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Broadway Reopening: AIN’T TOO PROUD –” THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS (Imperial Theatre)
MAGIC IN THE MUSIC Sometimes jukebox bio-musicals get so caught up in the fame and fortune of the journey that they miss the creative passion that is the true force driving most artists forward. Happily, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations — which returns to Broadway tomorrow, October 16, 2021 — puts…
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HOW TO GET OVER STAGE FRIGHT AND FACE THE CROWD WITH COURAGE
Stage fright is the fear of performing on stage in front of other people. The idea of being in front of a few dozen or even hundreds does seem overwhelming. However, it’s not as bad once you get used to it. There are many things that can cause someone to have stage fright ranging from…
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Theater Review: MOTHER ROAD (San Diego REP)
ROUTE 66 WAS ONE MOTHER OF A ROAD In John Steinbeck’s 1939 novel The Grapes of Wrath, we follow along Route 66 the sad travels of Tom Joad and his family, who flee the desperation of Oklahoma’s dustbowl calamity hoping for a safe farming life in California. In Octavio Solis’s Mother Road, there is one…
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Jazz Album: SOLO LIVE (Edward Simon | Solo Piano)
Recorded at Oakland’s Piedmont Piano Company on his 50th birthday in 2019, Solo Live is Edward Simon’s first unaccompanied recording (and only his second album documenting a concert). Unedited, it’s a ravishing portrait of one of jazz’s most eloquent improvisers investigating a setting that’s become one of his primary outlets during the pandemic. Long leery…
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Theater Review: MY FAIR LADY (National Tour)
STILL THE FAIREST I’m rather certain one cannot visit enough productions of My Fair Lady. The 1956 musical, based on George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, tells the tale of Professor Henry Higgins, a puffed-up upper-class grammarian, and Eliza Doolittle, his lower-class, flower girl protégé whom Higgins turns into a lady by changing her speech. With one of the most…
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THE STRANGEST PHENOMENA THAT HAVE INSPIRED FILMS AND TV SHOWS
There are some odd things in this world, and they have inspired plenty of films and TV shows over the years. While we might dream up stories based in strange fantasy lands or the furthest reaches of space, there is no denying that life here on Planet Earth can occasionally be a little odd. As a…
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Off-Broadway Reopening: JERSEY BOYS (New World Stages)
THEY’RE FRIGGIN’ BACK By now, the world knows about the musical Jersey Boys, the story of pop sensation Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons. It’s a triumph, and the NY production leaves all others at the shore. It returns to New York City’s New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) on November 15, 2021. Tickets…
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Attraction Preview: EMPIRE CIRCUS (Empire Stores in Brooklyn)
DUMBO, MEET BOZO Here comes the world premiere of Empire Circus, a holiday season limited engagement, November 12, 2021 – January 30, 2022, at Empire Stores in DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass); the entrance is at 2 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY. Tickets ($45) are on sale now at Empire Circus. Created by Remarkable…
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Album Review: SILVER LINING SUITE (Hiromi)
Hiromi’s Silver Lining Suite is astounding. This truly breathtaking and ferocious blend of jazz invention and classical composition is love at first listen. Highly, highly recommended by Stage and Cinema. (Click HERE for teaser video) Ever since the 2003 release of her debut, Another Mind, Hiromi has electrified uss with a creative energy that encompasses and eclipses…
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Theater Review: ASCENSION (Echo Theater Company)
THE ASCENSION OF L.A. THEATER The community of small theater groups in Los Angeles has taken so many debilitating blows over the past several years — before, during and since the COVID shutdown — that it amazes how some continually clamber to re-open. This month the Echo Theater Company forges ahead with two new shows….
