LIFE OF PI

posted on May 8th, 2025 at 12:44 PM by Steven Stanley


Not since War Horse has there been a theatrical experience as spectacular as Life Of Pi, the Tony-winning Broadway smash now dazzling L.A. audiences with its life-sized animal puppets, it cinematic spectacle, and Taha Mandviwala’s star-making performance in the title role.
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posted in Action-Adventure, Los Angeles, National Tour, Theater Review, WOW!

BONNIE & CLYDE

posted on May 6th, 2025 at 11:49 AM by Steven Stanley


America’s most infamous bank-robbing duo are back in business and the Rubicon Theatre has got them in the Ventura treasure’s must-see revival of the Tony-nominated Bonnie & Clyde The Musical.
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THE GLASS MENAGERIE

posted on May 5th, 2025 at 3:16 PM by Steven Stanley


Dazzling star turns, inspired direction, and an exquisite production design add up to as magnificent an Antaeus Theatre Company revival of the 20th-century classic The Glass Menagerie as any Tennessee Williams lover could possibly wish for.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Drama, Theater Review, WOW!

THE SPITFIRE GRILL

posted on May 3rd, 2025 at 11:01 AM by Steven Stanley


A young woman fresh out of prison seeks a second chance at life in James Valcq and Fred Alley’s tuneful, inspiring crowd-pleaser The Spitfire Grill, Actors Co-op’s first musical in nearly seven years and one that is well worth the wait.
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

THE VIOLIN MAKER

posted on April 29th, 2025 at 9:17 AM by Steven Stanley

Its heart is definitely in the right place, and I can’t fault the performances elicited by director caryn desai, but I found Lisa Pearl Rosenbaum and Ronda Spinak’s downer of a Holocaust memorial play The Violin Maker too narration-and-flashbacks-heavy to fully command my attention throughout most of its two-hour running time.
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LEGALLY BLONDE

posted on April 28th, 2025 at 10:49 AM by Steven Stanley

An incandescent Kathryn Brunner makes it crystal-clear what musical theater stars are made of as the indomitable Elle Woods in La Mirada Theatre and McCoy Rigby Entertainment’s big-stage big-talent revival of the 2007 Broadway smash Legally Blonde, about as perfect a screen-to-stage adaptation as there’s been in the past twenty years.
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posted in Downey/La Mirada, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

THE WINTER’S TALE

posted on April 25th, 2025 at 12:09 PM by Steven Stanley


If you’ve ever wished Shakespearean English weren’t so darned hard to understand (I certainly have), then Tracy Young’s modern verse translation of The Winter’s Tale, the sparklingly performed latest from Skylight Theatre Company, is the Shakespeare production for you and for me.
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posted in Classic Play, Los Angeles, Theater Review, WOW!

BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL EXTENSION

posted on April 21st, 2025 at 10:50 AM by Steven Stanley


Branden Lee Roth puts his own engaging stamp on the title role of  Open Fist Theatre Company’s Bat Boy: The Musical, his fortuitous arrival enabling the wild, weird, and wacky L.A.-born, off-Broadway-bred crowd-pleaser to extend its run at the Atwater Village Theatre.
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