A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL

posted on December 9th, 2023 at 12:28 PM by Steven Stanley


Entertainment Weekly’s 2nd-Best Christmas Movie of All Time* comes to irresistible song-and-dance life at the Ahmanson as Center Theatre Group treats audiences of all ages to Broadway’s A Christmas Story: The Musical.
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posted in Los Angeles, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

DOG MAN: THE MUSICAL

posted on December 5th, 2023 at 10:02 AM by Steven Stanley


Kids’ shows don’t get any more adult-friendly than Dog Man: The Musical, which is why whether or not you have school-age children who want to tag along, the off-Broadway hit’s new National Tour, now playing at the Kirk Douglas, just might be the most fun you’ll have at a theater this entire holiday season.
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posted in National Tour, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

THE SECRET GARDEN, THE MUSICAL

posted on December 4th, 2023 at 12:28 PM by Steven Stanley


The Secret Garden, The Musical, makes a triumphant holiday season return to Chance Theater in its fourth incarnation, the first to take advantage of the company’s expansive Cripe Stage, and the result is a gorgeously performed, gorgeously designed stunner.
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posted in Orange County, Returning Production, Theater Review, WOW!

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE – ON AIR!

posted on December 4th, 2023 at 12:28 PM by Steven Stanley

A ragtag bunch of inadvertent thespians find themselves forced to step in for a dozen snowstorm-stranded 1940s Hollywood A-listers in It’s A Wonderful Life – ON AIR!, a clever concept given an entertaining if overlong (and at times overplayed) execution at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center.
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posted in Staged Radio Play, Theater Review, Ventura County

FREIGHT

posted on November 29th, 2023 at 12:07 PM by Steven Stanley


Audiences are flocking to the Fountain Theatre and with good reason. J. Alphonse Nicholson’s tour-de-force star turn as a man with five lives in Howard L. Craft’s off-Broadway-to-L.A. hit Freight is the stuff awards are made for.
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posted in Los Angeles, Solo Performance, Theater Review, WOW!

THE HALF-LIGHT

posted on November 27th, 2023 at 1:17 PM by Steven Stanley


Four emotionally scarred individuals get a second chance at happiness in Monica Wood’s The Half-Light, a Theatre 40 West Coast Premiere whose touching performances and message of hope make this heartstrings-tugger a bona fide audience-pleaser.
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METEOR SHOWER

posted on November 25th, 2023 at 12:49 PM by Steven Stanley


Leave it to “a wild and crazy guy” like Steve Martin to write a wild and crazy play like Meteor Shower, the deliciously quirky, stealthily surreal hour-long gem now tickling audiences at San Pedro’s Little Fish Theatre.
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posted in Comedy, Long Beach/San Pedro, Theater Review, WOW!

INSULTED. BELARUS

posted on November 21st, 2023 at 1:02 PM by Steven Stanley


A nation’s failed efforts to unseat one of the world’s most reviled dictators comes to stunning, gut-punching life in City Garage Theatre’s English-language World Premiere of Andrei Kureichik’s Insulted. Belarus, an eye-opener to those like myself who knew little to nothing about recent events in Europe’s 13th largest country.
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