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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Tags: Chris D’Arienzo, Los Angeles Theater Review, The Bourbon Room
posted in Hollywood/West Hollywood, Musical, Theater Review, WOW!
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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Tags: Greg Garcia, Jimmy Buffett, Mike O'Malley, Orange County Theater Review, Segerstrom Center For The Arts
posted in Musical, National Tour, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!
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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Tags: Jerry Bock, Joe Masteroff, Orange County Theater Review, Sheldon Harnick, South Coast Repertory
posted in Musical, Orange County, Theater Review, WOW!
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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Tags: Jordan Ross Schindler, Los Angeles Theater Review, Rockwell Table & Stage
posted in Los Angeles, Musical Spoof, Theater Review, WOW!
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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Tags: Del Shores, Los Angeles Theater Review, Zephyr Theatre
posted in Comedy-Drama, Los Angeles, Theater Review, WOW!
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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Tags: Los Angeles Theater Review, Theatre 40, Tony Blake
posted in Comedy-Drama, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, World Premiere, WOW!
MAN OF LA MANCHA
posted on January 27th, 2020 at 11:32 AM by Steven Stanley
Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre just keeps on getting better and better, proof positive of which can be found in their 2020 season opener, a top-of-the-line big-stage revival of the 1966 Broadway classic Man Of La Mancha.
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Tags: Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre, Dale Wasserman, Joe Darion, Los Angeles Theater Review, Mitch Leigh
posted in Musical, San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review, WOW!
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
posted on January 26th, 2020 at 11:27 AM by Steven Stanley
The Brewster sisters are once again at their mirthfully murderous ways in La Mirada Theatre’s pitch-perfect revival of Joseph Kesserling’s 1941 Broadway classic Arsenic And Old Lace.
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Tags: Joseph Kesserling, La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts, Los Angeles Theater Review, McCoy Rigby Entertainment
posted in Classic Play, Downey/La Mirada, Theater Review, WOW!
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