SONGS FROM AN UNMADE BED
posted on June 12th, 2008 at 12:20 PM by Steven Stanley
The Celebration Theatre scores big with Songs From An Unmade Bed, their best show yet this season and the first to present a fully (and beautifully) realized three-dimensional portrait of a contemporary gay man. Exquisitely performed by Broadway vet Dave Barrus, imaginatively staged by director-of-the-hour Patrick Pearson, and designed by one of the finest teams L.A. has to offer, Songs From An Unmade Bed is must-see theater, not just for its core audience, but for any lover of musical theater or song.
posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, Solo Performance, WOW!
DOUGLAS CRAWFORD
posted on June 10th, 2008 at 2:57 PM by Steven Stanleyposted in Interview
JAMIE JOSEPH
posted on June 10th, 2008 at 12:33 PM by Steven Stanleyposted in Interview
THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO
posted on June 10th, 2008 at 12:19 PM by Steven Stanley
It’s mid-December 1939 and all Atlanta is atwitter with excitement over the tonight’s gala premiere of Gone With The Wind. Christmas trees are being decorated all across the city including at the home of Adolph Freitag. What, you ask? Freitag doesn’t sound like a Christian name. You’re absolutely right. “Take down that star!” Beulah “Boo” Levy orders her daughter Lala. “Jewish Christmas trees don’t have stars!”
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posted in Comedy, Downey/La Mirada, WOW!
ADAM BAUM AND THE JEW MOVIE
posted on June 8th, 2008 at 12:14 PM by Steven Stanley
In Modern Orthodox, Daniel Goldfarb hilariously contrasted two extremes of modern Judaism. In Adam Baum And The Jew Movie, he writes an equally laugh-filled comedy about the legendary Jewish studio heads who created decades of Jew-free movies in Hollywood.
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posted in Comedy, Los Angeles, WOW!
IN ON IT
posted on June 8th, 2008 at 12:11 PM by Steven StanleyNOT RECOMMENDED
In Daniel MacIvor’s In On It, two actors perform on a bare black stage, their sole “props” being a pair of chairs and a gray suit jacket. Who are these two men? Are they actors? Writers? Students in an acting class? They seem to be preparing a play or movie about someone named Ray who was involved in an accident. At various times, both performers (named “This One” and “That One”) don the jacket to become Ray, or doff it to portray one of the other characters in Ray’s life. Other scenes between the two men, a gay couple, have them discussing their work in progress. Still others seem to be flashbacks from their past.
posted in Drama, North Hollywood, Not Recommended
DOG SEES GOD
posted on June 7th, 2008 at 12:04 PM by Steven Stanley
The teenagers in Dog Sees God: Confessions Of A Teenage Blockhead could come straight out of American Pie or Mean Girls, but they bear an uncanny resemblance to a celebrated bunch of comic strip kids.
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posted in Comedy, Hollywood/West Hollywood, WOW!
IMAGINE
posted on June 7th, 2008 at 12:01 PM by Steven Stanley
The best children’s theater, like the best Disney classics, is theater that’s not just for kids. South Coast Repertory knows this well, and the latest entry of its “Theatre For Young Audiences” series is sure to delight not only children … but also the grownups they bring along.
posted in Musical, Orange County, WOW!
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