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Cabaret Review: LEVI KREIS: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS TOUR (part of the Sand, Stars and Guitars Series at the Palm Springs Cultural Center)
GOODNESS GRACIOUS, GREAT BALLS OF FIRE! Levi Kreis, the man from Oliver Springs, Tennessee, brought his 9th Annual Home for the Holidays Tour to the Palm Springs Cultural Center last weekend, and the stage he fully “inhabited” may never be the same. With so many performers putting on a fake stage persona and executing robotic…
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Theater Review: SUMMER SESSION WITH THE BONES BRIGADE (CVRep)
CAN’T SKATE AROUND IT: IT’S THE SCRIPT “Let’s Just Skate While We Still Can” — is this the moral of Summer Session with the Bones Brigade, now playing at CVRep through December 17th? Is it really? Does this play earn this last line of the evening? Akiyo Komatsu/DK, Ethan Zeph/Heath, Alex Michell/Lee Kudos to CVRep…
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Theater Review: IT’S ONLY A PLAY (The Bent in Palm Springs)
IT IS, INDEED, ONLY A PLAY; IT’S THE ENSEMBLE THAT MAKES IT MORE The Bent, in partnership with the Palm Springs Cultural Center, runs Terrence McNally’s It’s Only a Play for its final weekend this Thursday through Saturday. Go see it. The play unfolds on the opening night celebration for the Broadway premiere of Peter…
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Theater Review: MID-CENTURY MODERNS (Revolution Stage Company in Palm Springs)
WITH MID-CENTURY MODERNS, FROTHY, PLAYFUL AND FUNNY ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH Written and nicely directed by Mark Christopher, Mid-Century Moderns is a light, breezy, funny and entirely enjoyable entertainment. Mid-Century Moderns is the musical adventures of Maryann Popecky, (Shannon Mary Dixon) a Wisconsin widow who want to move West for her dream job – a…
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Cabaret Review: A TINA TURNER TRIBUTE (Keisha D & Hearts of Soul at the Revolution Stage Company in Palm Springs; part of “Cabaret6: Desert Stars”)
FULL-THROATED AND FIERCE, KEISHA D IS SIMPLY THE BEST As she embraced the audience with her full-throated voice and a fierce personality, you could see exactly why Keisha D may just be the best vocalist in the Coachella Valley. With hips, hands and heart all working the full crowd, this phenomenal performer can dish out…
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Theater Review: COLLECTIVE RAGE: A PLAY IN 5 BETTIES (Desert Ensemble Theatre in Palm Springs)
IS THIS ENSEMBLE GREAT? YOU BETTIE BELIEVE IT Desert Ensemble Theater (DET) launched its 23/24 season tonight, November 10, with Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties, a play so provocative that some publications won’t publish its full title: Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties; In Essence, A Queer and Occasionally Hazardous Exploration; Do…
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Theater Review: THE THANKSGIVING PLAY (Dezart Performs in Palm Springs)
THANKS, BUT NO THANKS Dezarts Performs (Dezarts) has opened their new season with a fine production of Larissa Fasthorse’s The Thanksgiving Play, which runs just two weekends, ending this Sunday, November 12. The Thanksgiving Play had its world premiere in 2018. As of April, 2023 it is the only Native American play written by a…
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Theater Review: THE FANTASTICKS: A LOVE STORY REIMAGINED (Coachella Valley Rep)
THE NEW FANTASTICKS IS ENCHANTING, MAGICAL AND, YES, FANTASTIC Pride weekend was the perfect time for CVRep to open its production of The Fantasticks, A Love Story Reimagined. It is the opening production of Artistic Director Adam Karsten’s second season. If you want to know how he is doing, I suggest looking no further than…
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Theater Review: LAST SUMMER AT BLUEFISH COVE (The Bent in Palm Springs)
BY COVE, THEY DID IT The Bent in association with Palm Springs Cultural Center recently launched its second season on the heels of its successful inaugural season that began less than one year ago. The Bent’s second offering of its second season is a very short run coinciding with Pride Weekend in Palm Springs. Now…
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Highly Recommended Theater: THE BOY BAND PROJECT (Revolution Stage Company in Palm Springs)
BOY, OH BOYS Are you ready for a non-stop 90 minutes of unsurpassed vocals, synchronized choreography, and sizzling interactions as four humpy boyz give it their all offering fan-favorite covers of chart-topping hits by NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, Boyz II Men, Jonas Brothers, One Direction, and more? Get to Revolution Stage Company on Thursday Nov. 2…
