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Theater Review: THE BOX (Zephyr Theater / Hollywood Fringe Festival)
A PLAY OUT OF THE BOX NO, INSIDE THE BOX NO, OUTSIDE… One of the finest offerings at this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival is writer/director Patrick Hamilton‘s The Box which runs through June 18 at The Zephyr Theater. The title has a triple-meaning: It refers to a piece of furniture that may or may not…
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Film Review: THE LESSON (directed by Alice Troughton – World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival)
A LESSON IN GREAT FILMMAKING Well-educated but struggling young writer Liam (superb Daryl McCormack) is very admiring of wealthy, well-respected, British novelist J.M. Sinclair (dazzling Richard E. Grant). Through an unexpected turn of events, Liam is hired as a literature tutor for Sinclair’s teenage son as preparation for his college exams. Liam soon moves into Sinclair’s…
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Dance Review: CONCERTO BAROCCO: A BALANCHINE BALLET (American Contemporary Ballet)
BALLET IS WOMAN What is the true nature of beauty? Do objects we find beautiful contain beauty, or, as Plato theorized, do they merely reflect its true heavenly form? These are the questions posed by American Contemporary Ballet’s evening, Concerto Barocco: A Balanchine Ballet. And when I say these are the questions posed, I am…
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Film Review: THE GRADUATES (directed by Hanna Peterson World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival)
HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA A BIT ELEMENTARY In writer/director Hanna Peterson’s feature film debut, a group of high school seniors struggle through their last year together as the one-year anniversary of a horrific shooting at their school approaches. The close-knit teens are still reeling from the event itself, in particular the loss of the ringleader of…
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Theater Review: LOVE ALL (La Jolla Playhouse)
WHEN KING WAS THE QUEEN OF THE COURT Ask most people what they know about Billy Jean King, other than fact that she played tennis, and there’s a good likelihood that you’ll hear a story about Bobby Riggs. Anna Deavere Smith’s play turns that inside out by focusing on almost everything but that to show…
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Theater Review: SIX THE MUSICAL (National Tour)
THESE SIX QUEENS SLAY IT The cast of Six riled up the audience at Segerstrom in this pop concert remix of Tudor history. Catchy earworms, check. Iconic costumes, check. American-Idol-esque belting moments, double-triple check. Thundering applause and cheers erupt from the crowd following every number? Check. Did I mention that the songs are earworms? It…
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Recommended Theater: MONKEYS (905 Cole Theatre; 2023 Hollywood Fringe Festival)
The Hollywood Fringe Festival is presenting the world premiere of Monkeys, a 2023 Hollywood Fringe Scholarship winner, written and directed by Bernard Badion. Monkeys is a workplace comedy set in one of the worst workplaces to ever exist, following a group of Filipino farm laborer bunkmates who go on strike to protest their abysmally low…
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Film Review: I.S.S. (Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite — World Premiere at Tribeca)
EXTREME FEAR CAN NEITHER FIGHT NOR FLY — William Shakespeare Orbiting high above our planet on the International Space Station – I.S.S. – an American scientist who recently returned to earth is being replaced by another, newbie scientist (a solid Ariana DeBose). She joins an established team of three Russian and three American (now including…
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Interview: GLENN ROSENBLUM (appearing in Broadway Showstoppers at CVRep)
BROADWAY BABY GLENN ROSENBLUM is a man with an obsession he gladly acknowledges and is eager to share: Broadway and the glorious world of American Musical Theatre. On Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 7pm, he brings his BROADWAY SHOWSTOPPERS WITH GLENN ROSENBLUM to Coachella Valley Repertory’s 2023 Summer Cabaret Series, exploring Broadway musicals of the…
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Film Review: RATHER (directed by Frank Marshall; Tribeca Film Festival)
A JOURNALISM POWERHOUSE Dan Rather sits in the back of a town car, looking pensive. Now in his early 90s, the icon of American journalism is being driven, somewhere, on a rainy day in Manhattan. We never find out where he’s going. For director Frank Marshall, his fascinating new documentary, simply titled Rather, is more…
