RENT - Jaxx Theatre

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October 12, 2024 Opening Night Reviewed by Chris Cassone cc@chriscassone.com "Yesterday is history. Tomorrow's a mystery. Today is a gift which is why we call it the present." This old adage came to mind during the Jaxx Theatricals production of ...

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TROUBLE IN MIND - Actors Co-Op at David Schall Theatre

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Reviewed by Michael Edwards The Award-winning Actors Co-Op's production of Alice Childress's 1955 work, Trouble In Mind at the David Schall Theatre in Hollywood is a remarkably striking restaging of a controversial play that still rings true today. ...

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COMPLETENESS - Eastwood Performing Arts Center

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Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck By definition Completeness (real analysis), in an informal way of describing a metric space X that has no "missing points". For example, any sequence of real numbers will converge to some limit that is also a real number. ...

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TH IR DS - The Zephyr Theatre

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Reviewed by Michael Edwards TH IR DS, a play by Ben Edlin with story by Deborah Aquila, is a powerful examination of a presently potential dystopian future for the United States of America with a focus on the difference between our expectations of ...

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IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY - Hudson Mainstage Theatre

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Review by Chris Cassone cc@chriscassone.com A revolutionary new kind of drama. A one-man show with seven characters wrapped inside of a theater with no walls, just screens. And it's based on a true story. John Mullican's little gem has all that and ...

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'BROOKLYN'S WAY' - THEATRE 68 ARTS COMPLEX

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Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck In this seductive, thought-provoking play, the 4th wall immediately broken, at the very start, where Brooklyn (Amye Partain) sits in the audience from where she becomes a team player, after a few cords of guitar playing and ...

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IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME: "Ringo Starr and His All-Star Band"

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It's all Greek To Me: "Ringo Starr and His All-Star Band" Greek Theater September 8, 2024 By Claudio Vernight I've seen Ringo before and he made #3. I sat on a pew in a little church in NYC to see Sir Paul perform in a Tallis Scholars event of 2000 ...

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HAMILTON - Hollywood Pantages Theatre

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Reviewed by Nyla Arslanian Webster: An opera is a theatrical piece that tells a story totally through the music. It consists of recitatives which provide the narrative plot line and elaborate chorus singing, along with duets and arias, which are the ...

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"Horizon: An American Saga" - Chapter 1

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"Horizon: An American Saga" - Chapter 1 Currently streaming on Max By Chris Cassone cc@chriscassone.com Kevin Costner's epic love letter of the old West to us all arrived recently on Netflix. Chapter 1 of "Horizon; an American Saga" didn't fare so ...

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"Beach Boys with John Stamos" at The Greek Theater

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By Claudio Vernight In 1961 the Beach Boys started out with three Wilson brothers, a cousin (Mik Love) and a friend (Al Jardine.) And they pulled off great shows, became an international presence as well as becoming part of the national fabric with ...

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ST. VINCENT - Greek Theater

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August 16, 2024 Reviewed by Claudio Vernight I attended the St. Vincent concert with a totally open mind. I never saw her, never even knew that it was a "her" and thus had no bias at all. What I ended up witnessing was a rebirth of early Bowie, ...

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BLACK CROWES - Greek Theater Opening Night

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"The Black Crowes" Greek Theater April 13, 2024 by Claudio Vernight With showtime temperatures bottoming out at 49 degrees, the crowd for the Black Crowes came bundled up. But come they did, heating up the Greek for another rousing sold out opener ...

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LA ComicCon & the LA ZOO LIGHTS - A Weekend of Contrasts

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A Weekend of Contrasts by Chris Cassone Dec. 2-3, 2023 When I arranged the pass for LA ComicCon, the massive entertainment-based 3-day tradeshow held at the Convention Center, I was simply intrigued with the phenomenon. We see it on the TV news with ...

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IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME - Interpol and the End of The Greek Season 10/30/2023

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Reviewed by Claudio Vernight October 30 certainly was no Devil's Night for LA's Greek Theater. The second of two shows by the indie band, Interpol, signaled the end of the season for the venerable venue which began back in the Spring. With a city ...

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STORY SMASH - Lyric Hyperion Theatre

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Reviewed by Amanda Callas The recurring live comedy game show Story Smash at the historic Lyric Hyperion Theater in Silverlake is an absolute joy. The juicy blend of timed storytelling, standup comedy, celebrity guests, and old-fashioned game show ...

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