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Theater Review: RENT (Palm Canyon Theatre)
MAKING THE RENT Jonathan Larson’s Rent is in a musical theater empyrean; indeed, productions are as ubiquitous as the stars in the firmament. The show is about a year in the life of bohemian artists struggling to survive, and if that sounds familiar, Larson based his 1997 work on Puccini’s opera La Bohème, which contrasts lavish life…
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Theater Review: GROSS INDECENCY: THE THREE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE (Bent Theatre, Palm Springs)
WATCHING THREE TRIALS BECOMES A BIT OF A TRIAL In kicking off their second season, The Bent has again chosen to highlight an important issue of concern to the queer community, this time with a play by Moises Kaufman (The Laramie Project, I Am My Own Wife, 33 Variations). The Bent fills an important niche in…
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Theater Review: STEEL MAGNOLIAS (Palm Canyon Theater in Palm Springs)
MAGNOLIAS FOR JUDITH CHAPMAN AS M’LYNN In Steel Magnolias at the Palm Canyon Theatre in Palm Springs, which opened last weekend, Judith Chapman as M’Lynn blows the roof off of the theater and insists you pay attention; her second act monologue and emotional outburst is just brilliant. Chapman’s character takes almost the entire evening to…
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Recommended Event: TIKI MARKETPLACE (Alohana Palm Springs at the Palm Springs Cultural Center)
ENCHANTING “ALOHA” SPIRIT IN THE DESERT Alohana’s Tiki Market: an unforgettable day filled with tiki treasures, delectable treats, lively entertainment, and a heartwarming commitment to giving back. Tiki Marketplace Alohana Palm Springs Palm Springs Cultural Center, 2300 E. Baristo Rd. Sunday, October 15, 2023 12-4pm for tickets ($5), visit Alohana! Prepare to be transported to a…
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Theater Review: BRIGADOON (Palm Canyon Theatre)
MUSICALS LIKE THIS OCCUR ONCE EVERY 100 YEARS Palm Canyon Theater (PCT) launched its 23/24 theater season here in Coachella Valley this past Friday evening with the opening of Lerner and Loewe’s first successful Broadway show, Brigadoon. The show is about a Scottish village that appears only one day every hundred years. When two Americans…
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Theater Interview: LISA VROMAN (Appearing at CVRep in “Ingénue… …Ingé-not-so-new!” )
VROMAN AT HOME IN NEW CABARET SHOW Lisa Vroman, celebrated as one of the greatest crossover sopranos of this generation, makes her Coachella Valley Repertory debut Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 7 in CVRep’s 2023 Summer Cabaret Series. Vroman is best known for starring on Broadway, Los Angeles and San Francisco (where she won a…
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Cabaret Interview: CHRISTIA MANTZKE (CVRep’s 2023 Summer Cabaret Series)
Broadway and concert performer and EMI recording artist CHRISTIA MANTZKE will be performing her first ever cabaret show as part of Coachella Valley Rep’s 2023 Summer Cabaret Series for one night only, July 27, 2023 at 7. Mantzke is selecting her favorite songs from productions she has appeared in during her thirty years as an entertainer….
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Opera Interview: MAXIMO MARCUSO – TENOR OF THE AMERICAS (Coachella Valley Repertory)
“Music is the unbreakable bridge that unites all nations without frontiers of time and space” – Maximo Marcuso International tenor sensation MAXIMO MARCUSO makes his Coachella Valley Repertory debut this Thursday, July 20 in CVRep’s 2023 Summer Cabaret Series. It will be a rare experience to hear Marcuso’s glorious voice in an intimate venue. Marcuso is the new…
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Interview: CHRISTIANE NOLL (Now Appearing in “Old Friends” at CVREP in Palm Springs)
Christiane Noll is captivating, extraordinarily talented and in demand on Broadway, by concert orchestras and for up-close and personal cabaret performances – and she will be at Coachella Valley Repertory on Thursday, June 22 at 7pm as part of its 2023 Summer Cabaret Series. Her special program is titled Old Friends, and, as she explains,…
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Interview: GLENN ROSENBLUM (appearing in Broadway Showstoppers at CVRep)
BROADWAY BABY GLENN ROSENBLUM is a man with an obsession he gladly acknowledges and is eager to share: Broadway and the glorious world of American Musical Theatre. On Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 7pm, he brings his BROADWAY SHOWSTOPPERS WITH GLENN ROSENBLUM to Coachella Valley Repertory’s 2023 Summer Cabaret Series, exploring Broadway musicals of the…
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