SPAMILTON: AN AMERICAN PARODY

posted on March 27th, 2022 at 10:38 AM by Steven Stanley


Hamilton may have concluded its Pantages Theatre run on Hollywood Blvd., but for those suffering Hamilton withdrawal, Musical Theatre West treats audiences to Spamilton, eighty minutes of Broadway satire at its funniest, cleverest, and most tuneful.
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posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Musical Spoof, Theater Review, WOW!

THE PLAY YOU WANT

posted on March 21st, 2022 at 12:14 PM by Steven Stanley


Times may have changed since actors like Lupe Velez, Ricardo Montalbán, and Rita Moreno found themselves pigeonholed into one stereotypical role after another, but perhaps not as much as we’d like to believe, or at least not according to the The Play You Want, Bernardo Cubría’s scathingly funny look at the compromises a writer named Bernardo Cubría must make to make it to Broadway.
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posted in Comedy, North Hollywood, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

APARTMENT LIVING

posted on March 20th, 2022 at 9:57 AM by Steven Stanley


Playwright Boni B. Alvarez takes us back to the early months of the pandemic in Apartment Living, the latest Playwrights’ Arena/Skylight Theatre Company World Premiere, and assuming you’re okay with reliving those days of apprehension and uncertainty, Alvarez’s latest offers an adeptly balanced mix of comedy and drama, laughter and fears performed by an all-around fabulous acting ensemble and featuring the most ingenious set design in town.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

IN THE NEXT ROOM (or the vibrator play)

posted on March 19th, 2022 at 4:44 PM by Steven Stanley


Open Fist Theatre Company scores another hit with Sarah Ruhl,s In The Next Room (or the vibrator play), the sparklingly provocative, unexpectedly touching 2010 Best Play Tony nominee that gave the award-winning playwright her first Broadway credit.
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ON THE OTHER HAND WE’RE HAPPY

posted on March 14th, 2022 at 2:58 PM by Steven Stanley


On The Other Hand We’re Happy, Daf James’ insightful look at a British couple’s efforts to adopt, not only marks an exciting return for Rogue Machine, it’s a perfect example of a story best told, not as a movie or miniseries, but on a nearly bare stage with just three remarkable actors bringing at least twice as many characters to vivid life.
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HOODED, OR BEING BLACK FOR DUMMIES

posted on March 13th, 2022 at 10:48 PM by Steven Stanley


Playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm mixes absurdist comedy, farce, and surrealist fantasy sequences to intoxicating effect in the Echo Theater Company Los Angeles Premiere of Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies, a play every bit as provocative as its title.
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TRAYF

posted on March 12th, 2022 at 5:36 PM by Steven Stanley


Jewish teen besties find both their Orthodox convictions and their lifelong friendship tested in 1991 New York City in Lindsay Joelle’s TRAYF, the entertaining, enlightening, thought-provoking latest from The Geffen Playhouse.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!

CELESTIAL EVENTS

posted on March 7th, 2022 at 4:22 PM by Steven Stanley


Nineteen IAMA Theatre Company members (five writers, two directors, and twelve actors) have joined creative forces to celebrate IAMA’s return to live-and-in-person productions with Celestial Events, an engaging, entertaining World Premiere takeoff on such star-studded Hollywood fare as Valentine’s Day and Crazy, Stupid, Love.
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