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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posted in Comedy, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, World Premiere

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!

AMERICAN IDIOT

posted on July 24th, 2022 at 3:44 PM by Steven Stanley


Disaffected 20somethings let out their anti-establishment rage to a punk-pop soundtrack in Chance Theater’s electrifying summer staging of Green Day’s American Idiot.
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posted in Musical, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

KING LIZ

posted on July 23rd, 2022 at 3:49 PM by Steven Stanley


Broadway star Sabrina Sloan sizzles as a powerhouse A-list sports agent named Liz Rico, and newcomer Evan Morris Reiser electrifies as a high school grad with NBA superstar potential, in Fernanda Coppel’s off-Broadway dramedy King Liz, now getting a largely absorbing Los Angeles Premiere at the Geffen Playhouse.
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posted in Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME

posted on July 17th, 2022 at 3:40 PM by Steven Stanley


Rap meets improv meets R&B meets live theater at its most magical in the Tony-winning Freestyle Love Supreme, the most entertainingly original audience-participatory show you’ll see all summer.
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posted in Pasadena, Presented Production, Theater Review, WOW!

CLOWNFISH

posted on July 16th, 2022 at 11:39 AM by Steven Stanley

Playwright Amy Dellagiarino’s script shows considerable promise, but her Theatre of NOTE World Premiere comedy Clownfish would work a whole lot better had the director reined in one particularly over-the-top performance (and those around it in the play’s frenetic midsection).
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posted in Comedy, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere

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