Monday, January 27, 2025
A LUSH, ROMANTIC JOURNEY THROUGH LOVE AND TRANSFORMATION Since Adam Karsten‘s arrival as Artistic Director at CV Rep, the quality and consistency of the theater’s productions have improv…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:26AMTuesday, January 21, 2025
NYC PREMIERE OF RENÉ MARQUÉS’ LOS SOLES TRUNCOS René Marqués‘ seminal work, Los Soles Truncos, stands as a cornerstone of Puerto Rican classical theater. Written in 1958, the play is…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:22PMYOUR MEMORY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME With its gripping ensembles, intense partner work and evocative movement, Los Angeles Ballet’s Memoryhouse tells personal and collective stories of los…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:17AMSunday, January 19, 2025
RATS AND POLITICS TOGETHER? WHO EVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING! In the wildly entertaining and mind-bending Symphony of Rats, which I had the pleasure of experiencing at REDCAT in Los Angeles la…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:37PMARTHUR MILLER’S CLASSIC DONE TO DEATH AT THE COLONY THEATRE What cachet Arthur Miller’s 1949 classic Death of a Salesman has in terms of power and artistry, nuance, subtlety and insight,…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:40AMSunday, January 12, 2025
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) will be presenting the North American premiere of the new musical 42 Balloons. From the multi-award-winning producers Kevin McCollum (Oh, Mary!, Rent), …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:35AMSTEP INTO HOLLYWOOD’S MUSICAL LEGACY Beverly Hills is about to become the epicenter of cinematic symphony. On Saturday, January 18, 2025, the Scott Dunn Orchestra makes its grand debut at …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:35AMTuesday, January 7, 2025
A LETTER TO SANTA Dear Santa: Well, what a year 2024 was. With the way things are going, I decided to count my blessings. So I’m writing to thank you for that pair of tickets to see Santas…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:29AMSunday, January 5, 2025
The holidays have faded into memory, and the bitter chill of winter days have settled in. But fear not — when the frost bites, the theatre offers warmth, and somewhere out there, a play is…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:52AMSaturday, January 4, 2025
“You not only have a right to be an individual. You have a responsibility.” — Eleanor Roosevelt Laguna Playhouse has announced that Mary Roosevelt, a direct descendant of Eleanor Roose…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:23PMSaturday, December 14, 2024
YOU’LL GET A KICK OUT OF THIS Oh, no, no, no. A musical in concert of this magnitude hardly ever happens in L.A., and Anything Goes in Concert at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium is shaping u…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:59PMSaturday, November 30, 2024
Last year at this time, I saw the family-friendly and totally entertaining Dog Man: The Musical at the Kirk Douglas Theatre presented by TheaterWorksUSA in which comic book hero Dog Man, wit…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:12PMThursday, November 28, 2024
A FUSION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, MATHEMATICAL GENIUS AND FAIRY TALES CaltechLive’s Opening Doors is a themed series of dance, music, and theater events on campus that showcase artists …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:51PMWednesday, November 20, 2024
WHAT’S YOUR STORY? In the “It’s Not the Story, It’s in How You Tell It” Department, an incredible number of shows I saw in the last month have incredible tales to tell, but falter …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMFriday, November 15, 2024
SOMETHING WICKED THAT WAY GOES No plague can kill a great show. It came back after COVID. In a rare clash of film noir, performance art, an awesome murder mystery party, and Shakespeare, Pun…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:36PMWednesday, November 6, 2024
ROYAL SHAKESPEARE’S RADIANT PERICLES All the indicators promised that it’d be special: after a 30-year lull, England’s Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and Chicago Shakespeare Theater (…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:17PMSaturday, November 2, 2024
THE WALLIS HOSTS EXTRAORDINARY THEATER Handspring Puppet Company (War Horse) joins Cape Town’s Baxter Theatre to bring Life & Times of Michael K to the Bram Goldsmith Theater at The …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:15PMFriday, November 1, 2024
NOW, THERE’S OH SO MUCH MORE TO DESIRE Since struggle for power among the classes is one of the main themes in Tennessee Williams’ still-shocking A Streetcar Named Desire, it makes perfe…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMThursday, October 31, 2024
A RUFUS CONVERT During Rufus Wainwright‘s homey, intimate concert last night at the packed 500-seat theater at The Wallis in Beverly Hills, he chuckled that he didn’t really want to do A…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:03PMWednesday, October 30, 2024
L’Chaim. “To Life” indeed. There’s a ton of it, not to mention humor, sorrow and wisdom in the 1964 Stein/Harnick/Bock musical triumph, Fiddler on the Roof, which opens soon at La Mi…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 12:48PMThursday, October 24, 2024
A SCREENING TO PUCKER UP FOR Following an acclaimed summertime run at London’s Barbican Theatre, the cinema release of the smash-hit production KISS ME, KATE brings the magic of this musi…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:12PMSunday, October 20, 2024
I’M DREAMING OF A PSYCHEDLIC CHRISTMAS Well, Halloween is here soon, but you know what’s really scary — aside from Christmas items for sale at Costco before Valentine’s Day? By Thank…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:05PMGLORIA, HALLELUJAH! Unless you can see Gloria at The Chance Theater tonight or tomorrow, this may be a review of record, as it ran only two weeks after opening night, but I tell you this is …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMWednesday, October 16, 2024
In Symphony of Rats, a President of the United States has strange encounters of the phantasmagorical kind. Surrounded by his presidential aides, he plunges into a series of inc…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:18PMTuesday, October 15, 2024
Directed by Richard Israel, (Civility of Albert Cashier, Floyd Collins, 110 in the Shade), King of Pangea, the spellbinding new musical with book, music, and lyrics by Martin Storrow, will…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:00PMSunday, October 13, 2024
IDIOT IS AS IDIOT DOES Unlike the jukebox musicals Mamma Mia and Escape to Margaritaville, which invented stories around the songs of ABBA and Jimmy Buffett, American Idiot — inspired…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:41AMSaturday, October 12, 2024
ONE OF THE ALL-TIME FEEL-GOOD MUSICALS COMES TO THE CARPENTER CENTER Ain’t Misbehavin’ is a sizzling celebration of Fats Waller’s music — songs that he made famous in a career that …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:41PMSaturday, October 5, 2024
Inside a one-room apartment on the outskirts of Seoul, Oliver (Darren Criss) lives a happily quiet life listening to jazz records and caring for his favorite plant. But what else is there to…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:38PMSaturday, September 28, 2024
LIVING IT UP IN HER LIVING ROOM In the shimmering galaxy of cabaret, few stars sparkle with the vivacity and brilliance of Jessica Vosk, who, at 40, is the real deal. You’re talking about …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:17PMThursday, September 26, 2024
IT’S OK TO GET SAUCED FOR STUNNING SAUCY STRIPPERS AND SPECTACULAR SAUCERS, OR MAY THE TORSO BE WITH YOU Forget about Broadway or the latest Marvel Comic movie. The fun, hip and cool burle…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:49PMMonday, September 23, 2024
SEEING ONCE ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH Ironically, the real-life love affair between collaborators Glen Hansard, an Irish singer-songwriter, and Markéta Irglová, a Czech songwriter, fizzled after …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:56PM 
