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ARTS REVIEW: 'IT'S ALL THAT GLITTERS'A Photographic Journey into Burlesque, Performance and Big MeaningsCheeky little statements are made visually as well as verbally, and literal as well as metaphorical light reflects off everything with genuine warmth. |
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ARTS REVIEW: LES LALANNE AT THE PAUL KASMIN GALLERYSculptural and Strange Creatures from the Celebrated French Art DuoI am in the crocodile room at the Paul Kasmin Gallery, 293 Tenth Avenue, New York City, working hard to resist sitting down on the Crocodile... |
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ARTS REVIEW: 'CYRANO'Fountain Theater and Deaf West Partner for a Classic with a DifferenceIt’s a great rollicking evening of theater. And a must for anyone like me who has not been involved with “signing” and the remarkable Deaf West theater. |
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ARTS REVIEW: THE MAGIC BULLET THEORYSacred Fools Hits the Mark in Study of the Kennedy Assassination'The Magic Bullet Theory' suggests that a muddle-headed, love-impaired assassin was hired not to kill but to miss his target with a warning shot…and he messed it up... |
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ARTS REVIEW: 'SWEENEY TODD'Fleet Street's Demon Barber Sets Up Shop in Santa Monica's Morgan-Wixson TheatreZero letdowns from beginning to end, strong production value, talented cast, and a well-designed set that is as sinister as it is dark make this show a must-watch. |
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ARTS REVIEW: THE SEAGULLAntaeus Players Show Off Their Chops in Powerful Staging of Chekhov ClassicDespite some moments of crushing despair, Chekhov himself described the play as a comedy, and this is a vision director Andrew Traister follows faithfully. |
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ARTS REVIEW: SARA BENINCASA - 'AGORAFABULOUS'Comedienne Employs Serious Humor to Relate Serious Tales of Mental Illness“I subscribe to the notion that if you can laugh at the shittiest moments in your life, you can transcend them,” states the author. |
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ARTS REVIEW: POP ART GALLERY - "TEN ON 25"Culver City Pop Art Exhibition Brings Together Mixed Mediums and StylesLike LA itself, the curation of the show defies any one particular definition. |
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ARTS REVIEW: 'BUDDHA: A FANTASTIC JOURNEY'Evan Brenner Expanding Minds at Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles, CAA wonderfully entertaining 90 minutes, and a subject for introspection and conversation for…well...a period to be determined by the listener. |
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ARTS REVIEW: 'THE THREE FACES OF DR. CRIPPEN' AT BUNTPORT THEATERStellar Performance from The Catamounts Theater Company in Denver, COThe interplay between the three men is intricate and intellectually thrilling. The other characters in the play can only see one at a time, depending on the situation. |
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ARTS REVIEW: WEEGEE - 'MURDER IS MY BUSINESS'Legendary Photographs at the International Center of PhotographyWeegee took...over 1,500 portraits of himself at work, including one peering down at a corpse, an assassination that was the work of the Jewish gang, Murder, Inc... |
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ARTS REVIEW: 'OUR TOWN' AT THE BROAD STAGEHelen Hunt Plays Stage Manager in an American ClassicWhen the play begins, the lights are not lowered! You see the play in full intimate view of the entire audience. This is an 'Our Town' for our times. |
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ARTS REVIEW: PHANTOM OF THE OPERAAndrew Lloyd Webber's Masked Man Wins Hearts in VegasYou are mesmerized into that Parisian opera house, replete with ghostly patrons in velvet costumes of the period giving the illusion of cheering from the balconies. |
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ARTS REVIEW: "THE RADICAL CAMERA: NEW YORK'S PHOTO LEAGUE"Through a Social Lens - Ironic Images from the 1930s Reflect Occupy Wall Street TodayThe exhibit of over 145 vintage photographs has a single subject: the human condition. |
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ARTS REVIEW: 'IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE'Inspiring Theater at Sierra Madre Playhouse'It’s A Wonderful Life' is a captivating adaptation for all ages and should not be missed this winter season. |
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ARTS REVIEW: CIRQUE DU SOLEIL'S 'ZUMANITY'Elaborate Circus Performance Brings a Sexy Twist to Las VegasIf there’s one show that has a new, sexy twist, it’s 'Zumanity,' located in the big city streets of the New York, New York hotel. |
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ARTS REVIEW: "GRAPHIC DETAILS: CONFESSIONAL COMICS BY JEWISH WOMEN"Funny Jewish Female Art on Display at Yeshiva University Museum in NY Through 4/12“Just recently, I put up a comic about my meat-loving husband’s juice cleanse. That did not work out too well!” Lauren Weinstein said. |
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ARTS REVIEW: CIRQUE DU SOLEIL 'IRIS'Hollywood Defies Gravity with Triple Delights: The Kodak, the Acrobats, and Danny ElfmanIn Cirque du Soleil, you leave with the sense of the possible -- that man can cleverly twist and fly and climb…the sense that the impossible in life is amazingly doable. |
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ARTS REVIEW: ‘AWAKE’Joe Hernandez-Kolski Shares His Life in an Entertaining, Comedic VoiceBrains, wits, charm, and comedy, the Polish-Mexican-American one-man act that is Joe Hernandez-Kolski recently rocked the Bootleg Theater here in L.A. with his solo show. |
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ARTS REVIEW: SOL LEWITT AND THE WORKERS AT MASS MOCAA Historic Display of Drawings & Paintings, and a Powerful, Unsettling Message of SocietyIt’s a powerful exhibit -- one that is particularly unsettling for the majority of its viewers visiting MASS MoCA on a New England vacation. |