UNORGANIZED CRIME

posted on May 9th, 2014 at 7:08 PM by Steven Stanley

Oscar nominee Chazz Palminteri and Tony nominee Elizabeth Rodriguez bring their Hollywood/Broadway talent/star power to Kenny D’Aquila’s savagely funny goodfellas comedy Unorganized Crime, now getting its World Premiere at Hollywood’s Lillian Theatre under David Fofi’s razor-sharp direction.
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posted in Comedy, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS

posted on May 8th, 2014 at 9:50 PM by Steven Stanley

What becomes a legend most?

When the legend in question is Oscar-nominated film icon Leslie (An American In Paris, Lili, Gigi, The L-Shaped Room, etc., etc., etc.) Caron, what becomes the legend most is a triumphant return to the stage in Richard Alfieri’s Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks. Add to the equation six-time Ovation Award winner David Engel as Miss Caron’s onstage partner and what you have at the Laguna Playhouse is a production Broadway can only wish were on the Great White Way.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE

posted on May 6th, 2014 at 2:01 PM by Steven Stanley

Misfit kids once again rule as Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, one of the past decade’s crowd-pleasingest musicals, and whether it’s your first time at The Bee, or your eleventh (as it was for this reviewer), you’ll be smiling—and cheering on the competitors—from start to finish.
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posted in Musical, San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

INTO THE WOODS

posted on May 5th, 2014 at 6:43 PM by Steven Stanley

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Tony-winning Into The Woods receives its first major L.A.-area production in nearly a decade as 3-D Theatricals presents a beautifully acted, assuredly directed, and gorgeously designed revival of the contemporary classic, though all concerned must surely be wishing they’d had the benefit of a couple more previews before Saturday’s technical-glitch-marred Opening Night.
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posted in Musical, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

PASSION PLAY

posted on May 4th, 2014 at 1:02 PM by Steven Stanley

Chance Theater challenges adventurous theatergoers and rewards them in equal measure with director Trevor Biship’s powerfully staged vision of Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play, three acts, two intermissions and all. Bows may not get taken till nearly three-and-a-half hours after curtain, but if you’re anything like this reviewer, you’ll find yourself enthralled from fanciful start to emotional finish.
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posted in Drama, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

WAKE

posted on May 3rd, 2014 at 1:08 PM by Steven Stanley

An agoraphobic mortician, a homeschooled teenager, an increasingly forgetful grandmother, the ghost of a deceased spouse, and a man who just might sweep all the doldrums away take center stage in Carey Crim’s not-quite-perfect dramedy Wake, whose West Coast Premiere at South Pasadena’s Fremont Centre Theatre benefits enormously from Matt Kirkwood’s deft direction, an all-around terrific ensemble, and a topnotch production design.

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ANTHONY C. CHATMON II

posted on May 2nd, 2014 at 5:55 PM by Steven Stanley

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TARZAN: THE MUSICAL

posted on April 28th, 2014 at 6:47 PM by Steven Stanley

The stage adaptation of the smash 1999 Disney animated feature Tarzan has finally arrived in Los Angeles eight years after its Broadway debut, and if the intimate staging now playing at North Hollywood’s El Portal doesn’t do quite everything right, it makes for a highly entertaining show for audiences five and up.
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