THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

posted on August 8th, 2015 at 11:22 AM by Steven Stanley

The longest-running show in Broadway history is back in town, exciting news indeed for Phantom Of The Opera fans who’ve been waiting years for its return, particularly since this North American Tour’s fresh new scenic/lighting designs and choreography give this Phantom a look unlike any other.
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posted in Musical, National Tour, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

THE DRAGON PLAY

posted on August 7th, 2015 at 5:45 PM by Steven Stanley

RECOMMENDED

Interspecies love fuels Jenny Connell Davis’ The Dragon Play, a gorgeously designed Chance Theater production most likely to enchant those willing and able to buy into its boy-meets-dragon, boy-loses-dragon conceit.
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GHOST LIGHT

posted on August 6th, 2015 at 3:52 PM by Steven Stanley

NOT RECOMMENDED

Deborah Puette is luminous, but the four vignettes that comprise Tommy Smith’s Ghost Light add up to a rather low-wattage half-hour solo show.
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posted in Los Angeles, Not Recommended, Solo Performance, Theater Review

NO HOMO

posted on August 3rd, 2015 at 11:22 AM by Steven Stanley

RECOMMENDED

The 2014 Hollywood Fringe Festival hit NO HOMO now gets the fully-staged production I put on my wish list when writing about Brandon Baruch’s hilarious bromcom last year. It also gets a new ending likely to disappoint if not downright infuriate those like this reviewer who fell unreservedly in love with NO HOMO 1.0.
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posted in Comedy, Los Angeles, Recommended, Theater Review

ALWAYS … PATSY CLINE

posted on August 1st, 2015 at 12:32 PM by Steven Stanley

Cori Cable Kidder delivers a star-making performance as country music legend Patsy Cline in Sierra Madre Playhouse’s season-opening revival of Ted Swindley’s Always … Patsy Cline, easily one of the newly revitalized Playhouse’s best productions ever.
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posted in Comedy, Musical Revue, San Gabriel Valley, WOW!

THE FABULOUS LIPITONES

posted on July 31st, 2015 at 4:32 PM by Steven Stanley

RECOMMENDED

Barbershop harmonies, sitcom-ready jokes, and a savory dollop of Bollywood spice make The Fabulous Lipitones’ California Premiere a pleasant bit of midsummer fluff likely to please (if not rejuvenate) the Colony Theatre’s longtime subscriber base.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Comedy, Recommended, Theater Review

DOWN THE ROAD

posted on July 27th, 2015 at 7:42 PM by Steven Stanley

RECOMMENDED

Chaz Bono’s bravura performance as a serial killer incarcerated for life is the best reason to catch Lee Blessing’s gripping if frustrating Down The Road, now playing at Hollywood’s Lounge Theatre.
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posted in Drama, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Recommended, Theater Review

DOGFIGHT

posted on July 27th, 2015 at 12:01 AM by Steven Stanley

Dogfight, the Louise Lortel Award-winning Outstanding Musical of 2012, has at long last arrived in Southern California at San Diego’s Cygnet Theatre in a production that is (to quote from one of the show’s best songs) “Nothing Short Of Wonderful.”
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