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  • Dance: IN ANY EVENT (Hubbard Street Dance Chicago)

    By Nia Liat | March 4, 2021
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    HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO: SEASON 43 THE WORLD PREMIERE OF “IN ANY EVENT†Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s 43rd season resumes Thursday, March 25, 2021, at 7:30 p.m. with a virtual world premiere of new work by critically acclaimed choreographer and former HSDC dancer Penny Saunders. The piece will also be streamed Saturday, March 27 at…

  • Opera: THE ISLAND WE MADE (Opera Philadelphia)

    By Nia Liat | March 4, 2021
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    PREMIERES ON FRIDAY, MARCH 19 ON THE OPERA PHILADELPHIA CHANNEL Opera Philadelphia’s latest digital offering, The Island We Made, combines ethereal electronic music, personal storytelling, arthouse filmmaking, and the transformative art of drag lip-sync to form an art-opera film. A deeply personal exploration of familial relationships told as a haunting lullaby, The Island We Made…

  • Dance/Film: DANCE CAMERA WEST DRIVE-IN (The Broad Stage at Santa Monica College Bundy Campus)

    By Nia Liat | January 22, 2021
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    DANCE AT THE DRIVE-IN A unique drive-in experience showcasing the very best dance films from around the world is headed to the Santa Monica College Bundy Campus – East Parking Lot. Each film will make its World, United States and/or Los Angeles premiere. The Drive-In programs are a unique selection of top-ranked dance films of…

  • Theater: LIZZIE (Ray of Light Theatre in San Francisco; January 21 only; Hosted by James Monroe Iglehart)

    By Nia Liat | January 17, 2021
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    LEAPIN’ LIZZIE! I kept saying to folks, see it, see it. Then it became “You shoulda seen it.” Fortunately, the ephemerality of theater changes for one night only, as San Francisco’s Ray of Light Theatre brings back their 2015 production of Lizzie, featuring the original cast with Broadway’s Taylor Iman Jones, with special fresh performances…

  • Film Festival: FILM MAUDIT 2.0 (Highways Performance Space)

    By Nia Liat | January 11, 2021
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    APPLAUDING MAUDIT Starting tomorrow January 12, 2021, and running through January 24, you’ll find online for free a treasure trove showcase of genre-driven cinema at the Second Annual Film Maudit festival, 2.0, inspired by the legendary artist Jean Cocteau’s 1949 festival, Festival Du Film Maudit, which celebrated a group of films that were sadly overlooked…

  • Film Review: QUEER JAPAN (directed by Graham Kolbeins)

    By Nia Liat | December 21, 2020
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    CHERRY TREES AREN’T THE ONLY THING BLOSSOMING IN JAPAN We’ve come a long way since the days when being queer — in the eyes of the media — meant being child molesters, victims of violence, or self-hating drag queens. In the 1970s and 80s, gay people became activists, which eventually brought that community into a…

  • Dance Preview: VENTANAS (Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana)

    By Nia Liat | December 9, 2020
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    FOREVER FLAMENCO There are many forms of dance and song that emerged as a celebration of life amidst human suffering, but surely Flamenco thrillingly stands out as an example of such an art form. There are moments in the music that clearly reflect Indian, Islamic and Moorish influence. Some Flamenco music styles (palos) have been…

  • Theater Preview: INTERVIEWING MISS DAVIS (Fountain Theatre’s End-of-Year Party and Playreading)

    By Nia Liat | December 7, 2020
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    FOUNTAIN THEATRE’S VIRTUAL END-OF-YEAR PARTY: PLAYREADING ABOUT BETTE DAVIS; HOLIDAY CHEER; AND GAMES Settle in with your favorite beverage on Saturday, Dec. 19  at 5pm PT / 8pm ET when the  Fountain Theatre  winds up 2020 and its monthly Saturday Matinee series with an  Old Hollywood-themed holiday party  filled with joy, games, and ’” of course ’” an online playreading….

  • Preview: DAI 2.0 (Livestream Theater Event on December 3)

    By Nia Liat | November 30, 2020
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    DAI 2.0 Originally scheduled to premiere Off-Broadway at the 14th Street Y in NYC, Iris Bahr’s funny and moving new solo work, DAI 2.0, is the sequel to her award winning solo show, DAI (enough), in which she portrayed 10 different characters in a Tel Aviv café moments before a suicide bomber enters.   DAI had…

  • Theater Preview: BREATHE. (by Philicia Saunders)

    By Nia Liat | November 28, 2020
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    BREATHE. With the recent political, racial, and global unrest occurring throughout 2020, the premiere of recent political, racial, and global unrest occurring throughout 2020, the premiere of Breathe., a live-streamed multimedia form of  art activism and interactive theater event fusing performance, cinema, and artistic swimming  in a hybridized narrative  that could only be born during these challenging, yet…

