MIDNIGHT SCREENING

posted on April 17th, 2023 at 9:17 PM by Steven Stanley


Take two or more complete strangers, trap them in a single location, and watch the fireworks fly. It’s a formula that worked for John Hughes in his 1985 classic The Breakfast Club and six years later in his not-so-classic Career Opportunities, and it’s a concept that proves every bit as effective at the Zephyr Theatre in Tim Schildberger’s World Premiere winner Midnight Screening.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS

posted on April 17th, 2023 at 4:28 PM by Steven Stanley


A dozen or so Gershwin classics, dance sequences galore, and a pair of sensational star turns steal the show in Musical Theatre West’s latest crowd-pleaser, An American in Paris.
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posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

AVA: THE SECRET CONVERSATIONS

posted on April 15th, 2023 at 3:32 PM by Steven Stanley


Elizabeth McGovern proves herself as accomplished a playwright as she is a gifted actress in Ava: The Secret Conversations, the Academy Award nominee’s fascinating look at the life and loves of screen goddess extraordinaire Ava Gardner.
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posted in Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, World Premiere, WOW!

1776

posted on April 13th, 2023 at 11:54 AM by Steven Stanley


Radical re-conception and revelatory re-casting add up to a revolutionary 21st-century take on Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone’s 1969 Broadway classic 1776 in the 2022 Broadway revival now thrilling audiences at the Ahmanson.
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posted in Los Angeles, Musical, National Tour, Theater Review, WOW!

BATTLESONG OF BOUDICA

posted on April 11th, 2023 at 2:08 PM by Steven Stanley


Fans of those sword-and-sandal epics that made bodybuilders like Steve Reeves and Gordon Scott action-movie stars in the late-1950s and early-1960s won’t want to miss Christopher Williams Johnson’s Battlesong of Boudica, now thrilling audiences with Jen Albert’s almost nonstop fight choreography at Hollywood’s Hudson Backstage Theatre.
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posted in Action-Adventure, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review, WOW!

COLONIALISM IS TERRIBLE, BUT PHỞ IS DELICIOUS

posted on April 10th, 2023 at 11:25 AM by Steven Stanley


You don’t have to be a Vietnamese food fan to fall for Dustin H. Chinn’s culture clash comedy Colonialism is Terrible, But Phở is Delicious, now getting a tangy World Premiere production at Anaheim Hills’ Chance Theater.
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posted in Comedy, Orange County, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

BLUE

posted on April 9th, 2023 at 11:00 AM by Steven Stanley


Award-winning L.A. stage star June Carryl proves herself a playwright to be reckoned with in Rogue Machine’s Blue, a ripped-from-today’s-headlines stunner now riveting audiences in the Matrix Theatre’s ultra-intimate Henry Murray Stage.
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posted in Los Angeles, Two-Hander, World Premiere, WOW!

IT’S ONLY A PLAY

posted on April 3rd, 2023 at 10:23 AM by Steven Stanley


It’s theatrical heaven for Broadway buffs this month as Theatre 40 treats audiences to the venerable Beverly Hills company’s third surefire laugh-getter in a row, Terrence McNally’s It’s Only A Play.
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