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Virtual Theater Review: THE PRESENT (Geffen Stayhouse a.k.a. Geffen Playhouse)
CALIFORNIA STREAMIN’ Even after postponing the remaining productions of their 2019/2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Geffen Playhouse is forging ahead. While the UCLA-owned theater has high hopes for their upcoming 25th-anniversary season, let’s be honest: futures for any theater are being made with cautious optimism. Wearing the resilient adage “the show must…
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Theater Extra: SEASONS OF LOVE (San Diego Musical Theatre)
REASONS FOR LOVE Covering the arts nationwide means that Stage and Cinema has received hundreds and hundreds of virtual entertainments, from classical and jazz to theater and art, all with basically the same purpose: to entertain you at home and try to raise money for struggling organizations. But nothing in the past two months has…
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Film Review: VAMPIRE BURT’S SERENADE (directed by Ken Roht)
UNDEAD, UNREAL, AND UNINTERESTING Unrelentingly campy and absurd, Vampire Burt’s Serenade revels in its own trashiness and in-your-face pansexuality, but this low-rent 2014 indie horror/musical doesn’t seem to give a shit about two things: the horror and the music (pre-released as The Bloody Indulgent, it is now a 2020 VOD release on Amazon Prime). With…
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Extras: ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE (Science in Theater)
Alzheimer’s Disease – Overview – Symptoms, Causes, Risks Alzheimer’s Disease is a progressive brain disorder that leads to the wasting or degeneration of the cells of the brain. It is the primary cause of dementia and might hamper the ability of the person to operate independently. One of the most common and an early sign…
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Virtual Theater: TEENAGE DICK (Theater Wit in Chicago; Third Extension)
DICK EXTENDS Chicago’s Theater Wit announced a third and final extension today of Teenage Dick, its long-running critically acclaimed virtual production of Mike Lew’s devastatingly funny new play inspired by theater’s most famous disabled character — Shakespeare’s Richard III — like audiences have never seen him before: scheming his way through the brutal, no-holds barred…
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Theater Preview: MARSHSTREAM (The Marsh San Francisco)
STREAMING IN THE MARSH As the Bay Area’s shelter-in-place continues, The Marsh San Francisco offers a variety of programming at 7:30pm nightly on MarshStream, its popular broadcast platform. MarshStream programming varies daily. Offerings include: Monday Night MarshStream (short performances by a variety of artists): Wild Card Tuesdays (everything from book/writer discussions, sing-a-longs, Tell It On…
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Dance Preview: LINCOLN CENTER AT HOME (Ballet Hispánico, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, The School of American Ballet, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater)
DANCE ME TO LINCOLN CENTER We all know that dancing is good for you. But did you know that watching dance is also good for you? Science has suggested that the high you get after watching great dancing is your brain is attempting to turn that high into something real, as if you just danced…
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Music Preview: LISTEN LOCAL: NEW YORK CITY (Spotify)
ONE WAY TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY NEVER SLEEPS With the news that Broadway will remain shuttered until at least Labor Day, New Yorkers and those who visit the city to enjoy the life now have a way to get your Big Apple fix during quarantine through an exclusive content hub on Spotify: Listen Local:…
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Exhibit Review: SOCIALLY DISTANT THEATER: THE SOLO SHOW AS SEEN BY HIRSCHFELD (The Al Hirschfeld Foundation)
TAKE A SOLO BOW, MR. HIRSCHFELD How many of us theater addicts have gone to a solo show only to find some woman squealing about her private parts (or man for that matter), and you think “Never Again.” Then you catch Whoopi Goldberg or Robert Morse or Julie Harris or John Leguizamo or the great…
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Virtual Theater: TO MASTER THE ART (Timeline Theatre, Chicago)
STARVING FOR THEATER? FEAST ON THIS! It’s not just for Chicagoans anymore. Time and again, we have trumped that Chicago theater is the most exciting in the country. Not just because of the array and number of companies, but the affordability. Theater artists in Chicago do theater for theater’s sake — and for ours. Case…
