MARILYN, MOM, AND ME

posted on February 25th, 2024 at 12:21 PM by Steven Stanley


A renowned character actress and the world’s most celebrated sex symbol form the most unexpected of friendships as a grown son celebrates his mother’s memory in Luke Yankee’s fascinating, informative, deeply moving Marilyn, Mom, and Me, now getting its long-awaited World Premiere at Long Beach’s International City Theatre.
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posted in Drama, Long Beach/San Pedro, Theater Review, WOW!

SEX WITH STRANGERS

posted on February 24th, 2024 at 12:05 PM by Steven Stanley


Sexual sparks fly when a one-flop-wonder of a novelist and a best-selling chronicler of a year’s worth of one-night stands find themselves the only guests in a rural bed-and-breakfast in Sex With Strangers, Laura Eason’s provocative, conversation-provoking two-hander, now playing at the McCadden Place Theatre.
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review, Two-Hander, WOW!

THREE

posted on February 21st, 2024 at 12:54 AM by Steven Stanley

If you’re a die-hard Chekhov fan, Nick Salamone’s 20th/21st-century “queer meditation” on the Russian playwright’s 124-year-old classic Three Sisters, a Playwrights’ Arena/Los Angeles LGBT Center World Premiere, will likely be more up your alley than it was mine.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review, World Premiere

SWEENEY TODD

posted on February 18th, 2024 at 11:36 AM by Steven Stanley


Julia Rodriguez-Elliot’s brilliantly innovative direction and Cassandra Marie Murphy’s spectacular star turn as Mrs. Lovett top the reasons not to miss Stephen Sondheim & Hugh Wheeler’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street at A Noise Within.
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posted in Musical, Pasadena, Theater Review, WOW!

BETRAYAL

posted on February 13th, 2024 at 10:23 AM by Steven Stanley


The aftermath of Harold Pinter’s seven-year love affair with the wife of a close friend serves as point of departure for his 1978 three-hander Betrayal, the fascinating latest from City Garage.
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posted in Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

42ND STREET

posted on February 11th, 2024 at 10:57 AM by Steven Stanley


Musical Theatre West opens its 2024 season with just about as surefire a crowd-pleaser as 20th-century Broadway has to offer, the screen-to-stage classic 42nd Street.
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posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

MIDDLE OF THE WORLD

posted on February 10th, 2024 at 11:45 AM by Steven Stanley


An Uber ride through the traffic-jammed streets of Midtown Manhattan proves life-changing for both driver and passenger in Juan José Alfonso’s Middle Of The World, a compelling, thought-provoking, surprise-packed Rogue Machine Theatre West Coast Premiere now playing at the Matrix.
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posted in Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, WOW!

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

posted on February 8th, 2024 at 10:23 AM by Steven Stanley


Sting’s hauntingly beautiful songs, Kate Prince’s electrifying choreography, a troupe of the world’s most spectacular dancers, and an absolutely stunning production design combine to bring Pantages audiences the West End phenomenon that is Message From A Bottle.
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posted in Dance, Hollywood/West Hollywood, National Tour, Theater Review, WOW!

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