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Virtual Theater: TITANIC (SCENES FROM THE BRITISH WRECK COMMISSIONER’S INQUIRY, 1912) (Court Theatre in Chicago)
Chicago’s amazing Court Theatre is presenting its next play digitally — the world can now see why this is such a remarkable company. Owen McCafferty’s Titanic (Scenes from the British Wreck Commissioner’s Inquiry, 1912) is a survivors’ story fraught with intrigue, bravery, and human frailty, telling the story of the sinking of the RMS Titanic using verbatim…
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Virtual Theater: THE LAST FIVE YEARS 20TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION (Jason Robert Brown, Daisy Prince, Norbert Leo Butz, Lauren Kennedy and BJ Jones from Northlight Theatre, Chicago)
A 20th Anniversary reunion event for Northlight Theatre’s world premiere of The Last Five Years — featuring performances and conversation with playwright Jason Robert Brown, director Daisy Prince, and original cast members Norbert Leo Butz and Lauren Kennedy — begins online this Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 6:30pm CST for free on The Northlight YouTube channel. On May 23, 2001, a brand-new musical opened at Northlight…
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Virtual Theater: TINY HOUSE (Westport Country Playhouse)
IT’S A TINY WORLD, AFTER ALL How I love this company! But being an L.A.-based theater fan, it’s admittedly a tough drive. One of the very few bright sides to COVID is that great outfits can be sent right to your home. Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut will open its all-virtual 2021 production season with the…
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Broadway: LACKAWANNA BLUES, Off-Broadway: MORNING SUN (Manhattan Theatre Club)
TWO TO LOOK OUT FOR IN THE FALL Performance dates have been announced for Manhattan Theatre Club‘s two previously announced productions that will reopen MTC’s Broadway and off-Broadway stages this fall: Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s sweeping saga, Lackawanna Blues, which I saw at The Taper in Los Angeles, will debut on Broadway Tuesday, September 14, 2021 and…
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Virtual Theater Review: REYKJAVíK (The Road Theatre Company)
WHAT THE HULDUFí“LK? Playwright Steve Yockey is at it again. His latest play contains the same ingredients as his previous ones: The supernatural; a mystical eerie hotel; shapeshifters; actors playing more than one seemingly unrelated character; murder; a vacationer; superbly chilling moments; paranormal regions; a spectral visitation; family members reunited after tragedy; gay sex; blood;…
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Theater Review: THE STORY OF MY LIFE (Chance Theater)
A STORY WELL TOLD BY CHANCE THEATER The Story of My Life is a warm, intimate and sweet two-character musical about Alvin Kelby and his childhood friend, Thomas Weaver. A flop in its New York debut, the 2009 show — which tugs at the heartstrings far more than the intellect — has been a regional…
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NY Theater: SEVEN DEADLY SINS (Tectonic Theater Project & Madison Wells Live)
WELCOME ALL SINNERS! Following Miami New Drama’s acclaimed, sold-out run along Miami’s famed Lincoln Road, Seven Deadly Sins comes to New York City’s Meatpacking District for a strictly limited engagement produced by Tectonic Theater Project and Madison Wells Live. No subject is taboo as audiences rotate through seven uniquely designed storefronts, exploring the depths of desire, jealousy, rage,…
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Theater Review: WAITING FOR GODOT (The New Group Off Stage)
ZOOM AND DOOM AND GLOOM IN A ROOM Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is not an easy play to write about, let alone produce, act, or even watch. It’s challenging, opaque, and ambiguous. On the surface, it’s about nothing at all. Deep down, however, it’s about everything. It carries a multiplicity of meanings that accumulate like…
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Theater: TALK TO YOUR PEOPLE (Dan Hoyle, The Marsh)
TALK TO ME One of our greatest solo performers, Dan Hoyle returns to The Marsh for an intimate night of online theater, comedy, and community with an experimental workshop, Talk to Your People, available to stream via MarshStream. Provoked by a director friend last summer who said to “talk to your people,” Hoyle began to create new characters…
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Film: THE LANDMARK WESTWOOD (Reopens Friday May 14)
Landmark Theatres is set for the grand re-opening of the extensively renovated The Landmark Westwood Theatre on Friday, May 14, 2021 with Zack Snyder’s ARMY OF THE DEAD (Netflix, 147 min). Snyder will appear in person for a discussion following the 7:00 PM show with producers Deborah Snyder and Wes Coller and Snyder will introduce…
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Event: 2021 NASHVILLE COMEDY FESTIVAL (Sebastian Maniscalco and Leanne Morgan)
2021 Nashville Comedy Festival Returns In Full Force With Comedy Superstars Sebastian Maniscalco and Leanne Morgan This June The Nashville Comedy Festival makes its triumphant return next month after a year that has us longing for laughter. Billboard’s first-ever “Comedian of the Year” Sebastian Maniscalco kicks off Nashville Comedy Festival on Saturday, June 12 at Ryman Auditorium. Maniscalco will have the…
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Obit: ROBERT FLETCHER (Costume Designer)
FROM STAR TREK TO NUTCRACKER, ORSON WELLES TO NOí‹L COWARD, ROBERT FLETCHER LEFT HIS WHIMSICAL MARK Robert Fletcher, the prolific costume designer for both stage and screen, died peacefully in Kansas City, MO on April 5 at the age of 98. Robert “Bob” Fletcher was a costume designer with more than six decades of experience….
