BACHELORETTE

posted on January 27th, 2008 at 9:53 PM by Steven Stanley


The night before bride-to-be Becky’s wedding, her maid of honor Regan arrives 
at Becky’s hotel suite accompanied by two young women, neither of whom is 
particularly close to Becky. In fact, Regan tells Katie and Gena, “Becky has no 
friends. She has to invite her myspace friends. I’m surprised she didn’t post a 
bulletin.” Rather harsh words to come from Becky’s maid of honor, but that’s 
just the start of an often very funny, and sometimes quite shocking glimpse into 
the ugliness that can hide behind pretty faces.
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posted in Drama, Hollywood/West Hollywood, WOW!

THRILL ME

posted on January 26th, 2008 at 9:49 PM by Steven Stanley


Over the next two months, Los Angeles theatergoers will have an
unprecedented opportunity to see two very different treatments of one of the
most talked and written about crimes of the past century, with the two shows
playing virtually across the street from each other. One of them is a world
premiere drama written and directed by the Blank’s award winning Daniel
Henning. The other is the L.A. premiere of a Drama Desk and Outer Critics’ Circle
nominated musical. The drama is Dickie And Babe: The True Story Of Leopold
And Loeb, and the musical is Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story.    I’ll be
reviewing the former in mid-February.  The latter opened on Saturday at the
Hudson, and under Nick DeGruccio’s impeccable direction, it is likely to be one of
the most talked about, and praised, musicals of 2008.
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, WOW!

LEADING LADIES

posted on January 25th, 2008 at 9:45 PM by Steven Stanley


Playwright Ken Ludwig is a master of the contemporary farce, something that
anyone who has seen his much performed Lend Me A Tenor can attest to.
Another Ludwig gem is Leading Ladies, now getting first-rate treatment by Norris
Center, a gem of a professional theater hidden in beautiful Rolling Hills Estates,
down Palos Verdes way.
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posted in Comedy, South Bay, WOW!

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE

posted on January 24th, 2008 at 12:30 PM by Steven Stanley


The future of musical theater is in good hands with talented students like those from USC who have put together a sensational black box production of Sondheim/Lapine’s Sunday In The Park With George, a production which actually surpasses last year’s outstanding Sunday/George at The Chance Theatre in both imagination and originality. This is due in large part to director/set designer Steve Edlund, aided by a fine cast and a star making performance by Natalie Peyser.
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posted in Los Angeles, Musical, WOW!

JOSEPH KEANE

posted on January 23rd, 2008 at 3:34 PM by Steven Stanley

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posted in Interview

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH

posted on January 20th, 2008 at 9:35 PM by Steven Stanley

RECOMMENDED
Hedwig And The Angry Inch is back in L.A. in a bravura star turn by Chuck 
DiMaria.
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, Recommended

SAY YOU LOVE SATAN

posted on January 20th, 2008 at 9:30 PM by Steven Stanley

RECOMMENDED
Say you’re an average-Joe sort of gay man. Suddenly a vision of male
perfection appears before you and asks you out on a date.  Wonder of
wonders this hunk of hunks wants YOU!  Say, then, that you happen to notice
a tiny tattoo just where his forehead meets his hairline, a tiny tattoo of the
number 666, aka “the number of the beast.” What if this perfect new
boyfriend of yours just happened to be the son of Satan? What if, in fact, he
was Satan himself, evil incarnate with a six pack!?  Would you just dump him
and return to your perfect-in-every-way-but-just-too-sweet (sort of) boyfriend?  
Or would you keep on walking on the wild side, knowing that you might just be
heading down a path towards … ETERNAL DAMNATION?
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posted in Comedy, Los Angeles, Recommended

IL BIDONE

posted on January 19th, 2008 at 9:25 PM by Steven Stanley

RECOMMENDED
“Aging small-time con man Augusto, who swindles peasants, works with two 
younger men: Roberto, who wants to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and 
Bruno, nicknamed Picasso, who has a wife (Iris) and daughter and wants to 
paint. Augusto avoids the personal entanglements, spending money at clubs 
seeking the good life. His attitude changes when he runs into his own daughter, 
Patrizia, whom he rarely sees, and realizes she’s now a young woman and in need 
of his help to continue her studies. His usual partners are away, so he goes in with 
others to run a swindle, and they aren’t forgiving when he claims he’s given the 
money back to their mark. They leave him beaten, robbed, and alone.”
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posted in Drama, Los Angeles, Recommended

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