OBAMA-OLOGY

posted on July 24th, 2016 at 12:33 PM by Steven Stanley

The months leading up to Barack Obama’s election as this country’s first African-American President serve as the backdrop for Aurin Squire’s semi-autobiographical Obama-ology, the 2015 Juilliard grad’s engaging look at a pivotal moment in our nation’s history as seen through one 20something black man’s eyes.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, WOW!

I LOVE YOU BECAUSE

posted on July 23rd, 2016 at 2:40 PM by Steven Stanley

A sparkling book, a dozen or so delightfully quirky characters, and above all one of the catchiest (and often most gorgeous) scores in recent years add up to Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham’s unabashedly romantic I Love You Because, at long last getting the Los Angeles staging I’ve been wishing and hoping for since first falling in love with the musical’s original cast recording nearly ten years ago—and what a terrific production ILYB has been given at Hollywood’s Hudson Theatre.
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

THE SOUND OF MUSIC

posted on July 21st, 2016 at 11:38 PM by Steven Stanley


If you’re one of the gazillion who’ve watched Julie Andrews declare the Austrian hills “alive with the sound of” you know what, or seen any of the gazillion community, school, or regional stagings of a certain Rodgers & Hammerstein Tony Award winner, you may be asking yourself, “Do I really want to see The Sound Of Music again?” If this is the case, here are ten reasons not to miss the one-in-a-gazillion touring production now captivating audiences at the Segerstrom Center For The Arts.
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posted in Musical, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

ONE OF THE NICE ONES

posted on July 19th, 2016 at 6:43 PM by Steven Stanley

Expect the unexpected—and then some—in Erik Patterson’s One Of The Nice Ones, an edge-of-your-seat dark comedy so filled with “I didn’t see that coming” twists that it’s almost impossible to review without revealing a spoiler or two, but I’ll do my best, while at the same time still providing a taste of the latest from one of L.A.’s most exciting contemporary playwrights now making his Echo Theater Company debut.
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posted in Comedy, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

HELLO, DOLLY!

posted on July 18th, 2016 at 6:15 PM by Steven Stanley

Dolly Levi is still glowing, still crowing, and going stronger than ever as 3-D Theatricals debuts its splendiferous 2016 revival of one of Broadway’s Golden Era greatest, the record-breaking 10-Tony-Award-winning Best Musical of 1964, Hello, Dolly!
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posted in Musical, Orange County, South Bay, Theater Review, WOW!

RECORDED IN HOLLYWOOD

posted on July 17th, 2016 at 10:41 AM by Steven Stanley

Last year’s 99-seat World Premiere musical smash Recorded In Hollywood has returned big time as a Kirk Douglas Theatre guest production in a much retooled upscale transfer that promises even greater things ahead for the crowd-pleasing, get-up-and-dance Memphis/Motown-style tribute to 1950s/60s African-American R&B groundbreaker John Dolphin.
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posted in Musical, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

DISNEY THE LITTLE MERMAID

posted on July 16th, 2016 at 12:37 PM by Steven Stanley

More than three dozen terrifically talented performers fill Thousand Oaks’ Kavli Theatre with an ocean’s worth of Under The Sea magic this weekend and next as Cabrillo Music Theatre gives Disney The Little Mermaid one of CMT’s biggest and best productions ever.
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posted in Musical, Theater Review, Ventura County, WOW!

ALL SHOOK UP

posted on July 14th, 2016 at 5:30 PM by Steven Stanley

A whole lot of shaking’s going on in Laguna Beach this summer as a mix of East-coasters and OC locals join talents to entertain audiences of all ages with All Shook Up, the crowd-pleasingest jukebox musical since Mamma, Mia!
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