Wednesday, October 10, 2012
A STORY TO TELL Writer/Actress Dael Orlandersmith has many stories to tell in her one-person show at the Goodman, but they all encompass the same theme: abuse. Specifically, involving boys a…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:28PM[SHARE]PIECES OF FATE There is quite a bit of buzz surrounding Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's One Thousand Pieces, which will commence the company's 35th season. Inspired by Chagall’s masterp…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:35AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 9, 2012
ONE TIME ONLY FOR ONE NAME ONLY WAS ONE TOO MANY TIMES Yes, America's got talent. And the performers on stage at Black Ensemble Theater's beautiful new digs are packed to the gills with char…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:11PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 6, 2012
NOISE IS OFF It is 1944 in a field near a watering hole in Kent, England. A strapping, fine-looking, and masculine young man purveys the view and strips off his shirt. Another young man ente…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:43PM[SHARE]Friday, October 5, 2012
GARY GRIFFIN CREATES A TRIUMPHANT MASTERPIECE AT CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE Rare is the theatrical experience that is so haunting and so achingly beautiful that your soul actually feels caressed an…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:02AM[SHARE]Friday, September 28, 2012
TRAGEDY FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY If you have ever wanted to introduce teenagers to Hamlet, the production directed by Leisl Tommy at California Shakespeare is the one to take them to. Staged on …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:14PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 26, 2012
THE PUZZLE BOX OF THE SOUL Critics should avoid discussing plot in their reviews, but playwright Sharr White has unintentionally placed a challenge before me: because the play is a labyrinth…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:54PM[SHARE]BYRNE THIS Grammy®, Oscar® and Golden Globe winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honoree David Byrne along with St. Vincent make their Segerstrom Center debuts in An Evening with Davi…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:03AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 23, 2012
WILL THE REAL AMERICANS PLEASE STAND UP? I was on a road trip in 2007 seeking to explore the plethora of National Parks that we, the American people, own. While heading through Des Moines, I…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:18PM[SHARE]Friday, September 21, 2012
MORE POLEMIC BARK THAN EMOTIONAL BITE IN THIS NORMAL HEART Some eyes will be misty, some guts will be wrenched, and some souls will be startled after attending Larry Kramer's seminal play Th…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:55PM[SHARE]Sunday, August 26, 2012
A LITTLE BLUE More than a few friends recently mentioned that there are many "great" things on the boob tube. Since I don't watch TV, it came as a surprise because I assumed it was mostly pa…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 18, 2012
WHAT WILL YOU SEE IN RED? John Logan's 2010 Tony-winning Red is a work of art, and the Mark Taper Forum is presenting the 2009 Donmar Warehouse Production, starring the illustrious Alfred Mo…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Monday, August 13, 2012
MIND YOUR MANOR Site-specific theater productions"that is, theatre which is performed in unconventional spaces compatible to the script"remain mystifyingly uncommon. For example, why do outd…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:09AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 4, 2012
O.C. STORY First, scroll down to the bottom of this review; there you will find the information you need to buy your tickets to Oanh Nguyen's magnificently re-interpreted production of West …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:39PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 1, 2012
BEST BE ON YOUR AVANT-GARDE Understanding the origins of REDCAT, the downtown center for innovative visual, performing, and media arts, will assist the uninitiated in preparation for the ava…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:04PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 28, 2012
IT COULD HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL Attendees who had never seen Stephen Sondheim being interviewed in person must have been licking their chops with every juicy morsel that the legend said about h…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:03PM[SHARE]Friday, July 13, 2012
GOLD DISCOVERED IN THE PLAINS I rolled my eyes when I heard about the plot of Harmony, Kansas, a musical having its world premiere at Divisionary Theatre in San Diego. Heath is a gay Kansan …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:27PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 12, 2012
NO EVIL. NO GOOD. There are few who do not know the story. The devil possesses Regan, the innocent 12-year-old daughter of movie star Chris MacNeil, who is working on a film in Georgetown. A…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:51PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 11, 2012
TWO CRITICS; TWO STAGED READINGS; BASICALLY ONE OPINION From Jason Rohrer: Plays in the Park, Brian Conners’ collection of one-acts (only one of which is set in a park), intends to sho…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:20AM[SHARE]Friday, July 6, 2012
ALL THE WORLD'S A GLOBE After previewing in the month of June, The Old Globe officially opens the 2012 Shakespeare Festival this week. Adrian Noble returns for his third season as the intern…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:03PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 1, 2012
LEARNING OF A DEATH PENALTY FOR ONE'S EXISTENCE Uganda has an alarming history when it comes to human rights violations, but recent developments against gay people are horrifying. In 2005, U…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:00AM[SHARE]Friday, June 29, 2012
THREE'S COMPANY ON SHROOMS The concept of David Adjmi's flawed but entertaining new play 3C is an intriguing one: to take Three's Company, an iconic, milquetoast ABC sitcom (which starred Jo…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:52PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 28, 2012
RING IT ON! I hadn't read J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring since junior high, and the movie, which is the first installment of Peter Jackson's gorgeous film trilogy The Lord of th…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:15PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 23, 2012
WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE Somewhere around half-way through Guy Zimmerman's The Black Glass, a "Hollywood Fringe Festival premiere," my mind began to wander. Every opport…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:14PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 20, 2012
A MISSIONARY'S POSITION At rise: A critic is writing when the doorbell rings. The critic opens the door and reveals Savannah, a perky, Southern, cheerleader-type with pamphlets in her hand. …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:12AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 16, 2012
ATTEND THIS PLAY Go see Language Rooms now. I bought a ticket with no intention of a review, but Yussef El Guindi is far and away one of the most exciting new playwrights I have heard in yea…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:47PM[SHARE]A MUSICAL DIVIDED CAN STILL STAND How I adore Musical Theatre Guild, which is presenting a full-out, highly professional concert staging of the 1975 musical Shenandoah. MTG offers the chance…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:41AM[SHARE]Monday, June 11, 2012
NO WAY The current production of No Way Around But Through, a world premiere play by Scott Caan, contains many ingredients that explain why L.A. has little to no reputation as a fountainh…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:00PM[SHARE]GUESS WHO'S COMING TO THE WEDDING DINNER? Immediate Family, written by Chicago actor and playwright Paul Oakley Stovall, is part sitcom and part dysfunctional family drama, garnished with ra…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:13PM[SHARE]Sunday, June 10, 2012
REAPPLYING MAKE-UP ON THE SAME CORPSE Your enjoyment of The Addams Family, now on its National Tour, will depend largely on your expectations. If you are a discerning musical theater aficion…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:59PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 6, 2012
¿POR QUÉ? I have been trying to figure out sixty ways from Sunday's opening of Los Otros just exactly how to approach a critique. The new one-act musical by composer Michael John LaCh…
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