AND THEN THERE WERE NONE

posted on March 7th, 2020 at 10:25 AM by Steven Stanley

Still going strong in its 98th season, Whittier Community Theater entertains loyal locals with a suspenseful, somewhat slow-paced, but mostly fine production of Agatha Christie’s mystery classic And Then There Were None.
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posted in Classic Play, Gateway Cities, Theater Review

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

posted on March 5th, 2020 at 10:27 AM by Steven Stanley

Superb lead performances and a production design that looks as if it were designed with A Streetcar Named Desire in mind make Inland Valley Repertory Theatre’s revival of the 1947 Tennessee Williams classic one of the company’s best productions ever.
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posted in Classic Play, San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review, WOW!

A BODY OF WATER

posted on March 3rd, 2020 at 10:58 AM by Steven Stanley

Get ready to have your mind boggled in the most provocative of ways as Actors Co-op tantalizes and challenges audiences with the gripping if frustrating brainteaser that is Lee Blessing’s A Body Of Water.
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posted in Comedy-Drama, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review, WOW!

jackbenny: And on the 366th Day

posted on March 2nd, 2020 at 9:14 AM by Steven Stanley

When a date happens only once every four years, it acquires event status, which is why jackbenny’s February 29, 2020 one-nighter at the Luckman Fine Arts Center Intimate Theatre, cleverly dubbed “And on the 366th Day,” not only proved a musical extravaganza of epic proportions, the next time the singing, songwriting twins will be able to repeat the event won’t be for another 1461 days.
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posted in Cabaret/Concert/Variety, Los Angeles, Theater Review, WOW!

IN MY MIND’S EYE

posted on February 29th, 2020 at 12:05 PM by Steven Stanley

A visually impaired middle-schooler comes of age in The Group Rep’s 35th-anniversary revival of Doug Haverty’s engaging dramedy In My Mind’s Eye.
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posted in Drama, North Hollywood, Theater Review

BRIGHT STAR

posted on February 28th, 2020 at 12:28 PM by Steven Stanley

Glendale Centre Theatre treats audiences to Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s Bright Star, not only a heady mix of love, betrayal, hope, and redemption but a masterful example of how to convert a great big Broadway show from its multimillion-dollar proscenium roots to a mini-budgeted in-the-round retooling with zero loss of emotional impact.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!

WEST ADAMS

posted on February 24th, 2020 at 7:29 PM by Steven Stanley

If your idea of a good time is spending eighty minutes with a bunch of downright disagreeable individuals doing some downright despicable deeds, you might want to check out West Adams, Skylight Theatre’s self-described “dark comedy about race, class, and bouncy houses.” Others might want to stick to their own neighborhood.
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posted in Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, World Premiere

MEASURE FOR MEASURE

posted on February 23rd, 2020 at 10:40 AM by Steven Stanley

A powerful government official offers to suspend a sex offender’s death sentence in exchange for a night of love-making with the convicted man’s virginal sister.

William Shakespeare foreshadows the #MeToo movement by about four hundred years in Measure For Measure, a four-century-old play given stunning contemporary relevance by directors Armin Shimerman and Elizabeth Swain at Antaeus Theatre Company.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Classic Play, Theater Review, WOW!

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