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Theater Review: TAKE ME AS I AM: A JONI MITCHELL TRIBUTE (Rainee Blake at Three Clubs in Hollywood)
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO YOU TO SEE RAINEE BLAKE AS JONI MITCHELL LIVE During the 2018 Music Center concert, Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration Live, Peter Gabriel sent a prescient message to the artists interpreting Joni Mitchell’s complex lyrics and melodies: “I pity the people who have to sing them tonight.” Instead of showing…
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Cabaret Review: LOVE SONG SATURDAY NIGHT (Scott Siegel at 54 Below)
YOU GOTTA LOVE IT Spring is in the air and so is love at 54 Below, where Scott Siegel is presenting Love Song Saturday Night, a monthly show where couples are encouraged to “swoon, raise a glass, and maybe share a kiss.” The June 3 edition featured songs from Broadway, country, pop, R & B…
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Highly Recommended Cabaret: MOONLIGHTING (Norm Lewis at Catalina Bar & Grill)
NEXT TO NORM Here’s a way to spend a Monday evening: Broadway, television, and film actor Norm Lewis is taking his night off from starring in the national tour of A Soldier’s Play at the Ahmanson Theater (which is a must-see) and will be crooning for you this Monday, June 12 at 8:30 (doors open…
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Cabaret Review: THE ALL NEW A RHAPSODY OF GERSHWIN (Matt Baker)
BAKER COOKS UP ONE HOT GERSHWIN Aussie jazz pianist Matt Baker says his earliest introduction to the work of George Gershwin was when a schoolmate played Rhapsody in Blue. His love of Gershwin was cemented with the release of Herbie Hancock’s Gershwin’s World. In time Baker met and learned from Hancock, who even taught him…
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Cabaret Interview: TERI RALSTON (Appearing with Alix Korey in Our Broadway, A Memoir in Song at Coachella Valley Repertory)
Broadway luminaries Teri Ralston and Alix Korey have performed in more than 15 Broadway shows between them and have worked with some of the greatest composers of all time, including Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz and Cy Coleman. During Our Broadway, A Memoir in Song — which plays CVRep this Thursday June 8, 2023 — this dynamic…
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Cabaret Review: STEPPIN’ OUT WITH FRED ASTAIRE (Gavin Lee at Birdland)
GAVIN’S PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ Gavin Lee first became fascinated with Fred Astaire when he was a child watching old movies on television. He also likes to dress up. If that doesn’t qualify him for his solo show, Steppin’ Out with Fred Astaire, certainly his fine voice and graceful tapping do. The show, which made…
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Opera Review: STRANGER LOVE (LA Phil Commission at Walt Disney Concert Hall)
STRANGER LOVE, OR MINIMALIST MELATONIN Composer Dylan Mattingly calls his six-hour Stranger Love an opera in three acts, but it’s more like a set of three distinct pieces: an opera (Act I, 230 minutes), a ballet (Act II, 80 minutes), and an orchestral piece (Act III, 25 minutes). It premiered Saturday May 20, 2023, at…
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Highly Recommended Cabaret: GREATEST SONGS. GREATEST VOICES. (Aaron Lazar at Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood)
Big Broadway, A Little Pop, A Lot of Passion. Music Direction: John Boswell Guests: Paul Freeman and Darrell Morris Jr Los Angeles audiences were treated to Aaron Lazar in both Dear Evan Hansen and The Secret Garden at The Ahmanson, and now this Broadway Heartthrob, singer, and actor from Cherry Hill, NJ, is coming back…
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Theater/Cabaret Review: ALONE: A NEW MUSICAL (John Ertman and Joseph Mathusek at 54 Below)
Creating a musical is not an easy task. Finding backers to produce it is even more difficult. When creative people have the fortitude and faith to take on such an endeavor, one wants to be as positive as possible. So it is with a heavy heart that I cannot fully endorse Alone: A New Musical….