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Theater: DRAGÒN {THE RETURN OF THE DRAGON} (REDCAT)
On April 10 and 11, 2021, REDCAT, CalArts’ center for contemporary arts in downtown Los Angeles is presenting DRAGí“N (THE RETURN OF THE DRAGON), the newest work from internationally renowned Chilean playwright and director Guillermo Calderón (see Stage and Cinema‘s review of Calderón’s Neva). Presented in Spanish with English subtitles, the story is about a group…
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Auction: STAGE AND SCREEN (Benefitting the Actors’ Fund)
The Actors Fund, Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers and Christine Baranski are teaming up on an auction event without precedent: “Stage & Screen.” Featuring a diverse array of memorabilia from the performing arts including Theater, Hollywood, Opera, and Dance, lots include original drawings, scenic and costume designs, photographs, meaningful wardrobe and one-of-a-kind memorabilia. Collectors and fans around the…
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Theater Review: FEEL THE SPIRIT (Shotgun Players in Berkeley)
THE SPIRIT OF THIS PIECE RESIDES IN PERFORMER VERO MAYNEZ What I left with from Feel the Spirit, which opened last night virtual-but-live from Shotgun Players, is the central performance of Vero Maynez (below) as Gabriella, a gay pastor at a Christian Church whose parishioners believe themselves to be tolerant but soon shy from liberalism…
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Theater Obit: ARTHUR KOPIT (Playwright)
Arthur Kopit, the legendary dramatist, died yesterday morning at the age of 83. He is survived by his wife, Leslie Garis; his children Alex, Ben, Kat; his grandchildren Arthur, Beatrix, and Clara; and his sister, Susan. Throughout a career spanning seven decades, Arthur Kopit authored an extraordinary string of admired, acclaimed, and award-winning stage works, beginning…
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Theater Review: AMOUR (Art Lab and ShowTown Productions)
YOU’LL FALL IN LOVE WITH AMOUR “I wanted to write an opera-bouffe, an intimate evening with light, lyrical singing and delicate charm,” wrote composer Michel Legrand. “Marcel Aymé’s delightful story of an ordinary little man who suddenly finds himself gifted with extraordinary powers seemed to be the perfect material for such an amusement.” Kevin Massey, Kara Lindsay, Thom…
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Dance: CHASING MAGIC (Ayodele Casel world premiere, streaming from The Joyce in NYC)
SHE’S TAPPING OUR TROUBLES AWAY Tap superstar Ayodele Casel returns to The Joyce in NYC for a world premiere digital engagement that explores the joys of everyday life and the art of tap dance. The Joyce will host the one-time-only digital dance event of the spring, Chasing Magic, an evening stacked with collaborators both brand…
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Theater Review: TRYING (North Coast Rep)
NORTH COAST REP SUCCEEDS, BUT THE PLAY IS STILL TRYING The eagerness of youth; the decay of old age; cynicism in a world of injustice; literature; mortality; idealism; FDR; and timeless quotes. All of these wrapped in the contentious years of 1967 and ’68 is what you’ll find in Trying, based on playwright Joanna McClelland…
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Theater: JOHN CULLUM: AN ACCIDENTAL STAR (Vineyard Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, Irish Rep)
HIS CAREER IS NO ACCIDENT John Cullum: An Accidental Star is an 80-minute intimate evening of stories and songs spanning Cullum’s illustrious career is told and sung by the 91-year-old two-time Tony Award winner. Directed and filmed earlier this year by Lonny Price (110 in the Shade with Cullum), An Accidental Star takes you behind the scenes with Broadway…
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