FUN HOME

posted on February 9th, 2020 at 11:54 AM by Steven Stanley

Chance Theater’s expansive yet intimate Cripe Stage proves the ideal setting for Fun Home, Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir-turned-Tony-winning musical saga of a young lesbian’s coming of age, coming out, and coming to grips with love and loss.
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THE $5 SHAKESPEARE COMPANY

posted on February 8th, 2020 at 11:40 AM by Steven Stanley

Aficionados of L.A.’s intimate theater scene will find themselves in 99-seat heaven at The $5 Shakespeare Company, Matthew Leavitt’s ever so clever, ever so delightful World Premiere backstage comedy gem.
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ROCK OF AGES

posted on February 6th, 2020 at 12:43 PM by Steven Stanley

The international megahit Rock Of Ages makes a thrillingly immersive return to L.A. just blocks from where its 2005 World Premiere first knocked ‘80s lovers’ socks off on Hollywood Blvd. U.S.A.
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ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE

posted on February 5th, 2020 at 2:19 PM by Steven Stanley

For two and a half hours of frothy fun escapist entertainment, the Jimmy Buffett jukebox musical romcom Escape To Margaritaville (playing this week at the Segerstrom Center For The Arts) can’t be beat.
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SHE LOVES ME

posted on February 3rd, 2020 at 12:12 PM by Steven Stanley

If you’ve ever wondered how much difference a director and cast can make, then head on down to Costa Mesa to see the magic being made by David Ivers’ and company in South Coast Repertory’s epitome-of-inspired revival of the 1963 Broadway gem She Loves Me.
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NEVER BEEN KISSED: THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL

posted on February 2nd, 2020 at 12:11 PM by Steven Stanley

1990s teen romcom fans in particular won’t want to miss Rockwell Table & Stage’s latest musical-comedy romp, Never Been Kissed: The Unauthorized Musical.
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THIS SIDE OF CRAZY

posted on February 1st, 2020 at 11:49 AM by Steven Stanley

No one writes about the sordid lives of Southern Baptist women with more vinegar-laced love and affection than Del Shores, once again delighting Zephyr Theatre audiences with his latest dramedic treat, a rib-tickling, tear-jerking Kentucky-fried feast appropriately dubbed This Side Of Crazy.
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SUNDAY DINNER

posted on January 31st, 2020 at 12:27 PM by Steven Stanley

An abundance of secrets and lies get revealed over the course of one eventful evening in Tony Blake’s funny, engaging, twist-filled Sunday Dinner, now getting a spiffy, splendidly acted World Premiere production at Beverly Hills’ Theatre 40.
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