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  • Theater Review: THE PROM (North American Tour)

    By Tony Frankel | August 11, 2022
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    PROM-COM Dust off the Mylar balloons and wrist corsages and head over to The Ahmanson Theatre, where The  Prom just landed as part of its national tour. Forget smelly gymnasiums or dated themes, as this prom is full of high-energy dance numbers, colorful characters, theatrical in-jokes and a litany of Broadway-style tunes that divert even as…

  • Theater Review: THE EMPIRE STRIPS BACK (Great Star Theater)

    By Chuck Louden | July 23, 2022
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    MAY THE TORSO BE WITH YOU Forget about Broadway or the latest Marvel Comic movie. The fun, hip and cool burlesque Star Wars parody — which isn’t just for fans of the franchise — is the show to see this summer live onstage in San Francisco. No stranger to SF, Burlesque started in the nineteenth…

  • Theater Review: MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (North American Tour)

    By Marc Wheeler | July 13, 2022
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    MOULIN “ROGUE”! It wasn’t just the powerhouse romance between Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman. With its frenetic theatrics and killer soundtrack (virgin ballads locking lips with re-imagined pop hits), Baz Luhrmann’s epic, high-octane love story, Moulin Rouge! (2001), was always destined for the stage. But Broadway, it appears, is the Duke in disguise here, promising…

  • Dance: SW!NG OUT (National Tour’s West Coast Premiere at The Ahmanson in Los Angeles)

    By Nia Liat | June 21, 2022
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    Acclaimed choreographer &  Dance Magazine  cover star  Caleb Teicher brings the best of the swing dance world to the concert stage when the The Music Center welcomes the West Coast premiere of  The Joyce Theater’s SW!NG OUT, directed by tap phenom  Caleb Teicher  (June 24-26, 2022).. With live music by Eyal Vilner’s Big Band, Lindy Hop champions bring the joy, fire…

  • Dance Review: MOZART DANCES (Mark Morris Dance Group at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica)

    By Tony Frankel | June 15, 2022
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    MO’ MOZART DANCES, PLEASE What a tough day I had last Thursday. No details necessary, but I was so spent it was with worry when I attended Mark Morris’s Mozart Dances at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica that I thought sleep and ennui would be my only partners. Set to three exquisite Mozart piano…

  • Theater Review: STOMP (National Tour)

    By Tony Frankel | June 9, 2022
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    STILL BANGING FOR THE BUCKS The incredibly basic concept behind  Stomp, a phenom now in its third decade, remains: “Make a rhythm out of anything we can get our hands on that makes a sound.” (Luke Cresswell, co-founder/director). The result: four global productions, including permanent venues in New York and London’”and the rousing tour now playing…

  • Attraction Reviews: SUMMIT ONE VANDERBILT | ONE WORLD OBSERVATORY (New York City)

    By Tony Frankel | June 8, 2022
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    A TALE OF TWO TOWERS The area around the erstwhile World Trade Center towers may have transformed slowly, and still under construction, but the transformation is astounding around the new high-rise replacement tower, One World Trade Center, also known as the Freedom Tower, and which is now the focal point of the Lower Manhattan skyline….

  • Review: COME FROM AWAY (North American Tour)

    By Tony Frankel | June 1, 2022
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    A NEWFOUND(LAND) WAY OF LOOKING AT MUSICAL THEATER This intimate ensemble piece seems to get better and better, yet it’s practically the same show I saw when it first opened at La Jolla Playhouse and then on Broadway (where it remains a hit). The National Tour, which is merely breezing through L.A. for two weeks…

  • Dance Review: ROMÉO ET JULIETTE / ROMEO AND JULIET (Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo)

    By Jake Sklansky | May 4, 2022
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    MAILLOT, MAIS OUI Les Ballets de Monte Carlo made a rare appearance in Southern California on April 15-17, 2022, with four performances of Roméo et Juliette, Jean-Christophe Maillot’s innovative 1996 version of Sergei Prokofiev’s iconic ballet, performed at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. In Maillot’s retelling, William Shakespeare’s tale of star-crossed lovers is presented…

  • Theater Review: HADESTOWN (North American Tour)

    By Marc Wheeler | April 30, 2022
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    PRAISE THE GODS! As soon as the plunger-muted trombone began to wail, and ache, and wail again; as trickled sweat watered ivories being tickled on an upright piano; as the hmmm’s of the chorus overlayed the chugga-chug sounds in this gin-soaked speakeasy where the train to hell was roarin’, I knew Hadestown was touched by…

