NEXT TO NORMAL

posted on June 2nd, 2013 at 1:37 PM by Steven Stanley


The Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical Next To Normal gets its very first locally-produced Southern California production at the La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts, directed by the SoCal genius that is Nick DeGruccio and featuring some of our most brilliant L.A.-area talents. Need I say more?
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THE NIGHT FAIRY

posted on June 1st, 2013 at 11:31 PM by Steven Stanley


Newbery Medal-winner Laura Amy Schlitz’s children’s book The Night Fairy comes to magical life on the stage of the Julianne Argyros Stage at South Coast Repertory, the latest in their popular Theatre For Young Audiences series, and a crowd-pleaser for children of all ages.
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PAINT YOUR WAGON

posted on June 1st, 2013 at 1:16 PM by Steven Stanley

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Downey Civic Light Opera concludes its 58th (and sadly last) season with a production that once again illustrates what DCLO and the illustrious Marsha Moode do best—even with a second-rate musical like the largely (and justly) forgotten 62-year-old chestnut that is Lerner & Lowe’s Paint Your Wagon.
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OPENING NIGHT

posted on May 31st, 2013 at 6:09 PM by Steven Stanley


Opening Night mayhem at a second-rate Canadian theater makes for first-rate crowd-pleasing fun as Beverly Hills’ Theatre 40 presents the West Coast premiere of Norm Foster’s hilarious—and surprisingly touching—Opening Night.
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FOOL FOR LOVE

posted on May 27th, 2013 at 2:00 PM by Steven Stanley

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Powerful performances by Chad Doreck and Lauren Plaxco make the Gloria Gifford-directed revival of Sam Shepard’s overwrought one-act Fool For Love now playing at T.U. Studios worth checking out.
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HEART SONG

posted on May 26th, 2013 at 2:18 PM by Steven Stanley


Flamenco and friendship join forces to help a middle-aged Jewish single New Yorker recover from the death of her 91-year-old mother in Stephen Sachs’ laughter-and-tear-packed new dramedy Heart Song.
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COOPERSTOWN

posted on May 25th, 2013 at 3:20 PM by Steven Stanley


The history-making 1962 induction of Jackie Robinson, America’s first African-American major league baseball player, into the Baseball Hall Of Fame provides a backdrop for Brian Golden’s nostalgic Cooperstown, now getting a first-rate West Coast Premiere at The Road Theatre Company’s brand spanking new second home—The Road On Magnolia.
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SOUTH PACIFIC

posted on May 25th, 2013 at 11:52 AM by Steven Stanley


Director-choreographer Valerie Rachelle makes a stellar Glendale Centre Theatre debut with as fine an in-the-round production of the legendary Rodgers & Hammerstein classic South Pacific as you will likely ever see, one that strips away the cobwebs to reveal just why the legendary team’s third Broadway smash remains one of the greatest musicals ever.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

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