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Chicago Theater Review: CLOSER THAN I APPEAR (Steppenwolf)
WHEN THE DECONSTRUCTION OF COMEDY BUILDS LAUGHTER Jeff Garlin, comedian and star performer in HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, appears in his one-man show Closer Than I Appear at the Steppenwolf Theatre Upstairs. Although it is possible to describe the evening through a seemingly free-associative list of objects – a suitcase, plastic jack o’ lantern, orange…
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Chicago Dance Review: HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO (Winter Series 2012 at Harris Theatre)
FINDING NEW WAYS TO TURN A BODY The big news from Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as the intrepid troupe launches their four-day “winter series” at the Harris Theatre in Millennium Park? It’s the company premiere of Swedish choreographer Mats Ek’s ambitious 40-minute creation Casi-Casa. Full of glimpses of life caught in its ill-assorted acts, it’s…
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Los Angeles Music Preview: RHAPSODY IN BLUE (Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra)
LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA BRIDGES JAZZ, FOLK AND ORCHESTRAL MUSIC It’s only the first week of December and, if you’re anything like me, you may find yourself already burning out on the plethora of holiday-themed entertainment. Well, here is your chance to sneak out of that holiday party or avoid yet another staging of A…
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Chicago Theater Review: HANNUKATZ THE MUSICAL (National Pastime)
CAT CHOKES UP FUR BALLS ONE TOO MANY TIMES You should live so long to meet the Hannukatz, a big 6 foot fur ball of a cat who drops by the Moskowitz family home in Skokie to educate the kids about the true meaning of Hannukah. If you want to know “How the Jews Began”…
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Chicago Theater and Tour Review: HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL (Cadillac Palace Theatre)
A DOCTORED WHO How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical is only 90 minutes long’”not much more time than it would take to watch the beloved animation and read the book by the late Dr. Seuss. Big League Productions’ touring production of a 2006 Broadway offering contains Jack O’Brien’s staging faithfully reprised by Matt August),…
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San Francisco Theater Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (A.C.T.)
ROLL OUT THE CAROL For two generations, a yearly outing to see A Christmas Carol has been a feel-good tradition for San Francisco families. American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) has staged adaptations of this famous Dickens story continuously since 1976, with few gaps, changing up the production on a regular basis to keep it from getting…
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Bay Area Theater Review: BIG RIVER (TheatreWorks in Palo Alto)
BIG RIVER MAKES A CLASSIC BOOK FLOW BEAUTIFULLY ONTO THE STAGE In Big River, adapted from the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the “mighty Mississippi” gracefully becomes a mighty metaphor for a journey of discovery into human foibles, adventure, the meaning of friendship, prejudice, redemption, and right and wrong. More than that, decked in…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: DONNY & MARIE: CHRISTMAS IN LOS ANGELES (Pantages Theatre)
A JOLLY OSMOND HOLIDAY To fans and detractors alike, Donny and Marie represent a cultural and show business ethos so strong, and so specific, that their actual talents sometimes get lost in the shuffle. Fifty years of Osmond entertainment creates a mythology of nostalgia, squared’”in both senses of the word’”their family friendly performance style isn’t…
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Chicago Theater Review: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE! LIVE AT THE BIOGRAPH! (American Blues Theatre)
IT’S A WONDERFUL SHOW After a long and trying day, I entered Victory Gardens a bit of Scrooge on Saturday night. So when Christmas-y sweater-wearing performers, their smiles stretching from rosy cheek to rosy cheek, began a holiday sing-along preshow’”a few rounds of “Jingle Bells” and “The 12 Days of Christmas”’”I was dismayed at the…
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New York Cabaret Review: FRISK ME: THE SONGS OF MAX VERNON (Joe’s Pub)
FRISK ME AGAIN The hubbub in the lobby of the Public Theater late last Friday night suggested we were in for a dynamic show. Frisk Me: The Songs of Max Vernon packed Joe’s Pub with one of the most energized audiences of friends and fans I have ever seen at this venue, and the few…
