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Summer’s Stock: Angst Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:07AMIt may be the season for breezy entertainment, but you wouldn’t know it from New York’s theaters.
Theater : "The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall" at Vineyard Playhouse Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 6:45PMOn one hand, it is not really about the 1977 Academy Award-winning mega-hit movie "Annie Hall." On the other hand it is saturated in it.
Local events for July 29 Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 11:41AMPhoto courtesy of First Baptist Church of Glenarden. Members of the drama ministries, youth choir and Liturgical Dance Ministry perform at a previous BAM?JAM at First Baptist Church of Glenarden.
ARTINFO: FRANCOPHRENIA: A Digest of New York's Epic James Franco Profile Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:43PMAlthough these days quizzical mentions of actor-turned-student-turned-writer-turned-artist James Franco's name are frequently heard in art-world precincts, ARTINFO just recently discovered that the artist's multifarious productivity...
Francophrenia: A Digest of New York's Epic James Franco Profile Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 8:20AMAlthough these days quizzical mentions of actor-turned-student-turned-writer-turned-artist James Francos name are frequently heard in art-world precincts, ARTINFO just recently discovered that the artist's multifarious productivity is an even more significant topic than previously thought. The epiphany came from Sam Anderson, book critic for New York magazine, whose cover story in the latest ...
Out of Frame: Wild Grass Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 4:42PMThe latest cinematic puzzle-box from French director Alain Resnais shows the director -- now, at 87, rather staggeringly in his 7th decade of making movies -- still more than capable of creating films that are, at once, thought-provoking, engaging and thoroughly befuddling. Wild Grass is the first literary adaptation in that long career, taken from the novel L'Incident by Christian Gailly ...
Out of Frame: Wild Grass Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 4:42PMThe latest cinematic puzzle-box from French director Alain Resnais shows the director -- now, at 87, rather staggeringly in his 7th decade of making movies -- still more than capable of creating films that are, at once, thought-provoking, engaging and thoroughly befuddling. Wild Grass is the first literary adaptation in that long career, taken from the novel L'Incident by Christian Gailly ...
Brummett to study in Chicago theater Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 2:19PMAubrey Brummett began her acting career as an understudy during her senior year at Caddo Magnet High School. Little did she know that her love for theater would take her from Bossier Parish Community College to studying at the Roosevelt Theater Conservatory in Chicago.
Brummett to study in Chicago theater Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 2:19PMAubrey Brummett began her acting career as an understudy during her senior year at Caddo Magnet High School. Little did she know that her love for theater would take her from Bossier Parish Community College to studying at the Roosevelt Theater Conservatory in Chicago.
KISD thespians get physical at camp Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 5:09PMSummer Spotlight Young actors to wrap up workshops with three performances Friday.
The Fresh Fruit Festival: 'Hassan & Sylvia,' 'Sarah Was Mine,' and 'Whore Works' Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 3:25AMSummer is the season for theater festivals in New York City, and there is such an explosion that it’s impossible for Back Stage to cover them all, much less every offering in every one.
Taft City Arts Council Idea May Become Reality Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 3:49PM"Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one." Taft native Leigh Golling sees the arts and sciences as a route to a renaissance on the Westside.
Pick of the Fringe 2010 at a glance Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 11:03AMA STAGGERING 2453 shows. That's how many productions are set to descend on the Capital next month, as the 64th Edinburgh Festival Fringe swings into action. Theatre, comed
7/16-7/18: Summer Eats, Drinks and Sounds Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 9:33AMThis is exactly what a weekend in Connecticut should be. A little fun in the sun, some great music and some great food. Connecticut - United States - History - Genealogy - Haiti
See 'Busting Out!' the topless show performing 'breast-based contortions' Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 6:18AMLondon, July 16 : ‘Busting Out!’ a show where two stars go topless to perform 'breast-based contortions', along with songs, dance and comedy sketches, has been brought to the UK to help raise cash for a leading Scottish breast cancer charity.
They're Busting Out! And it's all for a good cause Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 6:20PMA FRINGE show whose two stars go topless to perform "breast-based contortions", along with songs, dance and comedy sketches will raise cash for a leading Scottish brea
Interest wanes in late-night TV Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 9:21AMNEW YORK - Jay Leno and David Letterman are in the twilight of their days as late-night TV kings, and it's not clear that any late-night comic will wield that kind of broad influence again.