  • Book Review: HE BROUGHT HER HEART BACK IN A BOX AND OTHER PLAYS (Adrienne Kennedy)

    By Nia Liat | November 17, 2020
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    NEW VOLUME OF KENNEDY PLAYS ARRIVES TODAY He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box and Other Plays by  Adrienne Kennedy is now available. The titular play, which received its world premiere at Theatre for a New Audience in New York in the winter of 2018, is joined in this volume by Etta and Ella on…

  • Film Review: MODERN PERSUASION (directed by Alex Appel & Jonathan Lisecki)

    By Nia Liat | November 9, 2020
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    SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMS TO RELEASE ROMANTIC COMEDY MODERN PERSUASION ON DECEMBER 18, 2020 Especially in a year like 2020, we can always use Jane Austen to lighten our mood. Now, a modern film re-telling of her Persuasion, starring Alicia Witt, has been picked up by Samuel Goldwyn Films. Wren Cosgrove is a happy, single, and…

  • Extra: VOTE AT HOLLYWOOD PANTAGES THEATER (And Get A Hamilton “I Voted” Sticker)

    By Nia Liat | October 29, 2020
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    HAMILTON IS STUCK ON YOU Beginning tomorrow October 30, 2020, the Hollywood Pantages Theater opens its doors for a special new experience starring you. The lobby of this gorgeous, lavish, Art Deco triumph has been designated as a VOTE CENTER for the 2020 Election. All LA County registered voters are eligible to vote here and,…

  • Music Review: JORDAN MOORE (“Hard at Quittin'”)

    By Nia Liat | October 23, 2020
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    HARD, INDEED OK, this guy’s new single “Hard at Quittin’” is hot, hot, hot. And so, coincidentally, is he. Find out more at Jordan Moore. More Moore, please. Hard At Quittin’ – Jordan Moore

  • Film Extras Review: BROADENING THE APERTURE OF EXCELLENCE (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

    By Nia Liat | October 19, 2020
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    AVA DUVERNAY, JULIE DASH AND EUZHAN PALCY IN “ACADEMY DIALOGUES” SERIES FINALE Part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Academy Aperture 2025 initiative, “Academy Dialogues: It Starts With Us” is a new series of virtual panels which, so far, have been graceful, eloquent and fascinating looks at race, ethnicity, gender, history, opportunity…

  • Theater Preview: SUCH SMALL HANDS (Kane Rep Digital Reading)

    By Nia Liat | October 13, 2020
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    UPCOMING READING HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Tony Award winner Rondi Reed  and Steppenwolf’s  Francis Guinan  will star in a world premiere virtual reading of Adam Szymkowicz’s  Such Small Hands,  directed by Artistic Director of Northlight Theatre  BJ Jones  on  October 14, 2020, at 7:30 p.m. CT,  as part of Kane Repertory Theatre’s New Play Lab. The Play: Paul is cancer ridden and descending into dementia. He…

  • Concert Reviews: THE FORD (presented by the LA Phil)

    By Nia Liat | October 10, 2020
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    FREE CONCERTS FROM THE FORD From The Ford revisits past performances captured live on The Ford’s amphitheater stage by Los Angeles television station LA36. Each installation includes a curated selection of archival footage and newly created artist introductions providing additional insight into the work. From The Ford will be released weekly on Facebook Premiere. Also,…

  • Theater and Music Preview: THE TUNE IN FESTIVAL (CAP UCLA)

    By Nia Liat | September 27, 2020
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    CAP UCLA presents The Tune In Festival A Convergence of Music and Poetry in a Time of Change Oct. 28 – Oct. 31; Online “When the work of Pete Seeger is examined in its entirety, I find that he has pointed a way forward for musicians and the community around us.” ~ David Harrington, Kronos…

  • Theater Preview: FIFTH ANNUAL SEASON PREMIERE (Orange County School of the Arts)

    By Nia Liat | September 17, 2020
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    OCSA IS BRINGING BROADWAY TO YOU Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) has a terrific fifth annual Season Premiere in store for you. Virtually, naturally. Highlighting the best of previous Season Premiere shows, this year’s event features new, never-before-seen professionally recorded performances by all four of OCSA’s past guest artists. The event offers viewers…

  • Off-Broadway Theater Preview: BREAKING IT OPEN (La Mama’s 59th Season)

    By Nia Liat | September 16, 2020
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    OPEN WIDE La MaMa’s  59th season “Breaking It Open” will explore how new work is created, performed and viewed in a global pandemic. Artist Residents will be given the time, space, and resources to make work using new creative tools and formats at the intersection of online and live theater performance. La MaMa’s creative community is…

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