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Theater Review: TAMING THE LION (Theatre 40 in L.A.)
I’M JUST A DANDY LION Homophobia may still be somewhat of a problem in today’s entertainment arenas, but it isn’t nearly as chaotic for queer artists who, nine decades ago, had to go undercover (so to speak) in order to continue with any kind of meaningful livelihood and/or physical safety. And that affected actors the…
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Concert Review: CHRISTINA AGUILERA (The Hollywood Bowl)
THE POP DIVA AND THE ORCHESTRA The excitement and playfulness was palpably flowing among the patrons at the recently reopened Hollywood Bowl last night, July 16. I’d like to say that it was due to finally being released from the COVID stay-at-home restrictions, but I’m rather certain the sold-out house (over 17,000 seats) was reverberating…
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L.A. Jazz: NIKI HARIS AND FRIENDS WITH SPECIAL GUEST STEVE TYRELL (Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood)
JAZZ IS BACK! Jazz chanteuse Niki Haris will return to Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood for one show only on Thursday, July 22, at 8:30pm, it was announced today by Catalina Jazz Club and Chris Isaacson Presents. Led by musical director Mitchel Forman on piano, the band will also feature Melvin David on bass, Tony Pulizzi on guitar, and Gene…
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Theater Opening: THE WAKE OF DICK JOHNSON (Hollywood Fringe Festival)
GORY, FREAKY AND DOWNRIGHT ALARMING The West Coast Premiere of the Off-Broadway production, The Wake of Dick Johnson, performed live and in person by writer and director Luke Walker, will be part of the 2021 Hollywood Fringe Festival. In this pitch black one-man comedy, Dick Johnson lies in an open casket, surrounded by flickering candles,…
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Concert Review: KOOL & THE GANG (Hollywood Bowl)
IT’S A CELEBRATION, INDEED All is right with the world again – the Hollywood Bowl is back! There was no way that one of the largest July 4th Weekend Celebrations could disappoint, especially when one of the headliner’s biggest hits happens to be “Celebration” – the classic 1980 hit from the well-established soul-jazz to disco…
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Theater Opening: GOLDBABY (Hollywood Fringe Festival)
SKETCH COMEDY. NOT SKETCHY COMEDY. Comedy lovers rejoice! Following their 13 month sold out run as one of the premier sketch groups at the Pack Theater (one of the top comedy venues in Los Angeles), and killing it at their sold out run in the prestigious San Francisco SketchFest, Goldbaby is bringing its solid gold…
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Reopening: GROUNDLINGS THEATRE (Sketch & Improv Comedy)
THEY’RE BA-A-A-A-A-A-A-CK L.A.’s home-grown Groundlings in-person programming returns with all of the best they got beginning July 23, 2021. An evening at the Groundlings means a packed theater containing a community of folks whose only desire is to laugh — and laugh you will. Friday, July 23 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. PST “Groundlings Light Up”…
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Theater: OFFERINGS FROM CENTER THEATRE GROUP
Center Theatre Group Schedule July 12 – July 18, 2021 Premiering This Week: Center Theatre Group in association with UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television present “32 Acres,” a new uniquely enveloping outdoor soundwalk through Los Angeles State Historic Park offered July 14 through September 29, 2021, during park hours (8 am through sunset) at no cost through a free…
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Music/Event: 2021 GALA (Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles)
CARSON KRESSLEY TO HOST GMCLA’S 2021 GALA Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA), one of the country’s longest-running and largest LGBTQ arts organizations, will hold its annual gala fundraiser on Saturday, August 14 at 8:00 pm. The event will be streamed live from the Toluca Lake home of GMCLA Board Members Greg Weaver and…
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Theater: RICHARD III ( Shakespeare by the Sea in San Pedro, L.A.)
