arts and entertainment
‘Joy Ride’ review: Raunchy comedy has heart and deeper meaning while still supplying laughs
July 3, 2023Joy Ride has themes of identity, sisterhood, and socio-political commentary but keeps the laughs coming.
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Damien Geter’s ‘Justice Symphony’ needs to be performed and appreciated nationwide
June 29, 2023We had experienced something—dare I say it?—comparable, perhaps, to what Beethoven’s listeners heard in 1824.
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‘A New Brain’: William Finn and James Lapine’s medical musical about a stroke
June 21, 2023The power of art (music in this case), love, creativity, and a support system of professionals and friends to sustain life.
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Israeli dramatist Hanoch Levin’s ‘Yaacobi & Leidental’ in U.S. premiere
March 22, 2023Even as we laugh at the antics of the brash Yaacobi, the timid shlemiel Leidental, and the not-as-sweet-as-she-looks Ruth Shahash, we are reminded of our own shared human frailty in the face of desire and suffering.
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‘The Secret Garden,’ musical created by two stellar women, revived in L.A.
March 7, 2023Time hailed the original production as “elegant, entrancing... The best American musical of the Broadway season.”
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