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Theater Review: NINE (Coronado Playhouse in San Diego)
IN THIS CASE, NINE IS A PERFECT SCORE In Nine, the musical adaptation of Federico Fellini’s 1963 film 8 ½ now playing at Coronado Playhouse, Guido Contini (William Henry Schneider), an internationally famous film director of the 1960s, is turning forty and is at an impasse in several ways. After three critically and financially successful films, his…
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Theater Review: BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE (Backyard Renaissance at Tenth Avenue Arts Center in San Diego)
MOMMIE McDEAREST Irish playwright Martin McDonagh quickly makes it abundantly clear that dysfunctional mother/daughter relationships are not just the stuff of Hollywood. In the tiny town of Leenane in Western Ireland in the 1990s, Maureen is in a situation many families can relate to: she is the only daughter out of three willing to be…
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Theater Review: MOTHER ROAD (Berkeley Rep)
ROUTE 66 WAS ONE MOTHER OF A ROAD Now playing at the Berkeley Repertory Theater, Mother Road is an epic journey of self-discovery and family — a sequel to the famous 1939 John Steinbeck novel The Grapes of Wrath in which we follow the sad travels of Tom Joad and his family, who flee the…
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Concert Review: BROADWAY IN THE PARK [2024] (Signature Theatre & Wolf Trap with Laura Benanti & Jordan Fisher)
DAZZLED BY THE STARS UNDER THE STARS Last night, Signature Theatre and the Wolf Trap Center for the Arts (the only national park dedicated to presenting the performing arts) collaborated again to present the fourth annual Broadway in the Park, which showcased some of the best singing talent of the DC area and two Broadway…
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Dance Review: ANNA KARENINA (Joffrey Ballet at the Dorothy Chandler in L.A.)
Like so many other little girls growing up in Los Angeles in the 1950s, my mother enrolled me in ballet lessons hoping her dream of me becoming a prima ballerina would be achieved. Of course, that was never going to happen, but it did teach me the difference between my right and left foot when…
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Off-Off-Broadway Review MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (TGW Studios at the Gene Frankel Theatre)
MUCH NOTHING ABOUT ADO Presenters Kelsey Grammer and Faith American Brewing Company offer a production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing at the Gene Frankel Theatre that is a daring experiment considering there are 15 actors from a rotating cast on such a tiny stage. Fortunately, it doesn’t seem quite so crowded given the bare set…
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Off-Broadway Review: N/A (Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center)
NOT APPLICABLE Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) are two of the brightest political stars ever to walk the halls of the Capitol. Still in her thirties, Ocasio-Cortez aka “AOC”, hails from a working-class background and, since her 2018 election, has unabashedly fought to put progressive goals and concerns at the…
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Theater Review: REEFER MADNESS (The Whitley in Hollywood)
AN EVENT TO MAKE YOU HIGH No doubt spurred by William Randolph Hearst’s yellow-journalism against pot (he invested in wood-pulp newsprint because he didn’t want paper made from hemp), a church group in 1936 sponsored a film aimed at warning young people about the dangers of marijuana. One of the worst films ever made, Reefer…
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Theater Review: LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD (World Premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago)
LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD IS A BRIGHT STAR IN OUR VAST UNIVERSE Steppenwolf’s world premiere production of Little Bear Ridge Road by Samuel D. Hunter lays bare the reality of two people who feel so much yet are stubbornly unwilling or unable to tear down their walls and allow connection. Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock This…
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Theater Review: FEMMINA SUPER (Broadwater Main Stage at the Hollywood Fringe Festival)
SUPER FEMMINA SUPER To say that I was fascinated with Femmina Super is an understatement. The show is subtitled, “A New Opera,” which normally has me running in the other direction, as newer operas tend to be atonal and opaque and pretentious. Writer-composer-performer Bethany Hill offers just the opposite. I fear that subtitle may scare…
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Theater Review: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC IN CONCERT (David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center; World Premiere of Jonathan Tunick’s Orchestrations for Large Ensembles)
A SUMMER NIGHT THAT SMILES THREE HUNDRED TIMES Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s delightful musical A Little Night Music is is an adaptation of the Bergman’s 1955 film Smiles of a Summer Night, a droll story of sexual musical chairs among the middle- and lower-classes in provincial Sweden at the turn of the last century….
