THE LINCOLNS OF SPRINGFIELD

posted on July 5th, 2024 at 11:48 AM by Steven Stanley

Garrett Deagon’s chameleon-like transformation into our nation’s 16th President opposite Samantha Craton’s luminous Mary Todd Lincoln elevates Terrence L. Cranert’s The Lincolns Of Springfield into something more than the overly romanticized by-the-numbers Abraham Lincoln bio-musical it would be without their presence on the Colony Theatre stage.
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UNBROKEN BLOSSOMS

posted on July 2nd, 2024 at 12:08 PM by Steven Stanley


Hollywood history comes alive at East West Players in Philip W. Chung’s Unbroken Blossoms, a fascinating and elucidating behind-the-scenes look at the silent movie classic that was Hollywood’s first interracial love story.
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posted in Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

THE SANDWICH MINISTRY

posted on June 30th, 2024 at 11:36 AM by Steven Stanley

Performances could hardly be better, but 65 minutes isn’t nearly long enough for playwright Miranda Rose Hall to fully flesh out her three protagonists or the issues raised in The Sandwich Ministry, now nearing the end of its run at the Skylight Theatre.
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SEMINAR

posted on June 29th, 2024 at 1:09 PM by Steven Stanley


Theresa Rebeck’s darkly comedic, dramatically potent Seminar gives five talented L.A. actors the chance to dazzle under Jeremy Luke’s razor-sharp direction at North Hollywood’s Theatre 68.
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CHESS THE MUSICAL

posted on June 28th, 2024 at 9:31 AM by Steven Stanley


Jaxx Theatricals treats audiences to a fully-staged production of Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus’s rarely revived Chess The Musical, sensationally performed in the company’s spiffy East Hollywood digs.
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THE OUTSIDER

posted on June 24th, 2024 at 4:29 PM by Steven Stanley


Things get hilariously out of hand when the seemingly ineffectual lieutenant governor of an unnamed state suddenly finds himself the man in charge in Paul Slade Smith’s The Outsider, a front-runner for the year’s funniest and smartest comedic treat.
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posted in Comedy, Long Beach/San Pedro, Theater Review, WOW!

CABARET

posted on June 23rd, 2024 at 10:11 AM by Steven Stanley


Life isn’t just a cabaret, old chum, it’s a downright dazzling circus in The Nocturne Theatre Company’s stunningly reimagined in-the-round revival of the Kander and Ebb masterpiece Cabaret.
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LEGALLY BLONDE

posted on June 22nd, 2024 at 12:08 PM by Steven Stanley


An audience jam-packed with friends and family greeted the opening night performance of Conundrum Theatre Company’s Legally Blonde with the kind of cheers usually reserved for a Taylor Swift concert, and if the production playing this weekend only at NoHo’s El Portal would not under normal circumstances generate that rhapsodic a reception, an energetic young cast headed by a captivating Paloma Malfavón make it a definite crowd-pleaser.
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