A FROGGY BECOMES
posted on March 17th, 2024 at 3:11 PM by Steven Stanley
If you’ve ever been twelve years old, you’ll get an extra special kick out of Becky Wahlstrom’s wild and wacky and way-out-there coming-of-age comedy A Froggy Becomes, now getting the most exhilarating of World Premiere stagings at Open Fist Theatre.
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Tags: Becky Wahlstrom, Los Angeles Theater Review, Open Fist Theatre Company
posted in Comedy, Los Angeles, Now Playing, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!
FAITHLESS
posted on March 16th, 2024 at 10:29 AM by Steven Stanley
A pair of 30something siblings summoned to their widowed stepfather’s home confront a family crisis involving their adopted teenaged sister in Jon Klein’s absorbing family dramedy Faithless, a laughter-and-discussion-provoking Victory Theatre Center World Premiere.
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Tags: Jon Klein, Los Angeles Theater Review, The Victory Theatre Center
posted in Burbank/Glendale, Comedy-Drama, Now Playing, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!
INTO THE WOODS
posted on March 15th, 2024 at 11:15 AM by Steven StanleyThe Nocturne Theatre opens its Spring 2024 season with Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into The Woods, and though not everything works in the oft-produced musical’s latest revival, its striking high fantasy look, a number of inspired directorial choices, and more than a few sensational performances earn cheers.
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Tags: James Lapine, Los Angeles Theater Review, Stephen Sondheim, The Nocturne Theatre
posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical, Now Playing, Theater Review
CONEY ISLAND LAND, OR THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL ACTUALITY AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE
posted on March 4th, 2024 at 6:05 PM by Steven Stanley
High school sweethearts reunite for the first time since their breakup thirty years earlier in Timothy Braun’s absorbing World Premiere two-hander Coney Island Land, or The Great Existential Actuality at The End of The Universe, a terrifically acted and designed guest production at North Hollywood’s Theatre 68 Complex.
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Tags: Los Angeles Theatre Review, Theatre 68, Timothy Braun
posted in Drama, North Hollywood, Now Playing, Theater Review, Two-Hander, World Premiere, WOW!
FOOTLOOSE THE MUSICAL
posted on March 3rd, 2024 at 11:34 AM by Steven StanleyDirector Barry Pearl and co-director/choreographer Michelle Elkin re-team at the Colony Theatre to bring L.A. audiences a bigger-budget incarnation of their 2023 hit Footloose The Musical, though this time round minus the powerhouse star turn of last year’s breakout leading man.
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Tags: BarCinBoo Productions, Colony Theatre, Dean Pitchford, Los Angeles Theater Review, Panic! Productions, Tom Snow, Walter Bobbie
posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical, Now Playing, Theater Review
THE WINTER’S TALE
posted on March 2nd, 2024 at 11:37 AM by Steven Stanley
Director Elizabeth Swain ups the Act One drama, then enhances the Act Two froth in Antaeus Theatre Company’s splendidly performed 21st-century staging of William Shakespeare’s still-fresh-at-401 The Winter’s Tale.
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Tags: Los Angeles Theater Review, The Antaeus Company, William Shakespeare
posted in Burbank/Glendale, Classic Play, Theater Review, WOW!
FATHERLAND
posted on February 26th, 2024 at 12:17 PM by Steven Stanley
Words like riveting and gut-wrenching only begin to describe Stephen Sachs’ ripped-from-the-headlines World Premiere docudrama Fatherland and the performances delivered at The Fountain Theatre by Los Angeles stage dynamo Ron Bottitta and remarkable L.A. newcomer Patrick Keleher.
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Tags: Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles Theater Review, Stephen Sachs
posted in Drama, Los Angeles, Now Playing, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!
MARILYN, MOM, AND ME
posted on February 25th, 2024 at 12:21 PM by Steven Stanley
A renowned character actress and the world’s most celebrated sex symbol form the most unexpected of friendships as a grown son celebrates his mother’s memory in Luke Yankee’s fascinating, informative, deeply moving Marilyn, Mom, and Me, now getting its long-awaited World Premiere at Long Beach’s International City Theatre.
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Tags: Eileen Heckart, International City Theatre, Los Angeles Theater Review, Luke Yankee, Marilyn Monroe
posted in Drama, Long Beach/San Pedro, Theater Review, WOW!