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Off-Broadway Theater Preview: BREAKING IT OPEN (La Mama’s 59th Season)
OPEN WIDE La MaMa’s 59th season “Breaking It Open” will explore how new work is created, performed and viewed in a global pandemic. Artist Residents will be given the time, space, and resources to make work using new creative tools and formats at the intersection of online and live theater performance. La MaMa’s creative community is…
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Theater Review: A WEEKEND WITH PABLO PICASSO (feature-length film adaptation at San Diego Rep)
When I first saw Herbert Siguenza’s solo show A Weekend with Pablo Picasso, I knew this tour-de-force triumph would live among the greatest one-person shows I could ever see, including James Whitmore as President Truman in Give ‘em Hell, Harry, Robert Morse as Truman Capote in Tru, and Ann Randolph as the kookiest daughter on record in Loveland….
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Theater Preview: THE NICETIES (MOXIE Theatre)
MOXIE’S NEXT PRODUCTION IS ALSO THE CENTER OF A DOCUMENTARY FILM Turning sixteen means new responsibility and new freedom. The same goes for San Diego’s scrappy, innovative, and critically acclaimed MOXIE Theatre, kicking off their sweet sixteen season with a drama that is just as scrappy and innovative. Not only will they be filming the…
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Theater Preview: ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS (UK’s Bristol Old Vic, streamed for The Wallis in Beverly Hills)
ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS MAKES U.S. DIGITAL PREMIERE LIVE One of the saddest cancellations due to COVID-19 was The Wallis Annenberg Center’s U.S. premiere of writer/director Emma Rice’s production of Romantics Anonymous, a new musical experience. Until the global pandemic passes, and we will hopefully get a chance to see this on stage in the U.S., the…
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Theater Preview: ASK THE VOID (Theatre of the Electric Mouth)
GO AHEAD…ASK Theatre of the Electric Mouth (ThEM) — a newly formed theatre collective — will release its first audio drama, Ask the Void, on September 15, 2020, landing on on Spotify, Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. With an absurdist lens somewhere between Eugene Ionesco and Tim and Eric, Ask the Void imagines a world…
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Preview: LET US ENTERTAIN YOU (Brave Hearts for Broadway)
YOU GOTTA HAVE HEART Healthcare professionals help mend broken bodies, while theatre folk help heal collective souls. Now more than ever, it’s become apparent that the two need each other. From that, Brave Hearts for Broadway was born. It’s an organization that brings arts-minded frontline workers together with the theatre community to keep the arts…
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Theater Preview: STARS IN THE HOUSE (200th Episode)
“STARS IN THE HOUSE” CELEBRATES 200th EPISODE WITH A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM WITH BEN STILLER, OWEN WILSON, CARLA GUGINO, AND MORE Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley announced today that the landmark 200th episode of “Stars in the House” will reunite the cast of “Night at the Museum” in support of The Actors Fund! LIVE on Thursday, September 10th at 8 PM…
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Music Preview: THE GILMORE 2020-2021 VIRTUAL CONCERT SEASON (Gilmore International Keyboard Festival)
WONDERFUL PIANO FESTIVAL COMING TO YOU THIS YEAR The Gilmore — the organization known for its biennial Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, a three-week celebration in western Michigan of keyboard artistry — has come up with a 2020–21 virtual concert season, webcast from September 20, 2020 to May 16, 2021. Until now, one of the biggest…
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Off-Broadway Event Preview: MISCAST20 (MCC Theatre)
MISCAST TO PERFECTION OK, for all of you theater fans who have been grumbling you can’t get into MCC Theatre’s Miscast, this year it’s coming to you — digitally, naturally. This annual New York gala — where the biggest stars of stage and screen take the stage to sing songs from roles in which they…
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Music Preview: JESSYE NORMAN AT 75: A CELEBRATION LIVE (Black Opera Productions and Brookfield Place)
A NORMAN CONQUEST Get ready for Jessye Norman at 75: A Celebration on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 6 pm ET. The live event will commemorate the legendary singer’s first birthday in memoriam, presented in support of the Estate of Jessye Norman and Jessye Norman School of the Arts, and the forthcoming documentary film Black Opera. The 90-minute…