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Highly Recommended Event: IMMERSIVE DISNEY ANIMATION (Lighthouse Immersive Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios in Hollywood
[Editor’s Note: The opening of the Los Angeles venue for Immersive Disney Animation has been delayed until further notice. There is no further comment at this time apart to say that guests have been notified, and tickets holders are being issued refunds. Lighthouse Immersive Studios apologizes for any inconvenience or disappointment.] IMMERSIVE DISNEY ANIMATIONPREMIERING IN…
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Recommended Theater: DEAR SAN FRANCISCO: A HIGH-FLYING LOVE STORY (7 Fingers at Club Fugazi)
DEAR SAN FRANCISCO: A HIGH-FLYING LOVE STORY AT SAN FRANCISCO’S HISTORIC CLUB FUGAZI EXTENDED THRU DECEMBER 31, 2023 WORLD-RENOWNED CIRCUS AND ARTS COLLECTIVE, THE 7 FINGERS, CREATED THIS ONLY-IN-SAN FRANCISCO INTIMATE AND IMMERSIVE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE The cast of Dear San Francisco Club Fugazi — the former home of Steve Silver’s Beach Blanket Babylon — has…
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Cabaret Review: NO ONE IS ALONE: MELISSA ERRICO REMEMBERS STEPHEN SONDHEIM (CVRep)
ISN’T IT BLISS? Striding onto the CVRep stage last night, Broadway star Melissa Errico, in a black dress draped in silver sequins, dazzled the eyes looking as if she had just stepped off of the steps of a recent Met Gala in New York. Over the next 90 minutes, she dazzled the ears as well….
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Concert Review: INVOCATIONS (Serj Tankian at The Soraya, Cal State Northridge)
A SURGE OF SERJ Serj Tankian, a world-class musician, peace activist, and frontman of Grammy-winning nu-metal band System of Down, had the mixed crowd — metal T-shirts, ripped jeans, and dress-up — buzzing with excitement. Tankian is also an alumnus of Cal State University, Northridge, the home of The Soraya. The homecoming last Saturday April…
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Cabaret Review: JASON ROBERT BROWN with MIKAL KILGORE (Samueli Hall at Segerstrom in Costa Mesa)
KING OF THE WORLD — AND MUSICAL SONGS Orange County audiences were treated to an all-too-rare occurrence — a cabaret appearance by Jason Robert Brown, one of today’s finest composer-lyricists. Since Jason Robert Brown no longer regularly performs due to his busy schedule, this was an opportunity to see a master of the musical theatre…
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Cabaret Review: TAWANDA IN MANHATTAN (Tawanda celebrates debut album “Smile” at Chelsea Table & Stage)
SMILE, INDEED Tawanda, who just won the 2023 Bistro Award for Jazz Vocalist, celebrated her debut album, Smile, at Chelsea Table & Stage on April 20. The accomplished vocalist is only 26, but she told the audience she “feels like an old soul.” Indeed she began the evening with a sizzling rendition of a Cole…
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Cabaret Review: SURVIVING CABARET (Sharon McNight at Green Room 42 in NYC)
40 YEARS OF STORIED SONGS When a songstress entitles her show Surviving Cabaret, one can expect a lot of sad ballads and weepy blues. Not so with Sharon McNight’s new show at Green Room 42. Yes, there is a bit of nostalgia. McNight opens with Janis Ian’s “I’m Standing Here,” which features lyrics proclaiming, “See…
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Cabaret Recommendation: MUSIC AT THE ODYSSEY (Celebrating Rodgers and Hammerstein and Cole Porter)
IT’S DE-LOVELY As I suspected, this Friday’s Music at the Odyssey show celebrating Rodgers and Hammerstein, George Gershwin and Cole Porter has sold out. And with good reason. The previous show, all Sondheim, was one of the most delightful cabarets I’ve ever seen. The bounteous talent was top-notch, the musicians breezy, and the space intimate. And…
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Recommended Concert: PIANO QUARTET MILANO (The Music Guild, St Alban’s Church, Westwood)
The Music Guild presents Piano Quartet Milano on Monday April 3, 2023 at 8pm. The concert takes place in the beautiful, intimate and sonically sound St Alban’s Church. ========== Program (scroll down for details): Handel/Halvorsen: Passacaglia in G Minor, Op. 20 Faure: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15 Brahms: Piano Quartet No….
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Highly Recommended Concert: RED EYE 2 TOKYO (Boston Court in Pasadena on April 1, 2023)
THEY RISE AGAIN Red Eye 2 Tokyo, founded by composer and multi-instrumentalist Shih-Wei Wu, will return to the stage for the first time after the pandemic shut down to bring you some rocking J-traditional Jazz fusion sound on Saturday April 1, 2023 at 8 at Boston Court in Pasadena (for tickets, visit Boston Court). There…
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Highly Recommended Cabaret: LILLIAS WHITE WITH SETH RUDETSKY (The Wallis in Beverly Hills)
GET YOURSELF SOME HAPPY So, which Lillias White is your favorite? Is it the bluesy, searching, achy soul singer? The sassy sweetheart of standards? The darling diva of Broadway showtunes? The infectious raging gospel optimism? Well, you get all that and more when she appears with SiriusXM Radio star Seth Rudetsky, on Thursday, March 30, 2023,…
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