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Highly Recommended Dance: BODYTRAFFIC (2023/24 Season Launch at The Wallis in Beverly Hills)
HERE’S L.A. TRAFFIC YOU’LL LOVE: BODYTRAFFIC L.A.’s amazing dance company BODYTRAFFIC returns to The Wallis‘s gorgeous Bram Goldsmith Theater in Beverly Hills this weekend with a two-night engagement of four outstanding works that will prove why this L.A.-based contemporary company has continually taken the dance world by storm, easily surpassing LA Dance Project as our…
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Theater Review: Fat Ham (The Huntington at Boston Center for the Arts)
BLACK JOY RIDE This collaboration between Boston’s Black theater company Front Porch Arts Collective and the Atlanta-based Alliance Theater Company, directed by Stevie Walker-Webb, takes its audience into a fun-house version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet that is, well, FUN even as it offers the characters and the audience visions of their better selves. James Ijames’s Fat…
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Theater Review: MACBETH IN STRIDE (Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington D.C.)
Created and performed by Shakespeare Theatre Company Associate Director Whitney White, this rock ‘n’ roll play with music turns Macbeth on its head’”and is a great complement to STC’s spring production of Macbeth. The cast features Whitney White as Woman (Director of STC’s The Amen Corner and Broadway’s Jaja’s African Hair Braiding), Charlie Thurston as Man (STC’s Here There Are Blueberries), Stacey Sargeant as First Witch (Broadway’s for colored…
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Off-Broadway Review: AT THE ILLUSIONIST’S TABLE (The McKittrick Hotel)
UNIQUE, DELICIOUS, ENTERTAINING, MAGICAL No matter how many times illusionists deceive our eyes and mentalists read our minds, we are always amazed by their feats. This is certainly true of Scott Silven, whose performances are especially stylish and smart. This fall for a limited run, Silven’s At the Illusionist’s Table returns for the fifth time…
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Extras: THE LASTING IMPACT OF EXIT TICKETS: A TEACHER’S SECRET WEAPON
In the ever-evolving landscape of education, teachers are constantly searching for effective tools to engage students, assess understanding, and inform their instructional practices. Among the plethora of strategies available, one tool has emerged as a secret weapon for educators seeking lasting impact in the classroom: the humble exit ticket. The Exit Ticket: More Than Just…
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Theater Review: MEASURE STILL FOR MEASURE (Boston Court Pasadena)
#METOO FOR MEASURE I can’t imagine the work that writer/director Jessica Kubzansky put into the world premiere of her immersive, hybrid-theater, play-within-a-play Measure STILL for Measure. The logistics alone! At Boston Court Pasadena, where Kubzansky is artistic director, utilized are the 99-seat Main Stage, the dressing rooms (seen via video), the lobby, the parking lot,…
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Dance Recommendation: JUNGLE BOOK REIMAGINED (Global Tour at the BroadStage)
THIS BOOK HAS A NEW CHAPTER At the end of October, BroadStage presents it most important offering of the 23-24 season: The United States premiere of Jungle Book reimagined October 26-28, 2023, as part of Akram Khan Dance Company‘s global tour. Jungle Book reimagined presented by BroadStage at The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage 1310 11th St.,…
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Film Screenings: ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES (Screenings and Programs October 2023)
JOHN WATERS SCREENINGS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING A treasure trove of film screams into October at the Academy Museum (programs below). In the meantime, this Saturday, September 30, 2023, the Academy Museum celebrates its two-year anniversary by offering FREE ADMISSION to all guests! Advanced reservations are encouraged, and walk-up tickets will also be available.The anniversary…
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Opera Interview: LUCAS MEACHEM (Now Appearing in LA Opera’s DON GIOVANNI)
HE’S SMOOTH. HE’S A BARIHUNK. HE’S DON JUAN. MEET LUCAS MEACHEM. Baritone Lucas Meachem, now appearing in LA Opera’s Don Giovanni, was born on June 11, 1978, in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. He initially pursued his passion for singing through Karaoke before venturing into the world of opera. Meachem’s educational journey in music took him…
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Recommended Theatre and Album: THE TIME TRAVELLER’S WIFE: THE MUSICAL (Original London Cast Album from Sony Masterworks Broadway)
Sony Masterworks Broadway has released the Original Cast Recording to The Time Traveller’s Wife: The Musical, available everywhere now. The musical is now in previews and opens on November 1 at the Apollo Theatre in London’s West End. Henry and Clare’s relationship is like no other. And yet, it’s like all others. Clare is a talented…
