YOU’LL BUY THIS HEART In my ninth-grade English class, Mr. Rozran taught that a short story, versus a novel, should aim to capture a small slice of life, leaving much of what happened befo…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:08PMPICTURE IT: MIAMI, 1985, AGAIN, BUT WITH SINGING When Bea Arthur initially gave a firm “No” to participating in the 80s sit-com The Golden Girls, she nearly denied millions of soon-to-be…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:58PMTHESE CREATURES ARE DEFINITELY STIRRING UP HOLIDAY SPIRT AT LAMPLIGHTERS Ken Ludwig’s story begins with a homey Uncle Brierly (Christopher T. Miller) wanting to read to us the famous poem …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:08PMLITTLE WOMEN WITH A BIG PRESENCE Allen Knee took on a daunting task in creating a play from Louise Mae Alcott’s hefty 1868–69 two-volume novel, but he also cuts back the narrative for th…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:11PMA PLAY THAT RAISES THE ESCOBAR Pablo Escobar was a Colombian drug lord, narcoterrorist, and corrupt politician who founded and ran the deadly Medellín Cartel. Known as “the king of cocain…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:52AMEVERYTHING ODD IS NEW AGAIN Before ABC-TV made 114 episodes of the 1970-1975 sit-com The Odd Couple starring Tony Randall and Jack Klugma), there was the movie starring Jack Lemmon and Walte…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:08PMTALLULAH’S BACK IN TOWN, DAHLING! “Don’t touch my purse! Touching a woman’s purse is like touching her vagina! Except, I can only put so much in my purse.” Not quite a lady-like …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:49PMWILL YOU STILL NEED ME, WHEN I’M (LOOKING) SIXTY-FOUR? How would you live your life if you knew you were going to die of old age … in your late teens? All teens experience appearance iss…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:05AMTHERE’S SOMETHING GOOD IN ROTTEN So you’re a somewhat-talented duo of playwrights, living in 1595 England, with actors eager to work with you and a benefactor hiring you to produce a pla…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:43PMTHE WAY SHE WERE Envisioning a Barbra Streisand concert, one pictures $1000 seats at the Dolby for a show where every word has been discussed, rehearsed, and teleprompted. By contrast, at El…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:51AMHOT PATOOTIE, BLESS MY SOUL, I REALLY LOVE THAT ROCKY SHOW The first shock for some readers may be that there was no typo omitting the word “Picture” before “Show” in the title. Be…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:52PMBRIDGING FAMILY DYNAMICS IN THIS CLASSIC North Coast Rep‘s next offering, A View from the Bridge, a landmark drama from 1955, takes on new relevance today. Opening tonight, September 11, a…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:50PMWILDE-LY FUNNY SCRIPT IN GOOD HANDS Many scripts become dated after 130 years, but thanks to Oscar Wilde’s clever wit, The Importance of Being Earnest — which runs at Lamb’s Players Th…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 11:05PMEXTRA! EXTRA! SING ALL ABOUT IT! Wildsong Productions is back with a rousing production of Newsies, doing the best they can with a so-so-script. In Harvey Fierstein’s stage book adaptation…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:00AMCAUGHT BETWEEN A RACH AND TSAR-ED PLACE For those not familiar with composer and classical pianist Hershey Felder, he’s something of a living homage to great composers of the last 200 year…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:55PMIF LOOKS COULD KILL … The strength of a person’s spirit would then be measured by how much ‘truth’ he could tolerate, or more precisely, to what extent he needs to have it diluted, d…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:15AMHAPPILY EVER EVER IN THE LAND OF NEVER NEVER There have been so many versions of Peter Pan over the years that current viewers might have been exposed to the character in numerous ways. Gran…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:12PMALICE IN STUNNED-ERLAND Lewis Carroll sure never saw this version coming. His 1865 novel Alice In Wonderland, probably best known from the 1951 Disney animated film, has been reinterpreted t…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:17PMMACROBATS The one challenge in writing this review is my atypical, completely-blank notepad taken home from the theatre. But that’s with good reason. Duel Reality — which opened last n…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:08PMNOT LARSON’S BIGGIE, BUT IT PAID THE “RENT” One of the great heartbreaks of theater history is that Jonathan Larson, the author and composer of the rock opera Rent, his modern telling …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:26AMIN THIS CASE, NINE IS A PERFECT SCORE In Nine, the musical adaptation of Federico Fellini’s 1963 film 8½ now playing at Coronado Playhouse, Guido Contini (William Henry Schneider), an in…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMMOMMIE McDEAREST Irish playwright Martin McDonagh quickly makes it abundantly clear that dysfunctional mother/daughter relationships are not just the stuff of Hollywood. In the tiny town of …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMLiam Pearce, Savy Jackson, Douglas Lyons and more join RENT in Concert with the San Diego Symphony The San Diego Symphony has announced casting for the upcoming production of RENT in Concer…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:31PMTHIS AMERICAN FELT LIKE AN IDIOT UNTIL READING A SYNOPSIS When MTV hit the airwaves, a young generation stopped dead in their tracks and watched hours and hours of endless videos. Frequently…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:58AMSTIRRING UP A RECIPE FOR FAMILY REVELATIONS It may seem like a lifetime ago, but can you remember way back to April of 2021? Washing canned goods with gloves on? Masking to accept a pack…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:40AMWAS BLONDE, BUT NOW I SEE! It’s easy to say that everyone wants to be taken seriously, but for Elle (Johnisa Breault) that notion has never really crossed her mind. She’s happy, perky, p…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:01AMA SWEET OFF-THE-GRID MUSICAL With the unexpectedly huge American response to Netflix’s Virgin River, there seems to be a great longing to see what life might be like in a tiny, forested co…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 11:30PMFASCIST LOGIC CAUSES US TO HARD LOOK IN THE MIRROR When we think of all the Nazi monsters, Adolf Hitler’s name reigns supreme. But it’s only a short step down the ladder to be revolted b…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:59AMBEDAZZLED WAR AND PEACE SIZZLES ON STAGE Let’s face it: If you haven’t read Leo Tolstoy’s 1869 novel War and Peace by now (with its 1400-plus pages), you probably aren’t ever going t…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:01AMTHE LOVE CHILD OF LAURA INGALLS AND ANNE OF GREEN GABLES In this novel-turned-musical, it’s 1899 and the world, even in rural Texas, is changing. Just not nearly fast enough for Calpurnia …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:14PMI DREAM OF GENIE Ready to spend a little time in the ancient Arabian town of Agrabah? It’s the classic story with Aladdin (Adi Roy), Jasmine (Senzel Ahmady), and of course the genie (Marcu…
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