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Theater Opening: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena)
After the roaring success of Pasadena Playhouse’s wonderful production of Sunday in the Park with George, now comes A Little Night Music, which officially opens May 1, 2023. This is the second mainstage production of the theater’s six-month-long celebration of the works and impact of Stephen Sondheim, the first major festival honoring his legacy since his passing in…
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Extras / Film: How Mastering the Game of Poker Can Help Actors, Directors, and Other Media Industry Professionals
Poker is a card game of skill, strategy, and probability (and, of course, wits) that requires players to make fast, calculated decisions based on their hands, the community cards, and the behavior of their opponents. The “Sensei” of poker players have mastered the art by developing their skills and strategy over time. It’s no wonder the…
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Theater Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (Desert Theater Works in Indio)
GOES WRONG GOES RIGHT The Play That Goes Wrong running through Sunday, April 30 at Desert Theater Works (DTW) in Indio is the only comedy to ever win both a Tony and Olivier award. It is a hilarious, farcical masterpiece of human and technical stage malfunction — by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields…
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Off-Broadway Review: SLEEP NO MORE (Punchdrunk Theatre Company at McKittrick Hotel)
SOMETHING WICKED THAT WAY GOES No plague can kill a great show. It’s back. In a rare clash of film noir, performance art, an awesome murder mystery party, and Shakespeare, Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More is the ultimate voyeuristic thrill. Audience members don Venetian masks and explore the depths of the 1930s-style McKittrick Hotel in pursuit…
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Off-Broadway Review: WHITE GIRL IN DANGER (Second Stage and Vineyard at the Tony Kiser Theater)
WHITE GIRL IN DANGER IS IN DANGER Broadway wunderkind Michael R. Jackson is back on the boards at Second Stage’s Vineyard Theatre, writing the book, music and lyrics for his latest effort titled White Girl in Danger. This new musical treads similar thematic ground as his smash hit A Strange Loop — which won the 2022 Tony for Best Musical and Jackson himself winning a Tony for…
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Broadway Review: GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR (Belasco)
THE BEST OSCAR GOES TO SEAN HAYES “It’d be nice to please everyone but I thought it would be more interesting to have a point of view.” The incomparable Oscar Levant is the subject of the hit play which opened tonight at the Belasco Theatre. If you are not that familiar with Levant, don’t fret,…
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Extras/TV: 5 TV SHOWS THAT EMBRACE THE CASINO THEME
Television shows have the power to take us on thrilling and captivating adventures that we may never experience in real life. From the world of science fiction to dramas, TV shows have tackled almost every genre imaginable. One popular theme that has captivated viewers is the casino theme at casinos nuevos. With its glamorous and…
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Theater Review: MURDER ON THE LINKS (North Coast Repertory Theatre)
THIS SHOW IS MURDER The latest production at North Coast Rep is a stage adaption of Dame Agatha Christie’s 1923 detective novel Murder on the Links. Originally titled The Murder on the Links, it was the second novel to star the Belgian private detective Hercule Poirot. The eccentric Poirot became one of the most popular…
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Theater Review: SEX TIPS FOR STRAIGHT WOMEN FROM A GAY MAN (Margaritaville Resort in Palm Springs)
TIPS AND TITS Bus Stop Productions LLC is a new entertainment company in the Coachella Valley focusing on lively and unique experiences appealing to all that enjoy local nightlife. Their current production, Sex Tips for a Straight Woman from a Gay Man (Sex Tips) runs through May 27, 2023 at the Margaritaville Resort in Palm…
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Cabaret Review: TAWANDA IN MANHATTAN (Tawanda celebrates debut album “Smile” at Chelsea Table & Stage)
SMILE, INDEED Tawanda, who just won the 2023 Bistro Award for Jazz Vocalist, celebrated her debut album, Smile, at Chelsea Table & Stage on April 20. The accomplished vocalist is only 26, but she told the audience she “feels like an old soul.” Indeed she began the evening with a sizzling rendition of a Cole…
