TRYST

posted on August 12th, 2011 at 8:41 PM by Steven Stanley


George Love has never met a woman he couldn’t seduce, wed, fleece, and abandon (all in short order), and he has never met a woman more ripe for seduction than Adelaide Pinchin. It’s no wonder, therefore, that this master of the romantic con makes the plump, plain, downright pathetic London seamstress his latest target in Karoline Leach’s Edwardian thriller Tryst, now making a welcome return to L.A. area stages at San Pedro’s Little Fish Theatre.
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posted in Drama, Long Beach/San Pedro, WOW!

PASSING PROPER/PASSION AND PRECISION

posted on August 7th, 2011 at 6:19 AM by Steven Stanley


A would-be screenwriter attempts to navigate the shark-ridden Hollywood waters in Passion And Precision, the second of a matched set of one-acts by Joe Davis Massingill. That the first of the two, Passing Proper, just happens to be a staged version of the very screenplay the writer is hoping to sell is just one of several reasons to check out the two plays running on a single bill at Theatre 68.
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posted in Drama, Los Angeles, WOW!

CORPUS CHRISTI

posted on August 5th, 2011 at 6:20 AM by Steven Stanley


I’ll admit it. I was a Doubting Thomas. As curious as I was about seeing a fresh new take on Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi, the one production I’d seen previously at Long Beach’s Garage Theatre had not boded well for a second, nor did the discovery that the show was being helmed by a young actor making his directorial debut. Still, the chance to see Corpus Christi again was too tempting to turn down, and August being the quietest theatrical month of the year, this skeptic decided to give the Garage a second chance.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Long Beach/San Pedro, WOW!

THE DEVIL AND DAISY JANE

posted on August 4th, 2011 at 6:22 AM by Steven Stanley


When Andy Warhol spoke about a future in which everyone would get his or her very own Fifteen Minutes Of Fame, he might well have been talking about today’s World Of Reality TV—a universe in which no-talents like the Kardashians, the Hiltons, and John & Kate can become overnight sensations just by being themselves.
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, WOW!

HIGH FIDELITY

posted on July 31st, 2011 at 6:23 AM by Steven Stanley


“I just can’t understand critics. If a musical isn’t completely unique it gets trashed. I read some of the reviews and could not believe what I read. Good Songs, Good Acting, Good Chemistry, Good Creative team, etc, etc, etc. So what was wrong? Well, the answer is … nothing!”
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posted in Musical, Orange County, WOW!

ON GOLDEN POND

posted on July 30th, 2011 at 6:26 AM by Steven Stanley


Hal Linden and Christina Pickles as Norman and Ethel Thayer in On Golden Pond. What more needs to be said? With stars like these in a play as beloved as Ernest Thompson’s Drama Desk Award-winning Outstanding New Play of 1979, Burbank’s Colony Theatre could well have its biggest hit ever, and justifiably so. Linden and Pickles deliver award-caliber performances in a play that hasn’t lost an iota of its humor or charm, directed to pitch perfect perfection by Cameron Watson, and featuring a supporting cast every bit as wonderful as its two stars.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Comedy-Drama, WOW!

WATSON

posted on July 29th, 2011 at 6:30 AM by Steven Stanley


You don’t have to be a Sherlock Holmes fan to deem Jaime Robledo’s Watson theatrical magic, as its return engagement at Sacred Fools Theater Company makes abundantly clear. No wonder Watson (aka The Last Great Tale Of The Legendary Sherlock Holmes) won a pair of coveted LA Weekly Awards—for Robledo’s direction and Henry Dittman’s bravura comedic work—in its initial run last fall. Robledo’s comedy thrills and astonishes again and again, making its midsummer encore the best possible news for Los Angeles theatergoers in the mood to be dazzled.
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posted in Comedy, Los Angeles, WOW!

OUT OF MY HEAD

posted on July 29th, 2011 at 6:28 AM by Steven Stanley


Five 20somethings work on resolving personal issues via “free group therapy” as Mechanicals Theatre Group presents Out Of My Head, Ryan Scott Oliver’s highly enjoyable “song-cycle about breakdowns and breakthroughs.”
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posted in Musical Revue, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

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