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Jake Sklansky

  • Off-Broadway Review: THE SINGING WINDMILLS (Theater 71)

    By Jake Sklansky | June 1, 2022
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    A WIND BLOWS THROUGH IT In 1949, after the Moscow State Jewish Theater was closed, members of Stalin’s secret police were busy burning down stage sets, props, costumes and books. The head of the theater, Solomon Mikhoels, did not live to see that day. His life was extinguished a year earlier. He didn’t witness the…

  • Opera Preview: GIUSTINO (Long Beach Opera)

    By Jake Sklansky | May 15, 2022
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    A QUEST FOR JUSTICE IN HANDEL’S GIUSTINO Opera fans, take note! The ever-adventurous Long Beach Opera launches its 2022 spring and summer season with a genuine rarity: a new version of Handel’s Giustino, performed at the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAAA) in Long Beach (May 21, 22, 28, 2022 at 7:30pm) in what appears…

  • Dance Review: ROMÉO ET JULIETTE / ROMEO AND JULIET (Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo)

    By Jake Sklansky | May 4, 2022
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    MAILLOT, MAIS OUI Les Ballets de Monte Carlo made a rare appearance in Southern California on April 15-17, 2022, with four performances of Roméo et Juliette, Jean-Christophe Maillot’s innovative 1996 version of Sergei Prokofiev’s iconic ballet, performed at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. In Maillot’s retelling, William Shakespeare’s tale of star-crossed lovers is presented…

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