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Saturday, November 21, 2020

Theater/Film: MUSICAL COMEDY WHORE! (Breaking Glass) by Frank Arthur

EXTRA! EXTRA! MUSICAL COMEDY WHORE CAUGHT ON FILM! David Pevsner’s solo musical show Musical Comedy Whore! is about sex, love … and musicals. Whether acting in stage hits When Pigs Fly …

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:04PM
Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Theater Preview: WRITER THEATRE’S 2020/21 SEASON (Chicago) by Frank Arthur

WRITERS READY AND RARIN’ TO GO Chicago’s amazing company, Writers Theatre, has announced its 2020/21 Season with a new adaptive producing model, one committed to remaining flexible and r…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:39AM
Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Theater Preview: ASK THE VOID (Theatre of the Electric Mouth) by Frank Arthur

GO AHEAD…ASK Theatre of the Electric Mouth (ThEM) — a newly formed theatre collective — will release its first audio drama, Ask the Void, on September 15, 2020, landing on on Spotify, …

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:44AM
Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Virtual Theater Preview: 3 WAY LOVVE (Hollywood Fringe) by Frank Arthur

LOVVE CONNECTION 3 Way Lovve is a modernized Shakespearean love tragedy with its lead character, Willie Kenwood aka Lovvespear, a talented street painter who is discovered by an art tycoon, …

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:32PM
Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Theater Preview: OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR / YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN (The York Theatre Company) by Frank Arthur

YORK’S YOUNG PERFORMERS MAKE GOOD MON., JUNE 8, 7:10 pm EST Top: Josh Colley and Aidan Gemme  Bottom: The full cast of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown Photos by Carol Rosegg. CLICK HE…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:32PM
Thursday, January 16, 2020

Concert Preview: LILLIAS WHITE (Samueli Theater at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa) by Frank Arthur

MY WHITE NIGHT I first saw Lillias White when she made her Broadway debut in Barnum in 1981; I’ve been watching her work for almost four decades since, and I promise you she never fails to…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:43PM
Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Los Angeles Theater Preview: GROUNDLINGS MIX TAPE (The Groundlings Theatre) by Frank Arthur

MIXING IT UP For over four decades, The Groundlings has proved itself to be one of the premiere comedy troupes in the nation, creating more stars than the Big Bang. Performers showcase mater…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:49PM
Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Los Angeles Theater Preview: THE MUSIC MAN (5-Star Theatricals in Thousand Oaks) by Frank Arthur

THE MUSIC MAN BEHIND THE MUSIC MAN When 5-Star Theatricals announced their production of The Music Man, which opens next week in Thousand Oaks, I actually got excited. I never tire of seeing…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:50PM
Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Theater Preview: GRUMPY OLD MEN — THE MUSICAL (La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts) by Frank Arthur

FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELT; IT’S GOING TO BE A GRUMPY RIDE John and Max are elderly neighbors in a cold Minnesota town. They both live alone in their homes since their wives have died, and exch…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:55PM
Sunday, September 15, 2019

Theater Interview: BEKAH BRUNSTETTER, Playwright of MISS LILLY GETS BONED (West Coast Premiere by Rogue Machine at Electric Lodge in Venice) by Frank Arthur

BONE CALL When a young Bekah Brunstetter set out to explore where she stood on issues like animal rights, faith, and even relationships, it was before she had ever learned to question what s…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:16PM
Saturday, September 7, 2019

Theater Preview: SKINTIGHT (Geffen Playhouse) by Frank Arthur

GET SKINNED Joshua Harmon’s new play Skintight assays the nature of love, the power of attraction, and the ways in which a superficial culture persists in teaching its children that all th…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:15PM
Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Theater Preview: HOT MIKADO (42nd Street Moon in San Francisco) by Frank Arthur

HOT, HOT, HOT I’m guessing most of you have not seen David H. Bell’s rousing Hot Mikado, a swing-era adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s beloved 1885 operetta, The Mikado. It may be t…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:10PM
Friday, June 21, 2019

Theater Feature: THE PRODUCERS (Celebration Theatre in Los Angeles) by Frank Arthur

KEEP IT GAY It’s always springtime for Mel Brooks, who really does write musicals the way they used to. Even before Young Frankenstein, his 2001 triumph The Producers (based on the sidesp…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:43PM
Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Theater: LOTTERY DAY (Goodman in Chicago) by Frank Arthur

THERE WILL BE NO REVIEW This hasn’t happened before and I hope it won’t again. My regrets for a wasted night. I’m (sort of) sorry but, alas, I found last night’s Goodman Theatre worl…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:27PM
Thursday, November 15, 2018

Theater Feature: GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE LOS ANGELES THEATRE by Frank Arthur

GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE LOS ANGELES THEATRE Los Angeles, dubbed as the City of Angels, is truly a magnificent destination that holds some of the most beautiful architectural buildings in the …

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:32PM
Thursday, November 1, 2018

Theater Preview: ZORBA (Musical Theatre Guild) by Frank Arthur

GREEK ACTIVE It only seemed natural that Michael Cacoyannis’s 1964 film, Zorba the Greek, about a happy-go-lucky fisherman on the isle of Crete, should one day become a musical. It took J…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:50PM
Friday, October 19, 2018

