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  • Virtual Dance: GISELLE OF LONELINESS (Ballez at The Joyce)

    By Lamont Washington | May 19, 2021
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    The Joyce celebrates Pride 2021 with the Joyce debut of the queer, transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming artists of Ballez in Giselle of Loneliness, created by the company’s founder, Katy Pyle. This deconstruction of one of the world’s most famous and oft-performed ballets — and of the construct and constraints of classical ballet as a…

  • Film: TWO GODS (directed by Zeshawn Ali)

    By Lamont Washington | May 10, 2021
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    A Black Muslim Casket Maker Takes Two Vulnerable  Teens Under His Wing in a Powerful Story of Brotherhood and Redemption Film Launches in Theaters and Virtual Cinemas on Friday, May 21   Twelve-year-old Furquan, learning how to build a casket with the help of Hanif in TWO GODS Hanif, performing Muslim body washing ritual in TWO…

  • Chicago Theater: SECURITY (Starring Eric Roberts; Kane Rep)

    By Lamont Washington | April 10, 2021
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    Beginning tonight, April 10, 2021, Chicago’s Kane Repertory Theatre presents  the world premiere online production of  Hammaad Chaudry’s  Security, directed by Executive Producer  Ansley Valentine, premieres online  April 10-May 2, 2021 (with plans for an in-person production when it is safe). The cast includes Academy Award and three-time Golden Globe nominee  Eric Roberts  (Brian) and  Harsh J. Gagoomal (Riaz). A 17 year old…

  • Theater Podcast: THE ZIP CODE PLAYS: LOS ANGELES (Season Two from Antaeus Theatre Company)

    By Lamont Washington | April 4, 2021
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    Antaeus Theatre Company  is gearing up for Season Two of  The Zip Code Plays: Los Angeles  with six original audio plays, each set in a different Southland zip code. Season Two is set to launch  May 20. This would be a good time to check out Season One, which is not only fascinating, but well-acted, wholly evocative, and extraordinarily…

  • Film: ROBIN FROHARDT’S PLASTIC BAG STORE: THE FILM (World Premiere from CAP UCLA)

    By Lamont Washington | March 30, 2021
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    UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance  presents for free the world premiere of Plastic Bag Store: The Film  on Thursday, April 22, 2021, at 7pm PT. This performance will be free to enjoy on  CAP UCLA. Created by award-winning Brooklyn-based artist, puppet designer and director Robin Frohardt,  The Plastic Bag Store  was conceived as an immersive installation and puppet-theater…

  • Theater: MR. PARENT (TheaterWorks Hartford)

    By Lamont Washington | March 10, 2021
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    Streaming this week through March 26, 2021, TheaterWorks  Hartford presents  Mr. Parent  by  Melinda Lopez and starring Maurice Emmanuel Parent  will stream on demand  March 7 – 26, 2021  to members and single ticket buyers.  Conceived and directed by  Megan Sandberg-Zakian,  Mr. Parent  is a hilarious, joyful, and heartbreakingly honest peek into the kids, adults, and systems of Boston Public Schools. In a performance that is…

  • Theater: AN OCTOROON (Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles)

    By Lamont Washington | March 10, 2021
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    L.A. premiere of An Octoroon  by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will launch outdoor performances at Fountain Theatre The Los Angeles premiere  of  An Octoroon  by  Branden Jacobs-Jenkins  will inaugurate the new outdoor stage at the  Fountain Theatre  later this spring.  Judith Moreland will direct. Winner of the Obie Award for Best American Play, Jacobs-Jenkins’ landmark play has earned ecstatic reviews nationwide. The New York Times  hailed it…

  • Theater: ANOTHER DAY’S BEGUN – EXLORING THORNTON WILDER’S “OUR TOWN” (Pasadena Playhouse)

    By Lamont Washington | February 21, 2021
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    A celebration of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize winning play and Howard Sherman’s new book On March 11, 2021 at 6:30pm PT, Pasadena Playhouse presents the live streaming of Another Day’s Begun:  Exploring Our Town  on PlayhouseLive. Available on demand beginning March 12, this special event celebrates  Our Town, the quintessential American play, with performances from previous cast members…

  • Album: DREAMS OF A NEW DAY — SONGS BY BLACK COMPOSERS (Will Liverman)

    By Lamont Washington | February 20, 2021
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    DREAMS OF A NEW DAY Cedille Records, marking its 31st season as Chicago’s independent classical record label, has announced its new release: Coinciding with February Black History Month, operatic baritone Will Liverman’s recital album, with pianist Paul Sánchez, highlights Black composers across generations, from early 20th-century pioneers Henry Burleigh, Margaret Bonds, and Thomas Kerr to…

  • Theater: ELEVENTH SEASON: OFF THE RECORD (Interrobang Theatre Project in Chicago)

