MATTHEW BOURNE’S ROMEO AND JULIET

posted on February 1st, 2024 at 5:02 PM by Steven Stanley


Daringly reconceived, thrillingly choreographed, and dazzlingly performed, the North American Premiere of Matthew Bourne’s Romeo And Juliet is the latest absolute must-see from the UK-based dance company that has made the Ahmanson Theatre its American home away from home for the past twenty-six years.
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posted in Dance, Los Angeles, Theater Review, WOW!

PICK OF THE VINE 2024

posted on January 30th, 2024 at 12:11 PM by Steven Stanley


Little Fish Theatre treats audiences to its 22nd-annual New Play Festival, one whose four fabulous comedy shorts, two powerful dramatic pieces, and only one unfortunate dud add up to an almost entirely winning Pick Of The Vine 2024.
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posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Short One-Act, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

BRUSHSTROKE

posted on January 29th, 2024 at 10:57 AM by Steven Stanley


There’s nothing quite like a book, movie, TV show or play that has audiences gasping “I did not see that coming.” Case in point: John Ross Bowie’s World Premiere wow of a comedy thriller, Brushstroke, now getting a world-class World Premiere at the Odyssey.
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posted in Comedy, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, World Premiere, WOW!

POTUS Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive

posted on January 27th, 2024 at 4:29 PM by Steven Stanley


Comedic chaos runs wild at the Geffen Playhouse in Selina Fillinger’s farcical, filthy, fabulously entertaining POTUS Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive.
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THE MANOR: MURDER AND MADNESS AT GREYSTONE

posted on January 23rd, 2024 at 10:03 AM by Steven Stanley


The Manor: Murder and Madness at Greystone is back for the first time since its last pre-Covid run, exciting news for L.A. theatergoers eager to return to the L.A. mansion where the titular “murder” and “madness” actually occurred.
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MYSTIC PIZZA

posted on January 22nd, 2024 at 9:39 AM by Steven Stanley


Take the movie that set Julia Roberts on the path to superstardom, stir in twenty of the 1980s and ‘90s’ Greatest Hits, give the mix a contemporary sensibility and a dynamite triple-threat cast, and you’ve got Mystic Pizza (The Musical), a surefire La Mirada Theatre hit.
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posted in Downey/La Mirada, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

LA COCINA

posted on January 20th, 2024 at 12:45 PM by Steven Stanley


The high-stress, high-intensity back-of-house goings-on at a classy New York City eatery come excitingly to life in Tony Menéses’s La Cocina, the latest from North Hollywood’s Loft Ensemble, and a particular treat for fans of Hulu’s The Bear.
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SUKKOT

posted on January 14th, 2024 at 12:22 PM by Steven Stanley


Few situations are riper for raucous laughter, long-festering rage, and buckets of tears than the much dreaded family reunion, and since almost everybody on this planet has attended at least one (if not dozens) of them, expect to find much to identify with and relish in Matthew Leavitt’s marvelous new family-reunion dramedy Sukkot.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

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