STRANGERS ON A TRAIN
posted on February 5th, 2024 at 12:31 PM by Steven Stanley
Theatre 40 hits a suspense thriller bullseye with Craig Warner’s edge-of-your-seat take on Patricia Highsmith’s dark and twisted page-turner Strangers On A Train.
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Tags: Craig Waner, Los Angeles Theater Review, Patricia Highsmith, Theatre 40
posted in Theater Review, Thriller, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
posted on February 5th, 2024 at 11:24 AM by Steven Stanley
Performances don’t get any more sizzlingly sensational than Tom Avery’s powerhouse star turn as Hedwig in Chance Theater’s 2024 supercharged season opener, Hedwig And The Angry Inch.
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Tags: Chance Theater, John Cameron Mitchell, Orange County Theater Review, Stephen Trask
posted in Musical, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!
TWELVE ANGRY JURORS
posted on February 3rd, 2024 at 12:14 PM by Steven Stanley
Reginald Rose’s Emmy-winning tale of a single dissenting juror’s quest for truth and justice keeps audiences on the edge of their seats for ninety electrifying minutes in the Group Rep’s pulse-pounding revival of Twelve Angry Jurors.
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Tags: Los Angeles Theater Review, Reginald Rose, The Group Rep
posted in Drama, North Hollywood, Theater Review, WOW!
MATTHEW BOURNE’S ROMEO AND JULIET
posted on February 1st, 2024 at 5:02 PM by Steven Stanley
Daringly reconceived, thrillingly choreographed, and dazzlingly performed, the North American Premiere of Matthew Bourne’s Romeo And Juliet is the latest absolute must-see from the UK-based dance company that has made the Ahmanson Theatre its American home away from home for the past twenty-six years.
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Tags: Ahmanson Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles Theater Review, Matthew Bourne, Sergei Prokofiev
posted in Dance, Los Angeles, Theater Review, WOW!
PICK OF THE VINE 2024
posted on January 30th, 2024 at 12:11 PM by Steven Stanley
Little Fish Theatre treats audiences to its 22nd-annual New Play Festival, one whose four fabulous comedy shorts, two powerful dramatic pieces, and only one unfortunate dud add up to an almost entirely winning Pick Of The Vine 2024.
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Tags: Little Fish Theatre
posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Short One-Act, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!
BRUSHSTROKE
posted on January 29th, 2024 at 10:57 AM by Steven Stanley
There’s nothing quite like a book, movie, TV show or play that has audiences gasping “I did not see that coming.” Case in point: John Ross Bowie’s World Premiere wow of a comedy thriller, Brushstroke, now getting a world-class World Premiere at the Odyssey.
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Tags: John Ross Bowie, Los Angeles Theater Review, Odyssey Theatre
posted in Comedy, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, World Premiere, WOW!
POTUS Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
posted on January 27th, 2024 at 4:29 PM by Steven Stanley
Comedic chaos runs wild at the Geffen Playhouse in Selina Fillinger’s farcical, filthy, fabulously entertaining POTUS Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive.
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Tags: Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles Theater Review, Selina Fillinger
posted in Comedy, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!
THE MANOR: MURDER AND MADNESS AT GREYSTONE
posted on January 23rd, 2024 at 10:03 AM by Steven Stanley
The Manor: Murder and Madness at Greystone is back for the first time since its last pre-Covid run, exciting news for L.A. theatergoers eager to return to the L.A. mansion where the titular “murder” and “madness” actually occurred.
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Tags: Katherine Bates, Los Angeles Theater Review, Theatre 40
posted in Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!