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Dance Review: LIMÓN DANCE COMPANY (Joyce)
WHAT TO DO WITH MIDCENTURY MODERNISM? The first piece on the evening bill of the José Limon Dance Company’s residency at the Joyce was Limón’s Chaconne. As the director’s note in the program points out, the chaconne was a Mexican musical style interpreted by European composers. This piece, from 1942, was given a contemporary makeover,…
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10 WAYS TO ROCK YOUR MEN’S ESSENTIALS HOODIE DAILY
Stay effortlessly cool with the Men’s essentials hoodie for any casual day. Pair it with ripped jeans and clean sneakers for a street-ready look. Keep accessories minimal to highlight the relaxed vibe. Each piece should complement the hoodie’s neutral tone perfectly. The Men’s essential hoodie adds a soft but structured silhouette. Its premium fabric ensures…
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Chicago Theater Review: GOBSMACKED! (Broadway in Chicago at the Broadway Playhouse)
FOLLOW THE BOUNCING BEAT Now in a very brief visit to Chicago’s Broadway Playhouse, Gobsmacked! is a good title for a show that slaps sounds out of seven performers’ fertile heads. It hits an audience too for almost two hours of fervent imitation. This touring U.K. troupe mimic every percussive instrument imaginable. They’re a lot like Australia’s Stomp! without…
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DVD Review: MERCY STREET, Season 2 (PBS)
MERCY ON US ALL The second season of PBS’ Mercy Street is very much a continuation of the first season in that it explores the Civil War in regards to the hospital staff, both male doctors and female nurses, both pro-Union and pro-Confederate. The producers have successfully brought this part of the War alive, giving it meaning and…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: DRY LAND (Echo Theatre Company at Atwater Village Theatre)
FRIENDSHIP AS A LIFE VEST For the lucky few who know confidence and fit in with no real problems, high school is a pleasant stepping stone from adolescence to adulthood. For many, the years leading to college are filled with loathing. Sometimes its as simple as hating the bitchy popular girls who seemingly skate through life….
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Chicago Theater Review: SIDE SHOW (Porchlight Music Theatre at Stage 773)
YOKED ASUNDER Don’t believe the ironic title of a first-act song: Daisy and Violet Hilton were not your “Typical Girls Next Door.” Conjoined (or “Siamese” twins), they were, grotesquely enough, literally born into showbiz–as “freaks” of nature and entertainment. Discarded by their freaked-out mother, the “well-connected” girls were exploited in their native England by a…
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Chicago Theater Review: THE HAMMER TRINITY (House Theatre of Chicago)
GRASP THIS HAMMER WHILE THE IRON IS HOT! Considering the popularity of fantasy epics The Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones, it is a wonder that more theaters aren’t performing them. While demand is certainly there, perhaps the problem lies in lack of resources. Most companies simply don’t have the talent or the…
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Los Angeles Music Preview: I AM HARVEY MILK and CITY OF ANGELS: GMCLA’s 35th Anniversary Concert (Disney Hall)
GET READY TO BE MILKED In 1978, on the night of Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone’s assassinations, an unprecedented candlelight march brought mourners to San Francisco’s City Hall. The newly formed San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus canceled a rehearsal for their upcoming debut concert and opted to perform at the makeshift memorial service. It…
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Los Angeles Opera Review: BILLY BUDD (LA Opera)
LOST AT SEA To culminate a year-long centennial celebration of British composer Benjamin Britten, L.A. Opera revisits the acclaimed Francesca Zambello production of his 1951 seafaring opera Billy Budd that first set sail at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in 2000. With themes as tumultuous as good vs evil, the powerful vs the powerless, regret and…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: THE GRAND IRRATIONALITY (The Lost Studio)
A FINE MESS The Grand Irrationality: The title of playwright Jemma Kennedy’s romantic comedy refers to the concept found in astrology relating to ultimate chaos – e.g., the idea that sometimes the stars and the constellations are entirely out of whack, without order, or prone to nothing but random disorder. Of course, Kennedy’s interest is…
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Off Broadway Theater Review: AFTER (Partial Comfort)
NO EXONERATION FOR AFTER For the past decade, Partial Comfort has gained a reputation as one of the leaders in NYC’s downtown theater scene as a producer of new American plays. Instead of following the boundary breaking legacies of Albee, Shepherd, and Fornes, Partial Comfort’s production of Chad Beckim’s After, up and running at The…
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Off Broadway Theater Review: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF KING JOHN (New York Shakespeare Exchange)
THE KING YOU LOVE TO HATE Critics have thrown stones at The Life and Death of King John for centuries, but New York Shakespeare Exchange delivers such a clear, astute, and enjoyable production of the play that one must wonder what is wrong with all those literary pundits. Far from a muddled mess, the play…
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HEY! What the hell’s going on with Stage and Cinema?
Devoted readers and new visitors: Stage and Cinema is undergoing a change. We will look largely the same but operating under a different system. Everything will be in order soon, so please bear with us. To find reviews that have been previously published, the old version of our site is still available at http://old.stageandcinema.com. Sorry…
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