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Theater Review: FEEL THE SPIRIT (Shotgun Players in Berkeley)
THE SPIRIT OF THIS PIECE RESIDES IN PERFORMER VERO MAYNEZ What I left with from Feel the Spirit, which opened last night virtual-but-live from Shotgun Players, is the central performance of Vero Maynez (below) as Gabriella, a gay pastor at a Christian Church whose parishioners believe themselves to be tolerant but soon shy from liberalism…
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Theater Review: AMOUR (Art Lab and ShowTown Productions)
YOU’LL FALL IN LOVE WITH AMOUR “I wanted to write an opera-bouffe, an intimate evening with light, lyrical singing and delicate charm,” wrote composer Michel Legrand. “Marcel Aymé’s delightful story of an ordinary little man who suddenly finds himself gifted with extraordinary powers seemed to be the perfect material for such an amusement.” Kevin Massey, Kara Lindsay, Thom…
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Dance: CHASING MAGIC (Ayodele Casel world premiere, streaming from The Joyce in NYC)
SHE’S TAPPING OUR TROUBLES AWAY Tap superstar Ayodele Casel returns to The Joyce in NYC for a world premiere digital engagement that explores the joys of everyday life and the art of tap dance. The Joyce will host the one-time-only digital dance event of the spring, Chasing Magic, an evening stacked with collaborators both brand…
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Theater Review: TRYING (North Coast Rep)
NORTH COAST REP SUCCEEDS, BUT THE PLAY IS STILL TRYING The eagerness of youth; the decay of old age; cynicism in a world of injustice; literature; mortality; idealism; FDR; and timeless quotes. All of these wrapped in the contentious years of 1967 and ’68 is what you’ll find in Trying, based on playwright Joanna McClelland…
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NYC Theater: ISLANDS OF CONTENTMENT & CAPRICORN 29 (The Tank)
Founded in 2003, The Tank is an Obie Award-winning, multi-disciplinary non-profit arts presenter and producer, which provides a home in NYC to emerging artists working across all disciplines, including theater, comedy, dance, film, music, puppetry, and storytelling. Here are two upcoming co-productions for spring 2021: ISLANDS OF CONTENTMENT by Dipti Bramhandkar co-Produced with Hypokrit Productions directed by…
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Theater: JOHN CULLUM: AN ACCIDENTAL STAR (Vineyard Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, Irish Rep)
HIS CAREER IS NO ACCIDENT John Cullum: An Accidental Star is an 80-minute intimate evening of stories and songs spanning Cullum’s illustrious career is told and sung by the 91-year-old two-time Tony Award winner. Directed and filmed earlier this year by Lonny Price (110 in the Shade with Cullum), An Accidental Star takes you behind the scenes with Broadway…
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Film: ROBIN FROHARDT’S PLASTIC BAG STORE: THE FILM (World Premiere from CAP UCLA)
UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance presents for free the world premiere of Plastic Bag Store: The Film on Thursday, April 22, 2021, at 7pm PT. This performance will be free to enjoy on CAP UCLA. Created by award-winning Brooklyn-based artist, puppet designer and director Robin Frohardt, The Plastic Bag Store was conceived as an immersive installation and puppet-theater…
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Theater: BROADWAY BY THE YEAR (Town Hall’s 2021 Series)
A group of Suffragists’ fight for the 19th Amendment led them to build a meeting space to educate people on the important issues of the day. During its construction, the 19th Amendment was passed, and on January 12, 1921 The Town Hall opened its doors and took on a double meaning: as a symbol of…
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Music Concerts: JUDY COLLINS & MARIZA (The Town Hall)
The Town Hall is pleased to announce two ENCORE streaming concert events: The great Judy Collins in a concert recreating her legendary 1964 concert at The Town Hall on April 16 and Mariza in a concert celebrating the release of her album Mariza sings Amália on April 9 (the album has ten Amália standards reinvented for…
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Theater: BLACK FEMINIST VIDEO GAME (The Civilians)
GAME ON! Tech expertise and artistic innovation come together for a groundbreaking online theatrical experience: The Civilians’ digital premiere production of Black Feminist Video Game by Darrel Alejandro Holnes, a mashup of live performance, video game design and online interaction. Six live performances of will stream from Tuesday, April 27 through Sunday, May 2, 2021 at 8pm ET…
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Theater: DIGITAL & LIVE SEASON 2021 (Oregon Shakespeare)
