CITY OF ANGELS

posted on June 16th, 2014 at 9:17 PM by Steven Stanley

If ever there were a Broadway musical that would seem to lend itself less to being performed as a concert staged reading, it would probably be City Of Angels, and yet wonder of wonders, the Tony-winning Best Musical of 1989 has within less than ten months, served as the basis of not one but two concert staged readings, both of them absolutely inspired.
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DOG AND PONY

posted on June 15th, 2014 at 2:53 PM by Steven Stanley

RECOMMENDED

A trio of utterly fabulous Broadway leading ladies led by the magical Nicole Parker are reason enough to catch The Old Globe’s latest World Premiere musical, Dog And Pony, though the show itself, despite Roger Rees’ effervescent direction, still needs a good deal of work.
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posted in Musical, Recommended, San Diego County, Theater Review, World Premiere

ABBAMEMNON

posted on June 15th, 2014 at 11:30 AM by Steven Stanley

The zanies who call themselves The Troubies have taken the oldest—and in this reviewer’s humble opinion deadly-dullest—theatrical genre, Greek Tragedy, added their own trademark blend of wacky jokes, inspired adlibs (impromptu or scripted, you be the judge), snappy choreography, and best of all the songs of “one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of pop music” (Wikipedia) to come up with ABBAMEMNON, and if the results aren’t as all-around brilliant as their best, the Troubies’ latest is still the most entertaining Greek tragedy this reviewer has ever seen—or may ever see again.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical Spoof, Theater Review, WOW!

THE COUNTRY HOUSE

posted on June 13th, 2014 at 7:18 PM by Steven Stanley

Dinner With Friends. Shipwrecked! Collected Stories. Sight Unseen. Coney Island Christmas. And now comes Donald Margulies’ latest, The Country House, a captivating look at a contemporary American Royal Family of stage and screen, with stage-and-screen star Blythe Danner bringing her own brand of radiance to the Geffen Playhouse. Who could ask for anything more?
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, World Premiere, WOW!

STONEFACE

posted on June 12th, 2014 at 4:34 PM by Steven Stanley

The creator-star of the multiple-award-winning Louis And Keely Live At The Sahara, the writer-director of the smash Sacred Fools original Watson: The Last Great Tale of the Legendary Sherlock Holmes (and its sequel), and the star of  TV’s 3rd Rock From The Son join forces at the Pasadena Playhouse in Stoneface, a 99-seat hometown hit that’s been given a much-deserved L.A. regional theater transfer … and when was the last time you’ve seen that happen in our fair city?
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Pasadena, Theater Review, WOW!

CHARLEY’S AUNT

posted on June 9th, 2014 at 9:25 PM by Steven Stanley

A 122-year-old play proves the perfect choice to bring Whittier Community Theatre’s 92nd season to a close, since neither the class-act community theater nor the comedy classic Charley’s Aunt seems anywhere near its age.
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posted in Comedy, San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

BYE BYE BIRDIE

posted on June 8th, 2014 at 11:01 PM by Steven Stanley

Audiences out Claremont way have ample reason to “Put On A Happy Face” this month and next as Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre revives the rock-n-rollin’ 1960 Broadway favorite Bye Bye Birdie, Michael Stewart’s delightful Elvis-inspired book and Charles Strouse and Lee Adams’ oh-so-memorable songs making for a crowd-pleasing evening of Golden Era musical theater.
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OTHER DESERT CITIES

posted on June 7th, 2014 at 11:51 AM by Steven Stanley

Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities, one of the best written, most thought-provoking, and ultimately most moving plays of the last decade, now arrives at Long Beach’s International City Theatre in a production that no lover of contemporary drama will want to miss.
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