LOWE TAYLOR
posted on April 10th, 2009 at 3:29 PM by Steven Stanleyposted in Interview
JUSTIN MORTELLITI
posted on April 10th, 2009 at 3:22 PM by Steven Stanleyposted in Interview
HERE LIES JEREMY TROY
posted on April 9th, 2009 at 6:16 PM by Steven Stanley
About 25 years ago, a young thespian named Tim Dietlein read a 1965 comedy called Here Lies Jeremy Troy and said to himself, “That’s a show I’d like to do someday.” Now, in 2009, Dietlein’s dream has come true in a laugh-out-loud hilarious production of playwright Jack Sharkey’s “forgotten gem.”
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Comedy, WOW!
LAND OF THE TIGERS
posted on April 5th, 2009 at 6:18 PM by Steven Stanley
Land Of The Tigers is a realm where tigers walk on two legs, wear wigs (some of them powdered), hats (some of them three-cornered) and assorted 18th Century garb—and speak English. It is a land where the only enemy is the dreaded swan, and because “the ‘Swan Alert’ remains as high as ever,” guards are thankfully keeping watch day and night. In Land Of The Tigers, reproduction is strictly controlled, and mating rituals keep bloodlines strong. Thus, when one of the elite, Fang Stalkington, complains to the Tigressional Congress that his sister Sheba is not doing her duty by mating with him, it is serious business indeed. Though Fang has peed on Sheba to demonstrate in no uncertain terms that she belongs to him and him alone, the beauteous Sheba is having none of this. ‘You cannot spray our troubles away,” she growls at him.
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posted in Comedy, Hollywood/West Hollywood, WOW!
MONETTE MAGRATH
posted on April 5th, 2009 at 3:11 PM by Steven Stanleyposted in Interview
WOMEN OF MANHATTAN
posted on April 4th, 2009 at 6:22 PM by Steven Stanley
30ish best friends Billie, Rhonda Louise, and Judy have gotten together at Rhonda Louise’s beautiful Manhattan apartment for girls’ night. When Billie wonders out loud where the men are, Rhonda reminds her that Billie had said precisely not to invite any men, the whole point of the evening being that “the three of us would just deck out and look great for each other and fuck the men.” “But don’t you feel we’re wasting our gorgeousness on each other?” asks Billie.
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posted in Comedy, Hollywood/West Hollywood, WOW!
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
posted on April 3rd, 2009 at 6:31 PM by Steven Stanley
Transforming The Manchurian Candidate, one of the most lauded suspense films of the 1960s, into a live stage production is no easy feat. John Frankenheimer’s 1962 tale of a Korean War vet brainwashed into becoming a political assassin was not only brilliant film making but tapped into the Red Scare hysteria that brought about the McCarthy hearings and a bunch of anti-communist films like The Red Menace and I Married A Communist. (Frankenheimer’s film was based on Richard Condon’s 1959 novel.) Though John Lahr’s 1994 stage adaptation ends up closer to Jonathan Demme’s 2004 remake than to the original, what’s important to playgoers is that Lahr’s suspense drama accomplishes the rare task of keeping a live theater audience on the edge of their seats from its first scene to its shattering conclusion. Even more noteworthy than the success of the adaptation is the fact that August Viverito and T L Kolman’s The Production Company has managed to squeeze a widescreen movie onto a “matchbook”-sized set with truly impressive results.
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posted in Drama, North Hollywood, WOW!
GHOSTS
posted on April 2nd, 2009 at 6:34 PM by Steven Stanley
The world hasn’t changed all that much in the 127 years since Henrik Ibsen’s play Ghosts was first performed. As the recent election proved, there are still people who point the finger of condemnation at those who break what they call God’s rules and those with a more humanistic point of view.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Drama
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