Posts Tagged: Stage West

Stage West’s Deathtrap is well crafted, but a bit much.

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Deathtrap, the 1978 play by Ira Levin is considered a major Broadway hit. It’s a play within a play, with all the elements of a murder mystery and horror: deceit, dialogue that has double meaning, multiple murders, and plot twists. It was adapted into a movie in 1982, starring Michael Caine, Dyan Cannon and Christopher Reeve. […]

Stage West’s production of ‘Chapter 2’ is lovely

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Neil Simon is a famous playwright, who is known for The Odd Couple and his play Chapter 2 is running at Stage West right now. The play premiered on Broadway in 1977, and ran for 857 performances. Simon wrote the play as a tribute to his second wife, Marsha Mason. It is obvious how dated […]