Reviewed by Deborah Klugman MY FAIR LADY has always been a favorite of mine. Based on Shaw’s PYGMALION, it’s the story of a poor flower girl, disdained by all, who grows into a woman who garners everyone’s respect, most importantly her... Continue Reading →
THE SCARLET STONE, a visually stunning dance-theatre program drawn from Persian myth and tradition, streams FREE through October 31. THE SCARLET STONE is based on the Shahnameh, an epic poem by the 10th century Persian poet Ferdowsi. Eighty minutes long, in Persian with projected English subtitles, it was created by composer/director Shahrokh Yadegari and dancer/choreographer Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam and performed live... Continue Reading →
Reviewed by Tracey Paleo, Gia On The Move Sitting in the audience was like watching television…which isn’t surprising considering HAVE A GOOD ONE director, co-writer, producer et al, Stan Zimmerman has more than a knack for it. Zimmerman has been writing über... Continue Reading →
By Tracey Paleo, Gia On The Move The coverage of the Britney Spears conservatorship has been nothing short of sensational. In the last several months alone, we’ve seen a firestorm of dramatic testimony, intense media speculation, the advance of the #FreeBritney movement,... Continue Reading →
LA-based dark-synth pop artist, L'FREAQ, recently shared her sophomore EP, Showgirl, via Position Music. The 5-track release is full of powerhouse vocals, deeply personal lyrics and a fire-in-belly passion for a lifestyle of performance that isn't performative. Steadied by unapologetic realness, L'FREAQ shows the shadows... Continue Reading →
Reviewed by Deborah Klugman Night. A car halts at the side of a dirt road. A harsh female voice orders a youngster, played by writer/performer Rachel Parker, to get out [!] — then drives off, leaving the terrified child behind.... Continue Reading →
Reviewed by Deborah Klugman An Iliad, a collaborative work by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare, swathes the text and themes of Homer’s great epic (translation by Robert Fagles) with colloquial idiom and a contemporary perspective. Directed by Juliet Rodriguez-Elliot at... Continue Reading →
Press Release - September 7th, 2021 Today, Meghan Trainor has announced her new podcast, Workin’ On It, that she will co-host alongside her brother and best friend, Ryan Trainor. The podcast will premiere on Wednesday, September 15th and will see the... Continue Reading →
By Tracey Paleo, Gia On The Move I’ll just cut right to the chase on this one… GIDEON AND THE BLUNDERSNORP – AN ADVENTURE MUSICAL is a hands-down Broadway level script with a matching musical score that surpasses anything you... Continue Reading →
Reviewed by Guy Picot The Actors Company on Formosa seems even further from the heart of things than usual in this year's sparsely populated Fringe, but I ventured that far west for my first taste of the festival and was... Continue Reading →
One take on DECONSTRUCTING HOLLY a one-woman show by Holly Sidell (Presented at The Broadwater Black Box) is that it could just be really hard to voice sensitive issues about ourselves without feeling the need to apologize. Or maybe it’s just that the rest... Continue Reading →
Reviewed by Deborah Klugman Written by John Kolvenbach and delivered with consummate nuance by performer Jim Ortlieb, STAND UP IF YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT is a quirky hour-long exchange between a performer and his audience, geared to anyone who’s ever coped with self-doubt or even the... Continue Reading →
