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LA ON SCREEN: How Roulette, Blackjack, and Table Games Shape Cinematic Drama
There is a particular kind of silence that only happens at a casino table. The dealer pauses. The chips stop clinking. Somewhere across the room a cocktail glass touches marble. And then the camera pushes in. For decades, filmmakers have understood that the green felt of a Las Vegas casino is one of the most…
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Theater Review: THE PRICE (Pacific Resident Theatre, Venice)
THE COST OF LOOKING BACK With a soaring first act, I’m willing to pay the price for a second that can’t quite keep up Arthur Miller’s The Price has always been a talky, introspective piece—more excavation than action—but when it works, it’s quietly devastating. At Pacific Resident Theatre, director Elina de Santos delivers a production…
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Event Preview: MARC SHAIMAN / NEVER MIND THE HAPPY BOOK TOUR (In Conversation with Michael Bublé at The GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles)
FROM BROADWAY TO HOLLYWOOD— AND BACK AGAIN A showbiz raconteur brings stories, songs, and Michael Bublé to L.A. There are memoirs—and then there are memoirs written by Marc Shaiman, who has spent decades at the center of Broadway, film, and pop culture, collecting stories the rest of us only hear secondhand. On Tuesday, May 5,…
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Broadway Review: PROOF (Booth Theatre)
THE MATH DOESN’T ADD UP A starry revival that struggles to convince All the action in the Broadway revival of David Auburn’s Proof takes place on the porch of Robert and Catherine’s home in Hyde Park, Chicago. Teresa L. Williams’s set and Amanda Zieve’s lighting emphasize the sloping lines of the house’s double gables, the…
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Event Preview: FUNDRAISER FOR SENATOR JON OSSOFF (Lin-Manuel Miranda Hosts Virtual Fundraiser)
BROADWAY GOES POLITICAL A starry virtual event blends music, activism, and marquee names If you’re going to tune into a political fundraiser, it might as well come with a Broadway-caliber lineup. On Thursday, May 7, Lin-Manuel Miranda hosts a one-night-only virtual event supporting Senator Jon Ossoff’s re-election campaign—bringing together an eclectic mix of performers and…
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WHY SOME SLOT GAMES INSTANTLY CAPTURE MORE ATTENTION
Have you ever asked yourself why some slot games catch your eye in just a few seconds while others feel easy to skip? The answer is usually simple. People notice games that feel lively, clear, smooth, and fun from the very first moment. A slot game does not need to be loud or flashy in…
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Music Review: BACK TO OZ (MUSE/IQUE at Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles)
FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD—AGAIN A richly curated concert that celebrates Oz across generations MUSE/IQUE’s Back to Oz concert event, presented in partnership with Center Theatre Group at the Mark Taper Forum, brings together music spanning more than a century of storytelling inspired by L. Frank Baum’s beloved world. Led by Artistic & Music Director…
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Theater Review: HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN SON (New Conservatory Theatre Center, SF)
PRIVILEGE, PRESSURE, AND GROWING UP A timely coming-of-age story about identity, class, and consequence Even in troubled times, California is still seen by many as the land of opportunity—a place where dreams can come true for those willing to work hard. But in how to make an American Son, playwright christopher oscar peña explores how that promise plays out unevenly,…
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Off-Broadway Review: THREE WOMEN (Frog & Peach Theatre Company at Theater for the New City)
THREE LOVES, ONE ROAD A gritty, intriguing country-western musical with more implied than explained COMPOSER-LYRICIST/GUITARIST/PROTAGONISTA musician with three younger ladies to romance,two deaths to deal with,and one rough life on the road It’s a little confusing, more than a bit intriguing, and plenty gritty and gutsy. Not everything is spelled out in crystal-clear ways in…
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Broadway Review: FALLEN ANGELS (Roundabout Theatre Company at Todd Haimes Theatre)
