THE SOUND OF MUSIC

posted on February 12th, 2013 at 6:38 PM by Steven Stanley

RECOMMENDED
Candlelight Dinner Theater continues its 2013 season with the Rodgers And Hammerstein classic The Sound Of Music, giving audiences in search of wholesome family entertainment an entertaining production blessed by the best Maria von Trapp this side of Julie Andrews.
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posted in Musical, Recommended, San Gabriel Valley

BIRDS OF A FEATHER

posted on February 11th, 2013 at 5:37 PM by Steven Stanley


What do a couple of gay male penguins immortalized in a controversial children’s book, an opposite-gender pair of red-tailed hawks nesting on a top-story ledge of a pricey Upper Manhattan co-op, and the marital woes of a former ABC/CBS/Fox/CNN news anchor have in common?

The answer is that all of the above take center stage in Birds Of A Feather, Marc Acito’s sweet, funny, topical, and ultimately quite moving one-act comedy now making its West Coast debut in a something-to-squawk-about production at San Diego’s Diversionary Theatre.
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posted in Comedy, San Diego County, WOW!

YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN

posted on February 9th, 2013 at 4:19 PM by Steven Stanley


Fans of Lucy, Linus, Schroeder, Sally, and Snoopy will want to head up to Thousand Oaks to join the pint-sized Peanuts icons in a celebration of the life of a boy named Charlie Brown in the crowd-pleasing musical You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, the second production in Cabrillo Music Theatre’s 2012-2013 season.
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posted in Musical, Ventura County, WOW!

THE GIFT

posted on February 8th, 2013 at 2:18 PM by Steven Stanley

NOT RECOMMENDED

Fine performances, impressive design elements, and an absolutely stunning action sequence prove insufficient reasons for this reviewer to recommend a trip to the Geffen Playhouse for the American Premiere of Joanna Murray-Smith’s highly problematic dark comedy The Gift.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Not Recommended, West Side/Beverly HIlls

CHINGLISH

posted on February 6th, 2013 at 7:57 PM by Steven Stanley


“East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet” … because if so, complications will surely ensue as they do in David Henry Hwang’s hilarious (and eye-opening) Chinglish, freshly arrived at South Coast Repertory from Berkeley Rep with its entire creative team and virtually its entire cast intact.
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posted in Comedy, Orange County, WOW!

FALLEN ANGELS

posted on February 5th, 2013 at 7:08 PM by Steven Stanley


The Pasadena Playhouse has come up with a surefire recipe for crowd-pleasing comedy. Start with a script by a master playwright, hire a cast of crackerjack comedic whizzes, surround them with a production that looks as smashing as Broadway’s best, and above all, entrust the entire project to director Art Manke, who has taken an early Noël Coward gem and turned it into a hilarious hit that would do Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance proud.
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posted in Comedy, Pasadena, WOW!

KEVIN MCMAHON

posted on February 4th, 2013 at 9:54 PM by Steven Stanley

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posted in Interview

AND THE WORLD GOES ‘ROUND

posted on February 3rd, 2013 at 10:26 PM by Steven Stanley


Cabaret, “All That Jazz,” Chicago, “Maybe This Time,” “The Money Song,” Kiss Of The Spider Woman, “My Coloring Book,” “New York, New York” … When you hear the names Kander & Ebb, the list of hit shows and songs goes on and on, so much so that by the year 1991, the time had come for a musical revue saluting John Kander and Fred Ebb’s Greatest Hits, and the Drama Desk Award-winning And The World Goes ‘Round (conceived by Scott Ellis, Susan Stroman, and David Thompson) was born.

Though now officially licensed as The World Goes Round, the revue’s latest revival at the NoHo Arts Center gives it back its original ‘91 title, a decision fully in keeping with this sensational, back-to-its-roots staging of one of the most entertaining, tune-packed song cycles in musical theater history.

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posted in Musical Revue, North Hollywood, WOW!

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