PERFECT, INDEED: TERRIFIC—AND TIMELY The Bent Theatre, Palm Springs’ queer theatre company now in its third season, continues to prove its significance not only for the LGBTQ+ community but for the greater theatre scene as well. Their current production of Perfect Arrangement —which opened last night—exemplifies this beautifully. Topher Payne’s script is a work of […]

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STILL A WICKED GOOD TIME The stage musical Wicked is is now Broadway’s fourth longest-running show—surpassing Cats; productions continue to sprout up globally in many languages; and last year’s film adaptation of just Act I continues to be a ginormous hit. And last night, the equally successful North American Tour—which has played over 6000 performances—settled in […]

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IT’S A SCHMIGAHIT! Adapting from his Apple TV+ series that satirized and saluted the glories of old timey musicals like Oklahoma! and Carousel, co-creator and writer Cinco Paul brings his stage version of Schmigadoon! to Kennedy Center. The fun angle here is that NY doctors Josh (Alex Brightman) and Melissa (Sara Chase) are hoping to […]

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YOU MAY NEVER LOOK AT YOUR LAPTOP THE SAME WAY AGAIN Is Artificial Intelligence, more commonly known as AI, our friend? Does this ubiquitous development make our lives easier, cleaner, more efficient? Or, like Frankenstein’s monster, will this carefully crafted design eventually turn on its creators, causing havoc and terror for human society? This is […]

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Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, which premiered on Hallmark on November 30, blends the warmth of the holiday season with the passionate sports culture of Kansas City. The film celebrates both romance and the deep-rooted connection the city has with the Kansas City Chiefs, offering a unique narrative for Chiefs fans and holiday movie […]

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WHAT FUN GETTING LOST IN AUSTEN Fresh from its smash hit engagement at Theatre 40, Jane Austen in 89 Minutes has moved into the artistically appropriate Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills for a limited 10-performance run. Performed by a cast of seven madcap ladies and gents who bring all six of Jane Austen’s beloved novels […]

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JOIN THE PACK In one of The Wolves’ final moments, one character’s mom explains that she has a swear jar at home that her daughter must put a quarter in every time she says “like.” If that jar was onstage for the duration of the play, with its characters bound to the same contract of […]

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NEIL SIMON IN PALM SPRINGS WITH AN AGENDA Jon Robin Baitz’ Broadway drama Other Desert Cities —which opens this week at Cygnet Theatre—depicts a crisis of apparent betrayal and imminent exposure that besets the Wyeth clan, a wealthy Jewish family sheltered in the oasis of Palm Springs. Viewed one way, Baitz’s Pulitzer Prize finalist is […]

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HUBBARD STREET’S WINTER SERIES PRIMED TO UNLEASH DANCE FIRE “It’s not magic, but it should seem like it is.” That advice came from a veteran jazz musician in the 1930s as he counseled a young aspiring player. In many ways, that nugget of truth applies to the world as dance as well. Closing in on […]

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Isn’t it amazing the way the future succeeds in creating an appropriate past?    — John Leonard, American critic Appropriate won Branden Jacobs-Jenkins the 2024 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play on Broadway. The Tony committee chose well. The American dramatist has composed a scorcher, a ferocious dysfunctional family saga that will stagger […]

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