ANTIGONE
posted on May 19th, 2026 at 5:09 PM by Steven Stanley
Playwright Kenneth Cavander dusts the cobwebs off Sophocles’ Antigone in his contemporary adaptation of the 2500-year-old Greek tragedy … and the result is yet another Antaeus Theatre Company winner.
Tags: Kenneth Cavander, Los Angeles Theater Review, Sophocles, The Antaeus Company
posted in Burbank/Glendale, Classic Play, Theater Review, WOW!
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
posted on May 19th, 2026 at 8:43 AM by Steven Stanley
I’ve attended a whopping sixteen productions of the iconic horror comedy rock musical Little Shop Of Horrors, but seeing it “dancified” at the Lineage Performing Arts Center made me feel I was experiencing the off-Broadway camp classic for the very first time.
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Tags: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Lineage Performing Arts Center, Los Angeles Theater Review
posted in Musical, Pasadena, Theater Review, WOW!
EXIT THE KING
posted on May 13th, 2026 at 9:04 AM by Steven StanleyUnless you are a huge fan of existentialist theater, you’ll probably find A Noise Within’s revival of Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist comedy Exit The King a very long hour and forty-five minutes.
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Tags: A Noise Within, Eugene Ionesco, Los Angeles Theater Review
posted in Comedy, Pasadena, Theater Review
SANCTUARY CITY
posted on May 11th, 2026 at 9:33 AM by Steven Stanley
Sanctuary City, Martyna Majok’s gripping, thought-provoking examination the plight of undocumented Americanized teens now makes a stunning Orange County debut at Anaheim’s Chance Theater.
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Tags: Chance Theater, Martyna Majok, Orange County Theater Review
posted in Drama, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!
DISNEY THE LITTLE MERMAID
posted on May 9th, 2026 at 4:26 PM by Steven Stanley
Under the sea is the place to be and in-the-round is the way to experience its many magical wonders in The Nocturne Theatre gorgeously designed and swimmingly performed arena staging of Disney The Little Mermaid.
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Tags: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Los Angele Theater Review, The Nocturne Theatre
posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
posted on May 6th, 2026 at 3:29 PM by Steven Stanley
The ultimate family musical is back in Los Angeles and filling the Hollywood Hills-adjacent Pantages Theatre with The Sound Of Music as the 1959 Broadway classic pays L.A. a three-week visit under the inspired direction of three-time Tony winner (and bona fide National Treasure) Jack O’Brien.
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Tags: Broadway In Hollywood, Howard Lindsay, Los Angeles Theater Review, Oscar Hammerstein II, Pantages Theatre, Richard Rodgers, Russel Crouse
posted in Musical
WARSAW
posted on May 6th, 2026 at 10:10 AM by Steven StanleyNot everything works in Paul Webb’s Warsaw, but by the time it reaches its cathartic climax, there’s no denying the power the International City Theatre World Premiere achieves in juxtaposing WWII Poland and New York City in the weeks following 9-11.
Tags: International City Theatre, Los Angeles Theater Review, Paul Webb
posted in Drama, Long Beach/San Pedro, Thriller
MILLENNIALS ARE KILLING MUSICALS
posted on May 4th, 2026 at 2:01 PM by Steven StanleyThere is so much talent on the Colony Theatre stage that it’s a shame they’re not starring in a better show than Nico Juber’s deceptively titled and almost certainly not New York-bound Millennials Are Killing Musicals.
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Tags: Colony Theatre, Los Angeles Theater Review, Nico Juber
posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical, Theater Review, World Premiere
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