ASSASSINS
posted on February 21st, 2022 at 7:03 PM by Steven Stanley
Presidential killers and would-be killers take center stage at East West Players in Assassins, Stephen Sondheim at his most provocative, innovative, and engrossing.
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Tags: East West Players, John Weidman, Los Angeles Theater Review, Stephen Sondheim
posted in Los Angeles, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
posted on February 20th, 2022 at 11:35 AM by Steven Stanley
All’s Well That Ends Well might be Shakespeare’s most quoted title, but it’s not often theatergoers get to see the play itself performed live on stage, just one reason A Noise Within’s Spring 2022 season opener is one that no L.A. Bardophile will want to miss.
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Tags: A Noise Within, Los Angeles Theater Review, William Shakespeare
posted in Classic Play, Pasadena, Theater Review, WOW!
POWER OF SAIL
posted on February 19th, 2022 at 11:24 AM by Steven Stanley
The consequences are catastrophic when a respected Ivy League professor invites an infamous white nationalist to speak at Harvard in Paul Grellong’s Power Of Sail, a powerhouse Geffen Playhouse West Coast Premiere sure to have audiences talking long after the lights go out, and not just because of Bryan Cranston’s riveting lead performance and Amy Brenneman’s fiery featured turn.
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Tags: Amy Brenneman, Bryan Cranston, Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles Theater Review, Paul Grellong
posted in Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!
SLAVE PLAY
posted on February 17th, 2022 at 7:17 PM by Steven Stanley
A trio of interracial couples let it all hang out in group therapy as Center Theatre Group presents the Broadway production of Jeremy O. Harris’s daringly provocative, deliberately discomforting, and frequently damn funny Slave Play.
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Tags: Center Theatre Group, Jeremy O. Harris, Los Angeles Theater Review, Mark Taper Forum
posted in Los Angeles, Presented Production, Theater Review, WOW!
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!
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