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Extras: BrowserGPT Review: A Comprehensive ChatGPT Browser Extension
In an era where digital assistance is no longer a luxury but a necessity, the arrival of BrowserGPT marks a significant leap. This innovative platform emerges as a beacon of hope for individuals seeking efficient, intelligent, and seamless integration of AI into their daily web activities. Given its comprehensive suite of features designed to enhance…
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Concert Review: ANNA LAPWOOD (Organ Recital at Disney Hall)
LAPPING UP LAPWOOD British organist Anna Lapwood brought gold sparkles to her LA Phil debut at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the final stop of her 2024 US tour (her international tour continues). She could hardly contain her excitement, calling the hall’s organ “so much more than I ever hoped it could be!” Lapwood, the 28-year-old…
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Theater Review: THE LINCOLN DEBATE (The Bent Theatre at the Palm Springs Cultural Center)
IS THE RAILSPLITTER A LOG-SPLITTER? Written by Terry Ray, The Lincoln Debate — based on factual information provided in letters and biographies — concerns the debate about the romance of the 16th president and his friend Joshua Speed. Now being remounted (so to speak) by The Bent at The Palm Springs Cultural Center, Mr. Ray also appears…
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Recommended Theater: MY WHITE HUSBAND (Moving Arts)
World Premiere at Moving Arts Theatre The world-premiere of Leviticus Jelks’ debut play, My White Husband, directed by Melissa Coleman-Reed, opens May 18 in Los Angeles at the Moving Arts Theatre (previews May 16 and 17). Excitement turns to doubt ’” and modern reality blurs into retro fantasy ’” when young screenwriter, Omar, gets his pilot picked up…
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Broadway Review LEMPICKA (Longacre Theatre)
REIGNITING TAMARA DE LEMPICKA [Editor’s Note: Even with tonal problems, I enjoyed Lempicka, but a crowded season won out, and the new musical officially closes on May 19, 2024. Therefore, we are republishing our review today, so you can catch it soon. Actor George Abud is remarkable; his performance is one of the biggest snubs…
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Extras: HOW COOKING BECOMES PERFORMANCE ART
Cooking on its own can be entertaining. But are there ways to embrace it as a performance of sorts? You can when you consider the world of cooking art! Today we’re reimagining your culinary journey like it’s the theater. We’ll reveal how your weekly menu can transcend the mundane and become a thrilling culinary performance….
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Theater Review: HAMLET (Long Beach Playhouse)
THE DECONSTRUCTED PLAY’S THE THING William Shakespeare’s Hamlet recounts the story of the ghost of Denmark’s murdered king who wants his son, Prince Hamlet, to kill his uncle Claudius, the man who murdered the king to seize the throne and marry Hamlet’s mother. Long considered one of the world’s greatest tragedies, it delves into Hamlet’s…
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Theater / Film Review: MACBETH (Ralph Fiennes & Indira Varma; screening in cinemas)
SOUND AND FURY INDEED “When the hurly-burly’s done, when the battle’s lost and won,” says a Witch to introduce my favorite cursed play by the Bard, and I immediately crave medieval witches, prophecies, ghosts, and murders, but fearing a disappointment because of its length and complexity. Well, this powerful version adapted by Emily Burns starring…
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Theater Review: BITCH SLAP! (San Francisco’s Oasis)
BITCH, YOU AGING GOOD In the tradition ’80s sitcoms but with elements of telenovela melodrama, Bitch Slap! is a hilarious, over-the-top spoof comedy written and directed by San Francisco’s inaugural drag laureate D’Arcy Drollinger. Bitch Slap first opened in 2017 and is back on stage through May 18 at Oasis. D’Arcy Drollinger, Katya Smirnoff The…
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Film Restoration and Screening: TIME OF THE HEATHEN [1961] (directed by Peter Kass)
4K Restoration Nationwide Screenings Include May 10 in NY at Film at Lincoln Center (Opening) and May 12 in LA at the American Cinematheque Emerging from the void, mysterious drifter Gaunt (The Sting’s John Heffernan) wanders the upstate countryside in a daze with only his bible for company. But after happening upon the murder of…
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Jazz Concert Review: HERBIE HANCOCK (Disney Hall)
