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Theater Preview: BREATHE. (by Philicia Saunders)
BREATHE. With the recent political, racial, and global unrest occurring throughout 2020, the premiere of recent political, racial, and global unrest occurring throughout 2020, the premiere of Breathe., a live-streamed multimedia form of art activism and interactive theater event fusing performance, cinema, and artistic swimming in a hybridized narrative that could only be born during these challenging, yet…
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Theater Review: CITIZEN DETECTIVE (Geffen Playhouse)
THE BIG SLEEP No crime is as duplicitous as The Geffen’s latest zoom-as-theater project Citizen Detective. This is the point that I say “spoiler alert” but a) nothing I do can spoil this interactive 85 minutes any more than its shoddy execution already has, and b) I can’t spoil who murdered Silent-era Hollywood director William…
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Music: APPALACHIAN SPRING (Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra)
SPRING INTO LACO Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra continues its digital season with Aaron Copeland’s masterwork Appalachian Spring. The chamber version, originally commissioned by choreographer Martha Graham as a ballet, provides a superb showcase for LACO’s artistry. Conducted by Music Director Jaime Martín with LACO Conductor Laureate Jeffrey Kahane on piano in their first joint appearance,…
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Theater/Film: MUSICAL COMEDY WHORE! (Breaking Glass)
EXTRA! EXTRA! MUSICAL COMEDY WHORE CAUGHT ON FILM! David Pevsner’s solo musical show Musical Comedy Whore! is about sex, love : and musicals. Whether acting in stage hits When Pigs Fly and Fucking Men, or co-writing Naked Boys Singing — and in his work as an erotic model — Pevsner has never shied away from sensitive, risqué,…
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Improvisation Show: THE GROUNDLINGS COOKIN’ WITH GAS (with Lisa Kudrow)
LEAVE THE GAS RUNNING Groundlings alum Lisa Kudrow will join The Groundlings Theatre’s upcoming Online Edition of Cookin’ With GAS – the critically acclaimed short-form improv show — on Thursday November 19, 2020 at 7pm PST. Based entirely on audience suggestions, the comic daredevils invent custom-made fun that will have you falling out of your virtual seat….
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Concert Preview: THE SORTING ROOM SESSIONS (Six-Event series from The Wallis in Beverly Hills)
EASY TO SORT THIS ONE OUT One of the benefits of events being streamed during COVID is that we get to partake in film festivals and events from around the world. And then there are programs that ARE local, but always sell-out. Such is the case with The Sorting Room Sessions, a nightclub series presented…
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Theater: THE GREEK TRILOGY OF LUIS ALFARO (The Getty Museum and Center Theatre Group)
IT’S ALL GREEK ACTIVE TO YOU Getty Museum and Center Theatre Group have joined forces to premiere Luis Alfaro’s Chicano adaptations of Electricidad, Oedipus El Rey, and Mojada in virtually produced, multi-camera readings filmed at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City (Los Angeles), and premiering over three Fridays in November. All performances Alfaro’s fascinating trilogy of…
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Extra: VOTE AT HOLLYWOOD PANTAGES THEATER (And Get A Hamilton “I Voted” Sticker)
HAMILTON IS STUCK ON YOU Beginning tomorrow October 30, 2020, the Hollywood Pantages Theater opens its doors for a special new experience starring you. The lobby of this gorgeous, lavish, Art Deco triumph has been designated as a VOTE CENTER for the 2020 Election. All LA County registered voters are eligible to vote here and,…
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Theater Review: 45 PLAYS FOR AMERICA’S FIRST LADIES (The Neo-Futurists in NYC, Chicago, and San Francisco)
WHO’S ON FIRST, LADIES? The program states: “Rather than presenting a purely biographical story, this project uses the “honorary” office of First Lady as a lens to examine the roles that women and other marginalized individuals have played in the development of America.” That this recorded production is coarse in value only seems to heighten…
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Opera Preview: THE ANONYMOUS LOVER (LA Opera/Colburn)
ANONYMOUS NEGLECTED NO MORE L.A.’s Colburn School and LA Opera will stage and stream the company premiere of The Anonymous Lover (L’Amant Anonyme), a charming and unjustly neglected 1780 opera by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799), a contemporary of Mozart who is widely regarded as the first Black classical composer known to history. Performed in…