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Dance Preview: UNSETTLING RAMONA SALON SERIES (Heidi Duckler Dance)
UNSETTLING RAMONA SALON SERIES Los Angeles-based dance company Heidi Duckler Dance (HDD) is presenting a 3-part series of virtual programs amplifying the histories and contemporary experiences of Native Americans in California through art, music, conversation and a deep dive into the story of Ramona. The third and final salon will occur tomorrow, Thursday August 27,…
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Concert Feature: BRAT PACK (For the Record Talent Search)
FOR THE RECORD SEEKS STUDENTS TO JOIN THE PACK JOIN THE PACK! Follow These Simple Steps – Write a short essay via email describing who you are. – Make a video of you singing OR submit a video of a past performance. Pop music only. – Send to info@fortherecordlive.com
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Theater Feature: BACKSTAGE LIVE AT THE GEFFEN (Geffen Playhouse annual fundraiser)
DIANE KEATON, GLORIA CALDERí“N KELLETT AND FRANK MANCUSO TO BE HONORED BY GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE Being recognized this year at Geffen Playhouse’s 18th annual Backstage LIVE on August 22 are Academy Award winner Diane Keaton, who will receive the Artistic Impact Award, and One Day at a Time co-creator, co-showrunner, executive producer and actor Gloria Calderón…
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Concert Review: STEPHANIE J. BLOCK (The Seth Concert Series)
BLOCK IS CHOCKABLOCK WITH FUN AND TALENT Seth Rudetsky’s fun and insightful Broadway concert series that first began in Provincetown at The Art House in 2011 is now a weekly virtual series titled The Seth Concert Series. I caught his live conversation-and-song episode with Stephanie J. Block, (The Cher Show, Falsettos) and it was positively…
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Theater Preview: AMERICA ADJACENT (Skylight Theatre Company Streams the World Premiere Production)
AMERICA ADJACENT STREAMS FROM SKYLIGHT THEATRE Reservation are FREE but required During this week’s Skylight Live time slot on Thursday, August 20th at 3pm PST, the company will stream the archival video of America Adjacent by Boni B. Alvarez. In early 2019 the production premiered at the Skylight Theatre, directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera. Run…
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Music Preview: IN CONCERT AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL (Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic)
IN CONCERT AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL LA Phil’s Gustavo Dudamel is set to host a new six-episode series highlighting unforgettable performances from the past 10 years at the Hollywood Bowl. Tune in for the debut episode of In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl this week with “Hecho en México” (“Made in Mexico”), which pays tribute to…
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Concert Feature: THE SETH CONCERT SERIES (Upcoming guests: Sierra Boggess, Karen Olivo and Jeremy Jordan)
SIERRA BOGGESS AND KAREN OLIVO JOIN THE SETH CONCERT SERIES VIRTUAL LINE-UP: JEREMY JORDAN TO RETURN FOR ALL NEW SHOW
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Theater Review: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (Lifeline)
A PRODUCTION TO BE PROUD OF Pride and Prejudice is Austen’s best-known novel, and its rich tapestry of characters and urbane dialogue have made it a natural for the stage, television, and motion pictures — and now, virtual streaming. To kick off its new line of digital programming, Lifeline Theatre presents Pride and Prejudice, adapted…
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Event Preview: HAM4CHANGE (Cast of Hamilton)
A HAM-CHANGE IS COMING Award-winning Broadway musical Hamilton will come together for the final HAM4CHANGE virtual event on August 15, 2020, to support organizations focused on ending systematic racism. For tickets, visit HAM4CHANGE. Organized by cast members Okieriete Onaodowan and Morgan Marcell, and hosted by Andrew Chappelle, the two-hour exclusive livestream will be hosted on…
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Theater and Art Preview: ARTISTS-IN-PRESIDENTS: FIRESIDE CHATS (UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance / CAP UCLA)
CHATS FOR CHANGE UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) presents Artists-In-Presidents: Fireside Chats for 2020. This project is one of this season’s micro-commissions and a commitment to artists, especially during this season of financial uncertainty. While Artists-In-Presidents will be free to enjoy from Tuesday, September 14, through Friday, November 13, 2020 over…


