Theater Preview: THE SEAFARER (Laguna Playhouse) by Frank Arthur

THE DEVIL’S AT THE DOOR “He knows not Who lives most easily on land, how I Have spent my winter on the ice-cold sea Wretched and anxious, in the paths of exile Lacking dear friends, …

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:32PM
Thursday, October 11, 2018

Theater Preview: 42ND STREET (3-D Theatricals) by Frank Arthur

YOU’VE GOT SOME FEET TO MEET Call us saps or suckers but we can’t, it seems, get enough of “The Understudy Who Becomes A Star.” Not when the sweet and satisfying story is stuffed…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:19PM
Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Theater Feature: OPPENHEIMER (Rogue Machine Theatre at its new home, Electric Lodge in Venice) by Frank Arthur

A READY ROGUE MACHINE OPENS OPPENHEIMER J. Robert Oppenheimer was a brilliant, enigmatic and complex man. Ambitious and charismatic, Oppenheimer found himself uniquely placed to spearhead th…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:44PM
Monday, October 1, 2018

Theater Preview: WHO’S HYSTERICAL NOW? (Bootleg Theater) by Frank Arthur

GENDER-SWITCHED REENACTMENT OF THE KAVANAUGH/FORD TESTIMONIES ONE NIGHT ONLY, TUESDAY OCTOBER 2 If you think the Senate hearings last week were high drama, imagine seeing them live in the th…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:01PM
Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Theater Preview: 2018 PLAY LA FESTIVAL (Casa 0101) by Frank Arthur

PLAY ON Opening Night of the 2018 PLAY LA Festival of New Plays takes place Friday, September 7, at CASA 0101. Doors open at 7:00 pm at the Casa 0101 Gallery space for Hotel Mariachi, phot…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:25PM
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Theater Preview: SWEAT (Mark Taper Forum) by Frank Arthur

SWEATING IT OUT Sweat, Lynn Nottage’s 2017 Pulitzer winner for drama — couldn’t have come at a better time. Since its arrival, the play has been hailed as a benchmark for our times…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:14PM
Friday, June 29, 2018

Theater Review: TAR (Playwrights’ Arena at Atwater Village Theatre) by Frank Arthur

TARANTINO IN THE STICKY SWAMPS OF SADNESS Tom Jacobson’s Tar is from his The Ballad of Bimini Baths, a triad of works playing concurrently in Los Angeles. For half a century (1902-1951), t…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:57AM
Wednesday, June 27, 2018

CD Review: A LEAP IN THE DARK — LIVE AT FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW (Arielle Jacobs) by Frank Arthur

AN ACT IN THE DARK For her debut at 54 Below in NYC – a nearly solo cabaret which was recorded for release on Broadway Records – the triple-threat Arielle Jacobs opened by letting us kno…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:33AM
Saturday, June 23, 2018

Theater/Dance Preview: THE COLLECTIVE MEMORY PROJECT (The Big Show Co. at the Ford Amphitheatre) by Frank Arthur

“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” Author Lois Lowry On June 28 & 29, Ford Theatres, in associat…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:47PM
Thursday, June 7, 2018

Theater and TV Feature: GAME OF THRONES (From the Small Screen to the Big Curtain) by Frank Arthur

GAME OF THRONES — FROM THE SMALL SCREEN TO THE BIG CURTAIN Since HBO’s Game of Thrones hit our screens back in 2011, the show has gone on to become one of the most popular and b…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:29PM
Friday, May 18, 2018

Theater Preview: DO RE MI (Musical Theatre West Reiner Reading Series in Long Beach) by Frank Arthur

GIMME THAT DO-RE-MI, BOYS The 1960 musical Do Re Mi is about a would-be big shot named Hubie Cram, a wheeler dealer who just can’t make the big time. As his wife Kay says, they have 40…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:18PM
Saturday, May 5, 2018

London Theater Preview: KILLER JOE and KING LEAR (Trafalgar Studios and Duke of York’s Theatre) by Frank Arthur

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT THIS SUMMER WITH TWO BIG SHOWS The West End, one of the great epicentres of the Theatrical world, is undergoing something of a renaissance these days. It has always popula…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:55PM
Thursday, March 15, 2018

Los Angeles Theater Preview: 57 CHEVY (Highways) by Frank Arthur

57 CHEVY: THE ANTI-IMMIGRANT ANTIDOTE, OR HOW BROWN WAS MY VALLEY? There’s palpable excitement surrounding the upcoming West Los Angeles engagement of Cris Franco’s autobiographical come…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:11PM
Monday, February 19, 2018

Los Angeles Theater Preview: SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF A PLAY (Celebration Theatre) by Frank Arthur

SHORES ‘NUFF Texas-born playwright Del Shores, best known for his romp Sordid Lives (the hilarious play and movie that also introduced us to Leslie Jordan) is coming to the Celebrati…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:32PM
Friday, January 12, 2018

Theater Review: ALADDIN (National Tour) by Frank Arthur

A BROADWAY AMUSEMENT PARK THAT FLIES LIKE A CARPET “Open sesame” indeed. It’s “Abracadabra” times ten as the arrival of Aladdin in Hollywood feels as triumphant as Prince Ali�…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:54PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic