FOOTLOOSE THE MUSICAL

posted on April 30th, 2023 at 12:02 PM by Steven Stanley


A star-making lead performance by fresh-out-of-college triple threat Thomas Whitcomb tops the reasons why Footloose The Musical is well worth a drive to the Simi Valley Performing Arts Center.
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posted in Musical, Theater Review, Ventura County, WOW!

MOOSE ON THE LOOSE

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


A moose on the loose in an icy, snowy Northern Ontario town is all it takes for hilarity to ensue in Dina Morrone’s appropriately titled slice-of-immigrant-Italian-family-life Moose On The Loose, as laughter-and-love-packed a comedy as I’ve seen in ages.
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posted in Comedy, Los Angeles, Theater Review, WOW!

SCINTILLA

posted on April 24th, 2023 at 11:37 AM by Steven Stanley


A grown son’s visit to his semi-estranged mother’s woodsy abode soon turns into a matter of life or death as a raging forest fire advances in their direction in Scintilla, Alessandro Camon’s gripping, suspenseful gut-puncher of a Road Theatre Company World Premiere.
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posted in Drama, North Hollywood, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

THE KING AND I

posted on April 23rd, 2023 at 4:33 PM by Steven Stanley


Bangkok in the early 1860s comes to vivid, tuneful life as seen through the eyes of an English schoolteacher named Anna Leonowens in the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic The King And I, now being given a top-of-the-line revival at the La Mirada Theatre.
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posted in Downey/La Mirada, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

TORNADO

posted on April 22nd, 2023 at 12:02 PM by Steven Stanley

Three very different women comb the wreckage of a devastating natural disaster in Chris Cragin-Day’s Tornado, a largely engaging Actors Co-op World Premiere, but one that ties things up rather too abruptly to be entirely satisfying.
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posted in Drama, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review, World Premiere

MIDNIGHT SCREENING

posted on April 17th, 2023 at 9:17 PM by Steven Stanley


Take two or more complete strangers, trap them in a single location, and watch the fireworks fly. It’s a formula that worked for John Hughes in his 1985 classic The Breakfast Club and six years later in his not-so-classic Career Opportunities, and it’s a concept that proves every bit as effective at the Zephyr Theatre in Tim Schildberger’s World Premiere winner Midnight Screening.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS

posted on April 17th, 2023 at 4:28 PM by Steven Stanley


A dozen or so Gershwin classics, dance sequences galore, and a pair of sensational star turns steal the show in Musical Theatre West’s latest crowd-pleaser, An American in Paris.
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posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

AVA: THE SECRET CONVERSATIONS

posted on April 15th, 2023 at 3:32 PM by Steven Stanley


Elizabeth McGovern proves herself as accomplished a playwright as she is a gifted actress in Ava: The Secret Conversations, the Academy Award nominee’s fascinating look at the life and loves of screen goddess extraordinaire Ava Gardner.
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posted in Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, World Premiere, WOW!

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