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Theater: REDCAT’S 18TH ANNUAL NEW ORIGINAL WORKS FESTIVAL (Roy & Edna Disney/CalArts Theater, Disney Hall)
Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT), CalArts’ downtown center for contemporary arts, presents the 18th annual New Original Works (NOW) Festival, a celebration of Los Angeles’ vibrant community of artists creating new contemporary performance work, over three weekends this fall: Oct. 7-9, Oct. 14-16, and Oct. 21-23. This year’s festival returns to in-person performances with nine new…
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Opera Review: THE ELIXIR OF LOVE (Lyric Opera Chicago)
A DELIRIOUSLY DELECTABLE LOVE POTION Opera is a bit like wine: many are difficult to enjoy at first, but gradually grow on you; a few are impossible to gain a taste for at all; and some entice you from the get go. Gaetano Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love (or L’elisir d’amore) is a superlative example…
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Music Concerts: THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION (2021/22 Concert Season in Washington, D.C.)
The Phillips Collection has returned to live concerts, but for the first time in the history of music at the Phillips, all concerts will be livestreamed, bringing the storied intimacy of performances from the Music Room to wherever you are. This season is characteristically eclectic, welcoming a broad range of musical styles, DC-debut performances, and…
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Theater Review: ZOMBIE JOE’S URBAN DEATH (Zombie Joe’s Underground in North Hollywood)
ZOMBIE JOE’S URBAN DEATH RISES FROM THE GRAVE After all the horrors of the last few years, it seemed only fitting that we should return to Urban Death, the signature production of Zombie Joe’s Underground theater company in North Hollywood. Last weekend we checked out its latest installment, this year subtitled “Tour of Terror” and…
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PROFESSIONAL CARPET CLEANING FOR WEST END THEATRES
Choosing a Reputable Carpet Cleaning Company Does it seem like regardless of the amount you vacuum, your carpet carpets actually don’t look and smell like it used to? It very well may be the ideal opportunity for a profound cleaning. While there are accessible DIY cleaning techniques on the lookout, it is still best to…
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Off-Broadway Opening: UNITED SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL 2021 (Studio Theatre, Theatre Row)
United Solo Theatre Festival 2021 The 12th Annual United Solo Theatre Festival, based at Theatre Row in New York City, is the world’s largest solo theatre festival. After a decade of presenting over one thousand solo shows, the Festival returns to its stage at Theatre Row. There, it will feature productions from around the globe. United Solo features a vast array of shows ranging from drama, storytelling, and…
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Theater Opening: POOR CLARE (Echo Theater Company)
The Echo Theater Company’s world premiere production of Poor Clare will open in October, 19 months after the originally scheduled March, 2020 opening that was shuttered by the pandemic. Echo associate artistic director Alana Dietze (Dry Land) is back at the helm of Chiara Atik’s powerful and very funny modern spin on the medieval story of Saint Clare of Assisi. Poor Clare will open…
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Concert Review: HERBIE HANCOCK & ESPERANZA SPALDING (The Hollywood Bowl)
The Hollywood Bowl’s Shortened Jazz Season Ends on a High Note! What a wonderful jazz fusion double-bill at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday, September 26 featuring four-time GRAMMY Award-winning bassist Esperanza Spalding accompanied by her long-time cohort, Argentinian Leo Genovese on keyboard, sax and accordion, opening up for the great pianist/composer, and one of the…
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Theater Review: SONGS FOR NOBODIES (Northlight Theatre)
SONGS FOR EVERYBODY In the spring of 2020 the Northlight Theatre was set to present Bethany Thomas in “Songs for Nobodies,” a one-performer show that would celebrate five iconic female singers of the 20th century. Then came the pandemic scourge and the show, like all theater activity in the country, was extinguished. Thomas and “Songs…
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Opera Opening: FIDELIO (Live & Virtual, San Francisco Opera)
TO BREAK FREE, SHE HAD TO BREAK IN San Francisco Opera’s return to live performances in the War Memorial Opera House continues October 14–30 with a bold, new production of Ludwig van Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio. Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim conducts this monumental work in which love and courage overcome tyranny. Director Matthew…
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