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Broadway Review: JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN (Booth)
JOHN PROCTOR GETS CANCELLED In an honors English classroom at a county high school in northeast Georgia, seven juniors are cracking open Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Mr. Smith (Gabriel Ebert), a charismatic and respected teacher, leads the discussion. He poses a deceptively simple question: “Why are the girls dancing in the woods in the first…
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Theater Review: HAMILTON (National Tour in San Diego)
NOT YOUR GRANDMA’S 1776 Until Hamilton, if you’d asked me if I liked rap music, you’d have gotten a pretty quick, “No.” And I still do cringe at the memories of cars driving up my street with offensive lyrics played at sonic boom levels, because that had been my primary exposure to rap. So why…
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Art Review: BECOMING THINGS, BECOMING TIME: BOLMAHAN AT DELIGHT GARDEN (ARTECH in NYC)
The love affair between art, technology, and imagination is nothing new. Jeff Koons creates small-scale models, digitally scanned and mapped, but he didn’t spend years hand-carving his silly balloon dogs. Likewise, Gerhard Richter never wondered out in the woods foraging for flower pigments for his still life works. Technology has always helped the arts. In…
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Cabaret Review: JENNIFER ROBERTS: SHE LOVES… SHELDON! (Green Room 42)
HARNICK…HEARTFELT & HEARTWARMING Sheldon Harnick, who passed away in 2023 at age 99, is alphabetically in good company among the great Broadway writers. His name comes after E.Y. “Yip” Harburg — whose work and personal encouragement inspired him as he began his career — and the witty Lorenz Hart, but before Jerry Herman, who similarly…
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Theater Review: FOREVER PLAID (Palm Canyon Theatre)
A HILARIOUS DRIVE DOWN MEMORY LANE Of course I love a big musical with choruses singing and dancing, but on reflection, several of my favorite shows have intimate casts such as Nunsense, The Fantasticks and the original You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Firmly holding a place on that list is the four-hander Forever Plaid,…
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Off-Broadway Review: DRAT! THE CAT! (J2 Spotlight Theater Company at AMT Theater)
The “J2” in the name J2 Spotlight Theater Company of Manhattan doesn’t refer to descriptions that start with the letter “J,” like “joyful” and “joke-filled,” but it might as well, because their current offering is all that and more. The double dose of J is actually a nod to its co-founder/executive producer, Jim Jimirro, partnered…
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Theater Review: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (San Francisco Playhouse)
ANOTHER WORTHY WAY TO WONDER AT THE WORLD On rare occasions even the most seasoned reviewers are confounded by the inadequacy of language to describe a production so beautiful and transcendent that words fail to do it justice. Such a production is multiple award-winning The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time which opened May…
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THE ETHICS OF TECH-ENHANCED ATHLETES
Picture this: A sprinter straps on a neural sensor, a real-time AI system optimizes his stride, and he breaks another personal record. Not because they trained harder, but because their equipment is optimized to think faster. Tech-savvy athletes effortlessly crush milestones. But when a sprinter’s body is partially robotic, where does human skill end and…
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PLINKO INSIGHTS, BANKROLL TIPS, AND MY DAY TO DAY WIN TAKES
Every time I launch a plinko online game I feel the spark I did when a ball first zig-zagged toward a three-figure pocket. A single click, a rain of tiny collisions, and a verdict before my coffee cools—that rhythm fits neatly into short breaks and late-night chillouts. There is no card counting, no reel patterns,…
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Theater Review: FOUNDING F%!#ERS (Greater Boston Stage Company in Stoneham, MA)
SOME DARE CALL IT TREASON Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold can hardly be called founders of the United States. In fact, while both acted as military leaders in the American War for Independence, they also played an antagonistic role in the Revolution. Benedict Arnold’s name has become synonymous with being a traitor; Allen is romanticized…
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Album Review: LET’S FALL IN LOVE (Judy Whitmore)
Don’t look for anything very heartbreaking or groundbreaking in the familiar musical ground surveyed by the generally joyful Judy Whitmore. When she toasts love, it’s with a glass she sees as much more than half full; in fact, it runneth over. Let’s Fall in Love is her most recent release, returning to mostly rosily romantic…
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Off-Broadway Review: THE ALGORHYTHMS (Monday Night Musicals at Magnet Theater)
MATH APPEAL The Monday Night Musicals series at the intimate Magnet Theater offers a vibrant platform for new work that blends comedic storytelling with musical innovation. Stripped down to the essentials — music, lyrics, and performance — the series feels like both a showcase and a springboard, providing a glimpse of shows that could thrive…
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Off-Broadway Review: THE END OF ALL FLESH (Monday Night Musicals at Magnet Theater)
FLESHING IT OUT OF THE PARK The Monday Night Musicals series at the intimate Magnet Theater is serving up a theatrical amusement for those who like their bluegrass pickin’ with a side of post-apocalyptic patriarchy. Produced by Theater of Apes, this one-act musical runs through June on Mondays. The series spotlights new works that blend…
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Theater Review: BEST DAD. NEVER. (Hudson Theatre Backstage, Hollywood Fringe Festival)
Coming to Hollywood Fringe: A Fatherhood Story You Didn’t Know You Needed Fatherhood isn’t always what you expect — and Best. Dad. NEVER. proves that’s exactly where the magic happens. Haig “Hike” Chahinian didn’t set out to write a feel-good story about fatherhood. Good thing, because this one-man outing is something better: honest, funny, and…
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Theater Review: THE STAIRCASE (South Coast Rep)
MEMORY LOOPS AND ECHOES IN GARDNER’S THE STAIRCASE Rain doesn’t fall in The Staircase. It lingers, heavy and waiting. Like a secret no one asked to hear. Like a mother halfway between a lullaby and a memory she can’t put down. In the hands of Noa Gardner, this first-time playwright turns weather into something far…
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Theater Review: HYMN (Chicago Shakespeare on Navy Pier)
TO KNOW HYMN IS TO LOVE HYMN It’s not unusual to hear creatives, especially Black creatives, quote Toni Morrison when talking about what inspires them to write, paint or compose. “If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” That notion seems to have…
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Theater Review: THE GLASS MENAGERIE (Antaeus Theatre)
A STRIKINGLY RESPECTFUL TAKE WORTHY FOR A MUSEUM The Antaeus Theatre Company first began offering audiences superbly mounted productions over a quarter of a century ago, and for their continued success in doing so, they are recognized as one of the true jewels in the crown of the Los Angeles theatre community. An actor-driven company,…
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Theater Review: CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY (Aurora Theatre in Berkeley)
SURVIVAL, STRUGGLE AND SMALL JOYS Young girls coming of age always makes for a good story usually filled with life-changing moments and lessons to be learned. In Lynn Nottage’s Crumbs from the Table of Joy, now playing at Aurora Theatre in Berkeley, our protagonist and narrator is Ernestine Crump (Anna Marie Sharpe), a 17-year-old senior…
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Theater Review: GARY: A SEQUEL TO TITUS ANDRONICUS (Redtwist Theatre)
UNCONVENTIONAL SPIN, DARING THEATER, CAUTIOUSLY RECOMMENDED There are sequels and there are sequels. Few can be considered as aspirational or as pioneering as Taylor Mac’s Gary, a continuation of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus now playing at Redtwist Theatre. Easily the Bard’s most sensational blood fest, Redtwist brought Titus’s “vicious circle of revenge and counter-revenge” to their…
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