THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA

posted on April 1st, 2011 at 11:08 AM by Steven Stanley


The love that dare not speak its name remains conspicuously unspoken in Horton Foote’s 1995 Pulitzer Prize-winning The Young Man From Atlanta, at long last getting its splendid Los Angeles Premiere, directed by August Viverito for the multi-award winning The Production Company.
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posted in Drama, Hollywood/West Hollywood, WOW!

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

posted on March 29th, 2011 at 5:26 PM by Steven Stanley


Any director tackling Shakespeare is likely to want to put his or her personal stamp on the tragedy or comedy in question, be it the gazillionth Hamlet or the ump-ump-umpteenth Taming Of The Shrew. Stephanie A. Coltrin is no exception, and under her imaginative direction, Hermosa Beach Playhouse’s Taming Of The Shrew becomes a broadly-played comedic delight.
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posted in Comedy, South Bay, WOW!

STANDING ON CEREMONY: THE GAY MARRIAGE PLAYS

posted on March 28th, 2011 at 4:50 PM by Steven Stanley


A rotating cast of Hollywood celebrities. Eight or nine short plays by some of the country’s finest playwrights. Tons of laughs and more than a few tears. And all this to promote the cause of marriage equality. What progressive theatergoer could pass up a chance like this?
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, WOW!

RAFTA, RAFTA…

posted on March 27th, 2011 at 4:33 PM by Steven Stanley


Playwright Ayub Khan-Din takes an insightful comedic look at two British South Asian families in his delightful, cross-cultural comedy Rafta, Rafta… The 2008 Olivier Award winner for Best New Comedy, Rafta, Rafta… now gets its West Coast Premiere in a vibrant, colorful production at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre.
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posted in Comedy, San Diego County, WOW!

GROUNDSWELL

posted on March 27th, 2011 at 3:43 PM by Steven Stanley


The legacy of Apartheid lives on even today, two decades after the end of its ugly segregationist laws, in Groundswell, Ian Bruce’s ninety-minute psychological thriller now getting an absolutely swell Southern California production at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre.
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posted in Drama, San Diego County, WOW!

…AND THEN I WROTE A SONG ABOUT IT

posted on March 26th, 2011 at 3:49 PM by Steven Stanley


Triple threat Nick Cearley dazzles as quadruple threat “Randall Klausner” in the thoroughly marvelous …And Then I Wrote A Song About It, directed to perfection by Igor Goldin at San Diego’s Diversionary Theatre.
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posted in Musical, San Diego County, Solo Performance

PURSUED BY HAPPINESS

posted on March 25th, 2011 at 4:29 PM by Steven Stanley


There’s good news for hopeless romantics, those of us who truly believe in the redemptive power of love. Keith Huff’s Pursued By Happiness can now be added to the list of terrific plays written about wounded souls who somehow manage to find salvation in each other.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, North Hollywood, WOW!

GIRLS TALK

posted on March 24th, 2011 at 3:33 PM by Steven Stanley


What screenwriter/playwright/director Roger Kumble did to wealthy New York teens in the movie Cruel Intentions, he does now to four (Very) Real Housewives Of Bel Air in the hilariously venomous Girls Talk, a World Premiere production at the Lee Strasberg Theater.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Hollywood/West Hollywood, WOW!

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