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Extra: MAKING THE BEST OF YOUR CASINO EXPERIENCE
MAKING THE BEST OF YOUR CASINO EXPERIENCE If you’re an avid gambler, or if you simply like to dabble in casual gambling, no doubt you will have scrolled through an abundance of online articles with slot tips for making the most of casino games, some great and some not so great! Here’s how to make…
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Music Preview: TENOR BRIAN CHENEY (Weekly Shows on Stageit)
BACK ON THE CHENEY GANG I originally caught tenor Brian Cheney in Pacific Opera Project’s Tosca, and I was awestruck. Playing the brave painter Cavaradossi, Cheney really blew me away. With nary a glitch, and equally authoritative throughout his range, Cheney has that terrific tenor sound: the power, richness, and vocal color of a high…
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Theater Preview: SONDHEIM @ 90 ROUNDTABLE (Porchlight Music Theatre Virtual Series)
CELEBRATING A PASSION FOR SONDHEIM Welcome to a new, free virtual series to celebrate Stephen Sondheim as an American icon while celebrating his 90th birthday year. Sondheim @ 90 Roundtable, created and hosted by Chicago’s Porchlight Music Theatre Artistic Director Michael Weber, gathers talents from Chicago, Broadway and the world of theater to offer episodes…
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Film Feature: SOME AWESOME MUSIC DOCUMENTARIES (Red Bull Music Academy)
FUN, FIERCE AND FREE I gotta tell you, folks, since the lockdown from COVID-19, the amount of streaming dreck that has come before me is embarrassing. so it’s a pleasure to share with you some awesome music documentaries I’ve encountered. Many different lengths, many types of music, all fascinating. Some are great to watch on…
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Extra: FROM THE MECHANICAL TO THE VIDEO SLOT
FROM THE MECHANICAL TO THE VIDEO SLOT The mechanical slot machine was invented by Sittman and Pitt in 1891 with five rotating drums. Similar to other casino games, the player would win the game based on who had the best hand with five cards. This game was the first of its kind back then and…
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Theater Preview: AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE CENTER’S BLKFRSTV (Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, VA)
CAUGHT ON TAPE It was an unprecedented and timely decision. It was March 15, 2020, and the American Shakespeare Center — which operates the fantastic Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, VA — had just enough time to digitally capture two of their ensembles performing six shows just before the shutdown due to COVID-19. These thrilling experiences…
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Extra: THE MAGIC WILL RETURN (Disney Theme Parks)
YOU THINK YOU’RE FEELING RESISTANT?! It has now become woefully clear that we will have quite a wait until crowd-gathering can return to a pre-coronavirus level. While you may be feeling a bit edgy, remember we will all be returning to the magic one day. In an attempt to fill my storehouse of magic, I…
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Theater Extras: “SPOTLIGHT ON PLAYS” SERIES (A Broadway’s Best Shows Benefit for The Actors Fund)
UPCOMING STAR-FILLED ONE-NIGHT-ONLY LIVESTREAM EVENTS TO BENEFIT THE ACTORS FUND Broadway’s Best Shows is about to launch the weekly one-night-only “Spotlight On Plays” series beginning this Thursday, May 7, 2020 to benefit The Actors Fund. These one-night-only events will be livestreamed each subsequent Thursday on The Actors Fund YouTube channel and Broadway’s Best Shows’ YouTube and…
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Arts Extras: MUST-SEE MUSEUMS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS IN LONDON
MUST-SEE MUSEUMS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS IN LONDON Description: Museums are captivating. It will feed your eyes and mind with amazing things. Here are the best museums in London for college students. Ever had a trip to the museum? Students are the ones who are often given the privilege to visit museums as these are educational…
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Extras: THOUGHTS ON ART, ISOLATION AND THERAPY
REASSESS BEFORE REENTRY Who knows if the COVID-19 epidemic will change the world for the better? Remember, some asserted that 9/11 would make us recognize how precious life is and that it would have us reassess contentious relationships with our fellow countries. Yet we went right back to the tenacious polarity between political parties in…
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