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Broadway Review: PETER PAN GOES WRONG (Ethel Barrymore Theatre)
YOU’LL BE HOOKED The title says it all. Based on the play Peter Pan by JM Barrie, Peter Pan Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields is about a stage production of the children’s classic that goes wrong. Horribly wrong. Hilariously wrong. Hurtfully wrong. Just wrong. Currently playing at the Ethel Barrymore…
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Theater Review: FUTURE THINKING (Desert Ensemble Theater at the Palm Springs Cultural Center)
TRAGI-COMIC CON Desert Ensemble Theater’s (DET) current production, Eliza Clark’s Future Thinking, closing on April 23, is the final play in their season of “West Coast Originals.” The company dedicated the 12th season to new work by under-produced West Coast playwrights, which included two world premieres, one California premiere and the current play, which appears…
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Theater Festival: THE ONCE AND FUTURE FESTIVAL (Greenhouse Theatre Center in Chicago)
THE ONCE AND FUTURE FESTIVAL PRESENTS SIX NEW PLAYS BY CHICAGO PLAYWRIGHTS Six Chicago playwrights have come together to self-produce their own plays, their way. Inspired by previous self-producing collectives, the festival will feature two world premieres and four staged readings. The world premiere productions will be performed in rep with each other every night,…
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Theater Review: HAIRSPRAY (National Tour)
THIS HEAVYWEIGHT TAKES THE PRIZE Can you ask for a more perfect pairing than a drag queen and the high camp of musical theater? In this national tour production of Hairspray, Tracy Turnblad and friends turn up the heat with their dance movies on the stage of Segerstrom Hall. The band is tight, the movements…
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Off-Broadway Review: WOMAN OF THE YEAR (J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company at Theater Row)
WHAT’S SO WONDERFUL? THIS REVIVAL OF WOMAN OF THE YEAR I’m jealous of New York Musical lovers. If they want to catch a rarely produced musical from the “golden age” of Broadway (the dates of “golden age” tend to blur), they have the J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company. And unlike the Los Angeles companies which…
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Broadway Review: LIFE OF PI (Gerald Schoenfeld)
HOW DO YOU CATCH A TIGER BY THE TAIL? STAGING. The eye-popping special effects of Life of Pi are reason enough to see this show, which opened this week at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Yes, there are a plethora of perfect performances, but no one should miss the elegant, effective, energizing design elements. This is…
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Theater Review: LOCUSTS HAVE NO KING (New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco)
A GAY PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS From the Book of Proverbs: Locusts have no king. But they all move forward in formation. Rough translation: Locusts have no king so they lead a life of smallness and conformity — a crowd mentality. It’s also a metaphor for The West Coast premiere of Queer, Puerto Rican and Dominican…
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Theater Review: 1776 (National Tour)
2023 COMES TO 1776 The founding of the United States of America has always been largely misunderstood, even by its own citizens. Fifty landowners got together in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and debated for two years on the efficacy of declaring a rationale for Independence; they needed sensible reasons for breaking away from the mother country, Great…
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Broadway Review: FAT HAM (American Airlines)
WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS FAT HAM Ah, the Father/Son relationship. Tough when bad and often difficult even when pop and junior love each other. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, adapted with delightful quirkiness into Fat Ham by playwright James Ijames, the young prince is so enamored of his recently deceased father, King Hamlet, he refers to…
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Theater Review: EXOTIC DEADLY: OR THE MSG PLAY (World Premiere at The Old Globe in San Diego)
ANNA MIKAMI ALREADY WELL-SEASONED IN HER THEATRICAL DEBUT For theatergoers who have been waiting impatiently for a new play about monosodium glutamate, your wish has been answered. Check out the world premiere of Keiko Green’s new work at the Old Globe, called Exotic Deadly: Or The MSG Play. Anna Mikami as Ami and Eunice Bae…
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