Leno and Letterman’s days are numbered Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 12:54PMAssociated Press, NEW YORK — Jay Leno and David Letterman are in the twilight of their days as late-night TV kings, and it’s not clear that any late-night comic will wield that kind of broad influence again.
Viewership of late-night talk shows sinks Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 10:07AMNEW YORK (AP) — Jay Leno and David Letterman are in the twilight of their days as late-night TV kings, and it's not clear that any late-night comic will wield that kind of broad influence again. Late-night ratings sank over the past ...
Fewer people are watching late-night talk shows Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 7:43PMNEW YORK (AP) — Jay Leno and David Letterman are in the twilight of their days as late-night TV kings, and it's not clear that any late-night comic will wield that kind of broad influence again.
Fewer people are watching late-night talk shows Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 6:36PMMore people now watch programs saved on their digital video recorders than either Leno and Letterman
A little less conversation, a little more action Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 6:18PMSo Jonathan Ross is moving to ITV. "After a short break", his statement read (that's my kind of a short break – we're talking well over a year here, not until at least autumn 2011), "I cannot wait to get back on screen with a fast, funny, unpredictable new talk show".
Theater Performance and Arts Listings for July 8 Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 2:17AMTHEATER
Duo combine music, comedy Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 11:08PMJill S. Sobule and Julia Sweeney are fans of each other. Sobule is a songwriter-guitarist-singer; Sweeney is a comedienne. And they are taking "The Jill and Julia Show" on the road for about a dozen engagements that include their first joint performance in Northampton.
Summer camp to take over Milton Theatre July 5 Monday, July 5, 2010 @ 8:20AMBoth children and adults go to camp at the historic Milton Theatre, and applications are still being accepted.
High art: Weed-themed entertainment is popping up all over the Mile High City Saturday, July 3, 2010 @ 1:57AMIt sparked to life so quickly, and with so much heat, that we're still making sense of it. But the numbers don't lie: Denver is a tightly packed pot community, and we're hitting it like there's no tomorrow.
Things We Loved in the First Half of 2010 [Theater] Thursday, July 1, 2010 @ 12:29PMAs 2010 begins its second half (already! Can you believe it?), there've been a number of spectacular performances, productions, and scripts to grace the Austin stage this year. And, as we start to look ahead to what the next six months have in store, we first want to take one last look back. Austinist polled its theater and comedy writers and asked each of them to offer two moments that stood ...
Review: 'Dog Logic': A little bit of Pet Heaven at CP Saturday, June 26, 2010 @ 9:52PMColonial Players closes its 2009-10 season with Tom Strelich's 1992 play "Dog Logic," about the caretaker of a seedy pet cemetery being pushed into selling the land by greedy developers.
No joke: Iceland city elected comedian mayor Friday, June 25, 2010 @ 11:25PMNo joke: Iceland city elected comedian mayor
Negin Farsad: Driven to Be Funny: Iranian American puts her life in her stand-up comedy Wednesday, June 23, 2010 @ 10:03AMThe Iranian American, who lives in New York, is a moviemaker and a comedy writer for television as well as a stand-up comedian. She is going to the famed Edinburgh, Scotland, Fringe Festival in August to star in not one but two shows: a showcase of ethnic stand-up comics called The Dirty Immigrant Collective and a two-person romantic musical comedy based on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ...
Mothers, Daughters and Talk of Clothes Tuesday, June 22, 2010 @ 6:49PMRhea Perlman rented an antique gown from a movie costume house for her wedding to Danny DeVito in 1982. She’s Jewish, he’s Italian Catholic, but neither a rabbi nor a priest officiated.
Hollywood Fringe Festival: Head Over Heels Monday, June 21, 2010 @ 7:54PMA still from 'Head over Heels' at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. - by Stephanie Taylor for LAist Eve eats a polar bear. Ophelia dishes about the other man. A downsized middle-aged woman blackmails her employers to get her job back. Head Over Heels joins the long list of Fringe shows with something to say, but kind enough to allow the audience to have fun while it does so. A laugh-out-loud funny ...
Television's faux reality sitcoms mock until they drop Sunday, June 20, 2010 @ 11:19PMWhen he looks at the camera and expounds on his real estate prowess or describes his delicate approach to marital diplomacy, to whom is "Modern Family" dad Phil Dunphy talking?
