THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME

posted on October 1st, 2023 at 3:23 PM by Steven Stanley


An English teenager on the autism spectrum sets off on the most remarkable of coming-of-age journeys in The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, ingeniously directed, gorgeously designed, and excitingly performed by some of Chance Theater’s best and most popular stars (and one very impressive newbie).
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posted in Drama, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

KILL SHELTER: THE RED CAST

posted on September 30th, 2023 at 12:30 PM by Steven Stanley


A return visit to Theatre Of NOTE to catch the “Red Cast” in Ashley Rose Wellman’s Kill Shelter provides additional proof that (to quote from my original review) this is “not only one of the most remarkable new plays I’ve seen in a very long time, it’s the best Theatre of NOTE production I’ve reviewed since the company’s streak of winners in the mid-2010s.”
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posted in Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

TOWARDS ZERO

posted on September 25th, 2023 at 11:52 AM by Steven Stanley

Haphazard casting and shaky direction make Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero the weakest Theatre 40 production since the company’s return to live, in-person programming over two years ago.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls

BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA

posted on September 24th, 2023 at 10:56 AM by Steven Stanley


A lifetime of failed opportunities to connect weighs heavy on the hearts of the father-daughter protagonists of Anna Ouyang Moench’s haunting Birds Of North America, exquisitely acted by Arye Gross and Jacqueline Misaye at the Odyssey Theatre.
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ROOM SERVICE

posted on September 23rd, 2023 at 11:07 AM by Steven Stanley

Sluggish pacing drags down the Group Rep’s 2023 revival of John Murray and Allen Boretz’s Room Service despite a delightful first act and a number of snappy performances.
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posted in Comedy, North Hollywood, Theater Review

HOW IT’S GON’ BE

posted on September 19th, 2023 at 12:03 PM by Steven Stanley


A black teenager comes of age to both heartbreaking and heartwarming effect in JuCoby Johnson’s How It’s Gon’ Be, a dramatic stunner as universal as it is specific, and the latest must-see from Echo Theater Company.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST: A WILDE NEW MUSICAL

posted on September 18th, 2023 at 10:46 AM by Steven Stanley


Whittier Community Theatre celebrates its long-awaited return to in-person productions (and the start of its 100th-anniversary season) with the absolutely smashing The Importance Of Being Earnest: A Wilde New Musical, a high point in WCT’s century of shows.
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posted in Gateway Cities, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

MEASURE STILL FOR MEASURE

posted on September 17th, 2023 at 12:01 PM by Steven Stanley


Rehearsals for Shakespeare’s Measure For Measure have life imitating art in Jessica Kubzansky’s Measure Still For Measure, a sensational Boston Court World Premiere that takes backstage drama to a whole new level.
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posted in Drama, Pasadena, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

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