BABY FOOT
posted on October 24th, 2023 at 11:09 AM by Steven Stanley
Two addicts, one on her way out of rehab after 90 days sober, the other on his way in with a frighteningly drug-free 90-day challenge ahead of him, meet to electrifying effect in Baby Foot, Tim Venable’s gut-punchingly powerful, unexpectedly laugh-getting follow-up to last year’s stunning The Beautiful People at Rogue Machine Theatre.
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Tags: Los Angeles Theater Review, Matrix Theatre, Rogue Machine Theatre, Tim Venable
posted in Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, WOW!
THE ADDAMS FAMILY
posted on October 23rd, 2023 at 11:40 AM by Steven Stanley
Inland Valley Repertory Theatre celebrates its move to the Lewis Family Playhouse with the creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky delight that is (“Snap! Snap!”) Broadway’s The Addams Family, hands down one of the company’s best productions ever.
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Tags: Andrew Lippa, Charles Addams, Inland Empire Theater Review, Inland Valley Repertory Theatre, Lewis Family Playhouse
posted in Inland Empire, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
posted on October 22nd, 2023 at 4:58 PM by Steven Stanley
Musical Theatre West’s splendiferously performed revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound Of Music makes it abundantly clear why the 1959 Broadway smash is a bona fide musical theater classic.
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Tags: Howard Lindsay, Los Angeles Theater Review, Musical Theatre West, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Russel Crouse
posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!
DEATHTRAP
posted on October 21st, 2023 at 11:57 AM by Steven Stanley
International City Theatre winds up its 2023 season with Ira Levin’s Broadway suspense classic Deathtrap, guaranteeing audiences an abundance of thrills and chills and gasp-worthy plot twists amidst an equal bounty of laughs.
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Tags: International City Theatre, Ira Levin, Los Angeles Theater Review
posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Theater Review, Thriller, WOW!
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
posted on October 16th, 2023 at 11:47 AM by Steven Stanley
Nobody does William Shakespeare with more originality and flair than A Noise Within, case in point their dazzlingly designed and prodigiously performed re-envisioning of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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Tags: A Noise Within, Los Angeles Theater Review, William Shakespeare
posted in Classic Play, Pasadena, Theater Review, WOW!
THE ENGAGEMENT PARTY
posted on October 14th, 2023 at 12:09 PM by Steven Stanley
There’s probably never been an engagement party anywhere near as drama-packed as the one now occurring nightly in Westwood as the Geffen Playhouse treats Angelinos to the West Coast Premiere of Samuel Baum’s gasp-aloud, plot-twisty The Engagement Party.
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Tags: Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles Theater Review, Samuel Baum
posted in Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!
TACOS LA BROOKLYN
posted on October 13th, 2023 at 12:19 PM by Steven Stanley
A 20something Korean-American taco stand owner finds himself on the receiving end of a Chicana influencer’s social media campaign against gentrification in Joel Ulloa’s hilarious, conversation-starting culture-clash comedy Tacos La Brooklyn, thrillingly staged at the Los Angeles Theatre Center by Latino Theater Company in association with East West Players.
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Tags: East West Players, Joel Ulloa, Los Angeles Theater Review, Los Angeles Theatre Center, The Latino Theater Company
posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!
LOVE AMONG THE RUINS
posted on October 9th, 2023 at 3:53 PM by Steven Stanley
Star power lights up the El Portal stage in Love Among The Ruins, as delectable an evening or afternoon of live theater as any playgoer could wish for.
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Tags: James Costigan, James G. Hirsch, JoBeth Williams, Los Angeles Theater Review, Peter Strauss, Robert A. Papazian
posted in Comedy, North Hollywood, Theater Review, WOW!