Thursday, April 27, 2023
SOMETHING WICKED THAT WAY GOES No plague can kill a great show. It’s back. In a rare clash of film noir, performance art, an awesome murder mystery party, and Shakespeare, Punchdrunk’s S…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:33PMTuesday, April 25, 2023
THE BEST OSCAR GOES TO SEAN HAYES “It’d be nice to please everyone but I thought it would be more interesting to have a point of view.” The incomparable Oscar Levant is the subject of …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMTuesday, April 18, 2023
WHAT’S SO WONDERFUL? THIS REVIVAL OF WOMAN OF THE YEAR I’m jealous of New York Musical lovers. If they want to catch a rarely produced musical from the “golden age” of Broadway (the …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMHOW DO YOU CATCH A TIGER BY THE TAIL? STAGING. The eye-popping special effects of Life of Pi are reason enough to see this show, which opened this week at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Yes,…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:06AMMonday, April 17, 2023
WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS FAT HAM Ah, the Father/Son relationship. Tough when bad and often difficult even when pop and junior love each other. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, adapted with delightf…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:11AMSunday, April 9, 2023
It’s fascinating to watch a new generation of Asian playwrights — Mike Lew, Qui Nguyen, Lauren Yee, Dipika Guha, Christopher Chen — writing about the quest for identity as it pertains …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:56AMSaturday, April 8, 2023
IT’S ONLY A FLOP There’s a glaring contradiction in It’s Only a Play: Written by the usually crafty Terrence McNally, a 20-time Broadway playwright, this two-act love letter to Broadw…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:52AMI CAN’T GET THAT TASTE OUT OF MY MOUTH Get ready for a show that is all vagina and no vulva. This bloody awful musical by Big Little Theater Company is of the women, by the women and for t…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:35AMTuesday, April 4, 2023
WHERE’S THE GRIEF? A LOT OF GOOD SHIT, BUT WE NEED MORE SHOW Grief. It almost seems to come on a daily basis. You hear people grieve over politics, a lost job, a breakup, the weather — g…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMSaturday, March 25, 2023
HUMAN, ALL TOO HUMAN There is a world premiere now playing at Actors Co-op in Hollywood that is both ambitious and successful. The Human Comedy, set in the fictional California town of Ithac…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 11:33PMLET ME IN, OR GET ME OUT? In writer/director Brynn Thayer‘s Let Me In, now running at the newly and spiffily remodeled Theatre 68 Arts Complex in North Hollywood, actor Jorge Garcia of L…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMWednesday, March 22, 2023
COME FOR THE SCORE, LEAVE FOR THE BOOK Prior to Geffen Playhouse’s world premiere musical The Lonely Few, a pair of orange ear-plugs in ironically loud cellophane is offered to patrons, in…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMFriday, March 17, 2023
NEW TRACK FEATURES VOCALS BY KPOP ICON LUNA & COMPANY LISTEN HERE WATCH THE VIDEO PREORDER & PRESAVE THE ALBUM HERE Well, we all know it happens. For whatever reasons, a show flops …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:15PMSunday, March 12, 2023
LETTER FROM ONE INDUSTRY INSIDER TO ANOTHER Hullo Mick. Lady Antoinette here. Boy, I gotta thank you for inviting me to Jordon Waters and Stephanie Marrow‘s label influencer/release party …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:09PMFriday, March 10, 2023
IT WOULD BE ABSURD TO MISS THIS THEATER In Endgame, the end of the world is upon us. But so, too, is the end of Ciarán O’Reilly’s superlative production at Irish Rep, which has been ex…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:08PMBACKSTAGE COMEDIC CAPERS Chicago “storefront” theaters have produced some of the most amazing productions that I have ever scene. Usually started by a ragtag group of friends or a brave …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:39PMSaturday, March 4, 2023
OFF TO NEVERLAND! It is common knowledge in the theater world that the most difficult show to create is a musical. The second is a parody. But both together?And yet, success has arrived in L…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 12:18AMFriday, March 3, 2023
HERE’S ANOTHER PLAY THAT SHOULD BE LOST In Cardenio, now playing at City Garage, a character states in Latin, “De gustibus non disputandum est,” which means “There’s no accounting …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMMonday, February 27, 2023
SONDHEIMIA: IT’S A STATE OF MIND In this curated concert, musical theater actor Larry Owens explores time, love, and ambition through the music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim, with music d…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:05PMARRRE YOU RRREADY FOR THIS CELEBRRRATION?! Anyone who hasn’t watched RRR yet, do yourself a favor and see this masterpiece. Sure it’s available streaming, but the best way to watch this …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMWednesday, February 22, 2023
MUSICAL THEATRE GUILD GOES DARK (WELL, GREY) WITH THE STUNNING MUSICAL, GREY GARDENS One Night Only: Monday, February 27 at 7:30pm The 2006 Broadway musical version of the cult 1975 Maysles …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:45AMTuesday, February 21, 2023
GET YOURSELF SOME HAPPY So, which Lillias White is your favorite? Is it the bluesy, searching, achy soul singer? The sassy sweetheart of standards? The darling diva of Broadway showtunes? Th…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:58PMThursday, February 16, 2023
SWINGTIME SHAKESPEARE Everyone will make much ado about Guillermo Cienfuego‘s delightful take on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing which opened last weekend at A Noise Within. This co…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:55AMTuesday, February 14, 2023
BROADWAY SUMMER CAMP IS COMING June 19–23 | Students ages 11–13June 26–30 | Students ages 14–19 As a participant in Segerstrom Cen…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:09PMSaturday, February 11, 2023
REAL LIFE TRANSCRIPT MAKES FOR RIVETING THEATER Collaboraction Theatre‘s Emmy-winning teleplay, Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till, is back at The DuSable Museum as a live, inte…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMSunday, February 5, 2023
THIS CONCERT WILL BE ONE FOR THE BOOKS The jazz world has been abuzz about 23-year-old Bronx New Yorker Samara Joy since she won the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition in 201…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:05AMSaturday, February 4, 2023
As the Broadway sensation continues to extend its run (tickets available through July 2, 2023), actors Arty Froushan, David Krumholtz, Caissie Levy, and Tedra Millan will be leaving Leopo…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:10PMA CABARET TO LOVE SEVEN TIMES MORE THAN ANY OTHER Getty Villa Museum presents Seven Loves, a Valentine’s cabaret that brings together well-known, amazing performers singing songs from Broa…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:06PMFriday, February 3, 2023
WHERE THERE IS MELISSA ERRICO, THERE IS LOVE In the Valentine’s no-brainer department, you can’t do better than celebrate your love (whether it’s you or someone else), by attending A N…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:02PMThursday, February 2, 2023
JULIE BENKO BIRDLAND CONCERT SOLD OUT BUT A LIVESTREAM IS AVAILABLE FOR $25 BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB brings back Julie Benko – direct from Broadway’s smash hit revival of Funny Girl – with…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMWednesday, February 1, 2023
Boy, did I feel numb leaving The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci at the Old Globe. This co-production with Goodman Theatre is a creation of Chicago’s own Mary Zimmerman, who has perfected d…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:39AM 
