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Music Preview: LOOKING WEST (MUSE/IQUE)
GO WEST, MUSE/IQUE From the open range to Hollywood, MUSE/IQUE explores the music that made the West a legend Just what made the cowboy one of America’s most enduring exports? The hat? The horse? Gary Cooper? Clint Eastwood squinting into the sun? MUSE/IQUE has another answer: the music. For Looking West: How the Myth of…
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Film Festival Preview: CINEMA DIVERSE (19th Edition in Palm Springs)
Now in its nineteenth year, Cinema Diverse returns to Palm Springs with another terrific lineup of queer cinema, offering an impressive selection of features and shorts from established and emerging filmmakers. With screenings spread across two weekends, September 17–20 and 24–27, 2026, the festival offers plenty to discover, making a pass especially tempting for movie…
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Theater Preview: HANGMEN (by Martin McDonagh / Long Beach Playhouse)
HANG ON TO YOUR SEATS Gallows humor meets murder and mystery in Martin McDonagh’s wicked comedy I saw this play on Broadway and it rocked my world! Fun, intrigue, mystery and some jolts that only Martin McDonagh can provide. So I’m particularly excited that Long Beach Playhouse is bringing McDonagh’s Hangmen to its intimate Studio…
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Off-Broadway Preview: TOC TOC (Repertorio Español)
KNOCK, KNOCK. WHO’S THERE? TOC TOC. Six strangers, one missing psychiatrist, and a waiting room full of compulsions Six patients walk into a psychiatrist’s waiting room. No, that’s not the setup for a joke—although in Laurent Baffie’s international hit comedy TOC TOC, it certainly becomes one. Repertorio Español brings the play to New York in…
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Concert Review: CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT: WITH EVERY BREATH I TAKE (Carnegie Hall)
EVERY BREATH WAS BREATHTAKING Cécile McLorin Salvant, Sullivan Fortner and The Knights turn a night of ballads into the greatest concert I have ever seen I thought I knew Cécile McLorin Salvant. I had seen this extraordinary singer in different incarnations, from the intimacy of a trio to the sweep of a big band, and…
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Theater Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO (Theatre Palisades / Odyssey Theatre / West LA)
AGING GRACELESSLY A superb cast can’t keep David Lindsay-Abaire’s dark comedy from showing its age in a production that never finds its pulse There’s a very good reason Kimberly Akimbo became a better musical than it is a play. David Lindsay-Abaire’s original dark comedy, now revived by Theatre Palisades at the Odyssey Theatre, has a…
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Recommended Event: JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL: HEDWIG 25TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR (Malibu / Los Angeles / Palm Springs)
WIGGING OUT WITH THE ORIGINAL HEDWIG Celebrating a quarter-century of the film with screenings, songs, and stories Twenty-five years after Hedwig and the Angry Inch hit movie screens in a blast of glam rock, heartbreak, bad wigs, and defiant individuality, John Cameron Mitchell is getting back on the road with the character who changed his…
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Album Review: SONGS OF HOPE, INSPIRATION AND JOY (Sir Roland Hanna)
EIGHTY-EIGHT KEYS TO SOMEWHERE ELSE A transporting collection from a jazz master makes one spin feel nowhere near enough Nearly a quarter-century after Sir Roland Hanna’s death, a new compilation reminds us just how alive his music remains—Hanna can still make time disappear. Songs of Hope, Inspiration and Joy gathers 14 previously recorded solo-piano performances…
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Music Preview: A CONCERT FOR VENEZUELA (Gustavo Dudamel & LA Phil / Hollywood Bowl)
DUDAMEL’S FAREWELL BECOMES A HOMECOMING For his final Bowl concert as LA Phil Music & Artistic Director, Gustavo Dudamel turns the spotlight toward Venezuela What was originally planned as a celebration of Gustavo Dudamel and his extraordinary years with the Los Angeles Philharmonic has become something considerably more urgent. On Sunday, August 23, Dudamel conducts…
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Music Preview: STEVE SMITH TAKES OVER BIRDLAND (September & October, 2026)
FIVE WEEKS, FIVE WAYS TO KEEP THE BEAT From Rollins and Coltrane to Powell and Monk, Steve Smith turns a Birdland residency into a tour through jazz history Drummer Steve Smith is settling into Birdland this fall—but he certainly isn’t settling into a routine. Across five engagements in September and October 2026, Smith will move…
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Off-Broadway Preview: A GHOST IN YOUR EAR (Audible Theater / New York)
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY SOUNDS Audible Theater’s immersive headphone horror transforms the oldest ghost story trick into a chilling theatrical experience Imagine listening to an audiobook through headphones when the story begins listening back. That’s the unnerving premise behind A Ghost in Your Ear, the acclaimed London horror hit making its American premiere this fall…
