BWW Review: THE ICE CREAM BOYS, Jermyn Street Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - October 12, 2019 Jacob Zuma, former President of South Africa, checks into a hospital only to find out that an old enemy, Ronnie Kasrils, who used to be in charge of the intelligence services, is staying in the opposite room. Gail Louw writes The Ice Cream Boys, detailing this chance meeting between the two. Directe...
Student Blog: No Rest for the Drowsy
by Student Blogger: Madalyn Macko - March 11, 2021 It is entertaining to reflect on the madness of a tech week, and rewarding to be reminded of the success brought by hard work. I will never be able to articulate fully just how grateful I am to be able to keep studying and performing in productions right now. The Drowsy Chaperone has been just a bea...
Mandy Patinkin Returns to Nashville's Tennessee Performing Arts Center for DIARIES Concert January 29
by Jeffrey Ellis - January 28, 2020 Whether he is best known to audiences from his work in film (Ragtime, Yentl, The Princess Bride), on television (Chicago Hope, Criminal Minds, Homeland) or on Broadway (Evita, Sunday in the Park With George, The Secret Garden, The Wild Party), Mandy Patinkin has embodied countless unforgettable char...
Review: HOLIDAY at Arena Stage
by Alexander C. Kafka - October 14, 2022 Philip Barry's 1928 classic is a romantic comedy, as advertised, but its layers of bittersweet emotional valence come through in this handsome production, directed by Anita Maynard-Losh....
Los Angeles' Calling Cadence Release Their All Analog Self-Titled Debut Album
by Michael Major - May 03, 2022 The 15 songs shine a light on Calling Cadence's strength as a live act, blending Oscar and Rae's voices with vintage keyboards. Musicians on the album include: Josh Adams on drums (Jon Batiste, Norah Jones, Beck), Mitchell Yoshida on keyboards (Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros), and Elijah Thomson...
Greek National Opera Presents CHEAP CIGARETTES, Now Playing
by Stephi Wild - December 07, 2022 After a series of sold-out performances, the great success of the Alternative Stage of the National Opera Theater Cheap Cigarettes , a 'romantic operetta' in 34 scenes and 19 songs, comes to captivate the audience from December 4, 2022 and for 24 new performances until and January 5, 2023....
Review: MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT at Arizona Broadway Theatre
by Herbert Paine - October 09, 2022 The joyful frolics of MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT are on stage in full armor at Arizona Broadway Theatre through November 5th....
BWW Review: Dance Fail at Fall For Dance
by Juan Michael Porter II - October 03, 2019 The continued proliferation of rhythmless music plunges Fall For Dance 2019's Program 1 into a miasma of middling potpourri. From Kyle Abraham rendering Misty Copeland into a sterile robot to Crystal Pite's droning narration, this was an evening sorely in need of inventive rhythm and grooves. Thank ...
BWW Review: NEW DANCE PARTNERS at Carlsen Center
by Kelly Luck - September 28, 2019 Four works comissioned by JCCC's Carlsen Center present very different ideas of dance....
BWW Review: SOUTH PACIFIC at Fred Kavli Theatre
by Cary Ginell - March 25, 2022 American Theatre Guild's current national tour of the venerable Pulitzer-Prize winning 'South Pacific' cleans up some potentially objectionable language and characterizations to retain its essential love story and message of racial tolerance....
BWW Review: THRILL ME: THE LEOPOLD & LOEB STORY, Jermyn Street Theatre
by Paige Cochrane - January 19, 2022 In Chicago, 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb each receive life, plus 99 years, for the despicable murder and kidnapping of 14-year-old Bobby Franks....
VIDEO: Ashley Tisdale Dances to 5 Seconds of Summer's 'She Looks So Perfect' While Pregnant
by Stephi Wild - November 19, 2020 Ashley Tisdale took to Instagram to show off her moves, dancing to a viral TikTok song while pregnant!...
Theatre Unleashed Brings All New 25 PLAYS PER HOUR To Fringe!
by A.A. Cristi - June 14, 2022 Theatre Unleashed is returning performing live theatre to packed houses, and the company thought there would be no better way to celebrate than with a new edition of one of its most popular and critically acclaimed brands. ...
