MYSTIC PIZZA

posted on January 22nd, 2024 at 9:39 AM by Steven Stanley


Take the movie that set Julia Roberts on the path to superstardom, stir in twenty of the 1980s and ‘90s’ Greatest Hits, give the mix a contemporary sensibility and a dynamite triple-threat cast, and you’ve got Mystic Pizza (The Musical), a surefire La Mirada Theatre hit.
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posted in Downey/La Mirada, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

LA COCINA

posted on January 20th, 2024 at 12:45 PM by Steven Stanley


The high-stress, high-intensity back-of-house goings-on at a classy New York City eatery come excitingly to life in Tony Menéses’s La Cocina, the latest from North Hollywood’s Loft Ensemble, and a particular treat for fans of Hulu’s The Bear.
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posted in Drama, North Hollywood, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

SUKKOT

posted on January 14th, 2024 at 12:22 PM by Steven Stanley


Few situations are riper for raucous laughter, long-festering rage, and buckets of tears than the much dreaded family reunion, and since almost everybody on this planet has attended at least one (if not dozens) of them, expect to find much to identify with and relish in Matthew Leavitt’s marvelous new family-reunion dramedy Sukkot.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

MERCURY

posted on January 13th, 2024 at 1:46 PM by Steven Stanley


No one does dark and twisted with quite the devilish glee of playwright Steve Yockey, proof positive of which can be seen in Mercury, a gloriously grizzly Road Theatre Company West Coast Premiere.
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posted in Comedy, North Hollywood, Theater Review, WOW!

THE DEATH OF ME YET

posted on January 11th, 2024 at 11:19 AM by Steven Stanley


Life-threatening illness and human mortality aren’t usually the stuff of comedy, but expect to laugh your socks off at solo-show whiz David Dean Bottrell’s The Death Of Me Yet, now paying a five-performance-only visit to Rogue Machine’s Matrix Theatre.
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posted in Los Angeles, Solo Performance, Theater Review, WOW!

MADAME SCROOGE: A CHRISTMAS CAROL MUSICAL

posted on December 24th, 2023 at 11:29 AM by Steven Stanley


A Glendale landmark is reborn as The Nocturne Theatre just in time to treat holiday audiences to Madame Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Musical, Meyer2Meyer Entertainment’s fabulous new, gender-bending musical twist on the Charles Dickens Christmas classic.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

MJ THE MUSICAL

posted on December 23rd, 2023 at 10:06 AM by Steven Stanley

No matter what your personal feelings are about Michael Jackson (and mine are decidedly conflicted), there’s little denying that MJ the Musical, now playing at Hollywood’s Pantages, is skillfully crafted, sensationally sung and danced, and spectacularly designed, no matter how frustratingly uncritical it is of its subject.
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, National Tour, Theater Review

ON THE FARCE DAY OF CHRISTMAS

posted on December 19th, 2023 at 9:37 AM by Steven Stanley


A divorced couple set madcap hijinks in motion by pretending their split never happened in Ken Levine’s On The Farce Day Of Christmas, not just a wild and wacky comedic ride but a tasty treat for those seeking something fresh and new for the holidays.
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posted in Comedy, Long Beach/San Pedro, Theater Review, WOW!

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