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Virtual Theater: NOT A GENUINE BLACK MAN (The Marsh)
I’ve known about Brian Copland’s work for years, but didn’t get a chance to see the Bay Area performer until the virtual presentation of his solo show The Jewelry Box, easily one of the most effective one-man shows I have ever seen. (See my review here.) On June 19 (Juneteenth) The Marsh will offer a…
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Virtual Theater Review: THE LAST MATCH (Writers Theatre)
SERVE. SET. MATCH. WINNER. Finally! A virtual theater production that actually feels like I’m in a theater. Not only that, but Writers’ production of Anna Ziegler’s The Last Match is intuitively directed as theater-as-cinema by Keira Fromm, and ferociously acted by a perfectly cast pile-driving ensemble. Here’s more proof for the world to see how…
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Virtual Theater: ALICE IN WONDERLAND (A Noise Within)
WHAT A WONDER [Editor’s Note: Just after we published Marc Wheeler’s glowing review of A Noise Within’s production of Alice in Wonderland, the theater had to go dark due to COVID. Fortunately, the amazing cast and crew reunited recently to professionally film the production specifically for high-definition streaming, which begins May 27, 2021. We are…
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Virtual Theater: URSULA (Latino Theater Co; Cara Mía Theatre)
URSULA Written, Directed & Performed by Frida Espinosa-Mí¼ller Watch On-demand for FREE starting May 20 at 6:30 PM PST / 8:30 PM CT ends on June 6, 2021 Ursula tells the story of seven-year-old Nadia, who becomes separated from her mother after seeking asylum at the border. As Nadia waits for her asylum to be processed,…
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Virtual Music: BEYOND THE ARIA FINALE WITH JOYCE DIDONATO (Harris Theater, Chicago)
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Theater Review: GOODS (Artemisia Theatre in Chicago)
GOODS AND READY Family. Waste. Refugees. Class. Climate Change. All these and more fly off today’s headlines, but like a genie in a magic lamp, playwright Lauren Ferebee has fit them all — and more — inside a tiny capsule moving through the universe, where two American women have been collecting space trash for twenty…
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Virtual Theater: TITANIC (SCENES FROM THE BRITISH WRECK COMMISSIONER’S INQUIRY, 1912) (Court Theatre in Chicago)
Chicago’s amazing Court Theatre is presenting its next play digitally — the world can now see why this is such a remarkable company. Owen McCafferty’s Titanic (Scenes from the British Wreck Commissioner’s Inquiry, 1912) is a survivors’ story fraught with intrigue, bravery, and human frailty, telling the story of the sinking of the RMS Titanic using verbatim…
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Virtual Dance: GISELLE OF LONELINESS (Ballez at The Joyce)
The Joyce celebrates Pride 2021 with the Joyce debut of the queer, transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming artists of Ballez in Giselle of Loneliness, created by the company’s founder, Katy Pyle. This deconstruction of one of the world’s most famous and oft-performed ballets — and of the construct and constraints of classical ballet as a…
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Virtual Theater: UNMASKED: A THEATRICAL CELEBRATION OF BLACK WOMEN’S LIBERATION (Wallis, Black Rebirth Collective)
Beverly Hills’ The Wallis and Black Rebirth Collective are presenting a co-production of UNMASKED: A Theatrical Celebration of Black Women’s Liberation — filmed in The Wallis’s Lovelace Studio Theater — premiering on Saturday, June 19, 2021 (Juneteenth) and available for on demand streaming through Friday, July 2. Tickets for the evening of four plays (total…
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Virtual Theater: THE LAST FIVE YEARS 20TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION (Jason Robert Brown, Daisy Prince, Norbert Leo Butz, Lauren Kennedy and BJ Jones from Northlight Theatre, Chicago)
A 20th Anniversary reunion event for Northlight Theatre’s world premiere of The Last Five Years — featuring performances and conversation with playwright Jason Robert Brown, director Daisy Prince, and original cast members Norbert Leo Butz and Lauren Kennedy — begins online this Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 6:30pm CST for free on The Northlight YouTube channel. On May 23, 2001, a brand-new musical opened at Northlight…
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Virtual Dance: HELGI TOMASSON’S SWAN LAKE (SF Ballet)
