MISS SAIGON

posted on September 11th, 2010 at 10:26 PM by Steven Stanley


One of Broadway’s biggest smash hits of the 1990s, Miss Saigon, now lights up the nights at the San Diego-adjacent Moonlight Amphitheatre with its blend of war, romance, gorgeous melodies, and show-stopping production numbers. In a production directed with sensitivity and dazzle by Steven Glaudini and starring Jennifer Paz in the role which won her the 2008 Ovation Award as Best Actress In A Musical, Miss Saigon provides Broadway pizzazz and operatic passion in equal measure.
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posted in Musical, San Diego County, WOW!

BECKY’S NEW CAR

posted on September 11th, 2010 at 9:33 PM by Steven Stanley


“When a woman says she wants new shoes, what she really wants is a new job. When she says she wants a new house, what she really wants is a new husband. And when she says she wants a new car, what she really wants is a new life.”

Imparting these words of wisdom is Rebecca (Becky) Foster, middle-aged wife and mother and the title character of Steven Dietz’s Becky’s New Car, now delighting San Diego audiences in an absolutely terrific production at Solana Beach’s North Coast Repertory.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, San Diego County, WOW!

FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS

posted on September 10th, 2010 at 9:58 PM by Steven Stanley

NOT RECOMMENDED

Five Women Wearing The Same dress spend a couple of hours doing what women often do; they talk—about men, about life, about love, about relationships, about sex, in Alan Ball’s Five Women Wearing The Same Dress, now playing in Hollywood’s Theater Row at the Ruby. Not much happens during the course of the play’s two acts. Marriages and relationships don’t come apart, though one of the latter does start to blossom. No great new friendships are forged, nor do any fall to pieces. Sort of like real life, when you come to think of it.
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posted in Comedy, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Not Recommended

MARCUS CHOI

posted on September 6th, 2010 at 11:15 AM by Steven Stanley

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JOANNA GLUSHAK

posted on September 6th, 2010 at 11:07 AM by Steven Stanley

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LESLIE SPENCER

posted on September 6th, 2010 at 10:54 AM by Steven Stanley

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NEIGHBORS

posted on September 4th, 2010 at 10:37 PM by Steven Stanley


How would you feel if your worst nightmare—the family from hell—moved into the house next door to yours? This is precisely the dilemma faced by African American adjunct college professor Richard Patterson when the Crows take possession of the suburban tract home across the street from his in Neighbors, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ provocative though imperfect new comedy-drama now playing at the Matrix Theatre.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, WOW!

UNDER MILK WOOD

posted on September 3rd, 2010 at 11:11 PM by Steven Stanley


Most theater majors graduating from college and beginning their professional careers end up relying on the kindness of strangers (i.e. producers, directors, and casting directors) to get themselves cast in a play, TV show, commercial, or movie. Then there are the talented Cal State Fullerton grads who have taken matters into their own hands by forming Coeurage Theatre Company.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, WOW!

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