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Theater: CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM REUNITE FOR ASSASSINS 3OTH ANNIVERSARY (Patrick Cassidy and Studio Tenn)
FREE ONLINE ANNIVERSARY EVENT ON MARCH 8 INCLUDES SONDHEIM Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Assassins premiered Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons on December 18, 1990, and closed on February 16, 1991, after 73 performances. With sharp characters and fabulous songs, the simple premise has nine people who have tried to kill or who actually have killed…
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Dance Review: JOFFREY STUDIO SERIES (The Joffrey Ballet)
The world premiere of The Joffrey Ballet’s Boléro, filmed at the Gerald Arpino Black Box Theatre, has been playing since last Friday. Now it has been extended, and I highly recommend a viewing via the Joffrey’s YouTube channel. Boléro is without question the most extraordinary, sensuous, exhilarating virtual event since the COVID-19 shutdown. At the center…
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Theater: JULIUS CAESAR (Shakespeare@ Home)
CAESAR THE MOMENT Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare’s best known and most oft-quoted plays, chronicling the political and moral crisis of Brutus and his fellow conspirators as they plot to murder Caesar to prevent a dictatorship. First performed in 1599, this timeless play examines the razor-thin line between power and corruption, duty and ambition,…
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Preview: SANTINO FONTANA (Seth Concert Series)
SANTINO AND SETH Get ready, kids. This Sunday, February 21, 2021 at 8 (LIVE!) and Monday at 3 (EST), the gregarious, gadfly Seth Rudetsky will have as his guest Santino Fontana. Seth ’” accompanying this Broadway great on the piano from his New York flat ’” will extemporaneously chat it up with this amazing performer,…
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Theater: SPOTLIGHT SERIES (A Little New Music)
NOT SO LITTLE ANYMORE On February 2, 2021, A Little New Music continues its “Spotlight Series” with the music of multi-talented composer/lyricist Rob Rokicki of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (see our review). Co-hosted by ALNM co-producers Luke H. Klipp and Kila Packett, Rokicki, who has been a featured writer in three ALNM…
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Music: HOTHOUSE MEETS HAVANA (Cuban Jazz Jan 21-24, 2021)
THE RHYTHM IS HOT HOT HOTHOUSE Chicago-based HotHouse, The Center for International Performance & Exhibition since 1987, is bringing Cuba to you in Jazz Plaza: HotHouse Meets Havana, four nights of incredible music which streams Jan. 21-24, 2021, at 7pm CST. No other music I know of will get you going like Cuban jazz. And…
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Music: STREAMING CONCERTS (92Y in New York)
NEED A REASON TO WATCH GREAT ONLINE CONCERTS? HERE’S Y. Beginning Monday February 1, 2021, NYC’s 92Y is presenting quite the cavalcade of concerts. From Emanuel Ax to Richard Goode and Daniil Trifoniv, this is the go-to place for the finest in classical music. The formidable lineup for 92Y’s winter/spring season of streaming concerts, February…
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Review: RIDING THE RAILS (American Experience)
RAILING AGAINST DEPRESSION Being a lover of railroads, especially railroad travel, I still remember this absorbing documentary from PBS’s American Experience. Back in 1998, I learned of the teenagers who rode the rails during The Depression, and it left an indelible mark on me. That aching search. The adventure. Strangely, it has been hard to…
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Preview: FILMS.DANCE (Jacob Jonas Dance Company with The Soraya, The Wallis, Los Angeles, and The Harris, Chicago)
CONNECTING ALL CORNERS OF THE WORLD Here comes Films.Dance, an extremely ambitious and most promising global project from one of the hottest leaders in dance. This stunningly shot series exists at the intersection of music composition, dance choreography, visual arts, fashion, and film. So while the curtain is down, L.A.-based Jacob Jonas The Company is…
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Theater: COURT THEATRE UNVEILS NEW 2021 SEASON (Chicago)
NEW SEASON TAKES CENTER COURT Chicago’s great Court Theatre has sadly had to postpone its production of August Wilson’s Two Trains Running, but Owen McCafferty’s Titanic (Scenes from the British Wreck Commissioner’s Inquiry, 1912) and Shakespeare’s Othello are still on. If possible, Court will offer limited in-person viewership for Titanic and Othello, with digital access provided for patrons who…
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Theater Review: BORDERS AND CROSSINGS (Public Theater’s Under the Radar)
