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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DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS

posted on July 11th, 2016 at 2:51 PM by Steven Stanley

Few 21st-century musicals have put the Comedy back into Musical Comedy like Best Musical Tony nominee Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, at long last getting the big-stage professional production SoCal musical theater lovers have been waiting for since its National Tour stopped at the Pantages a full decade ago, and what a production it is thanks to the Musical Comedy Pros at Musical Theatre West.
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posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

A CHORUS LINE

posted on July 10th, 2016 at 10:44 AM by Steven Stanley

It takes balls to reimagine a classic and an abundance of talent to pull it off, particularly when the classic in question is the 1975 megaclassic A Chorus Line. Fortunately, Chance Theater’s Oanh Nguyen and Hazel Clarke have both, resulting in an A Chorus Line that might provoke protests from purists who’d have Michael Bennett’s direction and choreography set in stone but will likely thrill everyone else, this reviewer included.
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THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE

posted on July 9th, 2016 at 4:13 PM by Steven Stanley

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has set up shop at the Sierra Madre Playhouse for the next two months in a 99-seat production sure to delight both Bee newbies and veteran Bee buffs like this reviewer, who enjoyed Bee 14.0 every bit as much as his very first thanks to Robert Marra’s zesty direction/choreography and a cast to rival the best I’ve seen.
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posted in Musical, San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

FOOL FOR LOVE

posted on July 8th, 2016 at 5:09 PM by Steven Stanley

I may never go gaga for Fool For Love, but if ever a production could make me a believer in Sam Shepard’s overheated take on Greek tragedy in today’s Wild Wild West, it’s the one now playing at the Davidson/Valentini Theatre thanks to some refreshingly subtle directorial touches and a quartet of superb performances, chief among them star turns by Burt Grinstead and Charlotte Gulezian.
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posted in Drama, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review, WOW!

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