HAIRSPRAY

posted on July 12th, 2011 at 7:23 AM by Steven Stanley


When most people think about just who creates a Broadway musical, probably the first names that pop into their heads are those of its composer and lyricist. Next would probably come the book writer, whose words link the songs in what is hopefully an interesting and cohesive plotline. Still, regardless of how great what’s “written down” is, no musical could possibly hit the jackpot without a fabulous director and choreographer helming the enterprise.
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posted in Musical, Santa Barbara County, WOW!

DENNIS MOENCH

posted on July 10th, 2011 at 7:43 AM by Steven Stanley

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DAVID L. RAY

posted on July 10th, 2011 at 7:41 AM by Steven Stanley

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RE-ANIMATOR: THE MUSICAL

posted on July 10th, 2011 at 7:24 AM by Steven Stanley


Every so often a show comes along that attracts audiences who’d never ordinarily set foot inside a legitimate theater, let alone for a musical, heaven forbid. Rare examples of these surprise cult hits include Spamalot, which drew in Monty Python fans in droves; Joe’s Garage, which had Frank Zappa fans lined up around the corner at Open Fist; and now Re-Animator™-The Musical, which opened in February for a six-week run at the Steve Allen Theatre and has been packing them in since then.
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posted in Los Angeles, Musical, WOW!

JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA

posted on July 9th, 2011 at 7:28 AM by Steven Stanley


Jerry Springer has arrived in Anaheim Hills, and some of the natives are up in arms. Open-minded theatergoers, on the other hand, will be lining up in droves to catch the Southern California Premiere of Jerry Springer: The Opera, a sensational Chance Theater production which once again proves that for controversial, intimate-stage excellence in the OC,nobody does it better than the Chance.
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posted in Musical, Orange County, WOW!

ENTERTAINING MR. SLOANE

posted on July 8th, 2011 at 7:29 AM by Steven Stanley


When Joe Orton’s Entertaining Mr. Sloane opened on London’s West End back in 1964, a certain Mrs. Edna Welthorpe was inspired to write the Editor of Plays And Players as follows:

“I myself was nauseated by this endless parade of mental and physical perversion. And to be told that such a disgusting piece of filth now passes for humour. Today’s young playwrights take it upon themselves to flaunt their contempt for ordinary decent people. I hope that ordinary people will shortly strike back.”
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posted in Comedy, Hollywood/West Hollywood, WOW!

FLEETWOOD MACBETH

posted on July 8th, 2011 at 7:26 AM by Steven Stanley


They’ve done As You Like It as “As U2 Like It,” A Winter’s Tale as “A Wither’s Tale,” Much Ado About Nothing as “Much Adoobie Brothers About Nothing,” A Midsummer Night’s Dream as “A Midsummer Saturday Night’s Fever Dream,” and Hamlet as “Hamlet The Artist Formerly Known As Prince Of Denmark.” Now, the Troubadour Theater Company (affectionately nicknamed The Troubies) are back with a revival of their 2004 musical spoof of Macbeth, which they’ve titled “Fleetwood Macbeth.”
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical, WOW!

DONNA/MADONNA

posted on July 6th, 2011 at 7:31 AM by Steven Stanley


Growing up in Scranton, Pennsylvania in the 1980s, John Paul Karliak always knew he was adopted. What he didn’t figure out until a good deal later was that there wouldn’t be a Mrs. Karliak in his future, if you get my drift. Still, despite young J.P.’s cluelessness to his budding sexual orientation, it must have been hard for his family to mistake the signs: An occasional dress. A running gait like Tinkerbell’s. The ability to quote Auntie Mame as if it were the Bible.
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Solo Performance, WOW!

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