STANLEY ANN: THE UNLIKELY STORY OF BARACK OBAMA’S MOTHER

posted on July 10th, 2015 at 12:40 PM by Steven Stanley

Ann Noble makes an indelible impression as the woman who gave birth to our country’s president in the World Premiere production of Mike Kindle’s one-woman bioplay Stanley Ann: The Unlikely Story Of Barack Obama’s Mother.
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ALL-AMERICAN GIRL

posted on July 9th, 2015 at 12:28 AM by Steven Stanley


A girl-next-door Bostonian turns Islamic terrorist in Wendy Graf’s powerful, thought-provoking solo-play All-American Girl, now getting its World Premiere production at Hollywood’s Lounge Theatre under Anita Khanzadian’s astute, visually imaginative direction.
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AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

posted on July 6th, 2015 at 12:43 PM by Steven Stanley

It’s hard to imagine a more gorgeous setting for Tracy Letts’ sprawling August: Osage County than under the Topanga stars at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum, just one reason why the Oklahoma family saga’s return to L.A. (for the first time since A:OC’s Broadway National Tour played the Ahmanson back in 2009) makes for news worth shouting to the heavens and beyond.
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OFF THE KING’S ROAD

posted on July 4th, 2015 at 12:35 AM by Steven Stanley

NOT RECOMMENDED

Several bright supporting performances and a topnotch production design are not enough to rescue Off The King’s Road from its lackluster script, languorous pacing, and a numbingly dull lead performance, though truth be told it would take an actor with the charisma and star power of the late James Garner to stir up any interest in playwright Neil Koenigsberg’s sad sack protagonist.
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PICNIC

posted on June 28th, 2015 at 10:43 AM by Steven Stanley

A hot-and-sexy college football star turned ne’er-do-well drifter arrives in a sleepy Midwest town circa 1952 and the lives of one family and their friends will never be the same again in William Inge’s American classic Picnic, now being given a pitch-perfect partner-cast revival by The Antaeus Company.
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HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL 2015 REVIEWS & STAGESCENELA’S HOLLYWOOD FRINGE 2015 TOP 10

posted on June 27th, 2015 at 10:45 AM by Steven Stanley

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ALL SHOOK UP

posted on June 22nd, 2015 at 1:19 PM by Steven Stanley

All Shook Up, aka “The Elvis Musical,” has come to San Diego-adjacent Vista as Moonlight Stage Productions offers SoCal audiences a terrific outdoor revival of one of the most thoroughly entertaining Broadway shows of the past dozen years.
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ASTRO BOY AND THE GOD OF COMICS

posted on June 21st, 2015 at 5:53 PM by Steven Stanley

The words “You’ve never seen anything like this before” may sound cliché, but trust me, you have never seen anything like Sacred Fools’ West Coast Premiere of Natsu Onoda Power’s Astro Boy And The God Of Comics, a mind-boggling blend of fact and fantasy that weaves together human performers and live action with still-&-animated video projections, puppets, and most exciting of all, live cartooning by some skilled actors/pen-&-ink artists—all of which adds up to what is certain to be one of the summer’s most gigantic hits.
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