JAMES MAY

posted on January 6th, 2014 at 7:20 PM by Steven Stanley

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ANYTHING GOES

posted on January 6th, 2014 at 1:30 PM by Steven Stanley


Anything Goes may be scaled down to fit the 339-seat Laurence Welk Resort Theatre, but no entertainment value has been stinted in bringing the perennial 1930s favorite to crowd-pleasing life at the Welk. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find a pizzazzier Anything Goes than the one now being staged down Escondido way.
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posted in Musical, San Diego County, Theater Review, WOW!

OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS

posted on January 5th, 2014 at 1:02 PM by Steven Stanley


Glendale Centre Theatre opens its 2014 season (and celebrates six weeks of Grandparents’ Day) with an absolutely terrific revival of Joe DiPietro’s hilarious, heartstring-tugging Valentine to a quartet of Italian-American nonni any one of us would be lucky to call our own.
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MOM’S GIFT

posted on December 29th, 2013 at 3:12 AM by Steven Stanley


A ghost who can be seen by only a single living soul. An angel who must accomplish a mission before being given his or her wings. Playwright Phil Olson merges two tried-and-true genres to give L.A. audiences his latest, Mom’s Gift, a sort of Topper-meets-It’s A Wonderful Life dramedy that proves a crowd-pleaser in its World Premiere engagement for The Group Rep at North Hollywood’s Lonny Chapman Theatre.
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MERRY F***IN’ CHRISTMAS, Y’ALL

posted on December 24th, 2013 at 1:54 PM by Steven Stanley

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A number of jarring tonal shifts and some underdeveloped characters don’t stop Merry F***in’ Christmas Y’All, the latest from Eclectic Company Theatre, from being a laugh-getter for those who don’t mind more than a bit of raunch in their holiday entertainment.
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THE MYSTERY PLAYS

posted on December 23rd, 2013 at 1:12 PM by Steven Stanley


Imaginative direction, terrific performances, and an ingenious production design add up to engrossing theater as The Visceral Company presents the pair of one-acts that playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has somewhat awkwardly fused together as The Mystery Plays.
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THE SECRET GARDEN – THE MUSICAL

posted on December 21st, 2013 at 1:24 PM by Steven Stanley


Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman’s Tony-winning The Secret Garden – The Musical has returned to The Chance Theater just in time for the holidays, terrific news for those as young as Mary Lennox, folks every bit as grown-up as gruff old gardener Ben Weatherstaff, and everyone in between.
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posted in Musical, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

PLAID TIDINGS

posted on December 20th, 2013 at 12:50 PM by Steven Stanley


The four heavenly songbirds who call themselves Forever Plaid have returned to earth “one last time” to treat SoCalians to their “live” holiday TV special as the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center presents Stuart Ross’s Plaid Tidings to much deserved audience cheers.
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