GROUP THERAPY

posted on July 23rd, 2023 at 11:43 AM by Steven Stanley


A therapist’s waiting room provides No Exit for two impatient patients—and the sudden arrival of a third individual makes things a whole lot dicier—in Group Therapy, Peter Lefcourt’s latest World Premiere gem, a guest production at North Hollywood’s spiffily refurbished Theatre 68 Arts Complex.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, North Hollywood, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

SCENIES 2022-2023

posted on July 19th, 2023 at 8:21 AM by Steven Stanley

Click here to see this year’s list of winners.

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STEW

posted on July 17th, 2023 at 10:55 AM by Steven Stanley


Pasadena Playhouse concludes its monumentally successful Tony-winning 2022-2023 season on a sky-high note with Zora Howard’s gripping, thought-provoking, thoroughly entertaining “kitchen sink” dramedy Stew.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Pasadena, Theater Review, WOW!

AVENUE Q

posted on July 16th, 2023 at 12:11 PM by Steven Stanley


The expletive-spouting puppets of Avenue Q are back, as foul-mouthed and fabulous as ever, in The Wayward Artist’s terrifically entertaining intimate staging of the 2003 Broadway smash.
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posted in Musical, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

THE TURN OF THE SCREW

posted on July 15th, 2023 at 10:40 AM by Steven Stanley


Michael Mullen and Shayna Gabrielle deliver bravura performances at Sierra Madre Playhouse in Jeffrey Hatcher’s adeptly adapted retelling of Henry James’ classic horror novella The Turn Of The Screw.
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posted in San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review, Two-Hander, WOW!

BEETLEJUICE

posted on July 14th, 2023 at 12:27 PM by Steven Stanley

If you like your Broadway musicals wild and crazy and loud and flashy and all over the place, you’ll likely not mind that Beetlejuice, now playing at Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre, doesn’t quite succeed in adapting the Tim Burton masterpiece for the Broadway stage.
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, National Tour, Theater Review

IN THE HEIGHTS

posted on July 11th, 2023 at 8:31 AM by Steven Stanley

Spirited performances make In The Heights, Lin Manuel Miranda’s celebration of life in New York’s Washington Heights, a Morgan-Wixson Theatre crowd-pleaser, however the production loses points for its lighting and sound designs.
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posted in Musical, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls

THE WIZARD OF OZ

posted on July 10th, 2023 at 4:04 PM by Steven Stanley

Musical Theatre West serves up over two-and-a-half hours of nostalgic G-rated family entertainment with The Wizard Of Oz, a summer musical best enjoyed by children twelve and under and parents who don’t mind tagging along.
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posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Musical, Theater Review

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