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Off-Broadway Review: HENRY IV (New York Classical Theatre in Central Park, Carl Schurz Park and Castle Clinton)
HENRY, SWEET HENRY Enter Central Park at West 103rd and look for the closest, large meadow. Bring a blanket or a chair with you because you arrived at the “first stage” of Shakespeare’s Henry IV (a blending of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2) produced by New York Classical Theatre. Their mission is to reinvigorate and create…
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Cabaret Review: THE LIFE AND LOVES OF A BROADWAY BABY (Melissa Errico at CV Rep in Cathedral City)
WE LOVE YA, BROADWAY BABY Enchantress Melissa Errico mesmerized in her new cabaret, The Life & Loves of a Broadway Baby. presented by CV Rep. Errico sets her life to the Broadway songs that she was raised on, has sung, and owned. Melissa says jokingly that her show resembles a “bollito misto,” which is an…
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Theater Review: STRAIGHT TO THE HEART — A TRIBUTE TO THE LEGACY OF RODGERS & HART
A REVUE THAT GOES STRAIGHT TO THE HEART AND SOUL This past weekend, one of our boldest theater companies in the Coachella Valley, Dezart Performs (Dezart), launched a new program called Cabaret at the Pearl with the revue Straight to the Heart – A Tribute to the Legacy of Rodgers & Hart at the Pearl…
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Theater Opening: MEMNON (Getty Villa in Malibu)
This fall, the Getty Villa Museum and the Classical Theatre of Harlem will present the world premiere of Memnon for the 18th annual Villa Outdoor Classical Theater production. Memnon is directed by Carl Cofield, associate artistic director of the Classical Theatre of Harlem, and is written by Will Power. The Memnon cast includes Eric Berryman in the title…
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Extras: CELEBS THAT PARTIED A LITTLE TOO MUCH
Partying for many celebrities in the glitzy circus that is showbiz is an occupational hazard, whether a starry-eyed, red-carpet gala or a no-holds-barred, hump-or-jump demolition derby. Often, the key indicator that their night has careened out of control into gossip tabloid territory and along the yellow caution line of regret that leads straight to stardom’s…
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Theater Review: THE KITE RUNNER (National Tour at The Kennedy Center in D.C.)
THE KITE RUNNER FLIES HIGH AT THE KENNEDY CENTER Because the best-selling novel The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini, is so significant and well-revered, as is the 2007 movie screenplay by David Benioff, my expectations were high at last night’s opening to see the stage version, currently on a national tour at The Kennedy Center’s…
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Extras: A CINEMATIC JOURNEY THROUGH GAMBLING HISTORY
The connection between gambling and cinema is fascinating. It has evolved greatly over the years. From early films to modern blockbusters, casino movies have made a mark in popular culture. These movies entertain and reflect societal changes and technology. In the early days, gambling scenes showed risk and the American Dream. They highlighted life’s unpredictability…
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Theater Review: COME FROM AWAY (National Tour reviewed at Rudder Auditorium at Texas A&M University in College Station)
DYNAMIC DOZEN DELIVERS Turning the backdrop of one of America’s darkest days into a lively and highly entertaining musical, the creators of Come From Away successfully navigated turning terrifying fact into entertaining fiction. Irene Sankoff and David Hein culled real world interviews and insights of those personally involved into an exceedingly engaging book, music and…
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5 GAMES THAT IMMEDIATELY TEST HOW LUCKY YOU ARE
Many people are curious about how lucky they are as opposed to others. That’s a particularly important question if you are planning to start something new or risky. Perhaps irrational but it, indeed, seems that luck could serve as a sort of: a guarantee? So, how to find out how lucky you actually are? A…
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