BEACH PEOPLE

posted on August 14th, 2022 at 9:46 AM by Steven Stanley


A quartet of sunbathers philosophize on the sand in Charles A. Duncombe’s absurdist existential comedy Beach People, a City Garage World Premiere impressively acted by a skin-revealing cast of four.
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THE PROM

posted on August 11th, 2022 at 10:49 AM by Steven Stanley

A gaggle of liberal-minded Broadway narcissists descend on conservative Middle America to aid an Indiana teen who just wants to dance in public with the girl she loves in The Prom, the multiple-Tony-nominated musical that now ranks sky-high on my list of 21st-century favorites.
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posted in Los Angeles, Musical, National Tour, Theater Review, WOW!

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR

posted on August 9th, 2022 at 11:39 AM by Steven Stanley


Set in the Eisenhower 1950s and featuring a Goodness Gracious Great Bunch of Top 40 oldies, Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum’s The Merry Wives Of Windsor takes comedic flight as the inspired vision of director Ellen Geer, who’s not afraid to alter the text if it earns laughter to do Lucy and Ricky and Fred and Ethel proud.
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posted in Classic Play, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

THE ADDAMS FAMILY

posted on August 8th, 2022 at 9:29 AM by Steven Stanley


Torrance Theatre Company’s finger-snappingly fabulous The Addams Family redefines what a community theater can accomplish with a crackerjack volunteer-actor cast and just as much talent behind the scenes.
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THE TWYLIGHT ZONE: THE 6TH DIMENSION

posted on August 6th, 2022 at 12:33 PM by Steven Stanley

Production values are minimal, but there’s maximum laughter to be found in The Twylight Zone: The 6th Dimension, David Gallic’s cleverly written, ingeniously staged parody of the iconic 1960s TV series of a differently spelled name.
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posted in North Hollywood, Spoof, Theater Review

REMEMBERING THE FUTURE

posted on August 1st, 2022 at 10:21 AM by Steven Stanley


Imagine if the person you were at age 18 could tell 58-year-old you exactly what they think of your life choices. Playwright Peter Lefcourt does precisely this in his entertaining new “existential comedy” Remembering The Future, now tantalizing audiences with “What ifs” at the Odyssey Theatre.
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THE METROMANIACS

posted on July 31st, 2022 at 5:10 PM by Steven Stanley


The rhymes come fast and furious, and so do the laughs, in Theatre 40’s 2022-2023 season-opener The Metromaniacs, David Ives’ très délicieux updating of Alexis Piron’s early-18th-century French farce of a similar name.
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IF I FORGET

posted on July 30th, 2022 at 1:57 PM by Steven Stanley


A long-simmering family feud fuels Steven Levinson’s hilarious and harrowing off-Broadway tragicomedy If I Forget, dazzlingly reconceived for the Fountain Theatre by director Jason Alexander.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, WOW!

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