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Cirque du Soleil: Colonel marshals Elvis troupers Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 8:12AMLas Vegas » When Logan s Garrett Eugene Case, Jr., signed on to play the role of Elvis Presley s manager Colonel Tom Parker in a new Vegas show, at first he thought he had landed a small part.
'Church Basement Ladies' dish out gentle laughs Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:06AMBy NANCIANN CHERRY BLADE STAFF WRITER The popular show Church Basement Ladies comes to the Stranahan Theater next week. Written by Jim Stowell and Jessica Zuehlke, the show centers on four distinct characters who work behind the scenes in a rural Minnesota church in the mid-1960s. Vivian Snustad rules the kitchen; Karin is her chosen successor; Mavis is the trustworthy go-to woman, and Signe ...
Top entertainment picks for the week of March 11 Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 6:21AMFeaturing the work of New York artist Amy Yoes, the installation piece "Catalyst" was designed specifically to complement the architecture and location of CSU's University Art Museum.
US-based Pinay actress shares the secrets of her success Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 3:01AMAs a little girl, she dreamed big. When she grew up, Shelene Atanacio went on to become an accomplished theater actress, model, and writer who is now sharing her life lessons in a book.
No end in sight Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 9:28PMGreen Zone tediously rehashes critiques of the war in Iraq
An extract from The Time of My Life by Patrick Swayze & Lisa Niemi Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 6:32PMRead this interesting readersdigest.com.au article
Pluck and determination Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 1:00PMJoanna Newsom's masterful Have One On Me People have always thought that Joanna Newsom was indulgent. At first, it was about her voice — the kind of nasal yelp that usually keeps a performer from getting on stage at all. Then, on her second album, it was about her vocabulary and her instrumentation. MODEST COLOSSUS: Even at 18 tracks and more than two hours, Have One on Me isn't decadent, or ...
Marketing professor puts a new spin on Internet hook ups | Daily Sundial Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:51PMMarketing professor, Art Shulman, sheds light onto the romantic life of senior citizens in his new play, ‘BAGELS’. Shulman is the writer and director of “BAGELS.” He said the play is a “romantic comedy about two seniors who meet through an Internet dating service.”
The Newest Take on an Old Theme Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 11:03AMSo, a man walks into a bar … and is accosted by a woman trying to collect his spit into a plastic bag while asking him if he believes in petting on the first date? … and is asked by a stumbling girl reading from her note cards "Du yu yus a speshel sampoo?" … and sits down next to a girl involved in a passionate discussion with a sock puppet?
The Newest Take on an Old Theme Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 11:03AMSo, a man walks into a bar … and is accosted by a woman trying to collect his spit into a plastic bag while asking him if he believes in petting on the first date? … and is asked by a stumbling girl reading from her note cards "Du yu yus a speshel sampoo?" … and sits down next to a girl involved in a passionate discussion with a sock puppet?
SFist Reviews: Concerning Strange Devices From the Distant West Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 5:41PMBruce McKenzie and Teresa Lim in Berkeley Rep's latest production. Photo by Kevin Berne Seeing shows at Berkeley Rep is an exciting and revivifying experience, with new works like Green Day's American Idiot and 2008's Passing Strange that essentially do their Broadway tryouts there, and talents like Les Waters, Sarah Jones, Carrie Fisher and Matthew Sweet all eager to present their work there ...
‘Ladies of the night' Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:25PMPrepare to spend the evening with the ladies of the night.
‘Ladies of the night' Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:25PMPrepare to spend the evening with the ladies of the night.
Conflict in Iraq reflected in 'Prayer For My Enemy' Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 5:17AMNot content with a straight-line drama, Lucas divides our attention between two stories that merge -- collide might be a better word -- only at the end of the play.
Dance Kaleidoscope program conveys what words cannot Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:14AMDance Kaleidoscope's new program -- poised on the calendar roughly halfway between Valentine's Day and the first day of spring, the season of love -- counts on an ever-popular topic being irresistible right about now.
More awesome than Precious Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:10PMJust for the record, Gabby Sidibe is not a functionally illiterate high-school girl. Nor has she been repeatedly raped by her father. She doesn't have two children as a result of her father’s abuse, one of them a baby with Down's syndrome who has been taken into care.
tick, tick...DEBUT! Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 6:41PMRock on tick, tick BOOM, BOOM, BOOM! UND Theatre Arts has done it again jamming out with a bang! "What a way to spend the day" (or evening). A lively band, new set up, brilliant blocking, memorable monologues, spectacular sound and lighting together bring an up-close and personal contemporary musical theatre experience.
