Review: Amanda McBroom Brings Christmas to September in WINTERSONG at Birdland
Last week, Amanda McBroom unveiled highlights from her forthcoming album WINTERSONG at Birdland, a collection of mostly new songs on a holiday theme. It feels strangely incongruous on a sultry September evening to be listening to songs about hearth and family, but McBroom painted such vivid songscapes that you left ready for a vigorous sleigh ride
Award-winning Lyle Kessler's Dark Comedy ORPHANS (Orfaos) Opens in Sao Paulo
Starring Lucas Drummond, Ernani Moraes and Rafael Queiroz and directed by Fernando Philbert, the play tells the story of 2 orphan brothers who kidnap a mysterious businessman and end up finding the father figure they always dreamed of. With an extensive international career, the 1983 text gave screenwriter Lyle Kessler prominence as a playwright.
Interview: Writer/Performer Romy Nordlinger on GARDEN OF ALLA: The Alla Nazimova Story at Theatre West
During the Roaring 1920s until its closing on July 27, 1959, West Hollywood’s landmark Garden of Allah Hotel on Sunset Blvd. hosted the Hollywood elite looking to have a great time socializing and mingling without the prying eyes of the media or autograph seekers in their faces, or their beds for that matter. I decided to speak with Romy Nordlinger, the playwright and performer of Garden of Alla in which she shares the life of Alla Nazimova, a Jewish immigrant from Tsarist Russia who became a Broadway and silent film superstar, visionary Hollywood director and producer, LGBTQIA trailblazer, and creator of the hotel which became world famous on many levels, both famous and infamous.
Review: Madrid's Teatro Real Brings Out the Charms of Rossini's TURCO IN ITALIA with Oropesa
As I sat down to write about the delightful recent performance I heard of Rossini’s IL TURCO IN ITALIA at Madrid’s Teatro Real, with soprano Lisette Ororpesa in a charming new production by Laurence Pelly, I went to Spotify to see what kind of recordings were around. I was surprised to find more than a dozen of them--headlining everyone from Callas (in several of them) to Bartoli, with Sills, Jo, Caballe, Sciuti and some less familiar singers.
Review: Madrid's Teatro Real Brings Out the Charms and Laughs of Rossini's TURCO IN ITALIA
As I sat down to write about the delightful recent performance I heard of Rossini’s IL TURCO IN ITALIA at Madrid’s Teatro Real, with soprano Lisette Ororpesa in a charming new production by Laurence Pelly, I went to Spotify to see what kind of recordings were around. I was surprised to find more than a dozen of them--headlining everyone from Callas (in several of them) to Bartoli, with Sills, Jo, Caballe, Sciuti and some less familiar singers.
Review: REVIEW: PRINCESS BRIDE at Palace Theater
What did our critic think of REVIEW: PRINCESS BRIDE at Palace Theater? The throng of attendees turned the showing into part rock concert, part Episcopal Church “call and response” worship service. Every joke received a burst of laughter and applause like the crowd was seeing the movie for the first time. Yet every memorable line was recited in time with the actors on the screen.
Review: MORE OF A GOOD THING: AN EVENING OF THEATER at Classics Lost 'n' Found Theater Company
What did our critic think of MORE OF A GOOD THING: AN EVENING OF THEATER at Classics Lost 'n' Found Theater Company? We're going on the road! Briefly! We're taking four productions to Faribault on Saturday, 20 August for the MACT Fast Fest! Before we go, we want to share these productions with you! The Man Behind the Man in the Cape and Women's Work is Never Done by Noreen K. Brandt, as well as Steven LaVigne's two short solo plays Cock and Bull Queen Enid will be presented along with staged readings of scenes from our upcoming fall show!