BWW Review: A COMEDY OF TENORS Sings at Carpenter Square Theatre
by Kevan Dunkelberg - March 13, 2021 There's a lot to be said for escapism, especially right now. Sometimes we just want theatre that lets us sit in the dark and laugh for a bit. Carpenter Square Theatre's A Comedy of Tenors offers just that....
VIDEO: Ashley Tisdale Dances to 5 Seconds of Summer's 'She Looks So Perfect' While Pregnant
by Stephi Wild - November 19, 2020 Ashley Tisdale took to Instagram to show off her moves, dancing to a viral TikTok song while pregnant!...
Damon Daunno, Amber Gray, Grace McLean and Margo Seibert Join LOVE THE STRUGGLE Joe's Pub Concert
by A.A. Cristi - November 23, 2022 Rehearsals began last week for a concert on Monday, December 5 at Joe's Pub being presented in collaboration with Maestra Music featuring song highlights from Love The Struggle, a new musical co-written by Stacy Krayand Yair Evnine about the French existential philosophers and social activists Simon...
Review: BORDERS ألسياج הגדר, VAULT Festival
by Cindy Marcolina - February 09, 2023 Danishman highlights the complex relationship between identity and the necessity of a certain political affiliation. It's not a cheerful show, but it's a rewarding one. ...
Book Review: MY SHAKESPEARE - A DIRECTOR'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE FIRST FOLIO by Greg Doran
by Cindy Marcolina - April 04, 2023 Doran’s latest book gives a revelatory and revolutionary breakdown of the canon in a way that works for both the professional and uninitiated....
The Print Center Announces Multipart Project Of New Work By Carmen Winant
by Stephi Wild - December 17, 2021 The Print Center (TPC) will present A Brand New End: Survival and Its Pictures, a solo photography-based exhibition of new work by Carmen Winant as part of a four-component project developed by the artist through intensive research — a hallmark of her category-defying practice. ...
FILMS.DANCE Receives More Than 1M Views, Concludes With Final Three Dance Films
by A.A. Cristi - April 15, 2021 Films.Dance, a groundbreaking new global film series produced by and under the creative direction of LA-based Jacob Jonas The Company concludes with the final three films, including TORN on April 19, PLUME on April 26 and, finally, WEAKNESS OF THE FLESH on May 3. ...
DAILY SHOW Writer Josh Johnson Shares 'Home Alone' From Upcoming Comedy Album
by Michael Major - December 08, 2021 Daily Show writer, comedian, and artist Josh Johnson has announced the release of Channel Black -- an audio journey that showcases the best in contemporary black comedic talent alongside historical black activists and thought leaders. Today, he shares 'Home Alone' to accompany the release announceme...
Student Blog: No Rest for the Drowsy
by Student Blogger: Madalyn Macko - March 11, 2021 It is entertaining to reflect on the madness of a tech week, and rewarding to be reminded of the success brought by hard work. I will never be able to articulate fully just how grateful I am to be able to keep studying and performing in productions right now. The Drowsy Chaperone has been just a bea...
BWW Review: HOCUS POCUS at Roxy's Downtown, An Unauthorized Parody
by Craig Richardson - October 24, 2019 After World War II was over, we saw an increase in the American population thus characterizing that peace, love making lovers as 'the baby boomer' generation. They of course in turn gave birth to what is known as Generation X bringing a new age emergence of punk rock, grunge, and apparently both awe...
Discovery Announces the Global Launch of discovery+
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 02, 2020 discovery+ U.S. launch will feature the largest-ever content library for a new streaming service: more than 55,000 episodes from Discovery's iconic brands, the BBC's Natural History collection, A&E Networks, Group Nine and more ...
BWW Review: RUSSELL THOMAS LIVING ROOM RECITAL
by Maria Nockin - August 13, 2020 On Monday, August 10, 2020, I listened to tenor Russell Thomas and collaborative pianist Kyung-mi Kima??s a?oeLiving Room Recitala?? for Los Angeles Opera. He opened with Franz Schuberta??s a??An die Musik' ('To Musica??) Thomas and Kim gloried in the songa??s sweeping melody as the pianoa??s stron... |