HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

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

RECOMMENDED

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!

DOUBLE DOOR

posted on October 13th, 2015 at 5:50 PM by Steven Stanley

No matter who your favorite TV soap villainess might be, she could learn a thing or two from the selfish, conniving, ruthless monster created way back in 1931 by Elizabeth McFadden for her suspense melodrama Double Door, now deliciously revived for a 21st-century audience at Beverly Hills’ Theatre 40.
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posted in Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

THE ADDAMS FAMILY

posted on October 12th, 2015 at 3:51 PM by Steven Stanley

The “creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky” family known as The Addams have arrived in Fullerton as 3-D Theatricals debuts its star-powered Broadway-caliber big-stage production of (snap, snap) The Addams Family.
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posted in Musical, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

WE ARE THE TIGERS

posted on October 11th, 2015 at 8:40 PM by Steven Stanley

Bring It On meets Scream in Rebekah M. Allen’s We Are The Tigers, a genre-bending, rule-breaking new musical which, while not yet ready for off-Broadway, features engaging characters, catchy songs, and sensational performances that make its World Premiere run at the Hudson Backstage an entertaining Halloween season treat.
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SOMETHING TRULY MONSTROUS

posted on October 10th, 2015 at 12:39 PM by Steven Stanley

NOT RECOMMENDED

Even the best efforts of the finest theaters can misfire, although given The Blank Theatre’s stellar track record, I wasn’t expecting to find Jeff Tabnick’s Something Truly Monstrous such a disappointment.
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posted in Comedy, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Not Recommended, Theater Review, World Premiere

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