    By Lamont Washington | January 17, 2021
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    THEY KEEP INTERROBANGING THEM OUT Easily one of the most exciting things to come out of the pandemic is Chicago’s Interrobang Theatre Project’s world premiere of  The Spin (Stage and Cinema’s review here), written and directed by  Spenser Davis. Continuing its Eleventh Season: Off The Record, exploring what happens when the world stops and life becomes virtual,…

  • Film Review: NATIONTIME (directed by William Greaves)

    By Lamont Washington | December 23, 2020
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    NATIONTIME IS, INDEED, NOW It’s revolutionary, dynamic, riveting, and jaw-droppingly relevant. But this documentary — more like an extended news reel — takes place in 1972 at the National Black Political Convention, in which Black leaders, politicians, activists and artists came together to voice a Black agenda, now that this neglected community has been abandoned…

  • Film: DEEP IN VOGUE (Directed by Dennis Keighron-Foster and Amy Watson)

    By Lamont Washington | December 20, 2020
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    DEEP IN VOGUE NOW PLAYING…AND DANCING Deep in Vogue celebrates the colorful, queer, emotional and political stories of Northern Vogue in Manchester, UK and the black, gay ballrooms of 1980s New York City. The documentary had its UK premiere at BFI Flare and its US premiere at NewFest NYC. Over the course of a year,…

  • Film Preview: OBAMA DREAM (directed by Francesco Paravati)

    By Lamont Washington | November 20, 2020
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    NEW DOCUMENTARY OBAMA DREAM NOW AVAILABLE AT AMAZON PRIME A road trip through the United States that voted the first African-American President into the White House In 2008, Francesco Paravati, a freelance journalist from Italy, followed Barack Obama during his historic and victorious presidential campaign in the United States. The journey starts in Denver and…

  • Film: ADAM SANDLER: FUNNY GUY (Amazon)

    By Lamont Washington | November 20, 2020
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    FUNNY IS AS FUNNY DOES The feature-length biography Adam Sandler: Funny Guy is now available on Amazon Prime.Critics may not always love Sandler, but fans sure do. The boy from Brooklyn did not need showbiz connections to become a global superstar. Sandler has left his comedic mark on three decades of stage, screen, and song….

  • CD Review: LULLABIES (Dave Brubeck on Verve)

    By Lamont Washington | November 14, 2020
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    THANKS FOR THE LULLABIES…AND THE MEMORIES Not long before the great Mr. Dave Brubeck drifted off to eternal sleep one day before his 92nd birthday, he had left for us a final album of soft jazzy lullabies to guide us into peace. Awesome! We teared up at not just the loveliness of the tunes, but…

  • Theater Preview: WHAT IS LEFT, BURNS (Steppenwolf)

    By Lamont Washington | November 7, 2020
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    STEPPENWOLF BEGINS 2020-21 SEASON Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre begins its NOW virtual stage season with What Is Left, Burns, which “opens” for streaming on November 11, 2020. This world premiere play has been recorded with a spectacular production design, including stunning video and photography by Lowell Thomas  and  Joel Moorman and an original soundtrack composed by Justin Ellington….

  • Theater & Music: 50 YEARS IN THE GROOVE (A Rhythm Revue Salute to Woodie King, Jr.’s New Federal Theatre)

    By Lamont Washington | November 6, 2020
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    SALUTING FIVE DECADES OF NEW AMERICAN THEATER WITH GROOVIN’ MUSIC New York’s beloved radio hosts Felix Hernandez (WBGO’s Rhythm Revue Dance Party) and G. Keith Alexander (WBLS from 1973-2017) are teaming up to bring you 50 Years in the Groove, a Rhythm Revue salute to Woodie King, Jr.’s New Federal Theatre (NFT). It’ll be an…

  • Album Review: LOVECRAFT COUNTRY (Official Soundtrack for the HBO Series)

    By Lamont Washington | October 27, 2020
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    A NEW COUNTRY Lovecraft Country premiered on August 16, 2020, on HBO and consists of ten episodes. Based on Matt Ruff’s novel of the same name,  Lovecraft Country  follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he meets up with his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett) and his uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) to embark on a road trip across…

  • Opera Preview: THE ANONYMOUS LOVER (LA Opera/Colburn)

    By Lamont Washington | October 16, 2020
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    ANONYMOUS NEGLECTED NO MORE L.A.’s Colburn School and LA Opera will stage and stream the company premiere of The Anonymous Lover  (L’Amant Anonyme), a charming and unjustly neglected 1780 opera by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799), a contemporary of Mozart who is widely regarded as the first Black classical composer known to history. Performed in…

  • Music Preview: DON MCLEAN (Live Free Concert)

    By Lamont Washington | September 28, 2020
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    Don McLean To Perform Hour-Long Live Stream Concert On Monday, September 28 at 5pm ET / 4pm CT / 2pm PT, Don McLean will take the stage for a virtual concert and perform his classic hits and fan favorites such as “Botanical Gardens,” “And I Love You So,” “Greenback Dollar,” “American Pie,” “Vincent (Starry, Starry…

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