THE ADDAMS FAMILY

posted on September 25th, 2016 at 2:35 PM by Steven Stanley

They’re creepy. They’re kooky. They’re mysterious. They’re spooky. And down Vista way, they sing, dance, and above all entertain like their deaths depended on it as Moonlight Stages treats SoCal audiences to the Broadway treat that is (snap, snap) The Addams Family.
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posted in Musical, San Diego County, Theater Review, WOW!

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

posted on September 24th, 2016 at 6:04 PM by Steven Stanley

Palos Verdes Performing Arts opens its 2016-17 season with its splendid big-stage production of Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein, a tunefuly, double entendre-packed, laugh-filled treat for Brooks fans and classic horror buffs alike.
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posted in Musical, South Bay, Theater Review, WOW!

AND THEN THEY FELL

posted on September 23rd, 2016 at 11:56 AM by Steven Stanley

Life can be tough for any teenager but it proves especially trying for the two teen castaways at the heart of And Then They Fell, Tira Palmquist’s riveting World Premiere drama, the latest from Brimmer St. Theatre Company.

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

BLUEBERRY TOAST

posted on September 21st, 2016 at 10:35 AM by Steven Stanley

Ozzie And Harriet could take lessons from Walt and Barb in suburban perfection, or at least they could until Walt’s disdain for this morning’s breakfast entree turns things haywire in Mary Laws’ bizarre absurdist black comedy Blueberry Toast, an Echo Theater World Premiere highlighted by a pair of bravura performances by Jacqueline Wright and Albert Dayan.
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posted in Comedy, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere

I LOVE YOU BECAUSE

posted on September 19th, 2016 at 11:26 AM by Steven Stanley

Inventive direction and refreshingly diverse casting are just two reasons to catch The Red Brick Road Theatre Company and Endeavor Theatre Ensemble’s terrifically performed intimate staging of Ryan Cunningham and Joshua Salzman’s musical romcom charmer I Love You Because.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME

posted on September 18th, 2016 at 5:56 PM by Steven Stanley

Take a classic novel by Victor Hugo, half-a-dozen songs from a favorite Disney film, and the inspired casting of a deaf actor as Quasimodo and you’ve got three, though hardly the only reasons for The Hunchback Of Notre Dame to top any musical theater lover’s must-see list as summer turns to fall.
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posted in Downey/La Mirada, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

THE PLAY ABOUT THE BABY

posted on September 18th, 2016 at 8:36 AM by Steven Stanley

The Road Theatre Company opens their 2016-2017 season with an imaginatively directed, beautifully acted, gorgeously designed Los Angeles Premiere of Edward Albee’s The Play About The Baby, though whether Albee’s play will speak to you or not will depend on how you feel about abandoning the realistic for the allegorical.
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posted in Drama, North Hollywood, Theater Review, WOW!

BARBECUE

posted on September 16th, 2016 at 11:45 AM by Steven Stanley

Trailer trash knows no color in the sordid lives brought to booze-chugging, drug-snorting, profanity-spewing life in Barbecue, Robert O’Hara’s outrageously twisted, hysterically funny new comedy now making its West Coast debut at the Geffen Playhouse, and that’s just Act One.
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posted in Comedy, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

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