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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

New York Theater: HOUSEWIVES OF SECAUCUS: WHAT A DRAG! (Actors Temple Theatre) by Grant Barnes

An open-ended run of The Housewives of Secaucus: What a Drag! is beginning LIVE performances on Saturday, May 1 at 8pm ET. This new interactive musical comedy at Actors Temple, (339 West 47…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:46PM

Monday, April 1, 2013

Regional Opera Review: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (Virginia Opera) by Grant Barnes

NEW ORLEANS IN VIRGINIA Like many operas in the last 100 years, Andre Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire – recently produced by Virginia Opera – is through-composed with very lit…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:29AM

Monday, March 11, 2013

San Francisco Opera Review: GREEN SNEAKERS (composed by Ricky Ian Gordon) by Grant Barnes

GRIEF TURNS TO POETRY AND MUSIC Composer and poet Ricky Ian Gordon’s partner, Jeffrey Michael Grossi, died of AIDS in 1996, at the age of 32. In response, Gordon created, among his man…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:40PM

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Los Angeles/Regional Theater Review: ALADDIN’S LUCK (Lewis Family Playhouse) by Grant Barnes

ALL YOUR WISHES ARE GRANTED The production values of MainStreet Theatre Company’s 70-minute performance of Aladdin’s Luck at the Lewis Family Playhouse in Rancho Cucamonga were among…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:24PM

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