Tuesday, April 15, 2014
EVERYTHING NEEDS A RETOUCH 30-year-old Jess is a mess. A New York-based dotcom genius, Jess is fraught with low self-esteem, making her an overweight, smelly, anti-social, stressed-out, aggr…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:52PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 8, 2014
INVENTIVE MEMORY PLAY COULD USE JUST A BIT MORE MAGIC Inspired by the work of Johanna Cooper"a broadcaster who was commonly drawn to Jewish tales"Nicola Behrman, David Kersnar, Abbie Phillip…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:23PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 5, 2014
IS THERE A SHOW DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? There is a method of political activism called a "zap." Basically, zaps are militant but non-violent face-to-face confrontations with persons in position…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:53PM[SHARE]Friday, April 4, 2014
HAVING A “‘S WONDERFUL” TIME It should come as no surprise that the song catalog of George and Ira Gershwin"according to Los Angeles Times"generates about $8 million a year…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:28AM[SHARE]Friday, March 28, 2014
I CAN'T CAVE ENOUGH In 1917, Kentucky cave explorer Floyd Collins discovered Crystal Cave. Located in the same area as Mammoth Cave"the longest cave system known in the world"the site operat…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:16PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 25, 2014
A WITLESS TWILIGHT Noël Coward referred to his final play, A Song at Twilight, as his "swan song." The last installment of his Suite in Three Keys (a trio of plays set in the same hotel s…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:28AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 13, 2014
THE FUTURE LOOKS BLIGHT While there are a few missteps in both playwriting and direction, ion theatre's presentation of two one-acts definitely held my attention. The only similarities betwe…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 12, 2014
COME JOIN THE CIRCA Brisbane-based Circa creates circus that moves the heart, mind and soul. The company discovers, cultivates and presents works and experiences from the living heart of cir…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:11PM[SHARE]THE ACTUAL CITY OF DETROIT HAS FEWER PROBLEMS THAN THIS PRODUCTION After watching San Diego REP's production of Lisa D'Amour's Detroit, most audience members will be dumbstruck that this bla…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:52PM[SHARE]LBO MAKES A KLINGHOFFER YOU CAN'T REFUSE The big story this weekend isn't the appearance of John Adams' The Death of Klinghoffer. Since its arrival in 1991, the opera has been encircled by c…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 11, 2014
I LOVE LUCIA Lucia di Lammermoor, Gaetano Donizetti's darkly romantic tale of honor, betrayal, loss and madness, opens this Saturday at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and plays through April …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:39PM[SHARE]Friday, March 7, 2014
SHAKESOPHRENIC, OR SCHIZSPEARE American director Barry Edelstein knows his Shakespeare. Before being appointed Artistic Director of the Old Globe 16 months ago, he was Director of the Shakes…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:23PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 4, 2014
INTRIGUE? I'M GLAD YOU MASKED The poster of San Diego Opera's production of Verdi's A Masked Ball claims "Based on a True Story." This is not hyperbole. When their production opens on Saturd…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 26, 2014
BASKETBALL MUSICAL IS ONE BIG PENALTY You wanna know how great the Chance Theater is? They actually made it a palatable experience to sit through one of the most half-baked and frivolous new…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:45PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 22, 2014
REFLECTIONS ON L.A. DANCE PROJECT The uneven and uninspiring effort presented by L.A. Dance Project last night isn't bad news; it just means that this nascent company needs to hone its visio…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:30AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 19, 2014
THE BLOOMING OF A BUDD IN L.A. Based on Herman Melville's classic American tale, adapted into a libretto by English novelist E.M. Forster and writer Eric Crozier, Billy Budd tells the …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:12PM[SHARE]LOVE WITHOUT THE TRIMMINGS My darling, dearest Noël: It only just occurred to me that I haven't written you since I saw your play Peace in our Time. Do forgive me, lamb chop. Let me cut t…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:54AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 16, 2014
THE MUSIC MAN BEHIND THE MUSIC MAN When Musical Theatre West announced their production of The Music Man, which opens tonight at the Carpenter Center in Long Beach, I actually got excited. I…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Saturday, February 15, 2014
FUNK ME Director and choreographer Otis Sallid wants to illuminate how James Brown's funky music and original dance styling has influenced contemporary culture. He engaged PHILADANCO (Philad…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:52PM[SHARE]Friday, February 14, 2014
LASAGNA AND MOANERS AND KASHA AND TRIPE The comical but frothy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike arrives at the Taper this week, but instead of a delectable meal, Christopher Durang's play…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 12, 2014
MTG DEFIBRILLATES DOA MUSICAL Sheaths can be written about how deadly the musical Death Takes a Holiday is, and where the creators went wrong. What's more important is that director Calvin R…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:42PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 11, 2014
DAISEY: I LOVE HIM, I LOVE HIM NOT I'm jealous of Mike Daisey. In American Utopias at Royce Hall, the infamous monologist fulminated and commentated about three interpolated subjects near an…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:48PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 9, 2014
IF I LOVED YOU At a time when many ballet companies are commissioning short dance pieces, it's refreshing that John Neumeier"since 1973, when he became Artistic Director and chief choreograp…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:11AM[SHARE]Monday, February 3, 2014
KILLER PUSSY Suicide! Euthanasia! Incest! Health Care! Racism! Old age! Corporate America! Spirits! The afterlife! Prison! Duplicity! Playwright Josefina López (Real Women Have Curves) is…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:58PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 1, 2014
GISELLE'S GAZELLES First staged in 1841, Giselle is one of the oldest surviving ballets still in the international repertory, especially because the lead role is a showcase for the world's l…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:02PM[SHARE]MAKE IT ANOTHER OLD-FASHIONED PLEASE It's something of a shocker, really. I had a great time watching Let's Misbehave, a jukebox musical slim on both premise and reality. It's actually more …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:52PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 28, 2014
QUEENIE WHY? When George C. Wolfe first tried adapting Duke Ellington's unfinished work Queenie Pie in 1986 it was subtitled "A Jazz Operetta in the Key of Make Believe." Ellington called it…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:04PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 25, 2014
FAR OUT The Los Angeles premiere of British choreographer Wayne McGregor's FAR opened at Royce Hall last night, and you are advised to cancel all plans and catch the last performance tonight…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:05PM[SHARE]Friday, January 24, 2014
WHEN A WORD OR TWO WILL NOT DO A Word or Two is an apt title for Christopher Plummer's solo show about Christopher Plummer and Christopher Plummer's love of language. He wants to celebrate l…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:22PM[SHARE]Monday, January 20, 2014
THAT AIN’T THE WAY TO HAVE FUN, SON One of the most exciting events to come out of Los Angeles theater in the last few years was Zombie Joe's Urban Death, a naturalistic horror show…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:55PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 11, 2014
MORE JAZZ, PLEASE Interestingly, the work that opened Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal's program last night at the Bram Goldsmith Theater in the brand new Wallis Annenberg Center for the Perfor…
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