SANTASIA – A HOLIDAY COMEDY!

posted on December 13th, 2025 at 10:10 AM by Steven Stanley


Santasia – A Holiday Comedy! is back at Sherman Oaks’ Whitefire Theatre for its 26th annual mash-up of  madcap SNL-style skits, clever Claymation videos, hilarious Broadway musical parodies, nostalgic Christmases memories, and Brandon Loeser in drag, and it hardly matter than Santasia 2025 is pretty much the exact same production as last year’s, Version 26.0 remains the best possible news for audiences seeking holiday comedy that combines R-rated language and the season’s spirit of warmth and good cheer.
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posted in Comedy, San Fernando Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

WHO’S HOLIDAY

posted on December 12th, 2025 at 1:24 PM by Steven Stanley

Cindy Lou Who is all grown up and peppering her rhyming couplets with enough 4-letter words to make a sailor blush as Anica Petrovic delivers the most dazzling of solo star turns in Matthew Lombardo’s Who’s Holiday at Hollywood’s Hobgoblin Playhouse.

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STEREOPHONIC

posted on December 11th, 2025 at 11:26 PM by Steven Stanley


If you’ve ever wondered what it would have been like to be a fly on the wall when Fleetwood Mac spent seven tumultuous months recording Rumours, the next best thing to your wish has come true in David Adjmi’s multiple-Tony winning play à clef Stereophonic.
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, National Tour, Play With Songs, Theater Review, WOW!

MRS. CHRISTMAS

posted on December 8th, 2025 at 11:29 PM by Steven Stanley


San Diego theater treasure Linda Libby stands in for prolific playwright Tom Jacobson in Jacobson’s funny and loving musical tribute to his truly one-of-a-kind mother in Mrs. Christmas, now spreading holiday cheer at Long Beach’s Aurora Theatre.
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posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Solo Performance, Theater Review, WOW!

SCROOGE! THE MUSICAL

posted on December 8th, 2025 at 12:10 PM by Steven Stanley


Ebenezer Scrooge sings and dances and delights audiences of all ages in Leslie Bricusse’s Scrooge! The Musical, a holiday gift from Chance Theater so toe-tappingly tuneful, even the grinchiest grouch will be powerless to resist his crochety charms.
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posted in Musical, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

DIE HEART: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT

posted on December 6th, 2025 at 11:20 AM by Steven Stanley


The Troubies are back at the Colony Theatre for their annual spoofstravaganza, the “Director’s Cut” of December 2022’s Die Heart, and let me tell you I had even more fun the second time around (and not simply because heroic protagonist John McClane, played by national treasure Matt Walker, interrupted the mayhem and merriment to give a certain L.A. theater reviewer a shoutout).
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical Spoof, Theater Review, WOW!

CRY IT OUT

posted on December 1st, 2025 at 1:18 PM by Steven Stanley

Powerhouse acting honed during Cry It Out’s three-week run at Little Fish Theatre made me glad I got to experience the final performance of Molly Smith Metzler’s funny, compelling, deeply moving dramedy about modern-day motherhood and marriage.
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OUR TOWN

posted on November 29th, 2025 at 10:31 AM by Steven Stanley

The Group Rep takes us back to Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire circa 1901 for a solid if not extraordinary revival of Thornton Wilder’s classic bit of Americana, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Our Town.
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posted in Drama, North Hollywood, Theater Review

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