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Theater Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (National Tour at Hollywood Pantages Theatre)
WE’RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARDS (AGAIN) The line between fan fiction and canon can be a blurry one. In a world where Twilight fan fiction inspired the best-selling book of the last decade and a Wizard of Oz flip became one of last year’s most prolific movies, it’s clear that capitalizing on existing IP…
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Film Review: YOUNG HEARTS (written and directed by Anthony Schatterman)
At this point, the success of a gay coming-of-age story can be measured most acutely by its tendency to fall into tropes, or its ability to transcend them. In the canon of gay films, the coming out tale has been told ad nauseam. Some of the most trite, straight-palatable representation has come in this form,…
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Film Review: ART SPIEGELMAN: DISASTER IS MY MUSE (directed by Molly Bernstein and Philip Dolin)
OF MICE AND PENS It’s in the name: comics are supposed to be comical. The funny pages are a place for lasagna-craving kitties, pet pilots and friendly tigers — certainly not the stage on which to unpack heavy emotions or examine brutal histories. Right? Well, Art Spiegelman would beg to differ. And while the name…
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Theater Review: THE WOLVES (Morgan-Wixson Theatre)
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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Theater Review: SLEEPING GIANT (Road Theatre Company)
SLEEPING GIANT THINKS TOO BIG FOR ITS BRITCHES To live is to be in a constant state of suspension. One must cling to whatever helps establish a sense of permanence. A lover that won’t leave. A favorite keepsake. A belief system that promises purpose. When fear floods our homes through TV news (or its 21st-century-sibling,…
Theater and Tour Preview: CIRQUE MUSICA HOLIDAY WONDERLAND (2026 National Tour)
by Gregory Bernard | August 27, 2026
in Regional, Theater, ToursTheater Preview: KOWALSKI (Lookingglass Theatre Company / Chicago)
by Gregory Bernard | August 27, 2026
in Chicago, TheaterOpera Preview: LINCOLN IN THE BARDO (Death of Classical / The Metropolitan Opera)
by Gregory Bernard | August 27, 2026
in New York, TheaterConcert Review: LET THE SUNSHINE IN: THE MUSIC OF ’69 (Hollywood Bowl)
by pwsadmin | August 26, 2026
in Concerts / Events, Los AngelesTheater Preview: WINTER’S BENCH (24th Street Theatre)
by pwsadmin | August 26, 2026
in Los Angeles, TheaterOff-Broadway Review: THE REAL IVANOV (Initiative Productions / New York)
by Paola Bellu | August 25, 2026
in New York, TheaterCabaret Review: SPOTLIGHT KIDZ CABARET: ALL THAT GLITTERS (The Green Room 42)
by Rob Lester | August 23, 2026
in Cabaret, New YorkTheater Review: RHINOCEROS (American Repertory Theater / Cambridge, MA)
by Emily Brenner | August 22, 2026
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