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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Tags: Actors Co-op, Lee Blessing, Los Angeles Theater Review
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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Tags: jackbenny, Los Angeles Theatre Review, Luckman Fine Arts Complex Intimate Theatre
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 StanleyA 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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Tags: Doug Haverty, Los Angeles Theater Review, The Group Rep
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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Tags: Edie Brickell, Glendale Centre Theatre, Los Angeles Theater Review, Steve Martin
posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!
WEST ADAMS
posted on February 24th, 2020 at 7:29 PM by Steven StanleyIf 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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Tags: Los Angeles Theater Review, Penelope Lowder, Skylight Theatre Company
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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Tags: Los Angeles Theater Review, The Antaeus Company, William Shakespeare
posted in Burbank/Glendale, Classic Play, Theater Review, WOW!
THE ANDREWS BROTHERS
posted on February 22nd, 2020 at 11:49 AM by Steven Stanley
International City Theatre’s 35th season gets off to a nostalgically tuneful, breezily comedic start with The Andrews Brothers, Roger Bean’s seniors-targeted journey back to the 1940s, engagingly directed and choreographed for ICT by Jamie Torcellini..
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Tags: International City Theatre, Los Angeles Theater Review, Roger Bean
posted in Long Beach/San Pedro, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!
FOUND
posted on February 21st, 2020 at 11:56 AM by Steven Stanley
Audiences in search of something excitingly original where musical comedies are concerned need look no further than Found, the latest from IAMA Theatre Company.
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Tags: Davy Rothbart, Eli Bolin, Hunter Bell, IAMA Theatre Company, Lee Overtree, Los Angeles Theater Review, Los Angeles Theatre Center
posted in Los Angeles, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!
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