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  • Virtual Theater: STEW RICE (Kumu Kahua Theatre in Honolulu)

    By Nia Liat | July 7, 2021
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    Kumu Kahua Theatre will finish it’s 50th season by presenting a live digital reading of one it’s most popular plays, the late Edward Sakamoto’s  Stew Rice, with performances by the original cast from the 1995 Season, featuring actors Karen Kaulana-Lobel, Brian Mimura, Amy Nishihara, Sharon Aoki, Michael Sun Lee, Jason Scott Lee, and Marcus Oshiro. Stage…

  • Extras: TAP DANCE FOREVER STAMPS (U.S. Postal Service)

    By Nia Liat | July 3, 2021
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    U.S. Postal Service Delivers Dancing Back to Broadway Tap Dance Forever Stamps To Be Unveiled in Times Square On Saturday, July 10, 2021, at  noon EDT, New York City’s Times Square will come alive with dancing in the street when the U.S. Postal Service officially unveils its Tap Dance Forever Stamps. The famous Father Duffy Square…

  • Art Exhibition: LEON KOSOFF: A LIFE IN PAINTING (Annely Juda Fine Art (London), Mitchell-Innes & Nash (New York) and L.A. Louver (Venice, CA)

    By Nia Liat | June 24, 2021
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    Leon Kossoff,  King’s Cross, March Afternoon 1998, oil on board, 147.5 x 198 cm  © The Artist’s Estate. Exhibition dates for  Leon Kossoff: A Life in Painting  will be: September 30, 2021 – December 11, 2021 at Annely Juda Fine Art, London January 13 – March 5, 2022 at Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York January 26 – March…

  • Virtual Theater: DEAR ELIZABETH (Kevin Kline & Meryl Streep)

    By Nia Liat | June 17, 2021
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    Premiering virtually today Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 8pm ET, and playing for an extremely limited time, is Sarah Ruhl’s Dear Elizabeth starring Kevin Kline & Meryl Streep. Presented by Broadway’s Best Shows‘ this marks the conclusion of “Spotlight on Plays” — a starry series of livestream readings of Broadway’s best plays to benefit  The Actors…

  • Theater: STORIES UNDER THE SUN (PlayMakers Laboratory)

    By Nia Liat | June 14, 2021
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    PlayMakers Laboratory’s STORIES UNDER THE SUN Tours Chicago Neighborhoods This Summer Through Night Out in the Parks PlayMakers Laboratory Â is pleased to present Â Stories Under the Sun, a series of free, family-friendly performances presented across the city this summer through the Chicago Park District’s Â Night Out in the Parks Â initiative. Performed in the style of PML’s much-lauded sketch comedy…

  • Theater Season Announcement: LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (“Welcome Home” 2021/2022)

    By Nia Liat | June 2, 2021
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    McCoy Rigby Entertainment are bringing Broadway shows and events back to The La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. Their newly announced season will feature:    WEST COAST PREMIERE CLUE September 24 – October 17, 2021 Based on the screenplay by  JONATHAN LYNN  Written by  SANDY RUSTIN   Additional Material by  HUNTER FOSTER and ERIC PRICE   Based on the Paramount…

  • London Theatre: THE SHOW MUST GO ON! LIVE (Palace Theatre)

    By Nia Liat | May 27, 2021
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    THE SHOW MUST GO ON! LIVE AT THE PALACE THEATRE WORLDWIDE BROADCAST SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 2021 AT 11AM PT / 2PM ET Presented by National Theatre Live, the world’s most iconic musicals return to the West End stage with a stunning concert performance: WATCH THE SHOW LIVE ONLINE FOR FREE The concert will be hosted…

  • Virtual Theater: URSULA (Latino Theater Co; Cara Mí­a Theatre)

    By Nia Liat | May 20, 2021
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    URSULA Written, Directed & Performed by  Frida Espinosa-Mí¼ller Watch On-demand for FREE starting May 20 at 6:30 PM PST / 8:30 PM CT ends on June 6, 2021 Ursula tells the story of seven-year-old Nadia, who becomes separated from her mother after seeking asylum at the border. As Nadia waits for her asylum to be processed,…

  • Virtual Theater: UNMASKED: A THEATRICAL CELEBRATION OF BLACK WOMEN’S LIBERATION (Wallis, Black Rebirth Collective)

    By Nia Liat | May 19, 2021
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    Beverly Hills’ The Wallis and Black Rebirth Collective are presenting a co-production of UNMASKED: A Theatrical Celebration of Black Women’s Liberation — filmed in The Wallis’s Lovelace Studio Theater — premiering on Saturday, June 19, 2021 (Juneteenth) and available for on demand streaming through Friday, July 2. Tickets for the evening of four plays (total…

  • Art: WILLIE BIRCH: PAINTINGS FROM 1998-2019 (Fort Gansevoort gallery)

    By Nia Liat | May 13, 2021
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    Willie Birch, Sunday Morning, 2004, Acrylic and charcoal on paper, 72 x 144 inches (triptych) An online exhibition in conversation with Dr. Leslie King-Hammond Beginning Monday, May 24th and staying on view through July 3, 2021, Fort Gansevoort will present Willie Birch: Paintings from 1998-2019, the gallery’s first exhibition with New Orleans-based artist Willie Birch….

