DIE HEART

posted on December 12th, 2022 at 1:18 AM by Steven Stanley


Troubadour Theater Company’s band of triple-threat zanies spoof the action movie genre in their own inimitable way in Die Heart, combining the Troubies’ trademark blend of unrepressed lunacy with the songs of ‘70s/’80s rock legends Ann and Nancy Wilson jukeboxed into their take on the movie that launched Bruce Willis’s career as everybody’s favorite cop-turned-antiterrorist.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical Spoof, Theater Review, WOW!

CHRISKIRKPATRICKMAS

posted on December 5th, 2022 at 11:31 AM by Steven Stanley


Rapper-turned-movie star Marky Mark plays Angel Clarence to a former boy bander’s down-and-out George Bailey in Chriskirkpatrickmas, Alison Zatta and Valen Shore’s clever, tuneful, utterly winning mash-up of It’s A Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, and the international phenomenon that was *NSYNC.
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posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA

posted on December 4th, 2022 at 9:34 AM by Steven Stanley


No matter how many times you’ve seen Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella on TV, on DVD, or in regional or community productions over the years, get ready to relish the hilarious new life Douglas Carter Beane’s fresh new book breathes into the 2013 Broadway revival of the 1950s live TV classic, now playing at Long Beach’s Musical Theatre West.
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posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

INVINCIBLE – THE MUSICAL

posted on December 3rd, 2022 at 6:10 PM by Steven Stanley


Power ballads and rock classics made famous in the ‘80s by the legendary Pat Benatar provide the pulsating soundtrack to Invincible – The Musical, Bradley Bredeweg’s edgy, exhilarating take on Shakespeare’s Romeo And Juliet, now getting its World Premiere at The Wallis in Beverly Hills.
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posted in Musical, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, World Premiere, WOW!

ANNIE

posted on November 30th, 2022 at 11:08 AM by Steven Stanley


Even the grimmest of economic times can inspire the most cheerful, delightful, and tuneful of musical comedy treats. Case in point, the Broadway musical smash Annie, now spreading Christmastime tidings of hope and joy at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre.
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posted in Los Angeles, Musical, National Tour, Theater Review, WOW!

GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER

posted on November 28th, 2022 at 11:19 AM by Steven Stanley


Impeccably acted, directed, and designed on a “CinemaScope” stage, Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner is one of Theatre 40’s finest productions ever.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

REMEMBERING BOYLE HEIGHTS: PART 2

posted on November 27th, 2022 at 10:03 AM by Steven Stanley


Casa 0101 Theater’s Remembering Boyle Heights: Part 2 continues playwrights Josefina López and Corky Dominguez’s eye-opening look at events that helped shape the L.A. neighborhood’s identity as a center of Chicano-American culture.
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posted in Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

A PATSY CLINE HOLIDAY CONCERT

posted on November 26th, 2022 at 12:12 PM by Steven Stanley


Cori Cable Kidder, whose star-making performance in Always … Patsy Cline gave Sierra Madre Playhouse one of its biggest hits ever, is back in town as the country music legend in A Patsy Cline Holiday Concert, and that alone is reason for a pre-Christmas celebration.
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posted in San Gabriel Valley, Solo Performance, Theater Review, WOW!

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