THE BOOK OF MORMON

posted on February 20th, 2020 at 10:14 AM by Steven Stanley

It’s taken eight years of touring the U.S. for The Book Of Mormon to pay its first visit to the Ahmanson, but the 2011 Best Musical Tony winner’s distinctive mix of raunch, romance, hilarity, and heart make it a show worth waiting for as it continues to pack them in NYC.
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IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU

posted on February 17th, 2020 at 2:21 PM by Steven Stanley

Judging from yesterday’s standing ovation, audiences in attendance at Musical Theatre Guild’s one-night-only concert staged reading of It Shoulda Been You most likely came to the identical conclusion as this reviewer. The 2015 Broadway musical romcom shoulda been a hit.
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posted in Burbank/Glendale, Concert Staged Reading, Theater Review, WOW!

KINKY BOOTS

posted on February 16th, 2020 at 1:01 PM by Steven Stanley

Things are getting kinky over in Cerritos as 3-D Theatricals treats SoCal audiences to a sensational first L.A. regional staging of the crowd-pleasing, transformative, emotional-punch-packing 2013 Tony–winning Best Musical Kinky Boots.
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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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posted in Classic Play, Pasadena, Theater Review

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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posted in Musical, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!

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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