INTO THE WOODS

posted on October 29th, 2022 at 12:25 PM by Steven Stanley


Master director Ken Sawyer and some tremendously talented USC student performers and designers join creative forces to give audiences a highly inventive new take on the 20th-century musical theater masterpiece Into The Woods.
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posted in Los Angeles, Musical, Student-Cast Production, Theater Review, WOW!

LEND ME A TENOR

posted on October 24th, 2022 at 11:24 AM by Steven Stanley


Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me A Tenor closes International City Theatre’s 2022 season on a farcical high note, directed to razor-sharp perfection by Todd Nielsen and terrifically acted by an all-around stellar cast.
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posted in Comedy, Long Beach/San Pedro, Theater Review, WOW!

AUGUST WILSON’S RADIO GOLF

posted on October 24th, 2022 at 9:42 AM by Steven Stanley


A Noise Within follows the absolutely fabulous Animal Farm with August Wilson’s most accessible play since Fences, the powerful, gripping, and often unexpectedly comedic Radio Golf.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Pasadena, Theater Review, WOW!

ACCORDING TO THE CHORUS

posted on October 22nd, 2022 at 4:30 PM by Steven Stanley


Backstage comedies pretty much have me at hello. No wonder then that I’ve fallen head over Capezios for According To The Chorus, Arlene Hutton’s captivating journey back in time to Broadway circa 1984, the latest World Premiere delight from North Hollywood’s Road Theatre Company.
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ONCE ON THIS ISLAND

posted on October 21st, 2022 at 3:20 PM by Steven Stanley

USC’s all-student Musical Theatre Repertory opens its 2022-2023 season to engaging effect with Once On This Island, Lynn Ahrens’ and Stephen Flaherty’s magical musical tale of star-crossed island lovers.
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THE INHERITANCE (PART 1 & PART 2)

posted on October 19th, 2022 at 10:48 AM by Steven Stanley


The words Epic Achievement only begin to describe the Stephen Daldry production of Matthew Lopez’s six-and-a-half-hour masterpiece The Inheritance (Part 1 & Part 2), now getting its long-awaited, celebration-worthy West Coast Premiere at the Geffen Playhouse.
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DAMN YANKEES

posted on October 18th, 2022 at 4:23 PM by Steven Stanley


Lesli Margherita’s Tony Award-caliber triple-threat star turn as Lola tops the list of reasons to celebrate Musical Theatre West’s 2022 revival of the 1955 Golden Era musical classic Damn Yankees.
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DADDY ISSUES

posted on October 16th, 2022 at 9:15 AM by Steven Stanley

The laughs come fast and furious in David Goldyn’s over-the-top but very funny ’80s-sitcom-style gay family farce Daddy Issues, now getting its West Coast Premiere on Hollywood’s Theatre Row.
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