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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posted in Musical, South Bay, Theater Review, WOW!

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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