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Concert Review: NEW YORK POPS’ 42ND BIRTHDAY GALA: WORDS AND MUSIC — DIANE WARREN (New York Pops’ 42nd Birthday Gala at Carnegie Hall)
Songwriter Diane Warren has won an Honorary Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Her songs have been recorded by the likes of Cher, Celine Dion and Aerosmith. It’s easy to see why she was a fitting honoree for New York Pops’ 42nd Birthday Gala, Words and Music at…
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Highly Recommended Concert: CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT (Royce Hall at UCLA, May 8, 2025)
CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT IS PRECISELY WHAT YOU’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR Hooray and hallelujah! Long before her CDs Ghost Song and Dreams and Daggers — a live double-CD set that won the 2018 Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album — I have always been a fan of jazz vocalist and song interpreter extraordinaire Cécile McLorin Salvant….
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Theater Review: SIMPLE MEXICAN PLEASURES (New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco)
New Conservatory Theatre is premiering Eric Reyes Loo’s family dramedy about life, breakups and soul searching: Simple Mexican Pleasures. The show opens with Eric (Alex Rodriguez) reeling from a break up with his boyfriend that he didn’t see coming. Eric is of Latino heritage and lives in Los Angeles. He decides the time is right…
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Theater Review: MEAN GIRLS (National Tour in Boston)
PREDATORS IN PINK Tina Fey (book), Jeff Richmond (music), and Nell Benjamin (lyrics) hit all the standard Broadway musical marks with Mean Girls, now in Boston as part of a national tour. It offers an impressive mix of dazzling choreography (Casey Nicholaw) and soaring voices from a young cast bursting with entertainment talent. Ironically, however,…
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Theater Review: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA)
Upon entering the Ark Theater, one is immediately transported to a grungy, offbeat club where Hedwig and her band, The Angry Inch, are about to take the stage. Richie Ouellette’s set design leans into the grit and rawness of the story — with dismembered mannequin body parts strewn about, it evokes a world held together…
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Theater Review: KAIROS (Red Theater in Chicago)
Red Theater’s Kairos Makes Us Look at Time and Life from an Unexpected Perspective Chance encounters rarely end this interestingly. In Lisa Sanaye Dring’s new play Kairos—premiering now at The Edge Off Broadway by Red Theater—a run-of-the -mill fender bender leads to love and the opportunity to attain immortality. The latter prospect raises a myriad…
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Theater Reviews: OTHER DESERT CITIES (Masquers Playhouse in Point Richmond and Lucky Penny in Napa)
A TALE OF TWO CITIES Theater is all about storytelling, and stories don’t come any better crafted than Jon Robin Baitz’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated Other Desert Cities. The SF Bay Area is enjoying two simultaneous presentations of this compelling family drama—one directed by Dana Nelson-Isaacs at Napa’s Lucky Penny Productions through May 4, and the other…
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NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 42ND ANNUAL ELLIOT NORTON AWARDS (Boston Theater Critics Association)
More than 140 nominations in over two dozen categories of outstanding actors, directors, designers, choreographers, musicians, and productions and 5 awards for visiting productions were announced today by the Boston Theater Critics Association (BTCA) for The 42nd Annual Elliot Norton Awards. The awards ceremony will be held on Monday, June 2, 2025 at 7 PM,…
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A FIRST-TIMER’S GUIDE TO PIGEON FORGE
If you’ve never been to Pigeon Forge, get ready for a destination packed with family fun, action, and attractions around every corner. Located just outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, this Tennessee town combines natural beauty with all types of entertainment. From shows to rides, museums to shops, it’s a spot that offers something…
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RAT REMOVAL IN CHURCHES AND MISSIONS: EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS FOR SAFE AND LASTING PEST CONTROL
Rats in churches and missions pose a serious threat to both the structure and the safety of those who use these spaces. Effective rat removal in churches and missions involves identifying entry points, using safe control methods, and maintaining cleanliness to prevent future infestations. You must approach this issue with a clear plan focused on…
