HEDDA GABLER

posted on June 6th, 2016 at 12:13 AM by Steven Stanley

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Some of L.A.’s finest stage stars take center stage in Andrew Upton’s 2002 version of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, and while the age-blind casting of most of the play’s lead roles proves problematic, the Antaeus Company’s latest partner-cast revival nonetheless offers Los Angeles theatergoers some of the finest acting in town.
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JOHN IS A FATHER

posted on May 30th, 2016 at 10:07 AM by Steven Stanley

They write country songs about hard-living, heavy-drinking heartbreakers like John. Julie Marie Myatt has written John Is A Father, a play with the heart, humor, and emotional wallop of her unforgettable The Happy Ones, albeit on a smaller scale, and if you happen to miss Sam Anderson’s masterful performance in the title role, trust me, you’ll be kicking yourself when awards season arrives.
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STUPID FUCKING BIRD

posted on May 30th, 2016 at 12:19 AM by Steven Stanley

San Diegans can rejoice at the arrival of Aaron Posner’s supremely theatrical, deliciously meta, hilariously scabrous take on Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull. As for Angelinos who missed Stupid Fucking Bird at The Theatre @ Boston Court a couple years back, or who simply want the chance to re-experience it with exhilaratingly fresh direction and a daringly diverse cast, Cygnet Theatre is just a road trip away.
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BIRDER

posted on May 28th, 2016 at 11:43 AM by Steven Stanley

Rising at the crack of dawn to gaze up at our fine feathered friends in the sky is to Roger, the 40something protagonist of Julie Marie Myatt’s quietly compelling Birder, what a flashy new sports car or extramarital fling is to other men his age, a way of dealing with a pesky case of midlife crisis.
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I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU – The Life And Lyrics Of Al Dubin

posted on May 26th, 2016 at 5:20 PM by Steven Stanley

An Oscar-winning lyricist finally gets the star treatment he’s been heretofore denied in the thoroughly entertaining I Only Have Eyes For You – The Life And Lyrics Of Al Dubin, a big-stage/big-budget musical treat whose big challenge will be to convince anyone too young to know the difference between Carmen and Lin-Manuel Miranda to take a chance on a musical that may be arriving about fifty years too late to be a Broadway smash.
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

HONKY

posted on May 24th, 2016 at 4:58 PM by Steven Stanley

If laughter is indeed the best medicine for what ails us, then anyone afflicted with racism would do well to check out the latest from Rogue Machine, Greg Kalleres’s foul-mouthed and fabulous satirical comedy Honky. (And if you think the R-word doesn’t apply to you, then you clearly haven’t heard Avenue Q’s “Everyone’s A Little Bit Racist.”)
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DANCING AT LUGHNASA

posted on May 22nd, 2016 at 8:12 PM by Steven Stanley

Brian Friel’s Tony-winning memory play about the household of unmarried sisters who raised him in a small town in County Donegal, Ireland in the Depression-era 1930s, proves a perfect fit for five of of Actors Co-op’s finest leading ladies in roles that could have been written with each of them in mind. Need I say more?
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THE CITY OF CONVERSATION

posted on May 22nd, 2016 at 10:05 AM by Steven Stanley

Three decades of American politics get personal in Anthony Giardina’s fascinating hot-button family drama The City Of Conversation, now getting an impressive, star-studded West Coast Premiere at the Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts under Michael Wilson’s incisive direction.
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posted in Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

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