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Cabaret Preview: MALTBY & SHIRE: OUR STORY GOES ON (Merkin Hall / New York)
THE STORY GOES ON—AND IT SHOULD The American Songbook Association celebrates Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire while reaffirming why America’s great songwriting tradition deserves to endure Few songwriting partnerships have enriched the American musical theater canon quite like Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire. On Monday, October 5, the American Songbook Association (ASA) celebrates…
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HOW ONLINE CASINO WELCOME OFFERS BECAME PART OF THE SHOW
There was a time when online casino welcome offers all looked more or less the same. A giant number sat at the top of the page, a timer counted down beside it, and the whole idea was simple: make the bonus look too big to ignore. That formula still exists, but people react to it…
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LINKS BRIDGE AGENCY CASINO GUEST POSTS & BACKLINKS
linksbridgeagency@gmail.com Introduction The online casino industry is one of the most competitive digital markets in the world. Casino operators, sportsbook platforms, poker websites, slot game providers, affiliate marketers, and gambling businesses compete daily for top positions on search engines. Because of intense competition, having an attractive website alone is not enough. Businesses need a strong…
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Theater Preview: PROOF (El Portal Theatre / North Hollywood)
THE PROOF IS IN THE FAMILY Ed Begley Jr. and daughter Hayden Begley bring David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama to the stage for a four-performance benefit supporting Parkinson’s research Jason Jeske presents a special four-performance engagement of David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Proof at the El Portal Theatre, starring Ed Begley Jr. and his daughter, Hayden…
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DROWNING IN MOVIES? HERE’S ONE SITE THAT ACTUALLY HELPS
At Stage and Cinema, we’re spoiled for choice. Every year, hundreds upon hundreds of films come across our desks—features, documentaries, animated films, festival favorites, indie productions, shorts, foreign films… you name it. We do our best to watch as many as humanly possible, but there’s only so much time in the day. And let’s be…
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Music Review: DEFIANTLY JONI (MUSE/IQUE at Mark Taper Forum)
OUR HOUSE, JONI’S HOUSE MUSE/IQUE opens the door to Joni Mitchell’s world with fresh arrangements, stories and songs Joni Mitchell’s house became our house at the opening night of Defiantly Joni. Saturday night at the Mark Taper Forum, MUSE/IQUE opened the doors to an intimate and loving “house concert” featuring Joni’s most beloved songs—as well…
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Theater Review: MY ONE WOMAN SHOW (THE SEARCH FOR A TRUTHFUL MOMENT) (Madnani Theatre / Hollywood Fringe Festival)
ONE MAN, MANY TRUTHS An extraordinary performer turns theatrical self-examination into something unexpectedly profound Stefan Marks is a spellbinding storyteller, and My One Woman Show (The Search for a Truthful Moment) at The Hollywood Fringe is far more than a clever send-up of the solo-performance genre. Beginning as a funny, self-aware examination of the agonies of…
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News: THOR STEINGRABER TO LEAD NEWLY REBRANDED VIVO PERFORMING ARTS, BOSTON
FROM THE SORAYA TO BOSTON: THOR STEINGRABER’S NEXT ACT After transforming The Soraya at California State University, Northridge into one of the nation’s most adventurous and respected presenting organizations, Thor Steingraber is heading east. For Boston, it represents an exciting new beginning. For Los Angeles, it is the departure of one of the region’s most…
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Theater Review: KEERAH (Definition Theatre / Chicago)
KEERAH’S WAYWARD WANDERINGS: DON’T LOOK BACK—OR DO An ambitious meta-theatrical drama of love and loss boasts terrific performances but struggles to find its focus with too many detours There are many things to recommend about Netta Walker‘s new play Keerah, her first, but director McKenzie Chinn has yet to shape its intriguing ideas into a…
Theater Review: RHINOCEROS (American Repertory Theater / Cambridge, MA)
by Emily Brenner | August 22, 2026
in Boston, TheaterBroadway Opening: THE IMAGINARY INVALID (Roundabout Theatre Company)
by Gregory Bernard | August 22, 2026
in New York, TheaterMusic Preview: LOOKING WEST (MUSE/IQUE)
by pwsadmin | August 22, 2026
in Concerts / Events, Los Angeles, MusicFilm Festival Preview: CINEMA DIVERSE (19th Edition in Palm Springs)
by pwsadmin | August 22, 2026
in Film, Palm Springs
(Coachella Valley)Album Review: FOR BILLIE — STELLA HEATH
by Michael Landman-Karney | August 21, 2026
in AlbumsFilm Preview: 10 KILOS (directed by Doron Eran)
by Gregory Bernard | August 21, 2026
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