Patti LuPone – The Kimmel Center – Philadelphia, PA – June 9, 2019 Legendary Broadway diva Patti LuPone took the stage at Verizon Hall at Kimmel Center for a rare afternoon concert – I guess Patti wanted to be sure to watch the Tony Awards later that night – with her latest one-woman show Don’t … Continue reading
WHAT HAPPENED MISS SIMONE? (2016) Featuring Lisa Simone Kelly, Roger Nupie, Al Shackman, George Wein, Stanley Crouch, Dick Gregory, Ilyasah Shabazz, Ambassador Shabazz, Gerrit De Bruin and archival footage of Nina Simone. Screenplay by Liz Garbus. Directed by Liz Garbus. Distributed by Netflix. 92 minutes. Rated PG-13. Jazz chanteuse Nina Simone always somehow felt too … Continue reading
Pokémon Symphonic Evolutions – The Mann Center for the Performing Arts – September 19, 2014 Hmm, talk about a little bit of corporate synchronicity. The Mann Festival Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia get together to do a symphonic greatest hits of the background music from the impossibly popular Pokémon video games. It’s high … Continue reading
THE SOLOIST (2009) Starring Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander and Lisa Gay Hamilton. Screenplay by Susannah Grant. Directed by Joe Wright. Distributed by DreamWorks Pictures. 116 minutes. Rated PG-13. The Soloist is one of those films that you really want to love but end up feeling no more than a slightly detached … Continue reading
CENTER STAGE (2000) Starring Amanda Schull, Zoë Saldana, Susan Mary Pratt, Peter Gallagher, Donna Murphy, Ethan Steiffel, Debra Monk, Sascha Radetsky and Shakiem Evans. Screenplay by Carol Heikkinen. Directed by Nicholas Hytner. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 116 minutes. Rated PG-13. Center Stage has no right to be as good as it is. It is an almost … Continue reading
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