BRIGADOON

posted on May 20th, 2026 at 9:15 AM by Steven Stanley


Alan J. Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s Brigadoon gets a long overdue makeover at the Pasadena Playhouse, one that updates Lerner’s creaky book while not changing a note of the musical theater classic’ gorgeous score, and the result is the most glorious of revivals.
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ANTIGONE

posted on May 19th, 2026 at 5:09 PM by Steven Stanley


Playwright Kenneth Cavander dusts the cobwebs off Sophocles’ Antigone in his contemporary adaptation of the 2500-year-old Greek tragedy … and the result is yet another Antaeus Theatre Company winner.

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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Classic Play, Now Playing, Theater Review, WOW!

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

posted on May 19th, 2026 at 8:43 AM by Steven Stanley


I’ve attended a whopping sixteen productions of the iconic horror comedy rock musical Little Shop Of Horrors, but seeing it “dancified” at the Lineage Performing Arts Center made me feel I was experiencing the off-Broadway camp classic for the very first time.
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EXIT THE KING

posted on May 13th, 2026 at 9:04 AM by Steven Stanley

Unless you are a huge fan of existentialist theater, you’ll probably find A Noise Within’s revival of Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist comedy Exit The King a very long hour and forty-five minutes.
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posted in Comedy, Pasadena, Theater Review

SANCTUARY CITY

posted on May 11th, 2026 at 9:33 AM by Steven Stanley


Sanctuary City, Martyna Majok’s gripping, thought-provoking examination the plight of undocumented Americanized teens now makes a stunning Orange County debut at Anaheim’s Chance Theater.
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DISNEY THE LITTLE MERMAID

posted on May 9th, 2026 at 4:26 PM by Steven Stanley


Under the sea is the place to be and in-the-round is the way to experience its many magical wonders in The Nocturne Theatre gorgeously designed and swimmingly performed arena staging of Disney The Little Mermaid.
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THE SOUND OF MUSIC

posted on May 6th, 2026 at 3:29 PM by Steven Stanley


The ultimate family musical is back in Los Angeles and filling the Hollywood Hills-adjacent Pantages Theatre with The Sound Of Music as the 1959 Broadway classic pays L.A. a three-week visit under the inspired direction of three-time Tony winner (and bona fide National Treasure) Jack O’Brien.
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WARSAW

posted on May 6th, 2026 at 10:10 AM by Steven Stanley

Not everything works in Paul Webb’s Warsaw, but by the time it reaches its cathartic climax, there’s no denying the power the International City Theatre World Premiere achieves in juxtaposing WWII Poland and New York City in the weeks following 9-11.

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posted in Drama, Long Beach/San Pedro, Thriller

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