'Celebrity Autobiography' : Fun with famous authors Sunday, June 20, 2010 @ 11:17PM'Celebrity Autobiography,' created by Eugene Pack, entertains onstage with readings from books by well-known folk. It's returning to the L.A. area. The recitation event, created by Eugene Pack, entertains onstage with readings from books by well-known folk. It's returning to the L.A. area.
CALENDAR: June 20, 2010 Sunday, June 20, 2010 @ 2:06AM8 a.m. Blood drive, Hudson Valley Blood Services, St. Mary’s Parish Hall, 71 Grand St., Marlboro. To 2 p.m.
CALENDAR: June 19, 2010 Saturday, June 19, 2010 @ 2:06AM8 a.m. Blood drive, American Red Cross, Pinnacle Learning Center, 1508 Route 9W, Marlboro. To 1 p.m. (845) 236-4170.
"Hedwig" is a role Nick Sugar can Curly up to Friday, June 18, 2010 @ 2:10AMNick Sugar returns to the stage after a four year absence playing the title role in The Avenue Theater's "Hedwig and the Angry Inch." Sugar figures the role is just about the next-best thing to playing Curly in "Oklahoma!" But he's better known for playing glamorous, androgynous roles like these.
CALENDAR: June 18, 2010 Friday, June 18, 2010 @ 2:08AM9 a.m. Rivertown Thrift Shop, Rivertown Senior Center, Second and Warren St., Athens. To noon.
It’s worth it to snag a share of this Loot Wednesday, June 16, 2010 @ 9:12PMA casket full of cash. A detective with an accent old-timey enough to make Clouseau sound like a linguist. A stupid boy’s dance with his dead mother’s pilfered false teeth as hand cymbals.
Hubba Hubba Live Burlesque Revue at The Uptown Showcases Oakland Talent Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @ 3:47AMSheba Queen of the Night is an Oakland Burlesque performer whose first show with The Hubba Hubba Revue at The Uptown was last night. In performing “Space Bowie,” her act was a fantastic blend of space camp and vamp, and we wanted to better understand the appeal of burlesque for this particular Oakland local.
Caddyshack Blu-ray Review Monday, June 14, 2010 @ 9:42PMHow about a little something, you know, for the effort?
CALENDAR: June 13, 2010 Sunday, June 13, 2010 @ 2:06AM9 a.m. Mower’s Flea Market, Maple Lane, Woodstock. Through Thanksgiving weekend. (845) 679-6744.
City's 'Autobiography' deftly grills celebrities Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 11:19PMThe sometimes insipid philosophies and self-indulgent tales of celebrities -- whether A-list or D-list -- often warrant groans and eye rolls, maybe even an abrupt change of TV channels.
To-Do List Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 8:12AMHoney Horn will host Smoke on the Beach, sponsored by the Coastal Discovery Museum to benefit the Omar Shriners, from 11 a.m. — 3 p.m. Patrons can “Go Hog Wild” with $10 wristbands allowing for all you can eat barbecue and more. Kids eat free, parking is $6.
Festival extols disability talent Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 6:26AMA celebration of the talents of people with disabilities has been staged in Cardiff Bay.
CALENDAR: June 12, 2010 Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 2:07AM8 a.m. Breakfast, Hurley Reformed Church, Main Street, Hurley. To 11 a.m. $8, $5 children under 12. (845) 331-4121.
'Art' leaves friendship in eye of beholder Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 9:22PMThis play dissects all-guy relationships without tequila shots, vomit or any other Vegas-style bacchanalia.
CALENDAR: June 11, 2010 Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 2:07AM9 a.m. Rivertown Thrift Shop, Rivertown Senior Center, Second and Warren St., Athens. To noon.
Celeb memoirs entertain in theatrical context Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 2:49PMThe sometimes self-indulgent tales of celebrities -- whether A-list or D-list -- often warrant groans and eye-rolls, maybe even an abrupt change of TV channels. But the raw wit and simple approach of "Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words" finds an audience entertained by such stories, like Vanna White lamenting the challenges she faces on "Wheel of Fortune" or Tommy Lee offering crass ...
Monologue Men Wednesday, June 9, 2010 @ 10:18AMAs we enter the Spoleto 2010 home stretch — there are five days left at press time — we start to recognize some over-arching trends that will ultimately define this year’s festival. Strong contemporary dance was a huge one — from Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo to Gallim Dance to Sideways Dance Company to Oyster . Then there are the two big female-led operas — Flora and Proserpina — that ...