MARRY ME A LITTLE
posted on February 14th, 2022 at 1:35 PM by Steven Stanley
Stephen Sondheim lovers craving something less frequently revived than Into The Woods, Sweeney Todd, Company, Sunday In The Park With George, or Assassins will find it this month in International City Theatre’s Marry Me A Little, sixty minutes of Sondheim gems that you just might be discovering for the very first time.
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Tags: Craig Lucas, International City Theatre, Los Angeles Theater Review, Norman Rene, Stephen Sondheim
posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Theater Review, Two-Hander, WOW!
NEXT TO NORMAL
posted on February 13th, 2022 at 1:48 PM by Steven Stanley
Chance Theater treasure Jocelyn A. Brown delivers one of the year’s most stunning performances as a woman battling bipolar disorder in Next To Normal, earning much-deserved tears and cheers in the Chance’s 2022 season opener.
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Tags: Brian Yorkey, Chance Theater, Orange County Theater Review, Tom Kitt
posted in Musical, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE
posted on February 2nd, 2022 at 12:33 PM by Steven Stanley
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, the feel-fabulous West End musical hit, has arrived in Los Angeles, an across-the-pond stop in its 2022 UK tour that’s worthy of an all-out L.A. celebration.
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Tags: Ahmanson Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Jamie New, Los Angeles Theater Review
posted in Los Angeles, Presented Production, Theater Review, WOW!
CHRISTMASTIME ORIGINS
posted on December 14th, 2021 at 1:11 PM by Steven Stanley
The Group Rep revisits the golden age of radio in Christmastime Origins, a charming, tuneful companion piece to such holiday favorites as It’s A Wonderful Life: The Radio Play and Miracle On 34th Street: A Live Musical Radio Play.
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Tags: Julio Martinez, Los Angeles Theater Review, The Group Rep
posted in North Hollywood, Staged Radio Play, Theater Review, WOW!
GOOD PEOPLE
posted on December 12th, 2021 at 11:43 AM by Steven Stanley
Beverly Hills’ Theatre 40 gives David Lindsay-Abaire’s consistently compelling Good People an impeccably acted intimate theater revival whose only real minus is its scenic design.
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Tags: David Lindsay-Abaire, Los Angeles Theater Review, Theatre 40
posted in Comedy-Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
posted on December 11th, 2021 at 1:37 AM by Steven Stanley
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at A Noise Within. The annual tradition is back for 2021 in a production that captures all the magic and the mystery of the classic holiday tale as Dickens first imagined it back in 1843, once again bedecked with one of the most gorgeous production designs in town.
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Tags: A Noise Within, Charles Dickens
posted in Pasadena, Returning Production, Theater Review, WOW!
STRIKING 12
posted on December 5th, 2021 at 11:32 AM by Steven Stanley
Rock, folk, jazz and pop get fused to exhilarating effect in Striking 12, the most uniquely original Chance Theater holiday musical to date.
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Tags: Chance Theater, GrooveLily, Orange County Theater Review
posted in Musical, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!
SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO MOTOWN
posted on December 4th, 2021 at 5:18 PM by Steven Stanley
The Troubies are back at their old stomping grounds in Toluca Lake with a fresh new take on one of their all-time favorite holiday offerings, Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Motown, and what a tune-filled, joy-packed December delight it is.
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Tags: Garry Marshall Theatre, Los Angeles Theater Review, Matt Walker, The Troubadour Theater Company, The Troubies
posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical Spoof, Theater Review, WOW!
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