THE 1940s RADIO HOUR

posted on December 10th, 2010 at 10:50 PM by Steven Stanley


Anyone under the age of seventy may find it hard to believe there was home entertainment before television, but in the 1930s and ‘40s radio ruled the airwaves with variety shows which brought the voices of stars like Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore, and Betty Grable into living rooms across America.
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posted in Musical, South Bay, WOW!

A QUEER CAROL

posted on December 10th, 2010 at 3:10 PM by Steven Stanley


Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol gets a contemporary gay spin—and quite a good one at that—in Joe Godfrey’s A Queer Carol, now getting its Southern California Premiere at Santa Ana’s Theatre Out.
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posted in Musical, Orange County, WOW!

THE BLUE ROOM

posted on December 9th, 2010 at 11:06 PM by Steven Stanley

NOT RECOMMENDED

When David Hare’s The Blue Room was staged at the Pasadena Playhouse in 2002, it ran about 90 minutes without an intermission. The same play now being presented at The Moth Theatre on Melrose lets out at about 10:50. Even figuring in an 8:10 start time (par for the course in 99-seat L.A. theater) and a 15 minute intermission, that’s a whopping 55 minutes longer—without adding new dialog.
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posted in Drama, Los Angeles, Not Recommended

MURDERERS

posted on December 8th, 2010 at 1:34 PM by Steven Stanley


Jeffrey Hatcher’s Murderers is a theatrical experiment that works, though at first glance you might have your doubts. You might well wonder, for example, if three monologs delivered one each by a trio of actors can possibly be called a play. After all, the actors appear together on stage only twice, first for Murderers’ opening lines (“I am a murderer.” “I am a murderer.” “I am a murderer.”) and second at curtain calls. In fact, the only thing the monologs have in common is their setting—Florida’s Riddle Key Retirement Community—and the fact that each is being delivered by a murderer. Is this really a play, let alone one given thumbs up by the New York Times?
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posted in Comedy, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

ALL HAIL THE QUEEN

posted on December 6th, 2010 at 10:54 PM by Steven Stanley


There are divas galore in the biz we call show, but none burn brighter than Olivier Award-winning Lesli Margherita, or so she reminds us (tongue decidedly in cheek) throughout her self-lovingly titled dazzler of a cabaret act, All Hail The Queen.
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posted in Cabaret/Concert/Variety, Hollywood/West Hollywood, WOW!

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING OUT

posted on December 5th, 2010 at 3:24 PM by Steven Stanley


Santa Claus Is Coming Out this Christmas in Jeffrey Solomon’s hilarious, beautifully acted solo-mock-u-mentary now playing at San Diego’s Diversionary Theatre.
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posted in San Diego County, Solo Performance, WOW!

COLD LANG SYNE

posted on December 4th, 2010 at 11:23 PM by Steven Stanley


In college, frat brothers Trevor, Perry, Garth, and Mark were known as the Four Musketeers of Sigma Pi, and since then—once every four years for the past twenty years—they’ve been reuniting to catch up on old times. There’s only one hitch. Trevor, Perry, and Garth can’t stand Mark’s guts, and wouldn’t mind at all if he dropped dead.
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posted in Comedy, Hollywood/West Hollywood, WOW!

CAUGHT

posted on December 3rd, 2010 at 7:08 AM by Steven Stanley


David L. Ray puts a very real face on this country’s gay marriage debate in Caught, the Georgia-born playwright’s absorbing dramedy now getting its World Premiere at the Zephyr Theatre. Incisively directed by Nick DeGruccio and featuring a couldn’t-be-better cast and one of the best design teams in town, Caught is a terrific holiday gift for theatergoers in search of something other than yet another Christmas Carol.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, WOW!

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