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Music Review: Julie Benko & Mykal Kilgore Make Us Glad They're Having A Christmas With Each Other With (I NEVER HAD A) CHRISTMAS WITH YOU
by Bobby Patrick - October 14, 2023 To have two such fine actor/singer/songwriter/STORYTELLERS sing the blues about Christmas turned out to be a real pleasure....
Review: MOIPEI Is Great Great Great In SING SING SING at 54 Below
by Grace Jordan - July 15, 2023 The harmonies that the sisters pull off are as close to perfect as a harmonizing group can hope to achieve....
Review: LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL at Hot Springs School District Joyce L. Littleton Craft Auditorium
by Theresa Bertram - April 30, 2023 What did our critic think of LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL at Hot Springs School District Joyce L. Littleton Craft Auditorium?...
Album Review: Diva Grace Garland Burns Her Bra For All To Hear On New Album LADY G!'S BRALESS SECLUSION
by Bobby Patrick - July 11, 2023 In the aftermath of hearing LADY G!’S BRALESS SECLUSION, we had no choice but to drop that metaphysical needle back at the beginning and listen to it again, immediately....
Review: Musical Theatre West's AN AMERICAN IN PARIS Dances Into Long Beach
by Michael Quintos - April 21, 2023 Though this song-and-dance spectacular first emerged as a lush, hypnotic stage adaptation of a classic movie musical that combined sophisticated ballet with exuberant show tunes, MTW's new 2023 regional production, now performing through April 30, 2023 somehow feels less mesmerizing---particularly d...
Review: Hulu's UP HERE Stays Up There But Forgets To Come Down Here
by Bobby Patrick - March 24, 2023 In the final analysis, while it's true that we find it all a little too twee, Bobby's prediction is that the audience it finds will love it enough to get it to a second season......
HOLY SHIP! WRECKED Announces Lineup For 2023 Edition
by A.A. Cristi - July 26, 2023 Holy Ship! Wrecked has announced its 2023 lineup. Eleven years ago, Holy Ship! reimagined what a music festival experience and community could be, with its successor Holy Ship! Wrecked bringing this concept to land with even more potential for complete attendee immersion....
Lehman's Announces 2023 Summer Events
by Blair Ingenthron - July 01, 2023 For family fun close to home, plan a visit to Lehman's, in the heart of Ohio's Amish Country. Founded in 1955 by Jay Lehman to serve the local Amish, today, Lehman's ships practical products all over the country. ...
Review: AS YOU LIKE IT, Shakespeare's Globe
by Cindy Marcolina - August 31, 2023 Its strength is obviously in its joyous and uncompromising queer nature. McDougall casts it entirely gender-blind, making it a piece where gender doesn’t matter, even though its role is at the very core of it. They turn it into an exploration of the performative quality of identity with plenty of to...
Sisters Act Up And Over The Top In Lively Production of SISTER ACT at Toby's In Columbia
by Cybele Pomeroy - September 19, 2023 SISTER ACT at Toby's in Columbia is a delightfully energetic show that is woman-driven and relationship-positive. Songwriter Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater (of Disney fame) create numbers specifically for theatrical production of the movie-inspired script. Ear-pleasing harmonies abound in an ...
Review: LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL at Starlight Theatre
by Alan Portner - July 09, 2023 Broadway veteran Carrie St. Louis is Starlight’s Elle Woods. She is super in the role. St. Louis is cute and bubbly, but no dumb bunny with a huge mezzo-soprano voice that dominates a theater with eight thousand seats. She is also a determined and skilled dancer....
Review: BEAUTIFUL THING, Stratford East
by Cindy Marcolina - September 25, 2023 The show is generally delightful, but one can’t shake the feeling that there’s so much more to explore. Simpson-Pike crafts a beautiful revival that ends with an adorable moment that ties the community together, but the script seems to forget the main reason the two boys connected in the first place...