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Highly Recommended Album: SCHMIGADOON! SEASON TWO (Songs by Cinco Paul)
SCHMICAGO! The soundtrack to Season 2 of “SCHMIGADOON!” is now out, and it’s fizzy, frothy fun. The musical comedy series, a confluence of stage productions and their film adaptations produced by Lorne Michaels features original music and lyrics by the show’s co-creator and showrunner Cinco Paul, who has crafted all-new songs to match the Season…
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Extras / TV: Best Genres You Can Bing-Watch on Hulu in New Zealand [2023 Guide]
If you’re looking to kick back, relax and dive into some quality entertainment, then you’ve come to the right place. Hulu, the streaming platform we all know and love has an impressive lineup of TV shows and movies to keep you glued to your screens. And when you unblock Hulu in NZ, you get access…
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Theater Review: ELEANOR (North Coast Rep)
“You not only have a right to be an individual. You have a responsibility.” — Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor at the North Coast Repertory Theatre is a one-woman drama that condenses the life of Eleanor Roosevelt into a glowing portrait of one of America’s great ladies. Running barely 85 minutes with no intermission, each minute is…
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Highly Recommended Album: DARK BLACK COAL (Logan Halstead)
Logan Halstead, 18 years old, is a country/folk/americana singer-songwriter who grew up in Comfort, WV. Logan pulls most of his music from the struggle and hardship of his life and those around him. Small-town living isn’t intensely stimulating socially or economically, but spiritually there is always a yearning for more. Being from WV and KY, it’s no surprise…
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Theater Review: SPRING AWAKENING IN CONCERT (Ray Of Light Theater)
SHINING A RAY OF LIGHT ON PUBERTY This past weekend, San Franciscans were treated to a special treat with Ray Of Light Theater’s version of Spring Awakening — yet while it was subtitled “In Concert,” performers had parts memorized and the lighting by Weili Shi was Broadway caliber. My only disappointment with this production is…
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Theater Review: TAKE ME AS I AM: A JONI MITCHELL TRIBUTE (Rainee Blake at Three Clubs in Hollywood)
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO YOU TO SEE RAINEE BLAKE AS JONI MITCHELL LIVE During the 2018 Music Center concert, Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration Live, Peter Gabriel sent a prescient message to the artists interpreting Joni Mitchell’s complex lyrics and melodies: “I pity the people who have to sing them tonight.” Instead of showing…
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Film Review: SOUL DOCTOR (Fathom Events)
THIS SOUL NEEDS DOCTORING Soul Doctor is a 2010 musical about Rabbi Shlomo Carlbach, a.k.a. The Singing Rabbi and The Rock and Roll Rabbi, from his childhood in Nazi-occupied Vienna to his Orthodox upbringing in Brooklyn. Moving from Off-Off- to Off- to Broadway, the dramatizes his exploration, as a young man, of the Greenwich Village…
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Recommended Film: NELLY & NADINE (directed by Magnus Gertten)
Nelly & Nadine is the unlikely love story between two women falling in love on Christmas Eve, 1944, in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Despite being separated in the last months of the war, Nelly and Nadine manage to later reunite and spend the rest of their life together. For many years their love story was kept…
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Extras: SOCIAL ASPECTS OF GAMBLING: THE IMPACT OF GAMBLING ON SOCIETY AND THE FAMILY
Gambling, or gambling, has captured the attention of people around the world for centuries. From antiquity, when people competed in games of chance, to the present day, gambling has remained one of the most popular pastimes. However, along with the growing popularity of gambling comes an important question about the social aspects of gambling and…
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Extras: WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER CRYPTO GAMBLING IN 2023
Cryptocurrency has recently elevated many businesses since its inception a decade ago. Several online businesses, including the gambling space, can now settle payments with digital currencies without the usual complications from financial institutions. This owes mainly to its decentralized, anonymous, swift, and secure mode of payment. The rise of crypto tokens has transformed the online…
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