Edith Piaf's story is inspiring and triumphant amidst sorrow and loss, all revealed in the autobiographical grandeur of her classic, French songs.
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Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘texts&beheadings/ElizabethR’ by Karin Coonrod and Compagnia de’ Colombari
This avant-garde but entertaining show brings Queen Elizabeth I's personality craftily and colorfully to life using her poems, prayers, and speeches, dozens of threads stitched artfully together into a gracefully energetic mini-biography.
Read More »AdobeMAX: ‘Moulin Rouge!’ Director Baz Luhrmann on Creativity
"The one or two times I've gone off course is when I began to believe that there was only one right way to create art, and there isn't."
Read More »AdobeMAX: Sneaks, and ‘Parks and Recreation’ Star Nick Offerman
Attendees at AdobeMAX love Sneaks. Co-hosted this year by 'Parks and Recreation' star Nick Offerman, Sneaks demonstrates currently in-development technology, which may or may not work its way into products.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ at the Woodlawn Theatre
The Deco District theater’s annual production stars 'RuPaul’s Drag Race' contestant Ginger Minj as a punked-out Frank-n-Furter.
Read More »AdobeMAX: Creating Impossible Worlds with Photoshop
My favorite Photoshop instructor of all time, Bert Monroy, took people on a search for impossible worlds at AdobeMAX.
Read More »AdobeMAX: Unleashing Your Creative Weirdo
A model, a DJ, and sugar skulls highlighted “Unleashing Your Creative Weirdo” at AdobeMAX, and that was just before the break. This workshop was one of a series of classes, speeches, and hands-on practice available at the LA Convention Center, October 5-7. AdobeMAX brings together users of Adobe software, such as Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere Pro, and Acrobat, with the engineers, developers and other people at Adobe Software who make the magic happen.
Read More »Theatre Review (Singapore): ‘Saturday Night Fever, the Musical’
All in all though, 'Saturday Night Fever' is a fun and energetic musical, with great songs - even if its plot is showing its age and sexist tendencies.
Read More »Theatre Review (Singapore): ‘Chestnuts 50: The Unbelyeevable Jubilee Edition’
Made up of skits about local issues and personalities, 'Chestnuts 50' did not disappoint in making the audiences roar with laughter through the entire production.
Read More »New York Film Festival Movie Review: ‘Steve Jobs,’ starring Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet
Danny Boyle's brilliant "Steve Jobs is" presents a "Master of the Universe," but also a man conflicted and challenged by those closest to him.
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