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  • 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…

  • 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…

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