Accent & Performance Coaching for International Actors
posted on August 10th, 2026 at 12:26 PM by Steven Stanley
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Tags: Accent and Performance Coaching
posted in Coaching
KIMBERLY AKIMBO
posted on August 16th, 2026 at 4:10 PM by Steven Stanley
Theatre Palisades and director Cate Caplin have another winner on their hands with Kimberly Akimbo, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire’s quirky comedy about a soon-to-turn-16-year-old who’s got more on her plate than your average high schooler.
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Tags: David Lindsay-Abaire, Los Angeles Theater Review, Odyssey Theatre, Theatre Palisades
posted in Comedy, Now Playing, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!
RIDE THE CYCLONE
posted on August 11th, 2026 at 4:46 PM by Steven StanleyTriple-threat performances by a super-talented Gen Z cast score a solid A from this Boomer, but having now seen two different productions of Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond’s Ride The Cyclone, the best I can give the musical itself is a C-.
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Tags: Brooke Maxwell, Jacob Richmond, Los Angeles Theater Review, Ophelia's Jump Productions
posted in Musical, San Gabriel Valley, Theater Review
FROZEN
posted on August 11th, 2026 at 8:53 AM by Steven Stanley
The Broadway musical Frozen may not be nearly as preschool-kids-friendly as Disney’s The Little Mermaid or Beauty And The Beast, but Torrance Theatre Company once again gives professional regional theaters stiff competition with their splendidly performed and gorgeous-to-look-at big-stage production of the 2018 Broadway hit.
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Tags: James Armstrong Theatre, Jennifer Lee, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Los Angeles Theater Review, Robert Lopez, Torrance Theatre Company
posted in Musical, Now Playing, South Bay, Theater Review, WOW!
MARY POPPINS
posted on August 8th, 2026 at 12:03 PM by Steven Stanley
Carter Thomas not only proves himself a director par excellence, he gives silver screen greats like Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, and Dick Van Dyke a run for their dance showmanship as Bert (the role Van Dyke originated on screen) in Highlands Theater’s magical and mesmerizing revival of the Broadway smash Mary Poppins.
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Tags: Cameron Mackintosh, HIghlands Theater, Los Angeles Theater Review, The Sherman Brothers
posted in Burbank/Glendale, Musical, Now Playing, Theater Review, WOW!
GREASE
posted on August 7th, 2026 at 12:52 PM by Steven Stanley
I’ve seen eleven different productions of Grease, but none of them has reached the heights of Altadena Music Theatre’s thrillingly innovative under-the-stars reinvention of the 1972 Broadway smash.
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Tags: Altadena Music Theatre, Jim Jacobs, Los Angeles Theater Review, Warren Casey
posted in Musical, Pasadena, Theater Review, WOW!
WAITING IN THE WINGS
posted on August 3rd, 2026 at 12:01 PM by Steven Stanley
Dames don’t get any grander than the grandes dames taking centerstage at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in Waiting In The Wings, Noël Coward’s charming 1960 salute to actresses of a certain age who’ve still got it in them to hold an audience spellbound.
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Tags: Los Angeles Theater Review, Noël Coward, Theatricum Botanicum
posted in Comedy, Now Playing, Theater Review, West Side/Beverly HIlls, WOW!
HOW HIGH THE MOON
posted on August 2nd, 2026 at 3:39 PM by Steven Stanley
If you think the 1950s were all The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and Leave It To Beaver, then you haven’t met the the Butlers and Thompsons of Van Nuys, whose hornet’s nest of secrets and lies come to light over the course of an explosively entertaining Fourth Of July weekend in Barbara Nell Beery’s How High The Moon.
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Tags: Barbara Nell Beery, Los Angeles Theater Review, Theatre West
posted in Drama, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!
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