FUNNY GIRL

posted on April 4th, 2024 at 4:03 PM by Steven Stanley


Katerina McCrimmon gives the touring performance of this or any year as comedy legend Fanny Brice in the Broadway National Tour of Funny Girl, its songs as unforgettable as ever, its revised Harvey Fierstein book a marked improvement on the Isobel Lennart original, and its direction (by Michael Mayer) as inspired as direction gets.
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posted in Los Angeles, Musical, National Tour, Theater Review, WOW!

A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE

posted on April 1st, 2024 at 10:59 AM by Steven Stanley


Pulitzer Prize winner Arthur Miller ignites fires of lust, jealousy, and revenge at Theatre Palisades in A View From The Bridge, a community theater stunner whose riveting performances and spot-on direction rival the best that L.A. equity houses have to offer.
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posted in Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

COULD I HAVE THIS DANCE?

posted on March 30th, 2024 at 12:08 PM by Steven Stanley


To get tested or not to get tested? This is the dilemma faced by 30something sisters Monica and Amanda Glendenning in Doug Haverty’s captivating, compelling family dramedy Could I Have This Dance?, now getting a terrifically acted 33rd-anniversary revival at the Group Rep.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, North Hollywood, Theater Review, WOW!

ANDREW LIPPA’S WILD PARTY

posted on March 28th, 2024 at 12:14 PM by Steven Stanley


Performances don’t get any more sizzlingly spellbinding than Madelyn Claire Lego’s star turn as Queenie in Jaxx Theatrical’s fabulous 4-performance-only revival of Andrew Lippa’s Wild Party.
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THE ALLSTORE

posted on March 23rd, 2024 at 12:33 PM by Steven Stanley


Life is a living hell for the minimum-wagers staffing The AllStore in Evan Marshall’s pitch-black, trigger warning-packed, frequently hilarious counterpoint to ABC TV’s feel-good Superstore, now getting its World Premiere at Theatre of NOTE.
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ONE OF THE GOOD ONES

posted on March 19th, 2024 at 10:41 AM by Steven Stanley


Fireworks ignite when a well-to-do Hispanic-American couple’s 22-year-old daughter brings home the man of her dreams in Gloria Calderón Kellett’s One Of The Good Ones, a laugh-packed, conversation-starting 21st-century Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner now getting the classiest and crowd-pleasingest of World Premieres at the Pasadena Playhouse.
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A FROGGY BECOMES

posted on March 17th, 2024 at 3:11 PM by Steven Stanley


If you’ve ever been twelve years old, you’ll get an extra special kick out of Becky Wahlstrom’s wild and wacky and way-out-there coming-of-age comedy A Froggy Becomes, now getting the most exhilarating of World Premiere stagings at Open Fist Theatre.
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FAITHLESS

posted on March 16th, 2024 at 10:29 AM by Steven Stanley


A pair of 30something siblings summoned to their widowed stepfather’s home confront a family crisis involving their adopted teenaged sister in Jon Klein’s absorbing family dramedy Faithless, a laughter-and-discussion-provoking Victory Theatre Center World Premiere.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Comedy-Drama, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

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