RUTH DRAPER’S MONOLOGUES

posted on April 18th, 2014 at 5:24 PM by Steven Stanley

Four-time Academy Award nominee Annette Bening brings her movie-star glamour and a career-long commitment to the legitimate stage to the Geffen Playhouse in Ruth Draper’s Monologues, as captivating and deliciously performed a one-woman show as you’re likely to see all year.

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LILI FULLER

posted on April 16th, 2014 at 11:34 AM by Steven Stanley

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COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA

posted on April 15th, 2014 at 10:14 PM by Steven Stanley

A gripping slice of contemporary Midwest life when it made its 1950 Broadway debut, William Inge’s Come Back, Little Sheba has now become a compelling period piece … and a superb 21st Century revival at A Noise Within.
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LEGALLY BLONDE

posted on April 15th, 2014 at 9:38 PM by Steven Stanley

The Broadway/regional theater triple-threats of tomorrow are onstage today as Cal State Fullerton’s esteemed musical theater BFA program presents an absolutely terrific staging of Broadway’s multiple Tony-nominated Legally Blonde.
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EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH

posted on April 15th, 2014 at 9:13 PM by Steven Stanley

There’s no L.A. theater quite like The Theatre @ Boston Court for challenging audiences with plays that can, when things go as right as they do in Sheila Callaghan’s initially mystifying Everything You Touch, both stimulate the brain cells and touch the heart.
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THE VORTEX

posted on April 13th, 2014 at 11:28 AM by Steven Stanley

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A pair of sensational lead performances and a fabulous 1960s design are the best reasons to catch this rare revival of Noël Coward’s 1924 hit The Vortex despite a half-hour or so of cuts which make the latest Malibu Playhouse production a less-than-unqualified success.
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REST

posted on April 12th, 2014 at 12:52 PM by Steven Stanley

Native Idahoan Samuel D. Hunter once again turns the lives of ordinary folk into world-class drama in his latest play, Rest, being given an all-around superb World Premiere production at South Coast Repertory under Martin Benson’s inspired direction.
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GYPSY

posted on April 10th, 2014 at 5:59 PM by Steven Stanley

Inland Valley Repertory Theatre continues its 2014 season midweek at Claremont’s Candlelight Pavilion with an audience-pleasing revival of one of the greatest musicals in Broadway history, Gypsy.
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