Category Archives: Theater
PARODY: “‘Dust in the Wind’ with Jim Parsons” / The Late Late Show with James Corden ☮
James Corden and Jim Parsons recreate the iconic Kansas music video for “Dust In The Wind.”
PERFORMING ARTS – MUSICAL: “Soundtrack to a Love Story with Anna Kendrick” / The Late Late Show with James Corden ☮
From the first date to break up, James and Anna Kendrick journey through the stages of a relationship told through song.
PERFORMING ARTS – BROADWAY: “Broadway Stars Come Together for Orlando’s LGBT Community” / CBS Evening News ☮
Broadway’s biggest stars came together last week to record a new version of “What the World Needs Now is Love” with profits benefiting Orlando’s LGBT community. Producer James Wesley and his husband, musician Seth Rudetsky, put the project together in just two days. Dr Jon LaPook reports.
PERFORMING ARTS – THEATER: “Shakespeare: As You Like It” / Summary and Analysis ☮
Summary and analysis of Shakespeare’s As You Like It, with a focus on the themes of love and pastoral life.
PERFORMING ARTS – THEATER: “The Judas Kiss” / British Play / Rupert Everett plays Oscar Wilde / by David Hare / 2016 ☮
Rupert Everett plays Oscar Wilde in David Hare’s The Judas Kiss —a compelling drama about the power of all consuming love and the cruelty of betrayal. It is 1895 and Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest, is playing in the West End after a triumphant premiere, but already the wheels are in motion, which will lead to his imprisonment, downfall and vilification.
Forced to make a choice between his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, and his freedom, the ever romantic Wilde embarks on a course towards self-destruction.
Read: New York Times / “Rupert Everett Gets His Oscar (Wilde, That Is)”