A LITTLE SIN, A LOT OF GIN A fizzy Noël Coward comedy where anticipation —and alcohol—do the heavy lifting There is a particular kind of overupholstered, well-mannered, and suffocating living room that exists primarily so that someone may eventually misbehave in it. In Fallen Angels, now at the Roundabout’s newly renovated Todd Haimes Theatre, writer…
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Theater Review: “MASTER HAROLD” …AND THE BOYS (Geffen Playhouse)
MASTER PRODUCTION During the last half-hour of the exquisitely produced “Master Harold”…and the boys, the Geffen Playhouse becomes theatre as a temple: a transcendental, spiritual, empowering and uplifting theatrical experience that only a playwriting craftsman like Athol Fugard could create. For what was up to then a lyrical examination of a white seventeen year-old school boy,…
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Theater Review: EAT ME (South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa)
A HUNGER THAT DOESN’T QUITE NAME ITSELF A sharp new play still discovering its center Lewis Carroll understood that eating is never just eating. When Alice stands before the small cake and weighs the risk, she is doing what everyone in Talene Monahon’s Eat Me does across this hundred-minute production: measuring the cost of wanting…
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Off-Broadway Review: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (Theater 2020)
COMEDY TONIGHT— AND PLENTY OF IT A zippy, low-budget romp that lands big laughs When in ancient Rome,do as the ancient Romans—and moderns—would do:enjoy the kind of humor that never feels ancient.This musical confection from 1962 has ageless funny flavors and farcical fun. If Theater 2020 charged its audience a dime for every laugh-out-loud moment…
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Theater Preview: A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE (The Bent, Palm Springs Cultural Center)
SMALL MUSICAL, BIG HEART An intimate Irish story about courage, community, and the quiet power of living truthfully There’s a certain kind of musical that doesn’t announce itself with spectacle, but sneaks up on you—softly, gently—and then leaves you wrecked. A Man of No Importance is that kind of show. Opening May 8 at the…
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THEATER STAGE LIGHTING DESIGN: 6 KEY ELEMENTS NOT TO BE IGNORED
As a professional in the field of stage lighting, I firmly believe that the most important core value of theater stage lighting is to empower dramatic storytelling. Stage lighting should not be merely regarded as “decoration”; we should avoid over-pursuing visual gimmicks that are divorced from the plot, nor should we ignore the matching between…
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Theater Review: AMERIKA OR, THE MAN WHO DISAPPEARED (Open Fist Theatre / Circle X Theatre, Atwater Village Theatre)
KAFKA IN AMERICA— AND LOST AT SEA Striking visuals adrift in an overlong adaptation Who isn’t familiar with Franz Kafka (1883–1924), the tormented Czech writer? Or The Metamorphosis, Kafka’s most notable tale chronicling Gregor Samsa’s angst when he wakes one morning to discover he’s transformed into a “monstrous vermin”? While Kafka wrote a good deal…
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Theater Preview: CREATIVE STAGE COLLECTIVE – MUSICAL MAD LIBS! (Symphony Space, NYC)
MIX, MATCH, AND MAKE IT UP An intergenerational troupe turns audience ideas into live musical theater Here’s a special recipe for success and entertainment. It’s all in the mixing and blending and combining of diverse ingredients. The people participating are of different ages and experiences and talents. The elements of the production are acting, music,…
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Opera Review: FALSTAFF (LA Opera, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion)
THE LAST FOOL A master’s final shrug lands with surprising weight Verdi was seventy-nine when Falstaff premiered at La Scala in 1893. He had not written a comic opera since Un giorno di regno in 1840, a failure so complete it drove him to swear off the form for fifty-three years. And here, in what…
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Theater Review: THE DROWSY CHAPERONE (Coronado Playhouse)
NO SNOOZE BUTTON HERE Coronado’s Drowsy Chaperone keeps the laughs coming The Coronado Playhouse is reviving the musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone, hoping to repeat the popularity of the show’s success in 2011. Judging by the enthusiasm of my Sunday matinee, no problem. It’s too bad the production only runs for 16 performances. The Drowsy…
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