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Film: THE 5 BEST LAW OF ATTRACTION MOVIES TO WATCH
You’ve heard all about the Law of Attraction – that you can manifest your desires through focused thought and intention. But seeing these principles in action on the big screen takes it to a whole new level. Movies based on the Law of Attraction can inspire and motivate you like nothing else. From comedy to…
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Opera Reviews: THE DWARF & HIGHWAY 1, USA (LA Opera)
AN OPERATIC RARITY DOUBLE-BILL ONE FASCINATING FAILURE AND ONE MASTERPIECE LA opera presented a unique double bill of relative rarities, Alexander Zemlinski’s Der Zwerg and William Grant Still’s Highway 1, USA. Zwerg’s Der Zwerg (The Dwarf) was suppressed by the Nazis due to his Judaism, and Still’s opera Highway 1, USA is little known due…
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Off-Broadway Review: JELLY’S LAST JAM (Encores! at New York City Center)
JELLY’S JAM IS JAMMIN’ THAT’S ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW Jelly Roll Morton was born Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe in New Orleans. Both his parents traced their Creole ancestry four generations back to the 18th century. He was a jazz and ragtime pianist, composer and bandleader who is regarded as the first arranger of jazz. Nicholas…
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Off-Broadway Review: THE HUNT (St. Ann’s Warehouse)
THE HUNT IS ON, BRUTAL AND UNMISSABLE The Jungle. Volcano. Life & Times of Michael K. In the last year alone, the venerable St. Ann’s Warehouse has hosted stunning theater from around the world. But last night came the most powerful, provocative theater imaginable. Not to be missed, the U.S. premiere of London’s Almeida Theatre…
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Highly Recommended Event & Streaming: TONY KUSHNER (The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures (The Center for Fiction, Brooklyn)
The Center for Fiction, a 200-year-old literary nonprofit that has created an immersive home for readers and writers in downtown Brooklyn, and Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, will co-present Story/Teller Arts with Isaac Butler: Tony Kushner on The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures (or iHo) on February 27…
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Theater / Film / DVD Review: HAMLET (Directed by Sean Mathias and starring Ian McKellen)
A NEW AGE FOR HAMLET Brooding prince plots revenge; disaster ensues. That’s the core of Hamlet, among Shakespeare’s most enduring and frequently performed tragedies. Considered one of the most challenging roles in Western theatre, the lead is a bucket-list item for more actors than will ever get to play it. But what happens when Hamlet…
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Opera Review: ISOLA (Long Beach Opera)
MUST ALL NEW OPERAS HAVE TO BE PSEUDO-INTELLECTUAL AND JOYLESS? I was in no shape to see Isola, by composer Alyssa Weinberg and poet J. Mae Barizo, presented by Long Beach Opera in its world-premiere run. My apartment had been burglarized the night before and I just wanted to stay home and lick my wounds….
