THE DROWSY CHAPERONE

posted on February 11th, 2011 at 10:41 AM by Steven Stanley


With Cupid’s day fast approaching, timing could not be more perfect for The Drowsy Chaperone, Broadway’s Valentine to Musical Theater, to make its West Coast Regional debut in an absolutely splendid production by 3-D Theatricals.
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posted in Musical, Orange County, WOW!

THE WHO’S TOMMY

posted on February 10th, 2011 at 5:06 PM by Steven Stanley


It’s not every day—or even every year—that an intimate theater production gets invited for a repeat engagement by a major Performing Arts Center. On the other hand, it’s not every year that an Orange County intimate theater production scores four Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award Nominations, wins a special Ovation Award for its spectacular video design, and is currently up for three Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, not to mention its nine Scenies including Best Intimate Theater Musical and Director Of The Year.
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posted in Musical, Orange County, WOW!

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

posted on February 9th, 2011 at 4:25 PM by Steven Stanley


As I sat last night watching the lives of Atticus, Scout, Jem, and the rest of the characters created by Harper Lee in To Kill A Mockingbird, I couldn’t help looking at the audience around me, mostly seniors, their ages hovering around 76, give or take a few years, and think of the changes that have taken place in our society since 1935, the year Lee’s novel-turned-play takes place, the year in which many of those audience members first saw the light of day.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Drama, WOW!

ONE TOUCH OF VENUS

posted on February 7th, 2011 at 4:11 PM by Steven Stanley


Sparkling performances and Richard Israel’s deft direction make One Touch Of Venus, Musical Theatre Guild’s latest revival, a delightful 1940s bonbon.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Concert Staged Reading, WOW!

ADDING MACHINE: A MUSICAL

posted on February 6th, 2011 at 10:06 AM by Steven Stanley


“I’m sorry to lose an old and faithful employee, but you see, in an organization like this, efficiency is the first consideration. You will, of course, draw your salary for the full month. We couldn’t do anything less for such a valued and loyal employee. And I’ll direct my secretary to give you an excellent letter of recommendation.”
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posted in Musical, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

NERVE

posted on February 5th, 2011 at 4:02 PM by Steven Stanley

“Ask somebody to love you. Takes a lot of nerve. Ask somebody to love you. You got a lot of nerve.”
–Paul Simon

Can a couple of 20somethings on a blind date from hell find happiness ever after? That’s the question asked by playwright Adam Szymkowicz in Nerve, his disturbing but oh-so-romantic comedy now getting its West Coast Premiere at The Chance Theater.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Orange County, WOW!

THE ODD COUPLE

posted on February 4th, 2011 at 4:06 PM by Steven Stanley


How many plays can you think of that have generated a film adaptation (and a 30-years-later sequel), a long-running sitcom, a short-running African American-cast sitcom, an animated children’s series, an alternate version with the male and female roles reversed, and an updated version with an all new title?
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posted in Comedy, South Bay, WOW!

THE BREAK OF NOON

posted on February 3rd, 2011 at 10:22 AM by Steven Stanley


An embittered pink-slipped employee enters his former workplace and, automatic weapon in hand, murders thirty-seven of his ex-coworkers yet spares number thirty-eight, leaving the massacre’s sole survivor to wonder why. Why was he alone shown mercy? To whom does he owe this inexplicable stroke of salvation?
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posted in Drama, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

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