SCOTT AND HEM

posted on October 24th, 2015 at 4:04 PM by Steven Stanley

F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway spend an evening together in a place called The Garden Of Allah in Mark St. Germain’s Scott And Hem, an enjoyable bit of Hollywood nostalgia now getting a terrifically acted Falcon Theatre production under the snappy direction of Falcon favorite Dimitri Toscas.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Comedy-Drama, Theater Review, WOW!

SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM

posted on October 23rd, 2015 at 10:54 AM by Steven Stanley

If you’re a Stephen Sondheim fan here in L.A., you’ve likely enjoyed Side By Side By Sondheim and/or Putting It Together, perhaps multiple times. Chances are, however, that you’ve never seen a Stephen Sondheim Revue starring none other than Steve himself (albeit on video), which is why International City Theatre’s Los Angeles Premiere of Broadway’s 2010 Sondheim On Sondheim comes as news worth trumpeting far and wide.
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posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Musical Revue, Theater Review, WOW!

WICKED LIT 2015

posted on October 22nd, 2015 at 11:45 AM by Steven Stanley

Wicked Lit is back for 2015 at Altadena’s Mountain View Mausoleum And Cemetery, a venue so mysterious and spooky that it’s helped make this creepy, kooky trio of terrorific one-acts an annual L.A. tradition for the past half-dozen years and counting.
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posted in Drama, Pasadena, Theater Review, WOW!

WEST SIDE STORY

posted on October 20th, 2015 at 5:08 PM by Steven Stanley

Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre follows its multiple Scenie-winning In The Heights with that show’s half-century-earlier predecessor, the one that started it all, West Side Story, and like ITH, WSS is one of Candlelight’s finest productions to date.
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posted in Musical, San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

posted on October 18th, 2015 at 11:31 AM by Steven Stanley

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Sherlock Holmes is back and Actors Co-op’s got him, though Tim Kelly’s stage(y) adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Hound Of The Baskervilles proves an only okay showcase for both its cast and its master sleuth protagonist.

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posted in Drama, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Recommended, Theater Review

DAMN YANKEES

posted on October 17th, 2015 at 1:42 PM by Steven Stanley

Cabrillo Music Theatre scores an out-of-the-ballpark home run with its revival of the 1955 Broadway gem Damn Yankees, a production highlighted by a quintet of terrific lead performances, numerous supporting gems, and some of the best dancing in town.
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posted in Musical, Theater Review, Ventura County, WOW!

CARRIE: THE MUSICAL

posted on October 16th, 2015 at 10:55 AM by Steven Stanley

Carrie: The Musical has made a sensational arrival at Cal State Fullerton just in time for Halloween, but it’s not just the show’s “scary musical” elements that give this rare college production event status.
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posted in Musical, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

VIETGONE

posted on October 15th, 2015 at 5:49 PM by Steven Stanley

A couple of Vietnamese evacuees fall in love in an Arkansas refugee camp circa 1975 in Qui Nguyen’s rap-fueled, manga-spiced, profanity-packed Vietgone, now getting an electrifyingly innovative and ultimately quite powerful World Premiere at South Coast Repertory.
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posted in Comedy, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

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