YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

posted on September 14th, 2010 at 11:27 PM by Steven Stanley


When the very first Broadway musical for which you write book, music, and lyrics wins a record-breaking twelve Tony awards and runs for over 2500 performances, what do you do for an encore?

If you’re Mel Brooks, your follow-up to The Producers is Young Frankenstein, and though the comic master’s sophomore musical ran less than 500 performances, it’s nonetheless a tuneful, laugh-filled treat for Brooks fans and horror buffs alike.
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posted in Musical, National Tour, Orange County, WOW!

LIVE NUDE GIRL

posted on September 13th, 2010 at 10:13 PM by Steven Stanley

RECOMMENDED
Monica Himmel is Deanna, an actress in search of professional and personal fulfillment in Monica Himmelheber’s Live Nude Girl, now playing Mondays at Hollywood’s Lounge Theatre.

If Live Nude Girl has an autobiographical ring to it, it’s probably because Himmelheber is a writer in search of professional and personal fulfillment, and Himmel … Well, if you haven’t yet guessed, Himmelheber and Himmel are one and the same.
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posted in Comedy, Los Angeles, Recommended

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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posted in Interview

JOANNA GLUSHAK

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

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posted in Interview

LESLIE SPENCER

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

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