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Broadway Review: PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH (The Music Box Theatre)
A VICTORIOUS ROMP In Ossie Davis’s 1961 play Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch–which opened last night at The Music Box Theatre–all the black residents of contemporary Cotchipee county, Georgia, work on Ol’ Cap’n Cotchipee’s (Jay O. Sanders) cotton plantation. They live on his land, in shacks that he owns, and owe…
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Recommended Theater: INHERIT THE WIND (Pasadena Playhouse)
A LEGAL DRAMA OF EPIC PROPORTIONS The casting for Pasadena Playhouse’s fresh take on Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s powerful drama Inherit the Wind has been announced. Playing November 1-26, 2023, with official opening on Sunday November 5 at 5pm. For this new production, audience members will be a part of the action with…
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Interview: DREW DROEGE (currently performing in Off-Broadway’s TITANÍQUE)
TITAN OF LAUGHS Drew Droege has stepped into the role of Ruth, Rose’s mother, after Titaníque’s first year of performances at Off-Broadway’s Daryl Roth Theatre. He’s performed two solo shows in New York at the Soho Playhouse: Bright Colors and Bold Patterns, and Happy Birthday Doug. In L.A., he’s done Die Mommie Die!, Bitches, The…
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Theater Review: ASSASSINS (Lyric Stage Company)
LIVES OF NOT-SO-QUIET DESPERATION The premise is simple: Each of nine people who have tried to kill or who actually have killed an American president is given a chance to persuade us of his or her higher purpose. Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Assassins is an entertainment’”in the bygone sense of revues and follies built around…
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Music: SETTING THE STAGE: SPEAKER PLACEMENT AND ACOUSTICS FOR KARAOKE
Karaoke parties are a great way to have fun with friends or family! However, don’t let the excitement of singing along to your favorite songs overshadow the importance of setting up the perfect sound stage. From finding an appropriate spot to set up speakers to taking acoustics into consideration, there are plenty of important details…
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Theater Review: BEFORE THE SWORD (World Premiere at New Conservatory Theater Center)
TURNING SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES British author Terence Hanbury “Tim” White (1906-1964), better known as T.H. White, is best-known for The Once and Future King (1958) a collection of four novels — three previously published — based on the Arthurian Legends, stories which had already been around for over a thousand years when, in 1938, White…
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Highly Recommended Off-Broadway: FARíNDULA (Jazz Vilá Comedy at Repertorio Espaí±ol)
THE CUBAN THEATRICAL PHENOMENON OF THE LAST DECADE ARRIVES IN NYC One of my favorite places to see plays in NYC is also NYC’s most prominent Latino theatre companies: Repertorio Espaí±ol. Performed in Spanish with easy-to-read supertitles in English, the plays are always original and thrilling. Now comes Farándula, which will premiere September 28–October 1,…
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Opera Review: DON GIOVANNI (Los Angeles Opera)
A DON GIOVANNI FOR THE #METOO ERA Mozart‘s Don Giovanni — which opened last night at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion — is considered a masterpiece due to its exceptional musical composition, complex characters, well-crafted dramatic structure, emotional depth, cultural relevance, enduring themes, and its influence on subsequent operatic works. Its ability to engage audiences both…
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Theater Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA: PART TWO (Bedlam and Central Square Theater in Cambridge, MA)
ONE PLAGUE OR ANOTHER What happens when you put eight actors on a stage with a script that includes the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, the Mormon Visitors Center, the Jewish mysticism of philosopher Walter Benjamin, and Roy Cohn’”one of the slimiest lawyers who ever lived? If that script happens to be Angels in America…
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Extras | Dance: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO SETTING UP AND PROMOTING A DANCE PERFORMANCE EVENT
People love to go out and watch dance performances. From competitions to social events for everyone, dance events are becoming more popular. However, thoughtful planning of your dance event is the only key to achieving your goals. Nevertheless, organizing the perfect dance event doesn’t need to be difficult. With a solid plan and upfront arrangements,…
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