STILL CRAZY AMAZING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS Piano/keyboard legend Herbie Hancock, whose trailblazing role introducing synthesizers and new audio technologies to jazz and funk make him one of the most influential musicians in jazz history, made it to Walt Disney Concert Hall on April 20 2024. A 14-time GRAMMY Award-winner, Hancock has been in the creative…
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Highly Recommended Album: DEEP SEA VENTS (BrhyM [Bruce Hornsby and yMusic] via Zappo Productions/Thirty Tigers
BrhyM, a portmanteau of Bruce Hornsby and the experimental chamber ensemble yMusic, have released their debut album, Deep Sea Vents. released March, 2024. Distinctive, harmonic, inventive, playful, and wholly accessible with astounding orchestrations and fun vocals, the album contains 10 songs about water and the ways we live with, in, or against it, Deep Sea…
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Extras: SIMPLE STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE SLEEP AFTER WATCHING TV
After a long day, many turn to TV for relaxation and entertainment. Yet, the blue light from screens can disrupt our natural sleep cycle, making it hard to fall asleep and potentially leading to poor sleep quality and insomnia. However, there’s no need to worry. By adjusting your TV viewing habits and implementing a few…
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Book Review: TOM AND HUCK SITTING IN A TREE (A Novella by Gregory Fletcher)
WHAT THE HUCK! Author Gregory Fletcher has had a bit of fun with Mark Twain’s classic tales of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn and readers are likely to share in the romp. Fletcher has repurposed many of the characters and situations from Twain’s original: the characters are a little older, and some of the situations…
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Theater Review: A STRANGE LOOP (SpeakEasy Stage Company and Front Porch Arts Collective)
A THEATRICAL LOOP-DE-LOOP Playwright Michael R. Jackson’s acclaimed A Strange Loop (winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 2022 Tony Award for Best Musical) is a shocking work of genius, beautifully brought to Boston’s Wimberly Theatre by SpeakEasy Stage and Front Porch Collective and director Maurice Emmanuel Parent, starring Kai Clifton as Usher, “a fat American…
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Theater Review: SENSE OF DECENCY (North Coast Repertory Theatre in San Diego)
JUST A SENSE The North Coast Repertory Theatre is currently presenting the world premiere of Sense of Decency, a psychological drama adapted from a 2013 book by American author Jake El-Hai titled The Nazi and the Psychiatrist. The book has been adapted by Jake Broder, who is the play’s co-director with David Ellenstein. The original…
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Theater Review: THE SPITFIRE GRILL (Lamplighters Community Theatre in San Diego)
A SWEET OFF-THE-GRID MUSICAL With the unexpectedly huge American response to Netflix’s Virgin River, there seems to be a great longing to see what life might be like in a tiny, forested community instead of the hustle and bustle of semi-anonymous city life. From It’s a Wonderful Life to The Andy Griffith Show to Northern…
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Broadway Review: THE WIZ (Marquis Theatre)
HOW GOOD YOU GOT IT There’s an old saying that goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” But is “fixing” always a bad thing? What if that fix is not about correcting what’s wrong but more about deepening, exploring, and re-emphasizing what’s right? The creative team behind the current Broadway revival of the ’70s…
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Broadway Review: AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (Circle in the Square Theatre)
A PLAY FOR THE PEOPLE Written by Ibsen in 1882, An Enemy of the People is a powerful drama that reminds us, as a discouraging premonition, how people would go against truth and honesty in order to protect their personal interests. This version, adapted by playwright Amy Herzog and directed by her husband Sam Gold at Circle in the Square…
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Theater Review: HITLER’S TASTERS (Rogue Machine)
MEAN GIRLS MEETS THE THIRD REICH Three teenage girls sit at a table in a bunker of some kind bored out of their minds tasting food three times a day before it is sent off to Hitler. They have clearly been convinced that this job is a privilege, for if one should die of poisoning…
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