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Theater Preview: SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR (North Coast Rep)
SAME GREAT COMPANY, THIS YEAR Bernard Slade’s wickedly funny comedy explores a 25-year love affair between two seemingly ordinary people who meet once a year. Same Times, Next Year deftly examines the monumental political, social, and most of all, the personal changes that impact the lovers during that quarter century. Full of zippy dialogue, keen…
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Concert Reviews: THE FORD (presented by the LA Phil)
FREE CONCERTS FROM THE FORD From The Ford revisits past performances captured live on The Ford’s amphitheater stage by Los Angeles television station LA36. Each installation includes a curated selection of archival footage and newly created artist introductions providing additional insight into the work. From The Ford will be released weekly on Facebook Premiere. Also,…
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Theater Reviews: STILL. and BOB BAKER’S THE CIRCUS (PlayhouseLIVE from Pasadena Playhouse)
STILL. WAITING FOR THEATER No one has articulated the black American experience in such a way that I, as a white man, “get it,” as has James Baldwin. His cool, unflappable, authoritative delivery is one thing, but his writings — which brilliantly connect the dots between American slavery and growing up Black in America in…
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Theater Review: WIESENTHAL (The Wallis)
WIESENTHAL ENTHRALLS Writer/performer Tom Dugan’s solo show Wiesenthal capitalizes on the strengths of the famous Nazi hunter – his resilience, tenacity and humor. Dugan has crafted a show in which the retiring Simon Wiesenthal — who claimed he flushed out nearly 1,100 war criminals — addresses us as he packs up memorabilia and memoranda in…
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Theater and Music Preview: THE TUNE IN FESTIVAL (CAP UCLA)
CAP UCLA presents The Tune In Festival A Convergence of Music and Poetry in a Time of Change Oct. 28 – Oct. 31; Online “When the work of Pete Seeger is examined in its entirety, I find that he has pointed a way forward for musicians and the community around us.” ~ David Harrington, Kronos…
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Theater Preview: INSIDE THE BOX (Geffen Playhouse)
A CROSSWORD, CODE-BREAKING COLLABORATION WITH KWONG One of my happiest achievements was getting my husband hooked on solving Crossword Puzzles. Here’s your opportunity to find out why puzzling is so addictive for so many (aside from the mental benefits!). Now, after the enormous popularity of Geffen Playhouse’s production of The Present, it’s no accident that…
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Music and Concert Preview: SOUND/STAGE (LA Phil)
LA PHIL BRINGS THE BOWL TO YOU Although LA Phil and The Hollywood Bowl had to cancel this year’s performances, that doesn’t mean they’re done performing for you. Debuting September 25, 2020, is SOUND/STAGE, a 9-episode series of concert films from the LA Phil. Captured by directors James Lees and Charlie Buhler, these are all…
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Theater Feature: AHMED BEST ANNOUNCED AS ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR (Echo Theater Company in Los Angeles)
BEST LEADS THE BEST Los Angeles-based Echo Theater Company, dedicated to creating new work for the theater, has named Ahmed Best (best known as Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith) as Associate Artistic Director. Echo is hands-down the most continuously innovative theater company in L.A. One of my…
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Theater Feature: AN EVENING CONVERSATION WITH JAMES CROMWELL (Robey Theatre Company in Los Angeles)
AN EVENING CONVERSATION WITH JAMES CROMWELL NOW AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE The latest installment of The Robey Theatre Company’s online series of Evening Conversations, filmed on September 11, saw celebrated actor and activist James Cromwell discussing the current and future state of the Theatre, the impact of the pandemic on the performing arts, and the response…
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Theater Preview: FIFTH ANNUAL SEASON PREMIERE (Orange County School of the Arts)
OCSA IS BRINGING BROADWAY TO YOU Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) has a terrific fifth annual Season Premiere in store for you. Virtually, naturally. Highlighting the best of previous Season Premiere shows, this year’s event features new, never-before-seen professionally recorded performances by all four of OCSA’s past guest artists. The event offers viewers…
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