THE BENT

by Kay Kudukis - February 07, 2025

Sometimes I get to see a very good production of a very good play, and I go home feeling satisfied. As a reviewer, I sometimes have to see that same play again at another theatre with an entirely different cast and an entirely different directorial approach. It’s a bit like the remake of a classic. ...

by Kay Kudukis - December 18, 2024

It’s all in good (and a little naughty) fun at Skippy and Bitsy’s All-Star Christmas TV Extravaganza on “live television”. This is a tv special you might have run across while surfing cable access tv, or in an SNL Christmas skit from the 1980s where it’s live and it’s a trainwreck, and there ain’t n...

by Kay Kudukis - December 09, 2024

In 2015, Vanity Fair published an article about the first super agent in Hollywood, Sue Mengers. Mengers career started where all women agents started in 1961, as a secretary. It was the same year she met the not-yet legendary Barbra Streisand, “before she lost the ‘a’,” quips Cathy Moriarty as Meng...

by Kay Kudukis - December 03, 2024

Palm Springs’ THE BENT presents Academy Award® nominee Cathy Moriarty as the ruthless Hollywood powerhouse talent agent Sue Mengers in John Logan’s one-woman, one-act play, “I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers,” directed by Steve Rosenbaum....

by Kay Kudukis - May 08, 2024

The Lincoln Debate, an original play by Terry Ray, is a great concept: Debate the long bandied about “rumor” that Abraham Lincoln was gay or, at very least, bi-sexual, and throw in some comic re-enactments....

by Kay Kudukis - February 10, 2024

What did our critic think of THE NEW CENTURY at The Bent?...

by BWW Awards - January 16, 2024

Winners have been announced for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Palm Springs Awards! See who was selected audience favorite in Palm Springs! Winners include Palm Springs Cultural Center, Coachella Valley Rep and more....

by BWW Awards - December 26, 2023

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Palm Springs Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

by BWW Awards - December 18, 2023

There's just two weeks left to vote and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 18th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Palm Springs Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

by Kay Kudukis - December 16, 2023

What did our critic think of IT’S ONLY A PLAY at The Bent?...