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Music Preview: A VERDI PUCCINI FEST (The Verdi Chorus Fall 2022 Concert in Santa Monica)
A SMORGASBORD OF OPERAS ON ONE PLATE The Verdi Chorus will present its Fall 2022 concert A Verdi Puccini Fest for two performances only at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica, Saturday, November 12 at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, November 13 at 4:00 pm. As the only choral group in Southern California that focuses…
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Broadway Review: COST OF LIVING (Samuel J. Friedman Theatre)
THE COST OF MISSING THIS RAVISHING SHOW Every week in the opening sequence of the eighties television series Fame, dance instructor Lydia Grant would state without irony, “…fame costs and right here is where you start paying – in sweat.” Sweat might be the least of what a person may be called upon to pay…
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Recommended Theater: EVERTHING IN NEW YORK GOES BANG! (Hudson Mainstage Theatre in Hollywood)
Everything in New York Goes BANG!Written and performed by Robert Galinsky One Night Only Debut Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 8 PM Hudson Mainstage Theatre, 6539 Santa Monica Blvd in Hollywood For tickets ($25), visit EverythingInNewYorkGoesBangRun time: 60 minutes Following his successful acclaimed solo show The Bench, A Homeless Love Story, NY-based performer Robert Galinsky…
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Theater Review: NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN (South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa)
FOUR-GET ABOUT IT While her career may be skyrocketing as a TV writer, Christina Ham has not mastered the art of playwriting. I felt terrible thinking that after seeing the opening of her world premiere Nina Simone: Four Women at South Coast Rep last weekend (right when the Orange County Museum of Art, OCMA, had…
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Recommended Off-Off-Broadway: JENNIFER TIPTON: OUR DAYS AND NIGHT (Baryshnikov Arts Center)
SEE THE LIGHT Illustrious lighting designer Jennifer Tipton will share an exhibit of light in Baryshnikov Arts Center’s Jerome Robbins Theater for three performances only, November 17-19, 2022. Our Days and Night is designed to show the relationship of the earth to the sun, tracing the origin and precarity of the sun’s support of life,…
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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Free Opera Streaming: STREAMING THE FIRST CENTURY (San Francisco Opera)
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA RELEASES SECOND INSTALLMENT OF STREAMING THE FIRST CENTURY FOCUSING ON FRENCH REPERTOIRE Streaming the First Century, SFO’s free online hub for historic recordings and interviews, has released Session 2: Parlez-vous français? (schedule below). This new installment, the second of four releases scheduled for fall 2022, features performances of French repertory from the Company’s…
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Extras / Music: 4 BEST GIFTS FOR SAXOPHONE PLAYERS
4 BEST GIFTS FOR SAXOPHONE PLAYERS Saxophones are popular instruments around the world. And if you know a saxophone player, then you know that they’re passionate about their craft. They practice for hours every day to perfect their sound. Plus, they always look for new ways to improve their skills. As a result, they can…
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Off-Broadway Review: BALDWIN & BUCKLEY AT CAMBRIDGE (Elevator Repair Service at The Public)
CROSS-EXAMINING THE AFFIRMATIVE & NEGATIVE IN THIS DEBATE In 1965, at the Cambridge Union, Cambridge University, England, eminent social critic and author James Baldwin publicly debated leading American conservative William F. Buckley, Jr. The motion of their debate: “The American Dream is at the Expense of the American Negro”. In front of an almost all-white…
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Recommended Theater: CINDY & THE DISCO BALL: THE MUSICAL (Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank)
DISCO BALL BOOGIE BLASTS INTO BURBANK Break out the bell-bottoms and platform shoes because Garry Marshall Theatre is gettin’ down with the boogie with Cindy & The Disco Ball: The Musical. The limited engagement runs Friday-Sunday, October 7 – October 30, 2022. Cindy & The Disco Ball: The Musical time-travels back to a decade that was dy-no-mite!…
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Dance Recommendation: INFERNO & BURLESQUE (ACB)
ACB OPENS 11th SEASON WITH TRIPLE THE HORROR If you’re brave, get front-row seats. Eight Performances Only! Did Hell Ever Look This Good? Photo by Victor Demarchelier. American Contemporary Ballet, L.A.’s most daring and satisfying dance company, opens its 11th season on October 7, 2022, with Inferno & Burlesque, a double dose of gothic horror and…
