ON GOLDEN POND

posted on November 18th, 2013 at 12:32 PM by Steven Stanley


Cast aside any preconceived notions you might have about “community theater” and head on over to Whittier Community Theatre to catch Ernest Thompson’s On Golden Pond (a play that hasn’t lost an iota of its humor or charm since winning the Drama Desk Award as Outstanding New Play of 1979) in a production that stands comparison to what you might see on one of our local professional stages.
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posted in Comedy, San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

BARRYMORE

posted on November 17th, 2013 at 2:08 PM by Steven Stanley


Southern California musical theater star Gordon Goodman brings to life stage-and-screen legend John Barrymore in William Luce’s Barrymore, the virtual one-man-show that won its originator Christopher Plummer the Tony and could well earn Goodman equivalent recognition when L.A. award season comes around.
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posted in Los Angeles, Solo Performance, Theater Review, WOW!

LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL

posted on November 16th, 2013 at 3:09 PM by Steven Stanley


No intimate theater company in L.A. has produced more—or more consistently excellent—intimate revivals of contemporary Broadway classics over the past half-dozen years than August Viverito and TL Kolman’s The Production Company. Now, following in the illustrious footsteps of The ProdCo’s M Butterfly, Equus, Copenhagen, Amadeus, and The Beauty Queen Of Leenane, comes Viverito and Kolman’s latest (and one of their best), Ketti Frings’ 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning adaptation of Thomas Wolfe’s Look Homeward, Angel.
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posted in Drama, North Hollywood, Theater Review, WOW!

BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON

posted on November 15th, 2013 at 6:23 PM by Steven Stanley


The Occupy Wall Street spirit of 2011 lives on in 2013 as a dozen-and-a-half phenomenally talented UC Irvine triple-threats give the politics of two centuries ago a thrillingly contemporary feel in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, now in its final performances at UCI’s Claire Trevor Theatre.
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posted in Musical, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

THE NISEI WIDOWS CLUB: How Tomi Got Her Groove Back

posted on November 14th, 2013 at 6:35 PM by Steven Stanley


The Japanese-American Golden Girls who call themselves The Nisei Widows are back at East West Players, and if those who caught the first installment Nisei Widows Club in 2003 can ignore the knee-jerk reaction, “Never again!”, this return visit ten years later, while still pure sitcom, proves considerably more entertaining, and ultimately quite touching once (as the play’s title gives away) Tomi’s got her groove back.
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12 ANGRY MEN

posted on November 13th, 2013 at 5:30 PM by Steven Stanley


A black-and-white cast adds provocative new shadings to 12 Angry Men as the Pasadena Playhouse revives the 20th Century jury room drama for a 21st Century audience, and though director Sheldon Epps’ re-envisioning of Reginald Rose’s now iconic play proves problematic, there’s no denying the power of the dynamic dozen actors onstage at the Playhouse or of Rose’s ingeniously constructeds, beautifully written classic.
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DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS

posted on November 11th, 2013 at 10:11 PM by Steven Stanley


A trio of showstopping performances highlight Actors’ Repertory Theatre Of Simi’s crowd-pleasing production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, one of the most laugh-out-loud hilarious Broadway musicals ever.
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posted in Musical Revue, Theater Review, Ventura County, WOW!

MIRACLE ON SOUTH DIVISION STREET

posted on November 11th, 2013 at 9:49 PM by Steven Stanley


Playwright Tom Dudzick, whose Over The Tavern and Greetings! have racked up more than three hundred productions between then, is back, and Los Angeles audiences are the lucky beneficiaries of the latest comedic confection from America’s “Catholic Neil Simon” as Burbank’s Colony Theatre presents the West Coast Premiere of Miracle On South Division Street (The Holiday Version).
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