OSF’s combined Digital and Live Season for 2021 features classics and new works streaming from the OSF archives, imaginative and illuminating new works presented on OSF’s digital platform, O!, and a Fall 2021 live season on OSF’s campus in Ashland, Oregon, extending into January for the first time with OSF’s first winter special. Naturally, all…
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Theater: A.C.T. OUT LOUD: Alice Childress’s ‘Trouble in Mind’; Shaw’s ‘Arms and the Man’; Wilder’s ‘The Matchmaker’)
Beginning tonight, A.C.T. begins its Out Loud series, which features a series of enduring play readings by some of the greatest minds of generations past. It begins tonight with Alice Childress’s Trouble in Mind, running through April 4, 2021. The two other productions that will be part of the series are George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man, (April…
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Theater: VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE (Original Lincoln Center Production on Broadway World, Free)
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike NOW STREAMING Through April 11, 2021 Register now to receive an email with the show link. Use code VANYAFREE to stream FREE! Lincoln Center Theater’s Tony ® Award-winning Best Play (2013) takes 3 mismatched siblings (played to the hilt by Kristine Nielsen, David Hyde Pierce and Sigourney Weaver), adds 1 boy toy (Billy Magnussen), throws in themes…
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Music: GROUP THERAPY TOUR CONCERT COMES HOME (Hootie and the Blowfish)
WE ALL NEED GROUP THERAPY AFTER LAST YEAR Prepare for a new livestream performance by one of America’s most beloved bands, Grammy-winning Hootie & the Blowfish. The virtual performance will be an online presentation of the tour-closing performance from their hugely successful 2019 Group Therapy Tour, broadcast exclusively via Sessions Live on Friday, April 23 at…
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Theater/Film Review: COCK (Studio Theatre in D.C.)
I FOUND THE PERFECT COCK. NOW SEE IF YOU CAN TAKE IT. D.C.’s Studio Theatre production of Cock is a most successful outing in the world of pandemic theater — that which is filmed as a theater piece but without an audience, and with actors at a physical distance. While COVID-19 has halted live theater…
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Theater: AN ILIAD (Live from the New Vic in Santa Barbara, Ensemble Theatre Company)
A HOMER RUN The 90-minute one-act play An Iliad is a stunning marvel. This retelling of the famous epic The Iliad, attributed to the ancient Greek poet Homer, is not a straight reading of The Iliad. This variation, adapted by Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson, mixes excerpts from the poem with modern interjections, a few of…
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Music: ASTOR PIAZZOLLA AT 100; CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S SMILE (Violinist Philippe Quint)
Philippe Quint returns to the stage in April to present two of his signature curated multimedia shows in California, streamed online. On Tuesday April 6, 2021 at 7pm PT, the Philharmonic Society of Orange County presents the world premiere of violinist ’s newest multimedia show, Astor Piazzolla at 100: A Musical Portrait with pianist Jun Cho. Quint’s narration leads…
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Opera: FREE OPERA STREAMS (San Francisco Opera)
SCHEDULE OF FREE OPERA STREAMS FOR APRIL FROM SAN FRANCISCO OPERA San Francisco Opera’s weekly, free opera streams continue in April with Donizetti’s Don Pasquale (April 3–4), The Fall of the House of Usher double bill featuring one-act operas by Gordon Getty and Claude Debussy (April 10–11) and Verdi’s Don Carlo (April 17–18). Part of the Company’s Opera is ON initiative, free opera streams…
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Theater: MYTHS AND HYMNS (Adam Guettel’s Theatrical Song Cycle (MasterVoices)
DON’T MYTH THIS Myths and Hymns is a kaleidoscopic song cycle that explores the nature of faith and longing in a secular world. With it, MasterVoices is exploring the nature of choral performance in a digital world – this epic performance will be virtual, but nothing like your typical Zoom offering. Nearly nine months in the making, Myths…
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Audio Theater Review: ROMEO Y JULIETA (The Public)
A ROSE BY ANY OTHER LANGUAGE… Since COVID-19’s halting live theater, there have been two different entertainments emerging. One is plays, concerts and music performed either through ZOOM or a pre-recorded show — rarely have they been live. It’s been an overall dispiriting experience compared to live theater. The best live experience is handily The…
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