RICHARD III AT SHAKESPEARE BY THE SEA Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more! Shakespeare by the Sea’s stunning 24th season continues with Shakespeare’s bold and patriotic Richard III — which opens on July 16, 2021. Audience members can attend SBTS just as they used to pre-pandemic – no reservations, no ticketing, no…
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Music Concerts: CAMERATA PACIFICA (2021-22 Season)
CAMERATA PACIFICA’S 32ND SEASON OF CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS RESUMES IN OCTOBER, 2021 Of all the discoveries my husband and I have made in the last year watching Zoom presentations and YouTube videos, we realized that we missed live music the most. Especially So Cal’s own Camerata Pacifica, a presenter of the most exquisite chamber music…
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Opera: SAN DIEGO OPERA’S 2021-22 SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT
San Diego Opera Announces 2021-2022 Season For subscription and tickets, visit SD Opera. San Diego Opera’s season’s Fall Concert Series begins on Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 7:30 with a special concert by mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe. Stephanie will draw from her vast repertoire of opera and Broadway to present a concert of arias and art…
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Concerts: KOOL & THE GANG; VIOLA DAVIS; CHRISTINE AGUILERA; KAMASI WASHINGTON (The Hollywood Bowl, 2021)
BACK TO THE BOWL Finally. The Hollywood Bowl resumes performances. And the line-up from the Los Angeles Philharmonic is stellar. The sense of community will be more than palpable as we all come together not just to watch these amazing entertainers, but to celebrate the return of live performers in an atmosphere of joyful freedom….
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Art Exhibit: THE PLASTIC BAG STORE (DTLA Arts District)
BAGTASTIC UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) presents The Plastic Bag Store to the public in Los Angeles’s downtown Arts District Wednesday, June 30 thru Sunday, July 11, 2021. Plastic Bag Store. Photos by Tony Lewis. Created by award-winning Brooklyn-based artist, puppet designer and director Robin Frohardt, The Plastic Bag Store was conceived…
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Theater Review: AN OCTOROON (The Fountain Theater in L.A.)
THE PLAY’S THE THING It’s no wonder that Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ brilliant adaptation of Dion Boucicault’s 1895 suspenseful melodrama The Octoroon is eight times better and more exciting than any other offering on America’s stages. It speaks to the current conversation of race in America while presenting a rather unknown actual nineteenth-century play that is rife…
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Virtual Theater Review: BECOMING DR. RUTH (starring Tovah Feldshuh from North Coast Rep in San Diego)
TO TELL THE RUTH Talk about becoming a hit. Playwright Mark St. Germain (Camping with Henry and Tom, Freud’s Last Session) has done it again. He loves to take us into the lives of renowned true-life personalities, offering us biographical insights into the development of their thinking and way of being, from The Collyer Brothers…
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Virtual Theater: Cris Franco’s 57 CHEVY (San Diego REP)
HOW BROWN WAS MY VALLEY? Following the successful streamed productions of A Weekend with Pablo Picasso and JQA, San Diego REP is offering a filmed version of Cris Franco’s play 57 Chevy, directed by Herbert Siguenza and Sam Woodhouse. I have seen and loved Franco’s rib-tickling one-man memory play live with Ric Salinas when it…
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Film: RED CARPET EVENT FOR ‘CRACKA’ (Cinelounge Sunset)
RED CARPET EVENT FOR CRACKA AT CINELOUNGE SUNSET ON JUNE 17 Cinelounge Sunset in Los Angeles is having a Red Carpet event this Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 7pm with a screening of Cracka at 7:30pm. Confirmed to appear are the film’s director Dale Resteghini; P. Frank Williams, Emmy ® and 8-time NAACP Image Award-winning producer;…
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Dance: THE PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY (The Music Center in L.A. | Abraham’s“ “Only the Lonely” & Taylor’s”Promethean Fire”)
THE MUSIC CENTER WELCOMES BACK PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY Los Angeles’s Music Center has a hit on its hands with its DANCE AT DUSK outdoor performance series. First, we had amazing tap dance with a live jazz combo, then American Ballet Theater, and this week is the great Paul Taylor Dance Company. Five in-person performances (June…
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Opera Review: DON PROCOPIO (Pacific Opera Project in L.A.)
SILLY PROCOPIO LEFT ME IN OSTRITCHES Well, last Sunday night, courtesy of Pacific Opera Project’s presentation of Don Procopio, I had my first foray to a live production since the pandemic put a pause on live performances (and as long as I’m alliterating, we packed a pleasant picnic perfect for piggery). While I had attended…
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