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Theater Review: GOOD PEOPLE (4 Chairs Theatre / Theater Wit / Chicago)
GOOD PEOPLE, GREAT SHOW David Lindsay-Abaire’s poignant drama delivers a powerful reminder that luck, circumstance, and class often shape lives as much as talent or determination In an alley behind a Dollar General store in South Boston, a middle-aged woman is embroiled in an argument with her manager. Margie has been late to work for…
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Theater Review: ROMEO AND JULIET (Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum / Topanga)
A TIMELESS TRAGEDY TAKES ON A GILDED GLOW A beautifully conceived update proves Shakespeare’s young lovers lose none of their power in a new era There’s something magical about sitting in the woods at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum as the sun sets, when countless crickets and frogs add their songs to the sounds of nature…
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Theater Review: HAIRSPRAY (San Francisco Playhouse)
GOOD MORNING, SAN FRANCISCO The songs, the dancing, and the joy remain impossible to resist The summer’s most fun musical has arrived at the San Francisco Playhouse: Hairspray is here, and it has something for everyone. There’s singing, dancing, comedy, and drama, all performed by a talented cast. Hairspray was first introduced to audiences in…
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Opera Review: LA TRAGÉDIE DE CARMEN (Merola Opera Program / San Francisco)
TRAGEDY, DISTILLED Peter Brook pares Bizet’s masterpiece to its emotional essence Since 1957, the San Francisco Merola Opera Program, in collaboration with the San Francisco Opera Center, has offered an extensive training program for talented opera singers, conductors, and directors. Every summer, it showcases its emerging artists in a series of public performances. This season…
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Cabaret Review: ETHAN MATHIAS: WAIT ‘TIL YOU SEE WHAT’S NEXT (The Green Room 42 / NYC)
WAIT ‘TIL YOU HEAR HIM A gifted young singer proves he’s more than a novelty act When singers do their shows in New York City’s cabaret rooms, their audiences often include plenty of fellow vocalists. Some are longtime friends; others haven’t yet met. They may have shared a bill at a benefit or group concert,…
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Theater Review: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (JK Entertainment / Chicago)
STILL ANGRY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS A daring revival proves the musical’s power endures, even when one major directorial gamble doesn’t When people think of musicals, the stereotype is a show with a large cast, lots of singing and dancing, an orchestra, and usually an elaborate set. And that’s not entirely untrue. But there is…
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Concert Review: YOSHIKI: CLASSICAL 2026 WORLD TOUR (“Violet Night” / Disney Hall / LA)
PURPLE REIGN An evening of symphonic rock, devoted fans, and restless creativity celebrated an artist still refusing to slow down Under doctor’s orders to leave the drums behind following his third cervical-spine surgery in 2024, Yoshiki did what one might expect from a musician whose career has been built on grandeur, defiance, and theatrical risk:…
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Off-Broadway Review: 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE (New World Stages)
SPELLBOUND This warm, witty revival reminds us that growing up is never easy—but it can be hilarious Bee-lieve the hype. The Off-Broadway revival of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, choreographed and directed by Danny Mefford, is pretty close to letter-perfect. The one-act musical comedy portrays the agonies of adolescence, along with a few…
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Theater Review: ABSOLUTE SCIENCE FICTION! (Word for Word / San Francisco)
PRESS BUTTON. REGRET LATER. Word for Word pairs two visions of the future with mixed results Z Space, known for developing original and experimental theater, is also home to Word for Word, a resident company that transforms works of fiction into stage productions by performing short stories exactly as written. This summer, they presented Absolute…
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Off-Broadway Review: THE PIANO AND ME: A NEW PLAY WITH MUSIC (59E59 Theaters)
A LIFE IN THE KEYS Hershey Felder’s deeply personal journey proves as compelling as the music that shaped it Hershey Felder steps onto a stage with a grand piano surrounded by piles of old suitcases (the kind without wheels). In other words, lots of baggage. On top of one stack of luggage sits an old…
