THE DREAM OF THE BURNING BOY

posted on September 6th, 2013 at 4:59 PM by Steven Stanley


There are as many shades of grief as there are survivors in David West Read’s powerful The Dream Of The Burning Boy, now getting its West Coast Premiere at Malibu Playhouse in a production that easily rivals the best of L.A.’s higher-profile 99-seat houses.
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PROMETHEUS BOUND

posted on September 5th, 2013 at 6:01 PM by Steven Stanley

NOT RECOMMENDED

There are a number of reasons to spend a September evening out in Pacific Palisades where the Getty Villa* is presenting its annual classic theater offering, the least of which is the play itself, for despite intense, committed performances, innovative design, and a couldn’t-be-better setting, Prometheus Bound remains that most acquired of tastes, Greek Tragedy.
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YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

posted on September 2nd, 2013 at 6:42 PM by Steven Stanley


New York has met its match as Moonlight Stage Productions lives up to its catchphrase “Broadway’s Best Under The Stars”—and then some—with an all-around sensational production of Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein that gives SoCal audiences an open-air Broadway experience without the cramped seating, astronomical ticket prices, and hoity-toity attitude you might get on The Great White Way.
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posted in Musical, San Diego County, Theater Review, WOW!

SHERLOCK THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

posted on September 2nd, 2013 at 1:06 PM by Steven Stanley


The world’s greatest detective meets the author of Alice of Wonderland in Gus Krieger’s Sherlock Through The Looking Glass, the latest from The Porters Of Hellsgate, and if Krieger’s play could stand some trimming, tightening, and clarifying, topnotch performances and exciting staging combine to further solidify the Porters’ reputation as one of L.A.’s most exciting young acting troupes.
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THE ARCTIC CIRCLE (and a recipe for Swedish pancakes)/THE MATADOR

posted on September 1st, 2013 at 12:33 AM by Steven Stanley


Whimsy and more than a touch of the surreal link an entertaining pair of one-acts now getting their West Coast Premieres at Studio/Stage, both of them penned by members of The Playwright’s Lab @ Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia.
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HAIRSPRAY

posted on August 31st, 2013 at 1:50 AM by Steven Stanley


Among the many reasons to catch Glendale Centre Theatre’s just-opened production of Hairspray (including a pair of sensational lead performances), there’s one that tops them all—the chance to see “Broadway’s Big Fat Musical Comedy Hit” in the round.
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CITY OF ANGELS

posted on August 26th, 2013 at 4:12 PM by Steven Stanley


They said it couldn’t be done, but Musical Theatre West went and did it—gave a sold-out house Broadway’s Tony-winning Best Musical of 1989 City Of Angels in concert staged reading form (i.e., without the design elements so much a part of its Broadway and post-Broadway success), and come out with a winner—and all with a mere twenty-five hours of rehearsal.
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IN THE NEXT ROOM (or the vibrator play)

posted on August 25th, 2013 at 3:54 PM by Steven Stanley

Debuting its new home at North Hollywood’s Secret Rose Theatre, L.A.’s award-winning The Production Company opens its seventh season with a sparkling Los Angeles Intimate Stage Premiere of Sarah Ruhl’s delightful, provocative, ultimately uplifting In The Next Room (or the vibrator play), a 2010 Best Play Tony nominee and one that more than matches Ruhl’s previous The Clean House, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, and Eurydice in quirky originality and charm.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, North Hollywood, Theater Review, WOW!

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