San Francisco Ballet (SF Ballet) is presenting Helgi Tomasson’s Swan Lake from May 20 to June 9, 2021, closing SF Ballet’s 2021 Digital Season. The archival capture from 2016 stars Principal Dancers Yuan Yuan Tan as Odette-Odile and Tiit Helimets as Prince Siegfried. Swan Lake offers standout roles for the corps of 30 swans and Odette-Odile,…
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NY Theater Event: BEHIND THE CURTAIN: A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE BEGINNINGS OF BROADWAY (Peculiar Works Project)
This week’s recommendation for THEATER NERDS: Behind the Curtain is a unique look at New York City’s earliest theaters’”the birth of Broadway’”through images of its locations, its builders and managers, and the actors who made history on its stages. Join downtown theater-maker Ralph Lewis of Peculiar Works Project this Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 7pm ET for a virtual tour…
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Virtual Theater: TINY HOUSE (Westport Country Playhouse)
IT’S A TINY WORLD, AFTER ALL How I love this company! But being an L.A.-based theater fan, it’s admittedly a tough drive. One of the very few bright sides to COVID is that great outfits can be sent right to your home. Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut will open its all-virtual 2021 production season with the…
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Virtual Theater: BKLYN THE MUSICAL (Broadway on Demand)
BKLYN The Musical tells a tapestry of stories as rich and inspiring as the borough that inspired it. There is a girl named Brooklyn, searching for the father she never knew. There is a troupe of street performers, struggling to be heard as artists… and seen as human beings. And there is an epic battle…
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Virtual Theater Review: REYKJAVíK (The Road Theatre Company)
WHAT THE HULDUFí“LK? Playwright Steve Yockey is at it again. His latest play contains the same ingredients as his previous ones: The supernatural; a mystical eerie hotel; shapeshifters; actors playing more than one seemingly unrelated character; murder; a vacationer; superbly chilling moments; paranormal regions; a spectral visitation; family members reunited after tragedy; gay sex; blood;…
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Theater Review: THE STORY OF MY LIFE (Chance Theater)
A STORY WELL TOLD BY CHANCE THEATER The Story of My Life is a warm, intimate and sweet two-character musical about Alvin Kelby and his childhood friend, Thomas Weaver. A flop in its New York debut, the 2009 show — which tugs at the heartstrings far more than the intellect — has been a regional…
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Virtual Theatrical Event: COMMUNION (A.C.T. in San Francisco)
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) is stretching the theatrical landscape with the world premiere production of Obie Award–winning Bay Area playwright Christopher Chen’s virtual play, Communion. It’s a thrilling interactive theatrical event on Zoom which is performed live May 28–June 27, 2021 for a limited number of attendees at each performance. It will feature Bay Area favorite Stacy Ross in her…
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Theater Podcast: THE DESIGNATED MOURNER & GRASSES OF A THOUSAND COLORS (Wallace Shawn & André Gregory)
Premiering June 25 & July 9, 2021, Gideon Media will present The Designated Mourner and Grasses of a Thousand Colors, two unnervingly prescient plays from legendary playwright Wallace Shawn and director André Gregory, as part of their new slate of scripted fiction podcasts, with distribution from public media organization PRX. The podcasts will be available…
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Theater Review: WAITING FOR GODOT (The New Group Off Stage)
ZOOM AND DOOM AND GLOOM IN A ROOM Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is not an easy play to write about, let alone produce, act, or even watch. It’s challenging, opaque, and ambiguous. On the surface, it’s about nothing at all. Deep down, however, it’s about everything. It carries a multiplicity of meanings that accumulate like…
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Art: WILLIE BIRCH: PAINTINGS FROM 1998-2019 (Fort Gansevoort gallery)
Willie Birch, Sunday Morning, 2004, Acrylic and charcoal on paper, 72 x 144 inches (triptych) An online exhibition in conversation with Dr. Leslie King-Hammond Beginning Monday, May 24th and staying on view through July 3, 2021, Fort Gansevoort will present Willie Birch: Paintings from 1998-2019, the gallery’s first exhibition with New Orleans-based artist Willie Birch….
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