‘Blazingly Talented’ Playwright Wins Yale Drama Series Prize Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:28PMThe 2010 winner of the annual Yale Drama Series competition is Virginia Grise, who won for her play "blu," about a Mexican-American family's response to the loss of their oldest son in Iraq.
NY Review: 'A Behanding in Spokane' Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:23PMThere's not much to Martin McDonagh's "A Behanding in Spokane."
Drama class meant to inspire local youth Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 3:48AMMelwood Elementary School students (from left) Chyna Perry, 11; Tamera Peterson, 9; and Chyna's twin sister, Mikayla Perry, 11, take part Feb. 24 in a new youth drama program, Act Your Best, run by Jamila Odom. The group, which meets at Melwood Elementary School in Upper Marlboro, is currently auditioning for parts in their upcoming production of "Alice in Wonderland."
Review: 'Brooklyn's Finest' suffers from arrested development Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 2:13AMWriter Michael C. Martin of TV's "Sleeper Cell" delivers great two-handed scenes, dialogue-driven confrontations and simple, everyday-life conversations interspersed with random moments of melodramatic hooey.
Acting Shakespeare Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 1:42PMRecommended "Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare" is more than just about, well, acting Shakespeare. It's a most unique one-man show: part lecture, part performance, part anecdotes, with McKellen playing the life of the party, if I can use such a term without making the actor sound like a boor. He's anything but. Lively, funny, excited to be sharing his love for the Bard and for the stage ...
'SpeakEasy' takes place Tuesday at Community Theatre Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 3:15AMMorristown has its fair share of pubs and taverns, but the speakeasies operating there during the Great Depression are long gone.
Women’s Resource Center promotes awareness, unity Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 12:25AMWhile most folks take pride in celebrating the traditional kind of “V-Day” with cupids and chocolates, the UW-Milwaukee community has found a way to unify in celebration of a different type of “V-Day,” with an all-student production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues on Feb.19-20.
TV Preview: "Dolley Madison: America's First Lady," on PBS Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 11:00PMDolley Madison? There's life in the old girl yet, as PBS's "American Experience" series turns its respectful if fidgety gaze Monday night to the woman who defined what being the first lady might mean and who prolonged her social status as the original Washington doyenne.
‘Ladies of the night' Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 2:25AMPrepare to spend the evening with the ladies of the night.
'SpeakEasy' features storytellers in intimate space at Community Theatre Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 11:44AMMorristown has its fair share of pubs and taverns, but the speakeasies operating there during the Great Depression are long gone.
Farhan epitomises urban anonymity in 'Karthik Calling Karthik' Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 12:46AMDesolation is a distant cousin to suburban seclusion. And 'Karthik Calling Karthik' is an interesting if flawed fable of the damned. The protagonist is Karthik (Farhan Akhtar), so timid he could merge into the woodwork of his office if only the decor was not so much glass.
Roky Erickson, Henry Rollins, Keb'Mo' and more music in New Orleans for Feb. 26 to March 4 Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 12:04PMFRIDAY, FEB. 26 Psychedelic rock survivor Roky Erickson headlines One Eyed Jacks, with Rock City Morgue and Missing Monuments also on the bill. Globe-trotting Cajun band BeauSoleil visits the Columbia Street Tap Room in Covington. Henry Rollins holds court at...
Playhouse Merced: Huck rides again on 'Big River' Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 4:11AMRelive the adventures of Huckleberry Finn next weekend as Playhouse Merced presents the Tony Award-w
What's happening in and around New Orleans this weekend Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 3:04AMEvents not miss: Festivals, plays and concerts throughout the metro area.
Avon calling: It's Shakespeare Competition time again By Anne W. Semmes Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 12:39AMIt's that time again, when high school students from Greenwich and Stamford public and private schools are "brushing up their Shakespeare" for the annual Shakespeare Competition to be held next Wednesday afternoon at Greenwich Library 's Cole Auditorium.
Theatre reviews: The Beauty Queen of Leenane/What we Know Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 6:19PMTHE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE ***** ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, EDINBURGH WHAT WE KNOW *** TRAVERSE THEATRE, EDINBURGH
Dramaworks delivers Chicago street tough with David Mamet's 'American Buffalo' Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 5:30PMThe language of American Buffalo sounds colloquial. The Chicago low lifes sitting around plotting a heist of a coin collection don't have a lot of high-falutin' words at their command. They swear, they repeat themselves, they don't finish their sentences and they veer into inarticulate tirades.
