Accent & Performance Coaching for International Actors

posted on August 10th, 2026 at 12:26 PM by Steven Stanley


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RIDE THE CYCLONE

posted on August 11th, 2026 at 4:46 PM by Steven Stanley

Triple-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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posted in Musical, Now Playing, 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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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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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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posted in Musical, Now Playing, 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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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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posted in Drama, Hollywood/West Hollywood, Now Playing, Theater Review, World Premiere, WOW!

THE FULL MONTY

posted on July 31st, 2026 at 11:11 AM by Steven Stanley


The sextet of laid-off upstate New York factory workers with plans to offer Buffalo gals a night they’ll never forget are at it again, but this time round they’re doing it in the round in The Nocturne Theatre’s inventively staged revival of Terrence McNally and David Yazbek’s 2000 Broadway hit musical The Full Monty.
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