Areas We Cover
Categories
-
Theater Extras: 9 FANTASTIC SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THEATER STUDENTS
We all want so that our dreams come true. It is a beautiful notion that seems to come straight from fairy tails. However, it is quite possible and there are definitive steps towards this “dream” becoming a reality. The first and major step is education. If you dream of becoming anybody the proper start is…
-
Film Review: 15 YEARS (directed by Yuval Hadadi)
A CRISIS OF NORMALCY Israel, in spite of its ultra-orthodox religious influences, is a fine country for LGBTQ rights. And its film industry has certainly proven it with some outstanding pro-gay films: (Yossi & Jagger [2002], Walk on Water [2004], The Bubble [2006]). Now it has another winner in a thoughtful and entertaining examination of a…
-
FILM EXTRAS: MOVIES AND TV SHOWS YOU DIDN’T KNOW WERE FILMED IN LIVERPOOL
MOVIES AND TV SHOWS YOU DIDN’T KNOW WERE FILMED IN LIVERPOOL Liverpool is a city at the heart of the North West of the UK, and it’s commonly known for its musical geniuses, The Beatles, as well as being one of the top tourist destinations in Europe. However, although the city is known for its…
-
Album Review: THE GIRL WITH THE ALKALINE EYES (Original Off-Broadway Score by Eric Dietz)
THE SCORE THAT’S A BIG SURPRISE The Girl with the Alkaline Eyes is a futuristic A.I. thriller set in a high-tech lab where a young, hot-shot coder has been hard at work on a secret project: an extraordinarily lifelike creation who will change not only the life of his creator, but the lives of everyone…
-
Film Review: BACURAU (directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles)
BACURAU TO THE FUTURE If you don’t allow Bacurau to unfold itself on its own terms, you may find one of the most surprising and daring films of the year maddening and alienating. It isn’t always easy to decipher just what game is afoot in this genre-bending Brazilian film, but moviegoers are going to eat…
-
Music Preview: AT HOME WITH GUSTAVO (LA Phil)
KEEPING US TOGETHER WHILE WE’RE APART For some, sitting at home can during our long shut-in can be crazy-making, but not because there isn’t enough to stream. It’s just that so much of it is blather. Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel believes a major ingredient missing during these trying times is…
-
Music Preview: JOHN WILLIAMS: MAESTRO OF THE MOVIES (and more from Pacific Symphony)
SOME OFFERINGS FROM PACIFIC SYMPHONY Introducing the Virtual “Symphony Mixer” Symphony Mixer is a new virtual social series hosted by Symphony Principal Flutist Ben Smolen, each virtual happy hour will feature live performances, interviews with artists, musical anecdotes and stories from behind-the-scenes. “John Williams: Maestro of the Movies” Pacific Symphony has produced its first-ever virtual…
-
Music Review: LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO (Royce Hall UCLA)
PRESERVING THE SPIRIT For the last live performance I may see for a long, long time, I attended a near-empty Royce Hall for the recording of a concert by Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The group — best known for their astounding chorale rhythms on Paul Simon’s Graceland — had cancelled a previous date due to the…
-
Theater Extras: SETTING THE STAGE FOR LEARNING (L.A. Theatre Works)
AN EDUCATION VIA STREAMING THEATER As schools are turning to at-home learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, many teachers are struggling to find relevant, high-quality distance learning resources. Stage and Cinema is hoping you’ll spread the word to let teachers know about L.A. Theatre Works’ Setting the Stage for Learning educational arts program, which harnesses the…
-
FILM EXTRAS: 5 UNDERRATED GAMBLING FILMS
5 UNDERRATED GAMBLING FILMS When most of you think about gambling films, titles like “Casino”, “Rounders”, and “The Cincinnati Kid” instantly spring to mind. They are classics that almost any cinema lover has watched or at least can recognize. However, the gambling theme is part of many other motion pictures. Its tight connection to exciting…
-
Theater Review: A BODY OF WATER (Actors Co-op)
PARTS OF A BODY Part Albee, part Ionesco, part mystery thriller, part Doubt, part Groundhog Day and — sadly — all red herrings, Lee Blessing’s 2005 A Body of Water can’t decide what it wants to be in the end — which is a shame because individual parts of this body are bracing. (Actor Co-op’s…
-
Theater Review: ALICE IN WONDERLAND (A Noise Within in Pasadena)
