Dark threatening clouds hang low over the Inn Lake at Serenbe as I clump up the dirt pathway towards the unsinkable R.M.S. Titanic, the ship of dreams, represented here tonight by a massive industrial steel scaffolding structure that rises out of the lake, climbing high into the menacing sky. The sky, providing the natural backdrop for visionary artistic director Brian Clowdus's doomed ocean liner, seems tonally apropos considering that I, along with several hundred other patron-passengers, have driven out specifically for the purpose of revisiting the horrifying deaths of 1503 people in the frigid waters of the Atlantic Ocean on an April evening of 1912 when the festive notes from the ship's orchestra must have peppered the excited night air in much the same way that this ship's gorgeous, first-rate orchestra, perched some 100 yards away in a shipping crate on a hill above the floating stage, does. As we reach the ship, crew members in gorgeous period costuming by Alan Yeong, beckon us aboard while impressive billows of smoke pour out of the kettle drum-smoke stacks perched high atop the scaffolding and ship blasts signify that our immersive journey is about to begin. At that moment, I am simply along for the ride, not knowing as I listen to the women behind me munching on popcorn and clamoring about which Clowdus show has been their favorite, that this production of the lackluster 1997 Titanic, a musical that scooped up a slew of undeserved Tony Awards for Maury Yeston and Peter Stone, is going to be one of the most memorable and dazzling theatrical spectacles I have ever witnessed.
Following their electrifying early morning performance of their hits 'The Last of The Real Ones,' 'Uma Thurman' and 'My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)' in NYC's Central Park for Good Morning America's 'Summer Concert Series' today (watch the full set here, including online exclusives 'Champion' and 'Centuries'), multiplatinum modern alt-rock pioneers Fall Out Boy have announced they will release all seven of their studio albums on vinyl as a lavish box set titled The Complete Studio Albums on September 28 via Island/DCD2/UMe. Spanning the band's storied and wildly successful 15-years-and-counting recording career, the comprehensive collection contains all of Fall Out Boy's best-selling studio albums, starting with the band's 2003 pop-punk debut, Take This To Your Grave, including 2005's career-defining double-platinum hit platter, From Under The Cork Tree, and capping off with their most recent album M A N I A which earned the band their fourth No. 1 record upon release this past January. This must-have on-wax collection also includes 2013's combo Save Rock And Roll (PAX•AM Edition) for the first time ever on 12-inch vinyl. The Complete Studio Albums will be made available in two versions - a standard edition on 180-gram black vinyl, and as a limited-edition, 180-gram clear vinyl collection. View the unboxing video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prlrcqdr07k
Spitfire Grill premiered to a delightfully full house last Friday night which was especially surprising as the sun just started to break through the clouds about an hour prior to the show. Thankfully Cyrano's summer musical was well worth missing a rare sunny evening.
Theater For The New City's Dream Up Festival 2018 Presents The World Premiere Of MOVING BODIES' La Marquise du Chatelet and Voltaire's Laws of Attraction Written by Lorraine Liscio Directed by Myriam Cyr August 26-September 16 How Newton got it wrong and how a woman came to fix it.
The carefree time travelers of DC's Legends of Tomorrow will welcome two new faces as they set out to hunt temporal Fugitives in the show's fourth season (Mondays 9/8c The CW this fall). The casting news was announced in the series' Comic-Con panel session this afternoon.
How many people would go to the theater to watch American Ballet Theatre's La Bayadere three time within 45 days? Either they are dance professionals themselves, someone with a lot of time on their hands, or perhaps they're just crazy? I happen to be the crazy one.
Highlights from some of Red Rocks Amphitheatre's long history are heard on the new "Red Rocks Live" compilation released by Denver Arts & Venues this week. Originally conceived to celebrate the venue's 75th anniversary in 2015, the project grew to include tracks from as early as early as 1978 ("Ship of Fools" by The Grateful Dead) to tracks up to the anniversary season.