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Off-Broadway Theater Review: GOLDEN AGE (Manhattan Theatre Club)
I THINK I HEARD BELLINI TURNING IN HIS GRAVE Imagine yourself sitting tied to a chair in a stuffy, dark room with a very dull senile old man who talks on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on about nonsense, and you have imagined the experience…
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Chicago Theater Review: SPANK! THE FIFTY SHADES PARODY (The Royal George Theater)
FIFTY SHADES PUREED The erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey has made millions, maybe billions, of dollars and counting, having set the record as the fastest-selling paperback of all time, surpassing the paperback sales of the Harry Potter series. Author E.L. James wrote fan-fiction as a hobby until her Twilight-inspired work turned into the unbelievably…
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Chicago Theater Review: WE THREE LIZAS (Steppenwolf)
A TASTY POTPOURRI PASTICHE IS MORE PASTRY THAN PORRIDGE Billed as “a holiday bender” (as in gender), About Face Theatre’s 90-minute confection includes a 45-minute “cocktail hour” pre-show with guest performers warming up the crowd at the Steppenwolf Garage. Except that there’s already more heat than light in this lavender musical version of A Christmas…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: TWIST YOUR DICKENS (Kirk Douglas Theatre)
SECOND CITY OFFERS A LUMP OF COAL * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Scene 1’”INTERIOR OF SPOOGE AND FARLEY’S CRITIC HOUSE (EVERWHEEZER SPOOGE, an irascible, irritated editor-in-chief and theater critic, is hunched over his laptop in his impoverished surroundings, trying to finish a review of Twist…
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Los Angeles Theater Review: CONEY ISLAND CHRISTMAS (Geffen Playhouse)
PALE-Y BY COMPARISON On paper, it must have seemed like such a great idea: create a new holiday show as an alternative to the onslaught of Christmas Carols and Nutcrackers, have Pulitzer-winning Donald Margulies adapt an ecumenical holiday story by literary darling, Grace Paley, add a touch of meta-nostalgia by including in the press release…
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Off-Off-Broadway Theater Review: SPEAKING IN TONGUES (Theater 54)
HALF & HALF Australian Made Entertainment’s new production of Andrew Bovell’s well-crafted relationship thriller Speaking in Tongues really gets going in the second act. The play, directed by Bryn Boice, tells the stories of nine individuals (played by four actors) whose lives Mr. Bovell cleverly intertwines, giving us a cross-section of problems that arise in…
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Los Angeles Concert Review: LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE (Walt Disney Concert Hall)
LAMC SHINES IN A HISTORICALLY INFORMED PERFORMANCE OF MONTEVERDI’S VESPERS OF 1610 After Los Angeles Master Chorale’s (LAMC) astoundingly successful performance of Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers of the Blessed Virgin (commonly known as the Vespers of 1610, having been published in that year), I felt the same rejuvenation and relaxation that would follow a luxuriant all-day…
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Los Angeles Concert Review: LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA (with guest conductor Benjamin Wallfisch at Royce Hall)
BENJAMIN WALLFISCH DEBUTS HIS FIRST VIOLIN CONCERTO WITH LACO Benjamin Wallfisch, a burgeoning conductor and composer known primarily for his work on film and television scores, made his Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) debut conducting the world premiere of his own Violin Concerto. Guest conductor Wallfisch towered over the podium at UCLA’s Royce Hall, and led…
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Chicago Opera Review: DON PASQUALE (Lyric Opera)
D’ARCANGELO DONS A NEW LOOK After presenting a successful string of tragic operas this season, Lyric Opera flexes its comedic muscles with a charming production of Gaetano Donizetti’s opera buffa Don Pasquale. Although this Bel Canto Era opera has been part of Lyric’s repertoire for almost 50 years, this is the first time they have…
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Chicago Theater Review: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE RADIO PLAY (American Theater Company)
IT’S STILL WONDERFUL In just a few seasons, It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play has ascended to the top of the Christmas tree of essential local holiday entertainments. A show that could be corny and sappy turns out to be a triumph of warmth, humor, and nostalgia. There are two versions of It’s a…
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