ANTÍKONI

posted on November 11th, 2024 at 5:05 PM by Steven Stanley

If Greek tragedy and/or Native American folklore are your thing, Native Voices’ World Premiere production of Beth Piatote’s Antíkoni may be right up your alley. I, unfortunately, found my interest flagging and my mind drifting almost from the get-go.
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THE CIVIL TWILIGHT

posted on November 4th, 2024 at 12:07 PM by Steven Stanley


Two strangers seeking refuge in a dingy motel room reveal their deepest, darkest secrets to riveting effect in The Civil Twilight, Shem Bitterman’s lollapalooza of a two-hander now getting a brilliantly acted World Premiere at the Broadwater Studio Theatre.
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posted in Drama, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Now Playing, Theater Review, Two-Hander, World Premiere, WOW!

THE WISDOM OF EVE

posted on November 3rd, 2024 at 10:06 AM by Steven Stanley

The results are uneven, and at nearly three hours in length the play outstays its welcome, but at the very least Mary Orr’s The Wisdom Of Eve gives Whitefire Theatre audiences the chance to see how All About Eve might have turned out had it been adapted by its original author and not by the brilliant Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who received sole writing credit (and two Oscars) for the film. (The answer is not nearly as good.)
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posted in Drama, San Fernando Valley, Theater Review

BARBRA’S WEDDING

posted on November 2nd, 2024 at 10:27 AM by Steven Stanley


Nick Bredosky and Kaylin Zeren deliver the comedic goods in a savvily gender-swapped take on Daniel Stern’s married-couples comedy Barbra’s Wedding, now halfway through its two-Fridays-only run at LA Connection Comedy Improv Theatre.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Comedy, Theater Review, WOW!

THE 22+ WEDDINGS OF HUGO MULITPLE

posted on November 1st, 2024 at 10:47 AM by Steven Stanley


Latino Theater Company treats L.A. audiences to a rarity in this city of almost a million-and-a-half Spanish speakers, teatro en español (with English supertitles) thanks to Gala Hispanic Theater’s The 22+ Weddings Of Hugo Multiple, Gustavo Ott’s simply marvelous look at love and immigration in today’s America.
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BUYER & CELLAR

posted on October 29th, 2024 at 10:14 AM by Steven Stanley


Emerson Collins delivers the solo performance of the year (opposite none other but Barbra Streisand herself) in Jonathan Tolins’ Buyer & Cellar, the latest winner from The Sixth Act.
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posted in San Fernando Valley, Solo Performance, Theater Review, WOW!

MURDER ON THE LINKS

posted on October 28th, 2024 at 10:31 AM by Steven Stanley


Playwright Steven Dietz has taken Agatha Christie’s 1923 whodunnit Murder On The Links and adapted it as a rollicking, tongue-in-cheek six-actor farce that only the most diehard Christie purist could fail to love.
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posted in Comedy, Long Beach/San Pedro, Theater Review, WOW!

ROBBIN, FROM THE HOOD

posted on October 27th, 2024 at 12:37 PM by Steven Stanley


Robbin, from the Hood, goes head-to-head with a multibillion-dollar conglomerate in Marlow Wyatt’s invigorating follow-up to 2023’s Best-of-the-Year Scenie-winning SHE.
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posted in Drama, North Hollywood, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

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