1776

posted on April 13th, 2023 at 11:54 AM by Steven Stanley


Radical re-conception and revelatory re-casting add up to a revolutionary 21st-century take on Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone’s 1969 Broadway classic 1776 in the 2022 Broadway revival now thrilling audiences at the Ahmanson.
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posted in Los Angeles, Musical, National Tour, Theater Review, WOW!

BATTLESONG OF BOUDICA

posted on April 11th, 2023 at 2:08 PM by Steven Stanley


Fans of those sword-and-sandal epics that made bodybuilders like Steve Reeves and Gordon Scott action-movie stars in the late-1950s and early-1960s won’t want to miss Christopher Williams Johnson’s Battlesong of Boudica, now thrilling audiences with Jen Albert’s almost nonstop fight choreography at Hollywood’s Hudson Backstage Theatre.
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posted in Action-Adventure, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review, WOW!

COLONIALISM IS TERRIBLE, BUT PHỞ IS DELICIOUS

posted on April 10th, 2023 at 11:25 AM by Steven Stanley


You don’t have to be a Vietnamese food fan to fall for Dustin H. Chinn’s culture clash comedy Colonialism is Terrible, But Phở is Delicious, now getting a tangy World Premiere production at Anaheim Hills’ Chance Theater.
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posted in Comedy, Orange County, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

BLUE

posted on April 9th, 2023 at 11:00 AM by Steven Stanley


Award-winning L.A. stage star June Carryl proves herself a playwright to be reckoned with in Rogue Machine’s Blue, a ripped-from-today’s-headlines stunner now riveting audiences in the Matrix Theatre’s ultra-intimate Henry Murray Stage.
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IT’S ONLY A PLAY

posted on April 3rd, 2023 at 10:23 AM by Steven Stanley


It’s theatrical heaven for Broadway buffs this month as Theatre 40 treats audiences to the venerable Beverly Hills company’s third surefire laugh-getter in a row, Terrence McNally’s It’s Only A Play.
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posted in Comedy, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN

posted on April 2nd, 2023 at 11:43 AM by Steven Stanley


You may have read Manuel Puig’s novel. You might have watched its Oscar-winning movie adaptation. If you’re a musical theater buff, you’ve probably seen it set to the songs of Kander and Ebb. But chances are you haven’t experienced the powerful theatrical two-hander Puig himself adapted from his book, just one of many reasons not to miss Kiss Of The Spider Woman’s stunningly acted, directed, and designed debut at A Noise Within.
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posted in Pasadena, Theater Review, Two-Hander, WOW!

SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL

posted on April 1st, 2023 at 10:37 AM by Steven Stanley


Forty talented performers and the magic of Dr. Seuss fill the Colony Theatre stage as it’s never been filled before in Seussical The Musical, a song-and-dance-packed treat for kids and adults of all ages.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

posted on March 27th, 2023 at 4:10 PM by Steven Stanley


Terrific lead and featured performances make The Fable Theatre’s back-to-basics intimate revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Merrily We Roll Along at the Whitefire a tasty Sondheim lover’s treat.
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posted in Musical, San Fernando Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

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