ANATOMY OF GRAY

posted on January 21st, 2023 at 4:15 PM by Steven Stanley


An offbeat stranger’s sudden arrival via tornado smack dab in the middle of “the most boring place in the world” sets in motion a series of events destined to transform the lives of a plucky Midwest teen and her fellow Indiana townsfolk in Jim Leonard’s Anatomy of Gray, the simply marvelous latest from Open Fist Theatre Company.
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BROTHERS PLAY

posted on January 16th, 2023 at 11:07 AM by Steven Stanley


Traumatic childhood memories haunt a trio of 40something male siblings on a fateful Christmas Eve in Brothers Play, Matthew Doherty’s darkly comedic walloper now getting a spectacularly acted, directed, and designed World Premiere production at Legacy LA.
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HOME FRONT

posted on January 14th, 2023 at 4:18 PM by Steven Stanley


An interracial couple fall in love on VJ Day 1945 only to find their post-WWII hopes and dreams dashed by the discovery that, as the French so aptly put it, “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose,” in the Victory Theatre Center West Coast Premiere of Warren Leight’s eye-opening, emotion-packed Home Front.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Drama, Theater Review, WOW!

PROMISES, PROMISES

posted on December 26th, 2022 at 9:59 AM by Steven Stanley

A pair of thoroughly winning romantic leads brighten The Group Rep’s 99-seat revival of the 1968 Neil Simon-Burt Bacharach-Hal David Broadway hit musical Promises, Promises, though an instance of historically incompatible gender reassignment does the production no favors.
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LITTLE THEATRE

posted on December 18th, 2022 at 1:03 PM by Steven Stanley


Justin Tanner’s ’90s-nostalgia-filled autobiographical gem Little Theatre once again showcases the prolific playwright’s gift for out-of-left-field laughs, especially when delivered by a couldn’t-be-better trio of Rogue Machine stars.
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AIN’T TOO PROUD

posted on December 16th, 2022 at 11:44 AM by Steven Stanley


The Temptations give those Jersey Boys some pretty stiff competition for all-time best Broadway bio-musical in Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of The Temptations, now making a triumphant return to the Ahmanson following its Tony-winning New York run.
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LITTLE WOMEN – THE BROADWAY MUSICAL

posted on December 12th, 2022 at 6:07 PM by Steven Stanley


Sarah Pierce’s revelatory star turn as Jo March tops the list of reasons not to miss the fourth incarnation of Little Women – The Broadway Musical at Anaheim Hills’ Chance Theater.
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posted in Orange County, Returning Production, Theater Review, WOW!

DIE HEART

posted on December 12th, 2022 at 1:18 AM by Steven Stanley


Troubadour Theater Company’s band of triple-threat zanies spoof the action movie genre in their own inimitable way in Die Heart, combining the Troubies’ trademark blend of unrepressed lunacy with the songs of ‘70s/’80s rock legends Ann and Nancy Wilson jukeboxed into their take on the movie that launched Bruce Willis’s career as everybody’s favorite cop-turned-antiterrorist.
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