BLUES IN THE NIGHT

posted on October 25th, 2021 at 9:25 AM by Steven Stanley

A man gives three very different women plenty of reasons to sing Blues In The Night in ICT/Ebony Rep’s thrilling revival of Sheldon Epps’ Tony-nominated Broadway musical revue.
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POOR CLARE

posted on October 24th, 2021 at 10:23 AM by Steven Stanley

Contemporary speak proves an ideal fit for Poor Clare, Chiara Atik’s screwball-comedy look at a 13th-century Paris Hilton who gave it all up for God and ended up a Saint.
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THE CALORIE COUNTERS

posted on October 23rd, 2021 at 9:43 AM by Steven Stanley

Excess pounds may be no laughing matter, but playwright Molly Wagner finds equal parts comedy and drama in a 20something’s efforts to shed them in The Calorie Counters, a crowd-pleasing Loft Ensemble World Premiere.
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A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING

posted on October 17th, 2021 at 4:11 PM by Steven Stanley


Musical Theatre West is back, and gloriously so, with A Grand Night For Singing, a grand showcase for the songs of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II and the five triple-threats who light up the MTW stage.
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SALVAGE

posted on October 11th, 2021 at 9:39 AM by Steven Stanley


The pre-pandemic hit Salvage is back, a couple of terrific cast additions adding even more grit and depth to its already compelling mix of haunted memories and haunting country-flavored songs.
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THE NINTH DOOR

posted on October 10th, 2021 at 6:49 PM by Steven Stanley


A playwright/actor’s two Marine Corps deployments in Afghanistan inform Matthew Domenico and Katherine Connor Duff’s The Ninth Door, now holding audiences riveted at West Hollywood’s The Other Space.
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ASCENSION

posted on October 8th, 2021 at 9:09 AM by Steven Stanley

D.G. Watson’s trippy Ascension may run a good fifteen minutes too long and leave an audience wondering what on earth this “immersive, interactive, sci-fi mystery thriller” was all about, but the Echo Theater Company World Premiere is nothing if not different, and a terrific showcase for its designers.
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HAVE A GOOD ONE

posted on October 3rd, 2021 at 9:23 PM by Steven Stanley

A trio of 20ish Midwesterners, two of them shirtless greeters at a trendy clothing chain called Penderleigh & Ashe, come of age circa Y2K in Stan Zimmerman and Christian McLaughlin’s Have A Good One, the crowd-pleasing latest from Pop-up Playhouse.
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