SPRING AWAKENING

posted on November 4th, 2023 at 11:00 AM by Steven Stanley


Director Tim Dang, choreographer Preston Mui, an all-around sensational cast, and a stunning production design make East West Players’ Spring Awakening a standout among the umpteen productions I’ve seen so far.
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posted in Los Angeles, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

SHE

posted on October 31st, 2023 at 12:09 PM by Steven Stanley


Coming-of-age stories don’t get any more engaging or heartwarming or inspiring than Marlow Wyatt’s SHE, now captivating audiences in its Antaeus Theatre Company World Premiere.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Drama, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

SLOW THUNDER

posted on October 30th, 2023 at 11:01 AM by Steven Stanley

The cast is on fire, but Suse Sternkopf’s Slow Thunder, now getting its World Premiere at NoHo’s Theatre 68, is (as The Buckinghams phrased it in their 1967 hit) kind of a drag.
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BISEXUAL SADNESS

posted on October 29th, 2023 at 11:30 AM by Steven Stanley


A bi woman about to marry the man of her dreams fears losing the community of gay women who welcomed her during her lengthy relationship with a lesbian in India Kotis’s Bisexual Sadness, a laughter-and-drama-packed Road Theatre World Premiere guaranteed to get you thinking and talking about sexuality and gender in new and unexpected ways.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, North Hollywood, World Premiere, WOW!

BABY FOOT

posted on October 24th, 2023 at 11:09 AM by Steven Stanley


Two addicts, one on her way out of rehab after 90 days sober, the other on his way in with a frighteningly drug-free 90-day challenge ahead of him, meet to electrifying effect in Baby Foot, Tim Venable’s gut-punchingly powerful, unexpectedly laugh-getting follow-up to last year’s stunning The Beautiful People at Rogue Machine Theatre.
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THE ADDAMS FAMILY

posted on October 23rd, 2023 at 11:40 AM by Steven Stanley


Inland Valley Repertory Theatre celebrates its move to the Lewis Family Playhouse with the creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky delight that is (“Snap! Snap!”) Broadway’s The Addams Family, hands down one of the company’s best productions ever.
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THE SOUND OF MUSIC

posted on October 22nd, 2023 at 4:58 PM by Steven Stanley


Musical Theatre West’s splendiferously performed revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound Of Music makes it abundantly clear why the 1959 Broadway smash is a bona fide musical theater classic.
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posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

DEATHTRAP

posted on October 21st, 2023 at 11:57 AM by Steven Stanley


International City Theatre winds up its 2023 season with Ira Levin’s Broadway suspense classic Deathtrap, guaranteeing audiences an abundance of thrills and chills and gasp-worthy plot twists amidst an equal bounty of laughs.
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posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Theater Review, Thriller, WOW!

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