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Theater Review: & JULIET (North American Tour / Chicago)
POP GOES THE BARD A jukebox musical that thrilled its fans while leaving this critic wishing the story mattered as much as the songs As I was settling into my seat at the gorgeous Auditorium Theatre, awaiting the start of the touring production of & Juliet, I noticed the person next to me watching a…
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Opera Review: FELLOW TRAVELERS (San Diego Opera / Balboa Theatre / San Diego)
SEXY, SINCERE… AND SLIGHT Outstanding chemistry can’t quite compensate for an opera that compresses too much Andy Acosta has sung Timothy Laughlin enough that the role has started to feel like autobiography. Miami-raised, Cuban American, and publicly out before he was out to his parents, Acosta sang as though it belonged to him. San Diego…
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Music Review: BSO: HAYDN, BEETHOVEN, AND SHOSTAKOVICH PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1 (Andris Nelsons, Daniil Trifonov / Tanglewood / Lenox, MA)
A DEEPER DIVE PAYS OFF A weekend of rehearsals, lectures, and a superb concert reveals the rewards of listening deeply The Sunday July 19 program for the afternoon concert at the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home, Tanglewood, included works by Joseph Haydn (Symphony No. 22 in E-flat, The Philosopher), Dmitri Shostakovich (Piano Concerto No. 1),…
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HOW DAYZ REWARDS SURVIVAL SKILLS OVER SHORTCUTS
Introduction Ask anyone who’s put real hours into DayZ and they’ll tell you the same thing — it’s not a game that lets you coast. While most multiplayer titles lean on fast reflexes and constant action, DayZ asks for something slower and harder: patience, planning, and the discipline to actually think before you act. Every…
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Theater Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Long Beach Shakespeare Company)
MORE VICTORIAN THAN NEW ROMANTIC Long Beach Shakespeare Company delivers Wilde’s classic with clarity and charm, even if its concept never fully blossoms Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest hardly needs reinvention. More than a century after its premiere, its razor-sharp epigrams, social satire, and exquisitely constructed farce remain as funny as ever. Long…
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Theater Review: F**KING STRANGERS (Echo Theater Company / Los Angeles)
NO STRINGS ATTACHED? THINK AGAIN Erik Patterson’s provocative world premiere boasts superb performances but mistakes repetition for depth In F**king Strangers, receiving its world premiere from Echo Theater Company, playwright Erik Patterson begins with an arresting image: a terrified young man stranded beside a freeway, begging his mother to stay on the phone until help…
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MEOW WOLF: WHERE IMMERSIVE ART MEETS LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Meow Wolf is difficult to describe because familiar labels never quite fit. It is part gallery, theatrical set, maze and narrative game. Visitors open cupboards, crawl through unexpected passages, answer strange telephones and follow story fragments that may never resolve in the same way twice. That participation makes Meow Wolf a clear example of immersive…
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BEYOND THE PLAYBILL: TURNING A SCENE INTO SOMETHING YOU CAN KEEP
A ticket stub fades and a programme yellows in a drawer. For the performances that stay with us, there are better ways to hold on to the image. Everyone who loves the stage or the screen collects, whether they admit it or not. The drawer of old programmes, the shoebox of ticket stubs, the phone…
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Cabaret Review: EMILY SKINNER (CV Rep Summer Cabaret Series / Cathedral City)
SKIN IN THE GAME Tony nominee Emily Skinner brings powerhouse vocals, incisive storytelling, and irresistible humor to CV Rep’s Summer Cabaret Series There is a rare tier of theatrical royalty that doesn’t just sing a song—they dismantle it, unearth its emotional marrow, and reconstruct it before your eyes. Coachella Valley audiences experienced exactly that kind…
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PPT TO PDF CONVERSION METHODS COMPARED: Built-in Export, Online Tools, or PDF Software?
PPT to PDF conversion sounds simple, but formatting rarely survives the trip without some drift. Fonts substitute. Animations reset. Embedded videos flatten. To see how much each method actually holds up, we ran the same 24-slide client pitch deck (roughly 12 MB, with custom fonts, five charts, product images, two hyperlinks, a fade animation, and…
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