People love to go out and watch dance performances. From competitions to social events for everyone, dance events are becoming more popular. However, thoughtful planning of your dance event is the only key to achieving your goals. Nevertheless, organizing the perfect dance event doesn’t need to be difficult. With a solid plan and upfront arrangements, […]
Have you ever needed to capture an online lecture, webinar, gameplay, software issue, interesting content, etc.? An online screen recorder is a valuable tool for capturing on-screen activity instantly. But here comes the question, how can an average person perform web recording? No worries, as this comprehensive guide will provide you with useful tips and […]
ANGEL BLUE TRIUMPHS IN IL TROVATORE San Francisco Opera is now reviving what is perhaps Verdi’s most popular opera, Il Trovatore (The Troubadour), which itself is a revival which I saw at LA Opera and Lyric Opera. But something is different here: intimacy on a grand scale. The massive set seems more imposing, and the glorious […]
LIBERTY FOR WOLVES IS DEATH TO THE LAMBS Gabby Momah makes a star turn as Ash, a conflicted non-binary adoptive parent and up-and-coming boxer in Hansol Jung’s Wolf Play, a fascinating, thrilling, sad and sometimes elusive new play now making its west coast premiere at Shotgun Players in Berkeley, easily one of my favorite spaces […]
DON’T MIZ IT Unlike most of the characters in the blockbuster sung-through musical Les Misérables, the show itself will never die. Consistently presented either on Broadway, national tours, and globally since the English-language version opened on the West End in 1985, audiences can’t get enough of Victor Hugo’s story about ex-con and do-gooder Jean Valjean and […]
MUSICALS LIKE THIS OCCUR ONCE EVERY 100 YEARS Palm Canyon Theater (PCT) launched its 23/24 theater season here in Coachella Valley this past Friday evening with the opening of Lerner and Loewe’s first successful Broadway show, Brigadoon. The show is about a Scottish village that appears only one day every hundred years. When two Americans […]
Rip Tide Axis Theatre Company Axis Theatre, 1 Sheridan Square runs October 4–28, 2023; Wed-Sat at 8 for tickets (free-$40), visit Axis Directed by Axis Theatre Company founder Randall Sharp, Rip Tide, a new play written and performed by Edgar Oliver, takes audiences back to where it all began for the New York City icon. […]
Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap Fri, Sep 22 at 8 pm Royce Hall at UCLA When the extraordinary, multifaceted jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and masterful jazz pianist Bill Charlap come together on stage, expect the inimitable musical chemistry borne of opposites attracting. Presented by CAP UCLA, join the musical conversation this Friday, September […]
WELCOME TO THE WEST WING, WHERE THE WOMEN ARE FUCKED AND THE MAN IS FECKLESS Seven women propping up one man—that’s the premise behind Selena Fillinger’s POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive. The widely produced play, which had its Broadway debut just a little over a year […]
A NIGHT OF HIGH ANTICIPATION MET BY DISAPPOINTMENT The arrival of dramatic soprano Lise Davidsen on the West Coast was nothing short of a highly anticipated musical event. Davidsen, reminiscent of the iconic Wagnerian opera singers of bygone eras, stands at an imposing 6 feet 2 inches, hailing from Norway, and possesses a voice so […]