WHAT A WONDER Childhood whimsy is seen through the looking-glass of adult sophistication at A Noise Within. Based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1871), this 1932 stage adaptation — co-written by Eva Le Gallienne and Florida Friebus — faithfully honors its source materials,…
-
Theater Review: HOME (On Tour at The Broad Stage)
A HOME RUN What do you think of when you think of home? Is it the place where you were born? Is it where you are living now? Is it where you followed your growth by measuring yourself against one of its walls? Is it the home you built? Is it the home you inherited…
-
Theater Review: THE HEALING (formerly titled LEGENDS) (Black Ensemble Theater)
SINGING AGAINST HATE If it takes a village, the Black Ensemble Theater creates one nightly. Actually, it’s a “healing circle” that’s literally at center stage and figuratively at the heart of Legends the Musical: A Civil Rights Movement, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Written and directed by founder Jackie Taylor, this generous new work departs from…
-
Theater Reviews: GHOSTS, NEVER SWIM ALONE and LANDSCAPE (Inkblots “A” &”B” of Open Fist’s Rorschach Fest)
OUR INKBLOT INTERPRETATIONS: SPLAT, SPLAT, SPLAT, SPLAT, SPLENDID Theater isn’t just what it brings to us, it’s also what we bring to it. At least, that’s the general idea behind Open Fist Theatre Company’s Rorschach Fest, a series of five experimental one-act plays from risk-taking playwrights: John O’Keefe, Harold Pinter, Daniel MacIvor, and Caryl Churchill….
-
Film Review: PANDORA’S BOX (directed by G. W. Pabst)
OUTSIDE OF THE BOX Norma Desmond‘s iconic pronouncement “We had faces then” might well have been written specifically for Louise Brooks. This is a face that defies time and period, and is as relevant today as it was in 1929 when she was lured to Germany by G. W. Pabst to play the doomed Lulu…
-
Theater Review: GLORIA (A.C.T.’s Strand Theater)
GLORY GLORY GLORIA I don’t know if Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has ever worked in a Manhattan publishing house but he sure knows his way about the workplace. In Gloria, he paints an extraordinary portrait of the workings of an office whose conflicts revolve around some writers with their own agendas, a sense of emotional intensity on…
-
Opera Review: THE QUEEN OF SPADES (Lyric Chicago)
WHAT A QUEEN! Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikosky’s ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker are both beloved and celebrated, yet his operas are scarcely known. Indeed, we don’t get much Russian opera at all, at least in Chicago. Lyric produced Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin in 2017, while Chicago Opera Theatre produced his Iolanta in 2018 and Rachmaninoff’s Aleko…
-
Music Preview: ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS WITH JOSHUA BELL, VIOLIN (The Soraya)
I’LL BE THERE WITH BELL ON Many know that Academy of St Martin in the Fields is a touring and recording chamber orchestra founded by Sir Neville Marriner in 1958. But did you know that since 2011 the world-renowned virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell has been their Music Director? Next to Marriner, who turns 90 next…
-
CD Review: COLOR OUT OF SPACE (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Colin Stetson)
OUT OF SPACE IS OUTTA SIGHT! OK, now you’re talking!! As modern music continues to drone down some boring atonal alley, and soundtracks lack any kind of personality, along comes the soundtrack for Color Out of Space, an adaptation of a 1927 H.P Lovecraft short story by infamous director Richard Stanley, who was sacked from…
Search Articles
Please help keep
Stage and Cinema going!
✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦
✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦
✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦
✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦
✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦
✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦
✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦
✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦
Find beautiful trendy gowns for girls' special events.
Need to order an essay? Hire our top writers to complete the most challenging papers at an affordable rate.
For professional writing support, hire essay writers at Edubirdie for high-quality help.
Discover top-rated Australian online casinos with fair games, fast payouts, and generous bonuses for every type of player.
Explore the best paying pokies Australia games with high RTP and clear bonus terms