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Recommended Classical Concert: Conductor JURAJ VALÄŒUHA & Pianist BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV (SF Symphony at Davies Hall)
COME HEAR ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT PIANISTS Conductor Juraj ValÄuha returns to lead the San Francisco Symphony in music by Hannah Kendall, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Sergei Prokofiev, November 3, 4 & 6, 2022 at Davies Symphony Hall. Opening the program is the SF Symphony premiere of Hannah Kendall’s The Spark Catchers, commissioned and premiered…
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Recommended Dance: THE LOOK OF LOVE (Mark Morris Dance Group World Premiere at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica)
A NEW DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF BURT BACHARACH The Look of Love reunites Choreographer Mark Morris and jazz composer Ethan Iverson to create a new work showcasing the music of Burt Bacharach. Co-commissioned by BroadStage, the world premiere of Mark Morris Dance Group’s The Look of Love, an evening of dance to the music…
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Upcoming Film: BONES AND ALL (Notes from Director Luca Guadagnino)
YOU’LL FEEL THIS DOWN TO YOUR BONES From Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name) comes a love story as sublimely tender as it is dark and uncanny, a road trip of discovery between two American misfits who share a fierce, all-consuming appetite that sets them apart and sends them on the run, even as…
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Recommended Theater: QUEER RADIO HOUR (Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles)
ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, AT 7:30PM Queer Radio Hour is a live radio play that asks, “What would radio have been like in the 1930s and 1940s if they had let the queer community have a voice?” A modern-but-not-modern twist on the Golden Age of Radio, the show is an over-the-top nod to the style and humor of…
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Broadway Opening: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s BAD CINDERELLA (Imperial Theatre)
TITLE SONG RELEASED TODAY With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, book by Emerald Fennell and lyrics by David Zippel, Bad Cinderella is a modern retelling of the classic fairytale is set in the exceptionally beautiful kingdom of Belleville. This Cinderella (played by newcomer Linedy Genao) is no longer the damsel in distress who needs saving….
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Highly Recommended Jazz Album Review: HUBUB! (Ted Kooshian)
I’LL TELL YOU WHAT THE HUBUB! IS ALL ABOUT: FUN I just returned from the 2022 Monerey Jazz Festival, and as you can guess the players were magnificent. Not so the compositions, though. Highly experimental is great; after all, that’s what makes jazz, well, jazz. But much of the weekend was fusion, ya know jazz…
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Music Review: 65TH MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL
EVEN WITH CHANGES DUE TO COVID, THE MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL SOARS One of the joys of the Monterey Jazz Festival is discovery. Sure, you’ll get to hear some great professional talent, but a lot of up and coming high school and college talent. The 65th gathering may still not be up to snuff after that…
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Recommended Cabaret: JASON GRAAE: GRAAETEST HITS – THE SEQUEL! (Jason Graae at El Portal Theatre, Oct. 21 only)
THIS GUY REALLY DOES DESERVE AN EXCLAMATION POINT What can I say about musical comedy actor and funny man Jason Graae? Well, first, his last name is pronounced “Grah” but his latest one-man cabaret is called Graaetest Hits — The Sequel!, which means we will still be guessing how to pronounce his last name. But…
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Theater Review: SCENE WITH CRANES (REDCAT in DTLA)
CRANES HAS A CLIPPED WING Last night at REDCAT in downtown Los Angeles, CalArts presented a new play by Octavio Solis, and the story is magnificent. In East L.A., a teenager named Nico has been mowed down by a car outside his home, but it’s a mystery as to why. And this was a special…
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Theater Review: HAMILTON (North American Tour)
OUR FUNKY FOUNDING FATHERS A hip-hop Alexander Hamilton? A beat-box Father of His Country? A jumping James Madison and a jiveass Jefferson who disses bigtime in a poetry slam? The ten-dollar bill will never be the same (or the dollar note for that matter). A sassy-spunky 2015 blast from the past set to irresistible rhythms, Hamilton is…
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