PERSONALIZING DIASPORA Perhaps one of the reasons more people aren’t wearing masks in the U.S. to protect themselves and others during the COVID pandemic is that, even with 369,000 deaths to date, many still don’t know someone personally who has passed, and therefore do not know the stories of the deceased. Within the obfuscation of…
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Theater Review: RICH KIDS: A HISTORY OF SHOPPING MALLS IN TEHRAN (Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival)
WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND LAYS AHEAD If you think Carl Sagan’s Cosmos is mind-blowing, or the way Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. could put history into context is dumbfounding, or Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat is so accurate about globalization as to be disturbing, or that Julia B. Schor’s take on consumerism, The Overspent America…
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In Memoriam: BROADWAY REMEMBERS
REFLECT A beautifully produced in memoriam video has been released today, and it’s truly lovely. In just about 8 minutes, I realized what has been missing among the devastating past year: reflection. As a promising year begins, take a moment to think about what we have lost during this divisive time. Broadway Remembers honors the memories…
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Film Review: WHAT SHE SAID: THE ART OF PAULINE KAEL (directed by Rob Garver)
KAELSTROM Now available on Film Movement Plus is a documentary that is as deliciously entertaining as the subject: Pauline Kael, mid-century film critic for The New Yorker magazine (1968-91) and author of 13 books. Using film clips from dozens and dozens of well-known movies to emphasize her points, we hear the words of Kael herself (voiced…
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Theater: RATATOUILLE: THE TIKTOK MUSICAL (A One-Time Streaming Event as a Benefit for The Actors Fund
THIS TIME, IT WAS THE PLAGUE THAT CAUSED THE RAT Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical. Notice in the title that there is no mention of Disney. You know, the folks behind the terrific Pixar 2007 film about an uber-intelligent rat chef that uses a human to prepare his meals in a French restaurant. That’s because Disney…
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Theater Review: SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD (SF Playhouse)
A WORLD APART FROM TYPICAL VIRTUAL FARE Like a breath of fresh air, Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World far exceeded my expectations of both virtual theater and Brown’s uneven song cycle. This is an early work from the Tony-winner for Parade and Bridges of Madison County. “It’s about one moment,” Brown said. “It’s about hitting the…
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Theater Review: THE FUTURE (Geffen Playhouse)
I HOPE THE FUTURE IS MORE EXCITING THAN THIS The Geffen Playhouse is forging ahead as Geffen Stayhouse, offering another magic show disguised as theater. Following the phenomenal success of The Present, the Geffen has now mounted a fairly similar one-man-show written and performed by master illusionist Helder Guimarí£es. While theaters around the country have…
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NY Theater Preview: I AM SENDING YOU THE SACRED FACE (Theater in Quarantine)
HOLY CLOSET! Whereas many theater companies are becoming experimenters with video during the COVID-19 shutdown, Theater in Quarantine has been actually transforming theater into a small space successfully. This pandemic performance laboratory from writer, director, and performer Joshua William Gelb and choreographer Katie Rose McLaughlin, has blown me away with its creativity. From their technically ambitious production, The 7th Voyage of…
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Concert Review: AN EVENING WITH AUDRA MCDONALD (New York City Center’s 2020 Gala)
MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY An Evening with Audra McDonald, hosted by Michael Urie, is a real delight. I’ve seen her sing these same songs live, but something felt special here — her perfection is even more soulful than ever. The good news is that the concert is now available on-demand through Sunday, January 3, 2021. Filmed live on the…
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Song Review: GEORGIA ON MY MIND (Broadway for Georgia)
THIS SHOULD BE ON EVERYBODY’S MIND Georgia is on a lot of people’s minds today, as official voting begins for the January 5th Georgia Senate runoff elections. Stage and Cinema supports this amazing video of the beloved song “Georgia On My Mind” by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell, produced by Seth Rudetsky, James Wesley and Audra…
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