Good morning, and welcome to the U-T Arts & Culture Newsletter. I’m David L. Coddon, and here’s your guide to all things essential in San Diego’s arts and culture this week. A statue of “an old white Indian killer” looming over “Victory Park” in “Centersville, USA” is the setting for […]
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Sarasota Jewish Theater is revived as a professional operation
Despite the demise of a previous incarnation of the Sarasota Jewish Theater, director Carole Kleinberg is eager to prove that the community is ready for, and needs, a new, more professional version. She admits the timing could be better – opening a theater in the middle of a pandemic adds to the […]
Campus Theatre to reopen | Opinion
Thank you very much for recently highlighting the Campus Theatre on the front page of the Daily and Weekly Item. As President of the Campus Theatre Board of Directors, I wanted to let your readers know that while our doors are currently closed to the public, we continue to be […]
Pueblo theater company puts on drive-in performances to keep the show going during pandemic
PUEBLO — As the theater and performing arts industry struggles to make its way through to the other side of the pandemic, one theatre company is taking “drive in theatre” to a whole new level. “You really have to love it,” Ava Martinez said. “Acting and choosing that as your […]
An open letter from Riverside Theatre
The board of directors and staff of Riverside Theatre are happy to announce that we have found a new permanent home in the historic Crescent Building on the Ped Mall in downtown Iowa City. The new theater will house a 150-seat fully flexible performance space designed by Neumann Monson Architects. […]
Open Book Theatre Company Presents LOVE SPACE, a STAR TREK-Inspired Show
Open Book Theatre’s newest One to One Virtual Theatre, Love Space, will feel familiar to Trekkies and other sci-fi fans as it borrows and riffs on a lot of the genre’s tropes. But it goes deeper, too. Playwright Joe Zarrow said “It’s about finding love and connection despite barriers of […]
Open Air Theatre upgrade awaits CM’s nod – Newspaper
LAHORE: The summary for upgrade of the Lawrence Garden’s Open Air Theatre, an 81-year-old structure, having a great historical and cultural significance, with a budget of Rs300m is lying with Chief Minister Usman Buzdar for the final approval, the officials told Dawn. The Open Air Theater, constructed in 1940 on […]
Morgan Wallen’s ‘Dangerous: The Double Album’ Tops Billboard 200 for Second Week
Of Dangerous’ 159,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending Jan. 21, SEA units comprise 133,000 (down 26%, equaling 177.11 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs), album sales comprise 22,000 (down 70%) and TEA units comprise 4,000 (down 39%). Since the Billboard 200 began ranking albums by […]
Lil Baby Said Working With Kanye West In Wyoming Was ‘Inspiring’
Last summer, during a series of tweets, Kanye West proclaimed Lil Baby as his favorite rapper but said he “won’t do a song with me.” Days later the Atlanta rapper revealed that he was unaware that Kanye wanted to collaborate with him. “Nobody told me ye was trying to get […]
Jimmie Rodgers, Singer of “Honeycomb” and Other Hits, Dies at 87
6:19 PM PST 1/24/2021 by Associated Press He recorded many other top 10 hits during the late 1950s, including “Secretly,” “Oh-Oh, I’m Falling in Love Again” and “Are You Really Mine?” Jimmie Rodgers, singer of the 1957 hits “Honeycomb” and “Kisses Sweeter Than Wine” whose career in music and movies […]