RAGTIME

posted on April 3rd, 2016 at 11:10 AM by Steven Stanley

The Ragtime revival currently touring the U.S. may not be the already trimmed-down Marcia Milgrom Dodge-version that scored the director-choreographer a 2010 Tony nomination. (The non-Equity cast is even smaller by 25%, the creative team behind its much scaled-down production design is new for the tour, and Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s songs are performed to prerecorded tracks.) Nonetheless, under Dodge’s inspired hand, this Ragtime turns out to be every bit as powerful as any of the half-dozen I’ve now seen.
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posted in Gateway Cities, Musical, National Tour, Theater Review, WOW!

THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF TOLUCA LAKE: THE MUSICAL

posted on April 2nd, 2016 at 11:58 AM by Steven Stanley

You’ve heard of The Real Housewives Of Orange County, The Real Housewives Of Atlanta, The Real Housewives Of New Jersey, The Real Housewives Of You Name It.  Now meet The Real Housewives Of Toluca Lake in Molly Bell’s hilarious, tuneful, show-stoppingly performed musical spoof of the ten-year-old Bravo franchise, currently delighting audiences at The Falcon Theatre in where else but beautiful downtown Toluca Lake.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

posted on April 1st, 2016 at 11:14 AM by Steven Stanley

In a 180-degree stylistic turn from last year’s Grease (USC’s most crowd-pleasing big-stage musical in years), the School Of Dramatic Arts revives Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s A Little Night Music so exquisitely that only its cast’s youth distinguishes it from the best of professional revivals.
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posted in Los Angeles, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

A SINGULAR THEY

posted on March 28th, 2016 at 2:17 PM by Steven Stanley

Lily Nicksay gives one of this year’s most unforgettable performances as intersex teen Burbank, né Christine, in Aliza Goldstein’s engaging, conversation-starting A Singular They, now World Premiering at The Blank on Hollywood’s Theatre Row.
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posted in Drama, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

DREAMGIRLS

posted on March 27th, 2016 at 7:34 PM by Steven Stanley

Spectacular design, inspired direction and choreography, and above all one electrifying star turn—elements that together made the 2010 National Tour of the legendary Dreamgirls one for the ages—have been reassembled at the La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts to make for the big-stage, big-budget Dreamgirls revival its fans have been waiting for.
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posted in Downey/La Mirada, Musical, San Fernando Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

tick, tick… BOOM!

posted on March 26th, 2016 at 11:33 AM by Steven Stanley

Jonathan Larson’s years as a starving artist (before Rent went on to become a 5,124-performance Broadway megasmash) get brought to tuneful, emotionally potent life in After Hours Theatre’s electrifying revival of Larson’s tick, tick … BOOM!
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

JUAN CABALLER & RODRIGO VARANDAS

posted on March 25th, 2016 at 2:40 PM by Steven Stanley

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SLEUTH

posted on March 25th, 2016 at 11:00 AM by Steven Stanley

RECOMMENDED

Anthony Shaffer’s cat-and-mouse comedy mystery thriller Sleuth ran nearly three years on Broadway in the early 1970s, chalking up over 1200 performances, much of the play’s success stemming from its multiple unexpected plot twists. The terrifically acted revival now playing at Little Fish Theatre delivers on most of the surprises, but unfortunately not on the big post-intermission humdinger.
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posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Recommended, Theater Review, Two-Hander

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