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Highly Recommended Album: GODSPELL EL MUSICAL (Original Spanish Cast Recording; Produced by Antonio Banderas)
The Concord Theatricals Recordings cast album of the acclaimed Spanish production of Godspell is now available. This is the first Spanish language recording of John-Michael Tebelak and Stephen Schwartz’s iconic musical. Now available for streaming or download, CDs are available for purchase in Spain. Check out the booklet with Spanish lyrics HERE. And it’s a blast. I have been…
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Film Review: THE BEEKEEPER (directed by David Ayer)
The Beekeeper is a movie about a revenge mission that escalates to the White House. In the movie, Jason Statham plays Adam Clay, a calm guy who tends to some beehives and sells honey. The old saying, “You wouldn’t want to mess around a beehive unless you want to get stung!” comes into mind as…
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Theater Review: BECOMING A MAN (World Premiere / A.R.T. / Cambridge, MA)
CAN THIS MARRIAGE BE SAVED? The creative and absorbing world premiere of P. Carl’s Becoming a Man at A.R.T. brings the joys and challenges of gender transition for one person and those who love him. Based on playwright P. Carl’s memoir of the same name, this world premiere theatrical adaptation which opened last night is…
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Off-Broadway Review: A SIGN OF THE TIMES (The York Theatre Company at New World Stages)
FOR THOSE WHO THINK “RESCUE ME” AT JUKEBOX MUSICALS, “I KNOW A PLACE” WHERE A NEW 60s MUSICAL WILL CHANGE THAT “When you’re alone, and life is making you lonely, you can always go downtown,” or to be exact you can always go to New World Stages, where the delightful, timely musical A Sign of…
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Concert/Theater Review: CHILDREN OF EDEN IN CONCERT (Manhattan Concert Productions, Lincoln Center)
AN EDENIC PRODUCTION AT LINCOLN CENTER Full disclosure, I’d never heard of Stephen Schwartz’s 1991 musical Children of Eden before seeing this one-night only, concert performance at Lincoln Center‘s David Geffen Hall. As a lifelong devotee of American musical theater (aka Musical Theater Queen), that’s surprising. Though if I had to choose any production as first…
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Album Review: THE TONY BENNETT / BILL EVANS ALBUM (Remastered; Craft Recordings Original Jazz Classics)
This collection, a triumph in the careers of both Tony Bennett and Bill Evans, was made at a time when these masters each seemed in relative decline. Bennett, considered of limited audience appeal in the heady adolescence of rock, was without a major-label contract while Evans, then well into his second decade of leading a…
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Recommended Theater: SHAKESPEARE’S R&J (PrideArts at Pride Arts Center in Chicago)
REIMAGINING THE REIMAGINED AT PRIDEARTS Four young female prep school students, tired of going through the usual drill of conjugating Latin and other tedious school routines, decide to vary their very governed lives. After school, one breaks out a copy of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, and they all take turns reading the play aloud….
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Off-Off-Broadway Review: THE ORDER OF THE GOLDEN SCRIBE: INITIATION TEA (Caveat, Manhattan’s Lower East Side)
YOUR GOLDEN TICKET TO HIGH ADVENTURE …AND HIGH TEA What could entice a typical New Yorker to get up fairly early on a Saturday or Sunday morning and make the trip to a narrow side street in the Lower East Side? The answer to this question is simple: The Order of the Golden Scribe, a…
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Extras: CINEMA, CASINOS AND CANADA
The glitz and glamour of the casino, with its neon lights, high-stakes gambling, and larger-than-life characters, have long captured the imagination of filmmakers. From thrilling heists to dramatic showdowns at the poker table, the casino setting has provided filmmakers with a rich backdrop for storytelling. In this article, we’ll introduce you to the fascinating relationship…
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Theater Review: BETWEEN TWO KNEES (PAC NYC)
GULPING FOR BREATH BETWEEN TWO-HUNDRED LAUGHS What a unique, congenial, brilliantly imaginative show! You will laugh for a very long time and, if you are a European descendant, you will feel guilty but in the right way. Don’t fall for insecure people who think of history and facts as “woke” matters. Between Two Knees, at…
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Off-Broadway Review: FIVE, THE PARODY MUSICAL (Five Musical LLC at Theater 555)
FUNNY FIVE SENDS-UP SIX To the worldwide fanbase of the Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’s Six, fear not — the new Off-Broadway parody Five pays loving homage to the girl-power musical sensation that brings the six wives of Henry VIII together for a competition to decide which one had it worse. In Six, each queen…
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Off-Broadway Review: THE APIARY (Second Stage at Tony Kiser)
A STICKY SCRIPT Bees, those often annoying little creatures who have a knack for showing up at just the right time to ruin any number of outdoor activities, serve an important function. Namely, pollination — an act that is vital for our survival as human beings. So, like it or not, we need bees. However,…
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Theater Review: NEXT TO NORMAL (Round House Theatre, DC)
AN EYE-OPENER Prior to Next to Normal at Round House Theatre a giant, obtrusive woman’s eye projected onto the back wall (projections by Nicholas Hussong) stares and blinks out at the audience. This impossible to ignore image is just the start of the haunting 2009 rock musical by Tom Kitt (music) and Brian Yorkey (lyrics, book)…
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