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Broadway Review: STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW (Marquis Theatre)
SPECTACULAR. COMPLICATED. FUN. OVERLONG. DESTINIED TO BE A CULT CLASSIC. STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. Having never seen the enormously popular Netflix series Stranger Things, I no doubt missed many references to the source material in the new Broadway prequel, Stranger Things: The First Shadow. But even if I had been a Stranger Things aficionado, the show would have…
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Off-Broadway Review: ZORBA! (J2 Spotlight at AMT Theater)
A FUN, LIVELY KANDER & EBB MUSICAL AND THE TICKET PRICE ISN’T EX-ZORBA-TANT Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness: If a character in musical theatre is going to make a declaration of independence, these three things are cherished. A good example is Zorba!. It is a cornucopia of carpe diem being treated to a…
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Broadway Review: SONDHEIM’S OLD FRIENDS (Samuel J. Friedman Theatre)
HOORAY FOR THIS BANQUET OF BLISS— ALL THOSE SENSATIONAL SONGS AND ENERGY— BEING ALIVE ON STAGE Words seem woefully inadequate to praise the wonderful, song-stuffed, dazzling and polished production featuring highlights from the musicals of Stephen Sondheim. The limited run of Sondheim’s Old Friends is highlight after highlight. For those many fans who’ve seen Bernadette…
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Concert / Film Review: THE PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE: NAQOYQATSI (Town Hall in New York)
WHEN WILL WE EVER LEARN? UNTIL WE DO, THERE’S ALWAYS THE MUSIC On Saturday, April 19, Town Hall presented Naqoyqatsi (2002), the third and final film in Godfrey Reggio‘s Qatsi Trilogy, and it was a triumph with a felt, deserved, long standing ovation at its conclusion. Edited by Jon Kane, with music composed by Philip…
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Theater Review: LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL (La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts)
REASONABLE DOUBT? NOT ABOUT LEGALLY BLONDE‘S PINK POWER Let’s get one thing straight. Legally Blonde: The Musical is not highbrow theater. It is not Sweeney Todd with meat pies and too-close shaves. It is not The Light in the Piazza with yearning strings and emotionally repressed tourists. This show is pink, peppy, and rides a…
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Theater Review: BAD BOOKS (Round House Theatre)
BAD BOOKS IS GOOD NEWS Nothing beats the thrill of watching great performers bring a playscript to life, moment to moment, right before your eyes, sharing their space as they breathe the same air you are breathing into their lines. The good news is that Bad Books at Round House Theatre in Bethesda, MD, is fueled…
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Off-Broadway Review: MYSTIC CONVERSATIONS (Theatre Row)
SEEING THE UNSEEN: JULIA BELL BARRY’S HAUNTING NEW PLAY Part memoir, part The Sixth Sense, Julia Barry Bell’s new play, which opened tonight at Theatre Row, asks a haunting question: how do we respond to a child who seems to have extraordinary gifts? In the 1999 film, young Cole, who sees dead people, is sent…
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Theater Review: FOSTERED (Pacific Resident Theatre in Venice)
PILLOW FIGHTS, PLOT TWISTS AND PARENTAL PANIC If you like your family comedies with a hearty dose of mayhem, secrets, slapstick humor, and the occasional gymnastic leap off a sofa, Fostered at Pacific Resident Theatre delivers the goods. Written by Chaya Doswell and directed by Andrew D. Weyman, Fostered is a lively world premiere that plays…
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Concert Review: A TRIBUTE TO TOM JOBIM (Stacey Kent and Danilo Caymmi at The Town Hall)
BOSSA NOVA BEAUTY: MUSICAL PLEASURE WITH A BEAT THAT CAN’T BE BEAT Music historians surveying what impacted, influenced, and changed what was on the charts and in the ears of listeners during the 1960s talk about two happy “invasions” from other continents shaking up America—in a good way. And with lasting resonance. There was the…
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Theater Review: THE SPITFIRE GRILL (Umbrella Stage Company in Concord, MA)
SOMETHING TASTY AT UMBRELLA STAGE Leo Tolstoy said there were only two stories in the world—either someone goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town. The Umbrella Stage Company’s musical Spitfire Grill, a celebration of community, redemption, and Americana by James Valcq and Fred Alley, is very much the latter. It’s a production…
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