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Chicago Opera Review: RIGOLETTO (Lyric Opera)
LYRIC BRINGS FRESH VOICES TO RIGOLETTO Verdi’s sixteenth opera, Rigoletto has been much performed in its nearly two-hundred year history, including a dozen productions at Lyric Opera. Although the current production uses traditionally-styled sets and costumes from nineteen years ago, it boasts a fresh roster of outstanding musical and directorial talent, including some long-awaited debuts….
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Concert Review: AN ENCHANTED EVENING WITH BARBRA (Sharon Owens at Magnolia Theatre, El Cajon/San Diego)
THE WAY SHE WERE Envisioning a Barbra Streisand concert, one pictures $1000 seats at the Dolby for a show where every word has been discussed, rehearsed, and teleprompted. By contrast, at El Cajon’s gem of a too-well-kept-secret venue — the 1200-seat Magnolia Theatre (which just had a $7M renovation), entertainer Sharon Owens made it feel like…
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Chicago Theater Review: NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 (Writers Theatre in Glencoe)
THE GREATEST PRODUCTION YOU’LL EVER SEE OF A PERPLEXING MUSICAL If you ever want to see Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy, Writers Theatre is the place to see it. I say “if†because this sung-through musical adaptation of a chapter of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace is not for…
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Theater Review: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW (Cygnet Theatre)
DON’T PAY ATTENTION TO THE PLOT, AND YOU’LL HAVE A BLAST In 1973, a rock musical called The Rocky Horror Show opened in London and ran until 1980 as other productions of the show blossomed throughout the world. One source estimated that the show was eventually performed in 20 languages for 30 million people. The…
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Extras: THE SCIENCE OF GRATITUDE: HOW IT MAKES YOU HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER
Gratitude is more than thankfulness; it is an active, powerful ingredient in personal change. It’s the realization of goodness surrounding us, be it from the actions of others, nature, or our own. Gratitude can be expressed through words, writings, or actions, and it empowers a person with expression and makes him feel in control of…
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Theater Review: THE CHER SHOW (2024-25 National Tour)
I’VE GOT SOME GREAT NEWS TO CHER The Cher Show, a new musical that follows Broadway’s continuous trend of capitalizing on rockstar jukebox bio-musicals like MJ The Musical and Tina The Tina Turner Musical, stopped at Long Beach’s Terrace Theatre as part of its 2024-2025 national tour (the show closed after a year on Broadway…
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Highly Recommended Dance: HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO (On Tour at Musco Center, Friday Sep 20, 2024)
HUBBA HUBBA HUBBARD Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s is making a rare West Coast appearance next Friday at The Musco Center at Chapman College The Chicago veteran contemporary dance company, one of America’s finest, never disappoints. The quadruple bill next consists of a variety of styles. The first piece, Maria Torres’s Echoes of Our Ancestors (2024) is…
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Theater Review: THE AUDIENCE (Drury Lane Theatre)
ENJOYABLE, BUT WHO IS THE AUDIENCE FOR THE AUDIENCE? The Audience at Drury Lane Theatre is a slightly stuffy drama best suited for audience members who are very interested in British politics. I fear that might be a rather niche group. The Audience imagines the life of Queen Elizabeth II through the window of her…
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Extras: THE NBA’S USE OF SMART JERSEYS FOR REAL-TIME PLAYER DATA
The NBA is always keen on implementing methods to make the game as interesting as possible. Among the recent developments is the development of smart jerseys. These jerseys are meant to capture data from players during the course of the games. It can be used in making decisions, fine-tuning the players, and even avoiding possible…
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Theater Review: A GOOD GUY (Rogue Machine)
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED Take a look at the highly decorated diorama just before you go upstairs to the Henry Murray Theatre for one of the most exciting world premieres you will ever see. It’s a miniature school room with one open text book about statistics and others involving math problems. Notice the circles….
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Theater Review: DUEL REALITY (Ahmanson Theatre)
STAR-CROSSED … AND TOSSED Think of The 7 Fingers (Les 7 doigts de la main) as a mini Cirque du Soleil performing onstage instead of in a ring under a Big Tent. This Montreal-based circus troupe and creative collective is making its Music Center debut with a brief two-week run of its current show, Duel…
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Theater Review: Oh My Heart, Oh My Home (Studio Theatre, DC)
UNIVERSAL, YES, BUT ALSO ESOTERIC Who’s to say what constitutes a monumental event – something as vast as a meteor shower versus the provincial act of trying to go home again? This is the unspoken question posed by British Playwright Casey Jay Andrews in her intimate tale Oh My Heart, Oh My Home currently playing…
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Theater Review: DRAGON LADY (Geffen Playhouse)
GRANDMA’S A BADASS It’s Grandma Maria Porkalob Sr.’s 60th birthday party, she’s living in her son’s mother-in-law basement and he’s just given her a karaoke machine as her birthday present. She’s about to fire it up to tell granddaughter Sara Porkalob her dramatic life story. Upstairs, her birthday is being both celebrated by most of…
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Broadway Review: THE ROOMMATE (Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone at the Booth Theatre)
FOR THE ROOMMATE, IT’S ULTIMATELY ABOUT THE CASTMATES Take a big dose of Grace and Frankie, add a bit of Arsenic and Old Lace, and top it off with the magnificent Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone and you’ve got Jen Silverman’s The Roommate, a two-hander helmed by Jack O’Brien which opened last night at the…
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Theater Review: AGATHA CHRISTIE’S MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (The Old Globe)
ALL ABOARD FOR MURDEROUS FUN Agatha Christie fans rejoice! There is a new Christie adventure in a terrific production at The Old Globe, a novel/play hybrid of one of the Dame’s most popular novels, the 1934 best seller Murder on the Orient Express. Opening last night, this imaginative production blends the original novel with comic…
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Off-Broadway Review: COUNTING AND CRACKING (North American Premiere — The Public Theater at NYU Skirball)
RESPLENDENT ISLAND Sri Lanka is the epitome of a tropical paradise with golden sand beaches and luxurious palm trees, regal elephants and sexy leopards, the Pearl of the Indian Ocean once known as Ceylon. Its history goes back to at least 125,000 years, before the Europeans came knocking and mayhem started, but very few of…
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Extras: HOLLYWOOD CASINO HERITAGE: THE IMPACT OF THE MOVIE INDUSTRY ON THE ONLINE GAMING
Ever since the movie Casablanca first portrayed the glamour of casinos in the early ‘40s, Hollywood has been using casinos as a backdrop for many movies showing risk, luxury, and adrenaline. Classics like Casino and Ocean’s Eleven and some more modern hits like 21 have built dreams of big winnings and prestige. The movie industry…
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Extras: PERSPECTIVE OF NHL TEAMS IN 2024: TEAMS AND PLAYERS TO WATCH
The NHL season is about to start, and fans are getting ready to watch their favorite teams and players battle it out in the rink. Some teams have invested in new players to bolster their squads with new recruits. There have also been significant changes in the coaching department at some clubs. Players to Watch…
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