ROSE’S DILEMMA

posted on August 29th, 2008 at 12:57 AM by Steven Stanley


The “ghost comedy” is a tried a true genre that, for me at least, never fails to entertain. You know the story.  Ghost returns from the other side to haunt our hero (or heroine), the only one who can see or hear said ghost, a situation leading to exchanges like the following (purely of my own creation):
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posted in Comedy, San Gabriel Valley, WOW!

BEETHOVEN AS I KNEW HIM

posted on August 28th, 2008 at 12:55 AM by Steven Stanley


Over the past ten years, pianist/actor Hershey Felder has created an entirely new genre, the “Hershey Felder Musical Bio,” beginning with the multiple award-winning George Gershwin Alone and followed by the equally acclaimed Monsieur Chopin. Now, the trilogy is completed with Beethoven, As I Knew Him.
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posted in Solo Performance, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

AS U2 LIKE IT

posted on August 27th, 2008 at 12:52 AM by Steven Stanley


Matt Walker and his zany band of Troubies are back with their latest mix of song, dance, laughter, Shakespeare, and adlibs galore. The troupe, which has won L.A. hearts with (among others) Much Adoobie Brothers About Nothing, Hamlet (The Artist Formerly Known As The Prince Of Denmark), and OthE.L.O, now blends As You Like It with cleverly rewritten U2 hits to produce As U2 Like It, a total delight from start to finish. 
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical, WOW!

LAUREN KENNEDY

posted on August 25th, 2008 at 11:56 AM by Steven Stanley

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posted in Interview

SUFFER THE LONG NIGHT

posted on August 24th, 2008 at 12:50 AM by Steven Stanley


FLU EPIDEMIC STRIKES COMMUNITY THEATER
UNDERSTUDIES REPLACE 19 OUT OF 23 IN CAST
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posted in Comedy, Los Angeles, WOW!

EDUCATING RITA

posted on August 23rd, 2008 at 12:47 AM by Steven Stanley


Willy Russell’s Educating Rita is probably best known to Americans as the 1983 film which starred Michael Caine as alcoholic Professor Frank Bryant and introduced Julie Walters to the world as hairstylist turned open university student Susan “Rita” White, a role which won her the Golden Globe award and an Oscar nomination.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Comedy, WOW!

SISSYSTRATA

posted on August 22nd, 2008 at 12:43 AM by Steven Stanley


The Celebration Theatre concludes its 25th season with a sensational Sissystrata, a visually dazzling, outrageously funny adaptation of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata a la West Hollywood.
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posted in Comedy, Hollywood/West Hollywood, WOW!

THE PAVILION

posted on August 21st, 2008 at 12:36 AM by Steven Stanley


As the strains of The Beatles “Across The Universe” fade, a young man appears on a bare black stage.
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posted in Drama, Los Angeles, WOW!

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