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EARTHA HAS MOMENTS, BUT COULD USE A REPAIR KITT From almost any angle, singer/actress Eartha Kitt was a fascinating person. Born in 1927 into poverty and abuse in the American Deep South, sh…
THE HEAVEN'S BREATH SMELLS WOOINGLY HERE It seems odd to say that I was enchanted and beguiled with Independent Shakespeare Co.'s (ISC's) production of Macbeth, which opened this past weeken…
COME SEE THIS CABARET, MY FRIEND One of the wonderful things about period pieces, including musicals, is that they rarely feel dated because the book writer (Joe Masteroff, in this case) sta…
A SALUTE TO STORYTELLERS Stage and Cinema is grateful to GMCLA Music Director & Conductor Ernest H. Harrison for taking time out of rehearsing to chat a bit about A Salute to Sondheim,Â…
PROM-COM Dust off the Mylar balloons and wrist corsages and head over to The Ahmanson Theatre, where The Prom just landed as part of its national tour. Forget smelly gymnasiums or dated t…
GO TO TOWN I am convinced that me colleague Marc Wheeler nailed the many reasons in his review of Hadestown why you must see this national tour. One of the most original musicals to come out…
Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST) has the the lineup for the 38th Marathon of One-Act Plays, works from artists who identify as Black, Indigenous & People of Color (BIPOC). This yea…
THE ANACHRONISMIACS Poetry is all the rage in the madcap comedy, The Metromaniacs, David Ives' 2015 English "translaptation" of La Métromanie (1738), an obscure French farce by Alexis Piron…
IDIOT IS AS IDIOT DOES Inspired by a 2004 rock album by the American pop-punk rock band Green Day, American Idiot has received its share of positive reviews since its premiere in Berkeley, C…
THIS MUSICAL IS RIGHT AT HOLMES When we think of Sherlock Holmes in the dank, foggy streets of London, investigating death and deception, probably the next thought we have isn't, "This would…
A BLOODY BUSINESS WHICH INFORMS "When shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning or in rain? When the hurley-burley's done, when the battle's lost and won…" These opening lines from S…
A PLAY OFF A rich, black, ball-busting pro-sports super-agent who has worked her way up from poverty to making partner at a major firm. The white male head of that agency who wants his protÃ…
SF Symphony, Summer 2022 The San Francisco Symphony is no doubt ecstatic to welcome people back to live performances this summer in all of their venues. Davies Symphony Hall, Stern Grove and…
QUITE THE AWAKENING Watching Spring Awakening in 2008 at the Balboa Theatre and again in 2022 at the OB Playhouse, it is interesting how different the play struck me. Not because of the q…
MAY THE TORSO BE WITH YOU Forget about Broadway or the latest Marvel Comic movie. The fun, hip and cool burlesque Star Wars parody " which isn't just for fans of the franchise " is the show …
FANTASTIC FOLLIES AT SF PLAYHOUSE After over 2 years of all of us being confined at home watching endless hours of shows on Netflix sitting in our sweatpants, we're all chomping at the bit t…
Best Broadway Plays in New York City. Visit Now! New York is always a wonderful place to visit. Among the many activities that can be done, one of the plans you cannot miss is to attend a mu…
I'M JUST WILD ABOUT WHEN BROADWAY WAS BLACK On May 23, 1921, a fast-moving, groundbreaking jazz musical danced into New York City " and by the end of its triumphant run, its Black creators w…
CLASS ACT Nestled comfortably inside the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Hershey Felder: Chopin in Paris is an enchanting "play with music" on the life of t…
GET HAPPY LIFE The World Premiere of Happy Life by Kathy Ng opens July 22, 2022 at Walkerspace. Stage and Cinema recommends this outing. A woman leaving behind a lying life tries to move int…
Steppenwolf Theatre Company's 2022/23 Season Chicago Premiere The Most Spectaularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington By James Ijames Directed by Whitney White Featuring ensemb…
THE METROMANIACS BEGINS ON JULY 21, 2022 Metromaniacs aren't people who are crazy about subways. They are people who are nuts about poetry, i.e. verse composed in meter. David Ives' playÅ
WILD ABOUT WILDSONG A relatively new theatre company (and totally new to this reviewer) taking on a musical with a huge cast, intricate costuming, a stage smaller than you find in most eleme…
MOULIN ROGUE! It wasn't just the powerhouse romance between Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman. With its frenetic theatrics and killer soundtrack (virgin ballads locking lips with re-imagined p…
Music by Sir Elton John and Lyrics by Shaina Taub Book by Kate Wetherhead Starring Tony Award Winner Beth Leavel as Miranda Priestly and Taylor Iman Jones as Andy Sachs JULY 19-AUGUST 21, 20…