March 2010 events at Goshen College Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:08PMAll events are open to the public and are free unless otherwise noted. 2 CANCELLED: 7:30 p.m., Yoder Public Affairs Lecture: "Politics is about Relationships: A Blueprint for the Citizens' Century," by Hal Saunders , Rieth Recital Hall
At Actor's Theatre, 'Twilight of the Golds' is the little play that raises big questions Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 3:34PMPerformances Thursdays-Saturdays in Metairie.
Traveling the Backroads event Thursday at the art gallery in Yarmouth Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 8:16AMOn Thursday, Feb...
Shadow Theatre, and "Coretta," deserve support Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 2:26AMReview: In many ways, Keith L. Hatten will have to build Shadow Theatre back from the ground up. That will take support from the community his predecessor built up over 13 years. At the poorly attended "A Song For Coretta," the largely absent Shadow Theatre faithful again seem to have lost their faith. Rating: **
Curtain of innocence in southwest Riverside County Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 12:30AMCensorship fights have a long history in southwest Riverside County, where plays, portraits and even dictionaries spurred showdowns pitting freedom of speech against community morals. Most recently, a national anti-censorship group criticized Temecula officials last week for ordering an artist to remove a portrait of a nude woman from a city-owned building.
Hare Selects Grise's Blu as Yale Drama Series Competition Winner Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 11:46AMVirginia Grise's blu has been named the winner of the 2010 Yale Drama Series competition by playwright David Hare.
Gabourey Sidibe: Playing the victim Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 11:09AMIn "Precious," Mo'Nique nails a show-stopping speech, but her co-star does something harder -- she listens
Sandra Bullock breaks out of ‘sweetheart’ role Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 8:55AMOscar nominee, and likely winner, Sandra Bullock could easily leave the world of light, inoffensive romantic comedies behind and take on meatier and more dramatic roles.
‘Any Given Monday’ on any day Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 9:07PMThere’s something to be said about the current state of the world. It seems more bad things are happening, and most of us are lost in the middle. That sense of helpless solitude is at the heart of Bruce Graham’s dark and satirical play, Any Given Monday, now being presented at Plays & Players Theatre.
Youth with a fine pedigree Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 7:00AMWITH his cheesecloth shirt and pirate beard, Fraser Corfield has the air of a man who loves what he does.
'Asher Lev' depicts clash of art, faith in Hasidic family Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 2:53AMA young man wearing a yarmulke but no shirt is on stage painting while the audience enters for the Delaware Theatre Company production of "My Name is Asher Lev."
‘Vagina Monologues’ Causes Controversey with Catholic Church | Daily Sundial Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 6:21PMA group of male parishioners from a local church stood outside the Plaza Del Sol Performance Hall holding up images from the Bible and praying the rosary in a peaceful protest against a performance of the “Vagina Monologues.”
Sleep, the Snake and Solving the World’s Ills Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 6:29PMJosh Kornbluth, 50, is a one-man show. A writer and performer of comic monologues, he will present his latest — “ Andy Warhol : Good for the Jews?” — at the Jewish Theatre San Francisco in April and May. He lives in Berkeley with his wife, Sara, a first-grade teacher, their son, Guthrie, 12 and Snakey, a corn snake.
The Odd (female) Couple Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 7:18AMJOHN SWARTZ With a play likeThe Odd Couple,it seems appropriate that there be something odd about it. Like Oscar having long red hair and Felix wearing a skirt (OK, that could have happened). How about both of them having high-pitched voices? No helium involved.[...]
Robert Fulford: The prime time of youth Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 9:24AMFor artistic directors and marketing specialists who spend their time worrying about audiences in the arts, young people present a special problem. It seems to be generally agreed that when it comes to young people, too few of them turn up. They aren’t doing their part. They are absent without leave. Increasingly, they won’t watch movies, go to plays, listen to classical music or visit art ...
EPAC's 'Hamlet:' It's not the heat, it's the humanity Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 2:20PMEd Fernandez decided to include "Hamlet" in the Ephrata Performing Arts Center's 2010 season for one reason and one reason only.Tim Riggs."I knew Tim was Hamlet. And that was everything," Fernandez says. You can't do a production of "Hamlet" without an actor who's got the chops. Fernande...