  • Theater: LOUIS SLOTIN SONATA (Circle X Theatre Co. on Zoom)

    By Nia Liat | May 12, 2021
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    Circle X Theatre Co. in association will present two free Zoom readings of Louis Slotin Sonata by Paul Mullin, directed by John Langs. The commemorative readings will take place on Friday May 21, which is the 75th anniversary of Louis Slotin’s criticality accident at Los Alamos. The readings will take place at 7pm EST (with…

  • Theater: TRANSNATIONAL CABARET (NCTC in San Francisco)

    By Nia Liat | April 15, 2021
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    Transcultural. Transformative. Transcendent. This May, San Francisco’s New Conservatory Theatre Center (NCTC) is presenting TransNational Cabaret, an exuberant performance dedicated to the power of being Trans while highlighting the vibrant kaleidoscope of the Trans experience. This digital event features an array of innovative Trans performers from the Bay Area and across the country as they…

  • Theater: THE SHOT (starring Sharon Lawrence at Skylight)

    By Nia Liat | April 13, 2021
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    TAKE A SHOT Beginning Saturday, April 24 at 5pm (PDT) Robin Gerber’s THE SHOT, a story that reveals the well-kept secrets of American icon Katharine Graham who, before becoming the publisher of The Washington Post, endured the physical and emotional abuse of Phil Graham, the husband she loved and admired. Starring Sharon Lawrence, and directed…

  • Theater: ARTIST DESCENDING A STAIRCASE (Tom Stoppard Radio Play; Remy Bumppo Theatre Company in Chicago)

    By Nia Liat | April 3, 2021
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    Remy Bumppo Theatre Company presents… Artist  Descending  A Staircase a radio play by Tom Stoppard Available for streaming April 5 – April 18, 2021 Artist  Descending  A Staircase  is one of Stoppard’s brilliant early radio plays, written in 1972 and a precursor to  Travesties, The Real Thing  and  The Invention of Love. The story, full of sparkling wit, heart-wrenching romance and modern art,…

  • Theater: DIGITAL & LIVE SEASON 2021 (Oregon Shakespeare)

    By Nia Liat | March 29, 2021
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    OSF’s combined Digital and Live Season for 2021 features classics and new works streaming from the OSF archives, imaginative and illuminating new works presented on OSF’s digital platform, O!, and a Fall 2021 live season on OSF’s campus in Ashland, Oregon, extending into January for the first time with OSF’s first winter special. Naturally, all…

  • Theater: MONOLOFT SLAM (Loft Ensemble)

    By Nia Liat | March 20, 2021
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    NORTH HOLLYWOOD’S LOFT ENSEMBLE ANNOUNCES MonoLOFT SLAM   Loft Ensemble, located in the heart of the NoHo Arts District, has announced  MonoLOFT Slam,  a slate of monologues that are produced, directed, and performed by Loft company members. The videos are now available on the company’s website — more will be added in the coming weeks. When Coronavirus…

  • Museum: ART BREAK: THE POLITICS OF LABOR (Getty)

    By Nia Liat | March 18, 2021
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    BREAK AWAY FROM THE EVERYDAY WITH THE GETTY’S NEWEST PROGRAMStature #8, 2020, Rodrigo Valenzuela. Photograveur. Courtesy of and  © Rodrigo Valenzuela First in the series in Art Break: The Politics of Labor Friday, March 26, 2021 12:00 p.m. PT Art Break, a new online program series, offers unique perspectives on the Getty collections. Take a…

  • Film: LA MADRINA: THE SAVAGE LIFE OF LORINE PADILLA (directed by Raquel Cepeda)

    By Nia Liat | March 15, 2021
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    LA MADRINA: THE SAVAGE  LIFE OF LORINE PADILLA Available for viewing NOW through March 28th at the  Athena Film Festival! Lorine Padilla (On Chair), Millie Cubero (L), Elizabeth Maldonado (C), Miriam JJ Bentacourt (R). Photo by Henry Chalfant. La  Madrina: The  Savage  Life of Lorine Padilla  is a feature length documentary about a beloved South Bronx matriarch and former “First Lady”…

  • Theater: FROM NUMBER TO NAME (East West Players)

    By Nia Liat | March 10, 2021
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    East West Players (EWP), the nation’s longest-running professional theater of color and the largest producing organization of Asian American artistic work, is presenting From Number to Name, a world premiere two night event devised and directed by powerhouse artist, activist and elected political representative  K’‹ristina Wong’‹  (pictures below)  on Saturday, April 10 at 7 PT and Sunday, April…

  • Dance: MAESTRO DE BARRA (Israel Galván, CAP UCLA Online)

    By Nia Liat | March 5, 2021
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    UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA)  presents Israel Galván in Maestro de Barra on Saturday, March 6 at 7pm PT through CAP UCLA Online. This free performance was commissioned by CAP UCLA and is presented in association with UCSB’s Arts & Lectures and The Joyce Theater. During this past year, Galván has sought…

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