GROUP: A MUSICAL

posted on January 13th, 2011 at 10:49 AM by Steven Stanley


Musical group therapy might not be an effective way for people to work on their psychological problems and personal issues. There might not even be such a thing for that matter, or at least not as Adam Emperor Southard imagines it in Group: A Musical. One thing is certain, however. Musical group therapy is one terrific idea for a show, and Southard’s very first musical makes for one terrific evening of theater. As produced by the Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble, Group: A Musical starts out promising, keeps getting better, and by the end of its second act, has earned every decibel of the audience cheers which erupted at Opening Night curtain calls.
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posted in Musical, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

DADDY

posted on January 9th, 2011 at 7:05 PM by Steven Stanley


Actor-playwright Dan Via puts an intriguing new spin on the romantic triangle—and the often blurred line between friendship and romance—in the highly provocative Daddy, now getting an impressive West Coast Premiere under the skilled, nuanced direction of Rick Sparks.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Hollywood/West Hollywood, WOW!

greedy

posted on January 8th, 2011 at 8:38 PM by Steven Stanley


Some of Hollywood’s busiest and best TV/film actors return to their stage roots in the West Coast Premiere of greedy, Karl Gajdusek’s dryly amusing though frustratingly cryptic dark mystery suspense comedy given about as fine a West Coast Premiere as can be imagined by the talented bunch who call themselves Red Dog Squadron.
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posted in Drama, Los Angeles, WOW!

LOVE, SEX, AND THE I.R.S.

posted on January 7th, 2011 at 8:54 PM by Steven Stanley


Imagine you’re a 20something male living with your longtime best buddy and the tax season is drawing near. As you scan down the seemingly endless list of federal tax rules and regulations, you come to the realization that you’re paying loads more taxes simply because your roommate isn’t a woman and your wife. Then it dawns on you. Since your best friend is lucky enough to have one of those unisex names (like Ashley, Kelly, Tracy, Robin, or in this case Leslie), you suddenly realize how easy it would be simply to check F instead of M on Leslie’s tax return, and married instead of single on both of your returns. Voila, you’re saving a ton of money that Uncle Sam would otherwise pocket and do who knows what with.
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posted in Comedy, Hollywood/West Hollywood, WOW!

URNED HAPPINESS

posted on January 2nd, 2011 at 9:30 PM by Steven Stanley

RECOMMENDED
“Cheery, upbeat, even festive” are hardly the words one would normally use to describe a funeral, but then again the recently deceased “Mother Hapshaw” was probably the last person to inspire tears and lamentations. In fact, “Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead” could easily be the theme song of Ernest Kearney’s black comedy Urned Happiness, now playing at North Hollywood’s T.U. Studios.
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posted in Comedy, North Hollywood, Recommended

BULLSHOT CRUMMOND & THE INVISIBLE BRIDE OF DEATH

posted on January 2nd, 2011 at 5:51 PM by Steven Stanley


It’s been nearly four decades since British master police detective wannabe Hugh “Bullshot” Crummond made his stage debut, doing his darnedest to outwit fiendish German villain Otto Von Bruno and his seductive “niece” Lenya to the delight of audiences in England and the United States. Co-creator Ron House now brings back Bullshot, the Von Brunos, Bullshot’s blushing bride Rosemary, and a host of other outlandish 1930s characters in Bullshot Crummond & The Invisible Bride Of Death, getting its world premiere production at North Hollywood’s Whitmore-Lindley Theatre. The result is as hilarious and inventive a show as you’re likely to see this or any other holiday/New Year’s season.
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posted in Comedy, North Hollywood, WOW!

A CHRISTMAS TWIST

posted on December 27th, 2010 at 4:29 PM by Steven Stanley


What Blazing Saddles did to the western, what Young Frankenstein did to the 
horror movie, what High Anxiety did to Alfred Hitchcock’s oeuvre, this is what A 
Christmas Twist does to Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol … and the result is the 
funniest Christmas show of this year’s holiday season.
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posted in Comedy, Los Angeles, WOW!

ROCK WITH YOU – The King Of Pop Latin Style

posted on December 26th, 2010 at 3:19 PM by Steven Stanley

RECOMMENDED
The songs of Michael Jackson are performed to a Latin beat in ROCK WITH YOU – The King Of Pop Latin Style, a short but entertaining musical revue now on the main stage of North Hollywood’s historic El Portal Theatre.
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posted in Musical Revue, North Hollywood, Recommended

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