AMADEUS

posted on November 2nd, 2016 at 10:22 AM by Steven Stanley

Inland Valley Repertory Theatre closes its 2015-16 season at Candlelight Pavilion with a sumptuous big-stage revival of Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus made memorable by Ron Hastings’ riveting lead performance.
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VICUÑA

posted on October 31st, 2016 at 2:21 PM by Steven Stanley

A $110,000 vicuña wool suit may be all that stands between business tycoon-turned-reality TV host-turned Republican Presidential nominee Kurt Seaman and the White House in Jon Robin Baitz’s ripped-from-today’s-headlines Vicuña, a Kirk Douglas Theatre World Premiere drama that proves as hilarious as it is gripping and talk-provoking.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, World Premiere, WOW!

RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET

posted on October 30th, 2016 at 5:04 PM by Steven Stanley

Shakespeare meets 1950s sci-fi meets ‘50s/‘60s rock ‘n’ pop in Bob Carlton’s outta sight outer space musical spoof Return To The Forbidden Planet, the latest from Rubicon Theatre and as fun an evening as you’re likely to have up Ventura way, or just about anywhere else for that matter.
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posted in Musical Spoof, Theater Review, Ventura County, WOW!

THE MAIDS

posted on October 29th, 2016 at 2:37 PM by Steven Stanley

Stunning performances and a striking production design make A Noise Within’s revival of Jean Genet’s The Maids a must for fans of mid-20th-century French experimental theater. Those less fond of avant-garde fare will find Genet’s talky tale of twisted sisters a considerably tougher go.
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posted in Drama, Pasadena, Theater Review, WOW!

THE MODEL APARTMENT

posted on October 27th, 2016 at 5:51 PM by Steven Stanley

Though likely to prove a considerably harder sell than the playwright’s more audience-friendly later works, Pulitzer Prize-winner Donald Margulies’ 1988 The Model Apartment has been given a Geffen Playhouse intimate revival worth seeing for its all-around superb performances, direction, and design.
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DESTINY OF DESIRE

posted on October 26th, 2016 at 5:33 PM by Steven Stanley

Passions ignite—and then some—in Destiny Of Desire, Karen Zacarías’s muy deliciosa musical comedy spoof of the world’s most popular TV genre, la telenovela, now treating South Coast Repertory audiences to two-and-a-half hours of scrumptiously over-the-top love, lust, and laughs.
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posted in Comedy, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

SISTER ACT

posted on October 24th, 2016 at 12:26 PM by Steven Stanley

Mark my words. Daebreon Poiema’s superstar turn as bodacious nightclub chantooze Deloris Van Cartier turned bogus Catholic nun Mary Clarence will have Southland audiences standing up and cheering Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre’s latest crowd-pleaser, the screen-to-stage Broadway hit musical Sister Act.
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MEMPHIS THE MUSICAL

posted on October 23rd, 2016 at 12:08 PM by Steven Stanley

Musical Theatre West looks to have yet another sold-out smash on its hands with Memphis The Musical, one of the most powerful, tuneful, exuberant shows New York and the rest of the world have seen in years.
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posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

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