SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN

posted on October 2nd, 2011 at 12:25 AM by Steven Stanley


The 1952 MGM Musical classic Singin’ In The Rain gives Downey Civic Light Opera its best production since 2009’s My Fair Lady, one that judging from the enthusiastic reaction of Friday’s Opening Night audience could well prove DLCO’s biggest hit in as many years.
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posted in Downey/La Mirada, Musical, WOW!

RICHARD O’BRIEN’S THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW

posted on October 1st, 2011 at 2:23 AM by Steven Stanley


How does one review the revival of a camp classic? How does a reviewer deal with that oxymoronic juxtaposition of camp and classic? Can something “so bad it’s good” actually achieve the status of a classic?
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posted in Musical, San Diego County, WOW!

NOISES OFF

posted on September 29th, 2011 at 11:52 AM by Steven Stanley


Imagine a production of one of those hilarious English farces like No Sex Please, We’re British whose actors are still struggling with their lines, have yet to master the requisite comic timing, and still haven’t learned when to enter and exit. Lines will be forgotten, jokes won’t get their payoff, cues will be missed, and the entire production an absolute mess. Certainly not one you’d pay to see, right?
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posted in Comedy, Downey/La Mirada, WOW!

LIZ SHIVENER

posted on September 27th, 2011 at 6:55 PM by Steven Stanley

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STEVEN STANLEY INTERVIEWED LIVE ON LA LA LAND

posted on September 27th, 2011 at 12:28 AM by Steven Stanley

Watch all three parts of Steven Stanley’s interview with Brett Chapin and Neti Leddel.
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posted in Interview

SOUTH STREET

posted on September 26th, 2011 at 4:34 PM by Steven Stanley

RECOMMENDED
A phenomenal cast of Broadway and regional theater triple threats open the  Pasadena Playhouse’s 2011-2012 season with South Street: A New Musical Comedy, directed by the multitalented Roger Castellano and choreographed by the always terrific Dana Solimando.  If only the World Premiere musical matched their talents.
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posted in Musical, Pasadena, Recommended

LOOT

posted on September 25th, 2011 at 10:13 PM by Steven Stanley


No one wrote darker, more subversive comedies than Joe Orton—or funnier ones for that matter. Those requiring proof of the above need only head on over to San Pedro’s Little Fish Theatre to check out their terrific production of Orton’s darkly subversive farce.
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posted in Comedy, Long Beach/San Pedro, WOW!

GUYS AND DOLLS

posted on September 24th, 2011 at 5:28 PM by Steven Stanley


Damon Runyon’s colorful New York denizens are lighting up the stage at Rolling Hills Estates’ Norris Theatre in their 2011-2012 season opener, a highly entertaining production of Frank Loesser’s Guys And Dolls.
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posted in Musical, South Bay, WOW!

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