Thursday, June 5, 2025
TIGERS, TRAUMA, AND THEATRICAL MAGIC: LIFE OF PI ROARS TO THE STAGE Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel's story has found enormous commercial success " first in Yann Martel's Booker Prize"winning nov…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 28, 2024
THE DELOREAN IS THE ONLY THING THAT FLIES IN THIS DUMPSTER FIRE Since the release of the Stranger Things television series in 2016, the public appeal of all things '80s has left very few sto…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:01AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 3, 2024
FEED ME MORE OF THIS DELICIOUS PRODUCTION Stroll down Skid Row to visit Mushnik's Flower Shop and immerse yourself in Howard Ashman and Alan Menken's musical masterpiece Little Shop of Horro…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 17, 2024
I'VE GOT SOME GREAT NEWS TO CHER The Cher Show, a new musical that follows Broadway's continuous trend of capitalizing on rockstar jukebox bio-musicals like MJ The Musical and Tina The Tina …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:36AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 3, 2024
STRIKE A POSE! Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street. Fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening. " Coco Chanel Ret…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:44PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 23, 2024
MURDEROUS LAUGHTER In 1945, "Cluedo" first came on the scene in the United Kingdom to the delight of board game lovers. Created by game designer Anthony E. Pratt, this beloved family friend …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:10AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 2, 2024
IT'S SILLY BUT NOT KOOKY (SNAP, SNAP) Every generation, there is an iconic TV family that defines the era. From the perfect clan of The Donna Reed Show to the trashy hellscape of Keeping Up …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Friday, June 14, 2024
HELLOOOOOO! The 90s zeitgeist has returned in the form of drag Scottish nanny Mrs. Doubtfire, the eponymous movie of which has been turned into a Broadway musical, and is now on a national t…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 31, 2024
THERE'S A STAR IN THIS DUSTY OLD COUCH OF A MUSICAL Funny Girl " the musical narrative of the ugly duckling turned Ziegfeld star turned tragic heroine " takes center stage once more. With be…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:34AM[SHARE]Saturday, May 11, 2024
THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST OF POPCORN THEATRE In Nocturn Theater's inaugural season, the company embarked on a daring journey, presenting some of Broadway's most iconic works. From Into the Wo…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:42PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 27, 2024
KINK SHAME: AN ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE MASSES In North Hollywood, the audience's senses were assaulted, mainly by each other, in the reception room before we even got into the theater for the …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:48PM[SHARE]Friday, April 12, 2024
A HEARTBREAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL MINDFUCK "He was immortal, so he couldn't die, but this pain, it was agony " it was a wound that would never heal. So he begged the other deities to make him mort…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:58AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 18, 2024
HOW I WISH MARILYN MONROE WAS MY MOM In Luke Yankee's Marilyn, Mom & Me, the playwright-director takes the audience on a ruminative journey based on the complex relationship with his mot…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 15, 2023
A PERFECTLY CRAFTED TRAINWRECK Having brought the house down with The Play that Goes Wrong, Mischief Theatre Company has followed up with a delicious offering: Peter Pan Goes Wrong. Written …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:48AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 6, 2023
VIVA LA VIE CHANCE Rent by the late Jonathan Larson (tick, tick… BOOM!) is a musical theater phenom; productions are as ubiquitous as the stars in the firmament. The show is about a year i…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:52PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 15, 2023
THESE SIX QUEENS SLAY IT The cast of Six riled up the audience at Segerstrom in this pop concert remix of Tudor history. Catchy earworms, check. Iconic costumes, check. American-Idol-esque b…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 24, 2023
PAILAPIL POPS HIS CHERRY IN HIS PLAYWRITING PREMIERE "Why won't you let me top you? Is it because I am Asian?!" This ear-catching line is decried robustly by the very passionate protagonist …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:05AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 18, 2023
ALL THAT JAZZ AND MORE Bandstand, shining lights, and sexy murderers in lingerie. Chicago celebrates 25 years of razzle dazzle with this national tour featuring the original New York product…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Monday, May 15, 2023
A TRAILBLAZING VOICE EMERGES It is tough to capture what Avaaz is in writing. On the surface, it is a one-person play in which author Michael Shayan plays his mother, Roya, a Jewish-Iranian …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 2, 2023
A LOVE LETTER TO AN IMMIGRANT FATHER Coleman '72 is getting a fantastic world premiere production from South Coast Repertory. It is a melodrama about nostalgia, the immigrant experience, cro…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 18, 2023
THIS HEAVYWEIGHT TAKES THE PRIZE Can you ask for a more perfect pairing than a drag queen and the high camp of musical theater? In this national tour production of Hairspray, Tracy Turnblad …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Friday, March 24, 2023
DROP-DEAD FUNNY What happens when you take Little Shop of Horrors and mix it with The Pink Panther cartoons, and throw in a little dash of Urinetown? You get this fantastic dark musical come…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 14, 2023
ONCE UPON AN AMAZING TIME Good theater allows audiences to see the world from the eyes of the creators. In this triumphant production of Once, which opened last night March 12 at Laguna Play…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:19AM[SHARE]Saturday, February 18, 2023
PLAYFUL SINGULARITY DaEun Jung's Byoulnorri closes Odyssey Theatre Ensemble's dance festival, 2023 Dance at the Odyssey, with playful austerity. The hour-long concert is performed in two par…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:27PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 15, 2023
THIS JOYOUS TRIUMPH IS LIKE A PIG IN SHIT Mixed with the contradictory language of William Shakespeare and Trump-speak, Nimrod is a gut-busting, refreshing, sharp, irreverent, and often caco…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:03AM[SHARE]Sunday, January 8, 2023
STILL TRYING TO MAKE FETCH HAPPEN The musical adaptation of the 2004 teen comedy film Mean Girls opened on Broadway in April 2018 and was one of the many victims of the Covid-19 pandemic, re…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:36AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 29, 2022
THIS MOCKINGBIRD SOARS To Kill a Mockingbird is an American masterpiece that has transcended time and medium, and which will continue to impact our cultural zeitgeist, reflected by the openi…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:41AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 6, 2022
LITTLE WOMEN IS A BIG TRIUMPH FOR CHANCE The four March sisters come alive on the stage of Bette Aitken theater arts Center in Anaheim. The Chance Theater's returning production of Little Wo…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:14PM[SHARE]Monday, December 5, 2022
WHO IS HAUNTING WHOM? Ghosts, paranormal investigators, and a loving couple that just moved to their new home " it sounds like a reality TV series for binge watching. The Brothers Paranormal…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:19PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 4, 2022
A HOLIDAY GREETING CARD COME TO LIFE The story that encapsulates the spirit of Christmas perfectly has had countless adaptations, from The Muppets to Disney. This beloved novella, originally…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:12PM[SHARE]Saturday, November 12, 2022
A GOOD TIME WITHOUT MUCH TO SAY In 2001, Baz Luhrmann co-wrote and directed the jukebox musical movie, Moulin Rouge! The film was especially praised for its highly stylized costumes and …
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