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Cabaret Interview: CHRISTIA MANTZKE (CVRep’s 2023 Summer Cabaret Series)
Broadway and concert performer and EMI recording artist CHRISTIA MANTZKE will be performing her first ever cabaret show as part of Coachella Valley Rep’s 2023 Summer Cabaret Series for one night only, July 27, 2023 at 7. Mantzke is selecting her favorite songs from productions she has appeared in during her thirty years as an entertainer….
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Opera Interview: MAXIMO MARCUSO – TENOR OF THE AMERICAS (Coachella Valley Repertory)
“Music is the unbreakable bridge that unites all nations without frontiers of time and space” – Maximo Marcuso International tenor sensation MAXIMO MARCUSO makes his Coachella Valley Repertory debut this Thursday, July 20 in CVRep’s 2023 Summer Cabaret Series. It will be a rare experience to hear Marcuso’s glorious voice in an intimate venue. Marcuso is the new…
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Interview: CHRISTIANE NOLL (Now Appearing in “Old Friends” at CVREP in Palm Springs)
Christiane Noll is captivating, extraordinarily talented and in demand on Broadway, by concert orchestras and for up-close and personal cabaret performances – and she will be at Coachella Valley Repertory on Thursday, June 22 at 7pm as part of its 2023 Summer Cabaret Series. Her special program is titled Old Friends, and, as she explains,…
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Interview: GLENN ROSENBLUM (appearing in Broadway Showstoppers at CVRep)
BROADWAY BABY GLENN ROSENBLUM is a man with an obsession he gladly acknowledges and is eager to share: Broadway and the glorious world of American Musical Theatre. On Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 7pm, he brings his BROADWAY SHOWSTOPPERS WITH GLENN ROSENBLUM to Coachella Valley Repertory’s 2023 Summer Cabaret Series, exploring Broadway musicals of the…
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Cabaret Interview: TERI RALSTON (Appearing with Alix Korey in Our Broadway, A Memoir in Song at Coachella Valley Repertory)
Broadway luminaries Teri Ralston and Alix Korey have performed in more than 15 Broadway shows between them and have worked with some of the greatest composers of all time, including Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz and Cy Coleman. During Our Broadway, A Memoir in Song — which plays CVRep this Thursday June 8, 2023 — this dynamic…
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Theater Review: SHE LOVES ME (Palm Canyon Theatre)
I LOVES SHE LOVES ME Palm Canyon Theatre closed their 22/23 season this past week with a warm-hearted, inspired mounting of She Loves Me, one of the most romantic musicals ever written. She Loves Me is the 1963 melt-your-heart musical based on Hungarian playwright Miklós László’s Parfumerie and features one of the most adorable pairs…
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Theater Review: BOYS IN THE BAND (The Bent at Camelot Theatres in Palm Springs)
A BAND TO BEAT THE BAND Coachella Valley’s new queer theater company The Bent — in partnership with the Palm Springs Cultural Center — closes its wildly successful inaugural season with Mart Crowley’s The Boys in the Band, running through May 7. Artistic Director Steve Rosenbaum and Managing Director Terry Ray moved quickly to fill…
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Theater Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (Desert Theater Works in Indio)
GOES WRONG GOES RIGHT The Play That Goes Wrong running through Sunday, April 30 at Desert Theater Works (DTW) in Indio is the only comedy to ever win both a Tony and Olivier award. It is a hilarious, farcical masterpiece of human and technical stage malfunction — by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields…
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Theater Review: SEX TIPS FOR STRAIGHT WOMEN FROM A GAY MAN (Margaritaville Resort in Palm Springs)
TIPS AND TITS Bus Stop Productions LLC is a new entertainment company in the Coachella Valley focusing on lively and unique experiences appealing to all that enjoy local nightlife. Their current production, Sex Tips for a Straight Woman from a Gay Man (Sex Tips) runs through May 27, 2023 at the Margaritaville Resort in Palm…
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Theater Review: FUTURE THINKING (Desert Ensemble Theater at the Palm Springs Cultural Center)
TRAGI-COMIC CON Desert Ensemble Theater’s (DET) current production, Eliza Clark’s Future Thinking, closing on April 23, is the final play in their season of “West Coast Originals.” The company dedicated the 12th season to new work by under-produced West Coast playwrights, which included two world premieres, one California premiere and the current play, which appears…
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Rancho Mirage Theater Review: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (Desert Theatricals at the Rancho Mirage Amphitheater)
DESERT MUSICAL IS AN OASIS IN THE DESERT I have often proclaimed that Andrew Lloyd Webber’s best work was in his pre-1980 collaborations with Tim Rice. If you need proof or simply want to take in some amazing theater, then head to Desert Theatricals‘ last production of the season, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,…
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Theater Review: HAND TO GOD (Coachella Valley Rep)
TAKING HOLD OF EVIL Robert Askins’ 2011 two-act Hand to God is both an existential, insightful commentary on religious hypocrisy and a hysterical dramedy about Tyrone, a possessed sock puppet with a raunchy mouth, violent tendencies, and an overactive sex drive. Given the religious right’s current/ongoing tirade against art, books, sensible gun laws, women’s autonomy…
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Theater Review: JIMMY BUFFET’S ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (Desert TheaterWorks in Indio)
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE IN THE DESERT Entering the theater at Desert TheatreWorks in Indio (between Palm Springs and the Salton Sea), it sure didn’t feel like the desert. I was greeted by Jimmy Buffet’s Escape to Margaritaville cast members who placed a Hawaiian lei around my neck while at the same time I was awestruck…
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Theater Review: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Desert Theatricals in Rancho Mirage)
A REAL BEAUTY Desert Theatricals’ line-up for next season is exciting, but there was nothing more thrilling than being in an audience filled with awe-struck children to witness this magical production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. It was a smash on Broadway in 1994 and it remains a smash in 2023, as corroborated by…
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