Jonas Kaufmann is probably the most sought-after tenor on the planet today. His DOLCE VITA concert last night at Berlin's glorious outdoor Waldbuehne Amphitheater proved exactly why. Let's state the obvious. Mr. Kaufmann is a tall, very handsome man, who's in very good shape both vocally and physically. He has been blessed with a unique, baritone-like tenor voice with very secure, clarion high notes that he uses with great intelligence and enormous musicality. This is one of the most unique voices singing classical music today.
Waiting Heart is a modern interpretation of the acclaimed Cantonese opera The Legend of the Purple Hairpin. To celebrate the 101st anniversary of the birth of the eminent playwright Tong Tik-sang, the Hong Kong Dance Company (HKDC) and Utopia Cantonese Opera Workshop (UCOW) will stage this creative collaborative piece from 31st August to 2nd September at Hong Kong Cultural Centre Studio Theatre.
The great playwrights touch on the truths that lie beneath the surface. Before I went to see this new production of Sam Shepard's Fool for Love (1983) I had been thinking about cycles, in particular how a new book I had just started outlined the rise of a reactionary conservative political movement built in part upon a fear of immigrants and divergent ideology. It swept a Republican into the White House after several years of progressive Democrat administration. It may sound familiar, but the book was describing the United States of 1952.
Cornelia Murr is sharing an advance stream of her debut album Lake Tear of the Clouds ahead of its release this Friday, July 13. The Talkhouse premiered the stream today alongside an essay by the acclaimed electronic musician Julianna Barwick, who shared how Murr's songs sent her into a meditation about destiny and the mystery of our cosmic connections with the world.
FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Gelsey Bell and Viva DeConcini in Molly Rice's ANGELMAKERS: Songs for Female Serial Killers on August 15th at 9:30pm.
Seattle-based artist Lost Chocolate Lab has announced the forthcoming release of a new 'Lost Landscapes' album. The first single 'Squall' can be streamed ahead of this. From soft blankets of distortion to hazy clouds of noise, this is a long-lost love letter to the first wave of shoegaze six-string pioneers, where guitars caterwaul in-collision with cascading waves of reverberation and acrobatic effects-pedal atmospherics.
Under the bleachers, Petite Celine realized she had made a horrible mistake. She jotted down some lyrics, rife with teenage angst but brutally honest. Then she set them aside.
Cornelia Murr released a new track from her forthcoming debut album Lake Tear of the Clouds today; 'Who Am I To Tell You' is an anthem of independence that premiered on KCRW today. 'That combination of hazy upstate retreat and laid back L.A. accessibility... is present throughout the jubilant bounce that accompanies the smart and introspective lyrics of this track,' writes KCRW.
Next month, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.
Horse Head Theatre Co. (HH) is proud to open our 9th Season with a free staged reading of EVOCATION TO VISIBLE APPEARANCE by Mark Schultz at Chelsea Market Theater (home of Classical Theatre Company) on Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 8pm, directed by Jeff Miller . Dive into the void with this new black comedy, including a striking lighting design and a roaring heavy-metal.
Twenty-five years ago, when digital entertainment was nascent, George Lucas and University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts Dean Elizabeth Daley envisioned the Entertainment Technology Center @ USC (ETC@USC or ETC) to bridge the divide between technologists and filmmakers. Today, ETC@USC (etcenter.org) is celebrating a quarter century as Hollywood's premiere think tank and research center dedicated to emerging technology's impact on professional content. On June 26, at its annual Studio Technology Leader's Dinner, ETC will commemorate its anniversary and honor Dean Daley with the Bob Lambert Technology Leadership Award.
Grammy-nominated band Panic! At The Disco today released their anxiously awaited sixth studio album Pray For The Wicked via Fueled By Ramen/DCD2 Records. The album is available digitally HERE and physically HERE. The band also released a new music video for track 'Hey Look Ma, I Made It'. Watch a puppet Brendon Urie navigate music industry success in the video HERE.
