HAMLET THE ROCK MUSICAL

posted on February 15th, 2020 at 12:50 PM by Steven Stanley

Like a long-lost rock-opera cousin to Jesus Christ Superstar and The Who’s Tommy, Hamlet The Rock Musical has arrived at North Hollywood’s El Portal, and if the show’s original Broadway incarnation flopped big way back in 1976, its 2020 revival is anything but that a bomb. Instead, it’s one of the most excitingly staged, hummably hook-blessed, and thrillingly performed rock musicals I’ve seen in a good long while.
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AN IDEAL HUSBAND

posted on February 14th, 2020 at 11:06 AM by Steven Stanley

Though its three-hour running time may not be a contemporary theatergoer’s ideal, Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband served with a London High Tea Dinner at Pasadena’s picturesque Madeline Gardens Bistro makes 413 Repertory Theater’s latest a mouth-wateringly out-of-the-ordinary evening of stage and cuisine.
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THE FATHER

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

Dementia as seen from the inside out. Harrowing, disorienting, and mesmerizing. Unexpectedly, refreshingly funny. Smash runs in Paris, London, and New York. Florian Zeller’s world-acclaimed The Father has arrived at the Pasadena Playhouse with an absolutely superb Alfred Molina in the title role.
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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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