Review: TINA - THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL Pulsates at Segerstrom Center
by Michael Quintos - July 19, 2023 Now at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through July 23, 2023, the musical is mostly engaging and passionately performed. But a chaotic, sped-through first act only provides brief vignettes of a challenging life. The better second act focuses on Ms. Turner's comeback, concluding with a m...
Review: Pam Harbaugh's Delightful, Award-Winning CASSEROLE at the Early Bird Dinner Theatre
by Peter Nason - May 09, 2023 I wish more people in the world were like Claire Wilson. As the central character in Pam Harbaugh's endearing, award-winning CASSEROLE, she exudes such enthusiasm, liveliness, acceptance, strength, quirkiness and, best of all, love. Speaking in a midwestern accent with enough 'doncha knows' and 'You...
Review: New Sketch Musical NOW THAT YOU'VE SEEN ME NAKED Charms And Delights Its Audiences at MATCH
by Miranda Keating - March 15, 2023 Walking into one of the small, black box theater spaces at MATCH, all I knew was that I was about to watch a brand-new sketch musical about Drs. Percy Hinks and Adelaide Hibble attempt to discover a formula that reveals 'the mysterious love code'. I was not ready for the chaos that was about to ensu...
Tara Dublin Unveils New Novel, THE SOUND OF SETTLING
by Blair Ingenthron - October 14, 2023 Tara Dublin, renowned political writer and former midday DJ on KNRK ('94/7 Alternative Portland'), is set to make her debut as a novelist with the release of 'The Sound of Settling.'...
Kumu Kahua Theatre and Bamboo Ridge Press Reveal the Winner of the July 2023 Go Try PlayWrite Contest
by Stephi Wild - August 17, 2023 The July Go Try PlayWrite winner is Steven D. Miller for his pieceIamb and You Are Too ...
Review: New Production of THE KING AND I is Simply Glorious at the La Mirada Theatre
by Michael Quintos - April 28, 2023 Presented by McCoy Rigby Entertainment, this beautiful, mesmerizing, Broadway-caliber production of THE KING AND I has all the ingredients of a great revival done right, from its dazzling visual and technical components to the vibrant musical magic created by both its rousing orchestra and the talen...
Album Review: Wine, Women (Producers), & Song Pour A Fine Vintage In MADAME CLICQUOT: A Revolutionary Musical
by Bobby Patrick - April 26, 2023 The creators have conveyed their story and intent fully....
MTV Sets 'Best Jerzday Ever' With ALL STAR SHORE Premiere
by Michael Major - August 24, 2023 Narrated by Jersey Shore Family Vacation’s Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, the competition series features 12 reality stars from some of television’s most iconic series - Jersey Shore, Geordie Shore, Germany Shore, Acapulco Shore, Rio Shore, F Boy Island and Too Hot To Handle - as they come together for an...
The Heavy Release New Single 'Stone Cold Killer'
by Michael Major - March 23, 2023 ‘Stone Cold Killer’ is a gnarled roadhouse rocker written about guitarist Dan Taylor’s new kitten “that beautiful thing kills everything”, the humorous accompanying video portrays a retro crime caper as the band are hunted by the menacing feline felon. Watch the new music video and check out upcomin...
Review: TINA - THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL Pulsates at Segerstrom Center
by Michael Quintos - July 19, 2023 Now at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through July 23, 2023, the musical is mostly engaging and passionately performed. But a chaotic, sped-through first act only provides brief vignettes of a challenging life. The better second act focuses on Ms. Turner's comeback, concluding with a m...
Interview: Anthony Murphy of A JOYFUL NOISE at The Green Room 42 On Apirl 24th
by Stephen Mosher - April 17, 2023 Anthony Murphy will play A JOYFUL NOISE on April 24th at The Green Room 42....
Review: INTO THE WOODS Enchants at James M. Nederlander Theatre
by Kathleen Anwar - April 30, 2023 What did our critic think of INTO THE WOODS at James M. Nederlander Theatre?...
Review: THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Comes Alive at the SPC Theater
by Peter Nason - June 24, 2023 Marguerite Reed and Jeffrey Walker III lead a cast that will give you a rollicking good time!... |