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Theater Reopening: CYGNET THEATRE (San Diego)
A SEASON OF HOPE, REDEMPTION, HUMOR AND HEART STARTS IN SEPT. WITH THREE MUSICALS AND THREE PLAYS Cygnet Theatre has announced a joyful and overdue return to in-person performances starting in September. Audiences are set to experience a season of hope, redemption and humor beginning with the long-awaited return of the Tony award-winning musical La…
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Theater: THE GLASS MENAGERIE (Tennessee Williams Festival, St. Louis, MO)
An historic first: The Glass Menagerie will be performed in the Central West End building where Tennessee Williams lived and where the play was imagined The Tennessee Williams Festival returns for its sixth year. The headliner is a production of one of the playwright’s most important works, The Glass Menagerie. “A year ago, we brought Tennessee Williams into…
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Theater Extension: WALDEN (TheaterWorks Hartford, CT)
Due to popular demand, TheaterWorks Hartford, in partnership with Riverfront Recapture, extends in-person performances of Amy Berryman’s debut play, Walden, to August 29. Directed by Mei Ann Teo and taking place on a natural, undeveloped site along the Connecticut River, the North American premiere marks a return to in-person events for TheaterWorks Hartford, as well as its first outdoor show in its…
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Cabaret / Concerts: PROVINCETOWN’S ART HOUSE AND TOWN HALL (August, September 2021)
THE STARS DO ALIGN FOR P-TOWN IN AUGUST Judy Kuhn, Deven Green, Kristin Chenoweth, Ginger Minj, Judy Gold, Unitard, Liz Callaway, Kelli O’Hara, Susie Mosher, Stephanie J. Block, John Hill, Nicolas King, Lillias White, Beth Malone, Marilyn Maye, Beth Leavel The show will go on in Provincetown. The full 2021 summer lineup will proceed as…
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Theater Opening: ALIEN/NATION (Williamstown Theatre Festival)
From director Michael Arden and the company of The Forest of Arden comes ALIEN/NATION an immersive, world premiere theatrical experience that takes you on a journey throughout Williamstown, revealing unexpected surprises around you and within you. Choose to experience this completely unique site-specific performance by foot or by car and plunge yourself into the center of…
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Virtual Theater: URINETOWN THE MUSICAL (MSD Productions)
URINE FOR A GOOD TIME Stage and Cinema has received the first six minutes of a virtual production of URINETOWN The Musical that looks more-than-intriguing. MSD Productions clearly has a full-EQUITY, pitch-perfect cast on hand — selected from around the country — and the vocals are superior quality. But what’s this?! One Night Only? Sunday,…
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Virtual Theater Review: JUDGMENT DAY (Barrington Stage)
JUDGE FOR YOURSELF Go figure. Just as I declared, “No More ZOOM plays,” along comes the wittiest — no — most hilarious play I’ve seen since COVID shut down live performances. No, before that. I tuned in because of the amazing cast members, each of whom turned in an amazing performance, but found the play…
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Virtual Theater: STEW RICE (Kumu Kahua Theatre in Honolulu)
Kumu Kahua Theatre will finish it’s 50th season by presenting a live digital reading of one it’s most popular plays, the late Edward Sakamoto’s Stew Rice, with performances by the original cast from the 1995 Season, featuring actors Karen Kaulana-Lobel, Brian Mimura, Amy Nishihara, Sharon Aoki, Michael Sun Lee, Jason Scott Lee, and Marcus Oshiro. Stage…
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Virtual Opera: EVEREST – A GRAPHIC NOVEL OPERA (The Dallas Opera and San Francisco’s Opera Parallí¨le)
THE DALLAS OPERA RELEASES OPERA PARALLÈLE’S EVEREST – A GRAPHIC NOVEL OPERA, A NEW ORIGINAL FILM The Dallas Opera (TDO) is bringing a new film to its streaming platform, thedallasopera.TV, as part of its Originals collection. Available starting July 16, 2021, San Francisco-based Opera Parallèle’s innovative film production of Everest – A Graphic Novel Opera is offered…
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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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Broadway & Regional Theater: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (Lyric Theatre in New York; Curran in San Francisco; Ed Mirvish Theatre in Toronto)
IT’S SAFE TO SAY THERE’S MAGIC IN STORE You know, I was never bored watching the epic two-part Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; it truly was a magical experience, and the production team deserved congratulations. But Jack Thorne’s script, I thought, could use some judicious trimming. And now that’s happened, due in large part (according…
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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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Virtual Theater: FOUR NEW PLAYS (The Cape Cod Theatre Project)
Love seeing new plays? Want to be a part of the development process? If so, The Cape Cod Theatre Project has just the ticket for you this summer – plus it’s virtual, so you can watch from anywhere. Based in Falmouth, MA, the Cape Cod Theatre (CCTP), develops new plays for the American Theatre,…
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Opera: THE ELIXIR OF LOVE / AS ONE (Opera Maine)
Opera Maine presents a New Production of The Elixir of Love on July 28 & 30 Opera Maine will celebrate a return to live opera with two performances Wednesday, July 28 and Friday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m. The opera will be sung in Italian, with English supertitles. Pre-performance talks at 6:30 p.m. will be…
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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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Concert/Opera/Music Preview: WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (50th Anniversary Season)
BOTH THE ANNIVERSARY AND THE LINE-UP ARE GOLDEN Just in time for the 50th anniversary season at Wolf Trap National Park, here come the first live music performances since December 2019. Concerts are populating quicker than Stage and Cinema can keep up with them. As always, the line-up is amazing, so check out this summer’s calendar for concerts,…
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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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Theater Season Announcement: LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (“Welcome Home” 2021/2022)
McCoy Rigby Entertainment are bringing Broadway shows and events back to The La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. Their newly announced season will feature: WEST COAST PREMIERE CLUE September 24 – October 17, 2021 Based on the screenplay by JONATHAN LYNN Written by SANDY RUSTIN Additional Material by HUNTER FOSTER and ERIC PRICE Based on the Paramount…
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Theater Podcast: MAGELLANICA (Audio Drama by E.M. Lewis from Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland, OR)
Streaming for free through June 30, 2021, is Artists Repertory Theatre’s five-part, four-hour audio drama Magellanica on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Sticher, and where you find podcasts. Magellanica is about a crew of climate scientists during a 1986 “winter over” in Antarctica. Adapted by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Playwright-in-Residence and Steinberg New Play Award winning…
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Virtual Opera: DESERT IN (Boston Lyric Opera)
AN OPERATIC OASIS WHERE ANYTHING IS DONE TO KEEP LOVE SAFE Lost souls are found, love is rekindled, and secrets are exposed at a mysterious motor lodge in the American West. There’s an extraordinarily impressive team behind Boston Lyric Opera’s new operatic miniseries desert in, which premieres June 3, 2021 on operabox.tv streaming service. Anthony Michael Lopez…
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