A CHRISTMAS CAROL

posted on December 4th, 2008 at 7:42 PM by Steven Stanley


Jason Moyer’s fabulous gay adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is back for a return engagement with a new director (Michael A. Shepperd), a slightly tweaked book, a mostly new cast, and a whole new bigger-budgeted look and feel.
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posted in Comedy, Hollywood/West Hollywood, WOW!

THE BUSY WORLD IS HUSHED

posted on November 30th, 2008 at 10:07 AM by Steven Stanley


Besides being one of the best and most intelligent new plays in quite a while, Keith Bunin’s The Busy World Is Hushed couldn’t come at a more appropriate time.  Following a Yes On 8 victory which was fueled largely by so-called “devout Christians,” it is refreshing indeed to see a play which presents a gay-affirming branch of Christianity, and a lead character (and person of the cloth) who not only accepts that her son is gay but actively encourages his quest for Mr. Right.
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posted in Drama, Hollywood/West Hollywood, WOW!

WEST SIDE STORY

posted on November 28th, 2008 at 12:48 PM by Steven Stanley


Musical Theatre Of Los Angeles follows its much lauded 99-seat production of the mammoth Ragtime with yet another challenge—staging the Jerome Robbins-Arthur Laurents-Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim classic West Side Story with a 32-member cast and a 10-piece orchestra on a stage perhaps ¼ the size of most large theaters’.  The result is an intimate yet epic production which rates an A+ for ambitiousness and a solid B for execution, and one which confirms MTLA’s promise as a young and daring new musical theater company.
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, WOW!

ETHAN LE PHONG 2008

posted on November 25th, 2008 at 3:56 PM by Steven Stanley

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JEREMY LUCAS

posted on November 25th, 2008 at 11:37 AM by Steven Stanley

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PAUL ROMERO, JR.

posted on November 25th, 2008 at 11:30 AM by Steven Stanley

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SCROOGE IN ROUGE

posted on November 23rd, 2008 at 1:21 PM by Steven Stanley


I’ll make a prediction.  Scrooge In Rouge is likely to be the funniest, campiest, most delightful, most all-around entertaining Christmas show you’ll be seeing this holiday season.
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posted in Musical, San Diego County, WOW!

JACOB MARLEY’S CHRISTMAS CAROL

posted on November 23rd, 2008 at 1:13 PM by Steven Stanley


Southern Californians may not be able to depend on snow before Christmas, but one thing is certain about our theater scene.  There will be Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carols galore every year from November through December.
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posted in Drama, Orange County, WOW!

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