CHRISKIRKPATRICKMAS
posted on December 5th, 2022 at 11:31 AM by Steven Stanley
Rapper-turned-movie star Marky Mark plays Angel Clarence to a former boy bander’s down-and-out George Bailey in Chriskirkpatrickmas, Alison Zatta and Valen Shore’s clever, tuneful, utterly winning mash-up of It’s A Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, and the international phenomenon that was *NSYNC.
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Tags: *NSYNC, Alison Zatta, Chris Kirkpatrick, Los Angeles Theater Review, The Actor's Company, Valen Shore
posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!
RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA
posted on December 4th, 2022 at 9:34 AM by Steven Stanley
No matter how many times you’ve seen Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella on TV, on DVD, or in regional or community productions over the years, get ready to relish the hilarious new life Douglas Carter Beane’s fresh new book breathes into the 2013 Broadway revival of the 1950s live TV classic, now playing at Long Beach’s Musical Theatre West.
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Tags: Douglas Carter Beane, Los Angeles Theater Review, Musical Theatre West, Rodgers & Hammerstein
posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!
INVINCIBLE – THE MUSICAL
posted on December 3rd, 2022 at 6:10 PM by Steven Stanley
Power ballads and rock classics made famous in the ‘80s by the legendary Pat Benatar provide the pulsating soundtrack to Invincible – The Musical, Bradley Bredeweg’s edgy, exhilarating take on Shakespeare’s Romeo And Juliet, now getting its World Premiere at The Wallis in Beverly Hills.
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Tags: Bradley Bredeweg, Los Angeles Theater Review, Neil Giraldo, Pat Benatar, The Wallis Annenberg Center For The Arts, William Shakespeare
posted in Musical, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, World Premiere, WOW!
ANNIE
posted on November 30th, 2022 at 11:08 AM by Steven Stanley
Even the grimmest of economic times can inspire the most cheerful, delightful, and tuneful of musical comedy treats. Case in point, the Broadway musical smash Annie, now spreading Christmastime tidings of hope and joy at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre.
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Tags: Broadway In Hollywood, Charles Strouse, Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles Theater Review, Martin Charnin, Thomas Meehan
posted in Los Angeles, Musical, National Tour, Theater Review, WOW!
GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER
posted on November 28th, 2022 at 11:19 AM by Steven Stanley
Impeccably acted, directed, and designed on a “CinemaScope” stage, Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner is one of Theatre 40’s finest productions ever.
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Tags: Los Angeles Theater Review, Theatre 40, Todd Kreidler, William Rose
posted in Comedy-Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!
REMEMBERING BOYLE HEIGHTS: PART 2
posted on November 27th, 2022 at 10:03 AM by Steven Stanley
Casa 0101 Theater’s Remembering Boyle Heights: Part 2 continues playwrights Josefina López and Corky Dominguez’s eye-opening look at events that helped shape the L.A. neighborhood’s identity as a center of Chicano-American culture.
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Tags: Casa 0101, Corky Dominquez, Josefina López, Los Angeles Theater Review
posted in Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!
A PATSY CLINE HOLIDAY CONCERT
posted on November 26th, 2022 at 12:12 PM by Steven Stanley
Cori Cable Kidder, whose star-making performance in Always … Patsy Cline gave Sierra Madre Playhouse one of its biggest hits ever, is back in town as the country music legend in A Patsy Cline Holiday Concert, and that alone is reason for a pre-Christmas celebration.
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Tags: Los Angeles Theater Review, Patsy Cline, Sierra Madre Playhouse
posted in San Gabriel Valley, Solo Performance, Theater Review, WOW!
THE BROTHERS PARANORMAL
posted on November 21st, 2022 at 4:13 PM by Steven Stanley
You don’t have to believe in ghosts to succumb to the spell of Prince Gomolvilas’s entertainingly spooky supernatural thriller The Brothers Paranormal, now getting its long-awaited Los Angeles Premiere at East West Players.
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Tags: East West Players, Los Angeles Theater Review, Prince Gomolvilas
posted in Los Angeles, Theater Review, Thriller, WOW!