“1001 Nights” From Target Margin
A drag queen lipsynching into a retro mike in a tight spotlight is the opening image of 1001SUR,...
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Hollywood Fringe Festival – “The Institute for the Opposite of Longing”
When attending the Hollywood Fringe Festival, it’s often best you leave expectations at the door. ...
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Hollywood Fringe Festival – “Scarlett Fever”
Kick Boom Theater Company launches its inaugural production Scarlett Fever at Hollywood Fringe...
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Hollywood Fringe Festival – “And Now It’s All This!”
If you are a fan of The Beatles, you might not be faulted for thinking that there is no new...
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“Cloud 9:” A 1979 British Take on Power and Gender
When I first read Cloud 9 by Caryl Churchill ten years ago as a theatre undergrad, I was struck...
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“The Three Musketeers:” A Traditional Bout
After an inaugural season of staged readings last year, this season, The Front Porch Arts...
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“Pride and Prejudice:” Delightfully Present
Pride and Prejudice, presented by the Actors’ Shakespeare Project and performed at the Balch Arena...
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“Barefoot in the Park:” A Charming Romantic Comedy
Barefoot in the Park, by Neil Simon, now playing at Gloucester Stage in Gloucester, MA and...
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Southern California Premiere of “Daniel’s Husband” at The Fountain Theatre
The Fountain Theatre production of Michael McKeever’s 2018 off-Broadway hit “Daniel’s Husband” has...
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Keeping Faith, Spreading Hope: Rohina Malik’s “Keeping Faith: Sisters of Story”
The music was audible before I entered the theatre. As I walked down the aisle to my seat, the...
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Hollywood Fringe Festival – “The Death of Sam Mobean”
It’s been a challenge to know exactly where to begin with any kind of description of...
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Lynn Nottage’s “Sweat” at the Gielgud Theatre: Contemporary Americana
The word “Rustbelt” is really eloquent in its evocation of industrial decline. After all, rust is...
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“Yerma:” Visceral Obsession
In a new translation/adaptation by Huntington Playwright-in-Residence Melinda Lopez, Yerma,...
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Hollywood Fringe Festival – “Twirly’s Traveling Tricks”
Though everywhere you look in Hollywood, CA these days it seems more old school bungalows and...
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Winners Demand More Gender Parity, Representation, and Diversity at 2019 Tony Awards
When Rachel Chavkin walked into the Tony Awards media room, she continued the conversation she had...
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On Improvisation, Soundpainting, and Artistic Community: A Conversation with Leese Walker, the Founder of the Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble
Established in 1997 by Leese Walker, the Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble is an...
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Revisiting Broadway’s Forgotten Genius, John Latouche
Born into poverty in Richmond, Virginia, John Latouche (1914-1956) even as a youth established...
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“As You Like It”at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival
To take the title of dramaturg Amrita Ramanan’s program note, As You Like It is “a comedy that...
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“The View Upstairs:” A Slice of Gay, Kitschy, Bar Life
Pushing through the colored streamers that shield the doorway of the Plaza Theatre at the Boston...
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“The Impossible She” and The Evolution of Queer Stories in Opera
Representation within opera has always been thin; The Impossible She stood to try to expand those...
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