madly enamorados with the help of a certain blue genio as Casa 0101 treats L.A. audiences to Disney’s Aladdin Dual Language Edition, a particular treat for those who hablan español, but you don’t have to be bilingual to find yourself falling under the spell of las noches de Arabia that have made the Disney animated feature a home video favorite these past twenty-five years.
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posted in Los Angeles, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

CLAUDIO QUEST

posted on February 6th, 2017 at 6:44 PM by Steven Stanley

Innovative musical theater triple-threats Drew Fornarola and Marshall Pailet pay affectionate, nostalgic tribute to mid-1980s video games in Claudio Quest, a delightfully tuneful Chance Theater West Coast Premiere with particular appeal to Mario Bros. franchise fans.
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posted in Musical, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY OF MEAN GURLZ

posted on February 5th, 2017 at 11:13 AM by Steven Stanley

Mean Gurlz rule from now through mid-April as Rockwell Table & Stage’s UMPO series returns with The Unauthorized Musical Parody Of Mean Gurlz, a tasty musical treat whether you’re a die-hard fan of a certain Lindsay Lohan movie smash or simply show up at Los Feliz’s trendiest cabaret for a dozen-and-a-half pop hits performed by some of SoCal’s most exciting young vocal stars.
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posted in Los Angeles, Musical Spoof, Theater Review, WOW!

MOBY DICK

posted on February 2nd, 2017 at 6:42 PM by Steven Stanley

Ten brilliantly talented performers, an inspired director/adapter, and a dazzlingly ingenious production design team join talents on South Coast Repertory’s Segerstrom Stage as Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre Company’s acclaimed Moby Dick visits Costa Mesa, proof positive that you don’t need a hundred-million Hollywood bucks to turn a Herman Melville classic into two-and-a half hours of epic storytelling magic.
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PLASTICITY

posted on February 1st, 2017 at 5:42 PM by Steven Stanley

40something David Rosely lies comatose as his identical twin Grant and fiancée Kate find themselves in head-to-head combat over his right to live or die. If this sounds more like a Lifetime Original Movie than the year’s most spectacular one-man tour-de-force, think again. Solo-performance star Alex Lyras and his co-writing partner Robert McCaskill are back in Hollywood with their latest collaboration, the absolutely thrilling Plasticity, the very definition of must-see theater.
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Solo Performance, Theater Review, WOW!

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