  • Theater Review: TOOTSIE (North American Tour)

    By Marc Wheeler | April 28, 2022
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    SURRENDER (TO) DOROTHY Forty years ago, Dustin Hoffman lit up the silver screen as struggling actor Michael Dorsey in the gender-swapping, smash-hit comedy, Tootsie. Really, who can forget the VHS box art featuring Hoffman’s Michael Dorsey-turned “Dorothy Michaels” donning that iconic red sequin dress in front of an American flag? Obviously, a lot has changed…

  • Theater Review: MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (North American Tour)

    By Stephen Best | April 23, 2022
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    SPECTACULAR! SPECTACULAR! If a high-kicking, visually spellbinding, toe-tapping night out is what you love in entertainment, have I got just the show for you. Even though the original opening night was delayed a bit by a partial cast-wide Covid-19 outbreak, everyone is now back, healthy and bringing their A+ game eight shows a week at…

  • Theater Review: THE PROM (North American Tour)

    By Stephen Best | April 20, 2022
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    TOE-TAPPING TUNES MAKE THE SHOW Dust off  the Mylar balloons and wrist corsages Chicago, you only have one week to attend The  Prom as part of its national tour.  No smelly gymnasium or dated  themes required, this  prom  is full of high energy dance numbers and a litany of toe-tapping tunes that will stay knocking around your head long after leaving  the…

  • Theater Review: SIX THE MUSICAL (North American Tour Kickoff)

    By Stephen Best | April 13, 2022
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    BOW DOWN TO THE QUEENS OF SIX The second hottest fire to burn through Chicago since 1871 was last night, center stage at the CIBC Theatre, and is now playing there for the next four months before heading on tour to other realms. The powerful queens of  Six are back, celebrating their collective coronation national tour…

  • Dance Review: LAZARUS & REVELATIONS (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at The Chandler)

    By Tony Frankel | April 12, 2022
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    AILEY IS ALWAYS A  REVELATION(S) Bringing with them three complete programs of dazzling dance, this 2022 edition showcases Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s (AAADT) vital verve, reminding audiences why they retain a love affair with this American institution. An unprecedented two-week, three-program showcase plays through April 10, 2022. Never, and I mean never, in all the…

  • Dance Tour: LUXERíŽA (Barcelona Flamenco Ballet)

    By Nia Liat | March 22, 2022
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    Suspense, intrigue, sex, scandal, love: Luxurí®a  (“Lust”), the latest flamenco dance-theater sensation from Spain’s internationally renowned  Barcelona Flamenco Ballet. As part of a global tour, one performance only is set for The  Alex Theatre in Los Angeles (Glendale) on Saturday,  April 16  at  8pm. David Gutiérrez — photo by unniks.com Award-winning Barcelona Flamenco Ballet artistic directors, choreographers and  ballarines principals  (principal dancers)  David Gutiérrez  and  Paula…

  • Tour Announcement: EMOJILAND (Nationwide Open Call)

    By Gregory Bernard | March 15, 2022
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    EMOJILAND THE MUSICAL TO LAUNCH NATIONAL TOUR Visceral Entertainment today announced that after a critically acclaimed Off-Broadway run in 2020, EMOJILAND The Musical is launching a national tour in the Summer of 2022, with cities, theaters, and dates are to be announced soon. The show’s creators will take a unique approach to finding the touring…

  • Theater Review: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY (Ahmanson Theatre)

    By Marc Wheeler | March 12, 2022
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    DON’T MISS AT ANY COST… BANK ON IT Recently I saw a play which forced me to ask: with the amount of stellar entertainment available to us at home, why would anyone spend this much money to trek across town and see this drivel? Whatever “supporting the arts” or “supporting live theater” means shouldn’t feel…

  • Theater Tour Announcement: YEMANDJA (Angelique Kidjo)

    By Lamont Washington | March 11, 2022
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    YEMANDJA, ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO’S FIRST FORAY INTO THEATER After the world premiere at MASS MoCA this week, the co-commissioned Los Angeles premiere of Yemandja will take place at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica April 14, 15, and 16 at 7:30pm before the new work continues on tour   to  Cal Performances  at UC Berkeley on April 23. Inspired…

  • Theater: RIVERDANCE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW (Tour)

    By Nia Liat | March 4, 2022
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    THIS RIVER KEEPS FLOWING Opening tonight, the Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show begins its tour (see schedule) of over 40 cities across North America in four months, including a two-week run at the history Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Immerse yourself in the extraordinary power and grace of its music and dance–beloved by fans of all…

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