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- It seems I’ve done a lot of backtracking in print this year, having to admit how surprised I have been to actually enjoy an evening of musical comedy I’d expected to be as painful as undergoing a colostomy without anesthetic. Does this mean I’m getting older or that musical theatre is finally coming out of its sappy stage and proving it can be as entertaining and cutting-edge as any other theatrical presentation—at least the ones that thankfully avoid any talk of real good clambakes and corn as high as an elephant’s eye?, What is a fan to do? U2 has been angling to release their new album before the end of the year, delighting fans and retailers eager for a blockbuster. The band has been working with über producers Daniel Lanois, Steve Lillywhite and Brian Eno, and word has carefully trickled out that the sonic explorations were bearing wonderful fruit., Your buddy Mike listened to his first Jonas Brothers album last week – after seeing their knee-deep-in-puberty mugs on the cover of Rolling Stone, I just had to know whether these tweeny-boppers were a Hannah Montana flavor-of-the-month or a legitimate powerhouse., In the no-so-distant future, a worldwide epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. Out of the tragedy, a savior emerges: GENECO, a biotech company that offers organ transplants...for a price. Those who miss their payments are scheduled for repossession and hunted by the Repo Man., Season two of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, has made the folks at Fox TV very happy, dominating the adults 18-49 key demos. Despite the criticism from the fans of the blockbuster Terminator movie franchise, they tuned in to see the action-adventure drama about Sarah Connor and her son John, who is the earth’s future savior., Sitting under the hot lights, getting my cheek stitched up and in a rare type of novacained/wooden faced pain, I remember thinking, “Why did James have to have their concert this week, man?” After the doctors told me the mole was nothing to worry about, not to take a shower for two days, not to drink any beer for two days (!), and not to do any strenuous activity (sigh) for at least two weeks, I couldn’t even fathom heading to the El Rey two nights later to see the fabulous Manchester band on their reunion tour, and first tour of the U.S. since 1995., Canter's was voted #l for Pastrami by the L.A. Times, so when my friend said he wanted a big thick pastrami sandwich with lots of pickles, that's where we went. For those readers that can remember as far back as when Canters was on Brooklyn Ave in Boyle Heights, (1931) you will probably choke�up with nostalgia thinking about the two hot dogs for a nickel; one in a bun and the other in your hand, Kay'n Dave's is a Mexican Cantina that will have you thinking you are in Mexico. They put a whole "lotta" pride in the pot, and will tell you that everything is "lardless regardless," and there isn't any transfat. The sauces are vegetarian friendly and they only use skinless white meat chicken. In addition, all the soups, salsas and sauces are made fresh daily, and the beans are prepared without oil. All these things are important to many folks that eat out., This rollicking musical will move to Broadway in the spring, and it is easy to see why. Dolly Parton has leveraged her role in the original film and more importantly her prodigious songwriting talent to craft a sassy and occasionally bawdy production. With the superb direction of Joe Mantello and the sterling performances of the four leads, the result is satisfying for nearly everyone., The attraction of returning to college years later is offset with the reality of exams, early and/or boring classes. The folks at One Day University have expanded their success on the east coast in addressing those issues by assembling a faculty for their first series of west coast curricula., “As you can see, girls,” Frank Zappa’s robotic creation The Central Scrutinizer warns the stageful of giggly groupiebimbos in the world premiere of the master’s rock opera Joe’s Garage at the Open Fist, “music, drugs, diseases: they all go together.”, It’s always scary for any critic when a friend writes a play, let alone writes three plays that all end up being produced in one season. Such is the case with actor-playwright Nick Salamone, who in 2008 first saw his outrageous political satire Hillary Agonistes win director Jon Lawrence Rivera Best Director honors at the New York Fringe Festival before its run here at studio/stage., All good things must end, they say, and after more than 2,100 continuously sold-out performances played to over two million Las Vegas guests, in January the enduring musical phenomenon Mamma Mia! will end its record-breaking six-year engagement at Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino. It has been a groundbreaking run, setting the precedent for later and current musical theatre non-Cirque du Soleil attractions now energizing the Strip as no other full-length Broadway show had ever managed to accomplish before it., Jersey Boys, the story of the rise and fall and rise and fall and rise and fall of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, opened on Broadway to rave reviews in 2005. Honored with four 2006 Tonys, including Best Musical, it still continues to set weekly box office records as one of the top-grossing shows on the Great White Way. The production received many similar kudos during its quickly sold-out run here last season at the Ahmanson, including coming in fourth in the sweepstakes for El Lay’s Ten Best Musicals of 2007 in my annual TicketHolder Awards., The Bard of Belfast recently announced that he would be revisiting his 1968 album Astral Weeks at the Hollywood Bowl on November 6 and 7. He plans to bring a couple of the original musicians from the alum, and record the concert for release (digitally before the end of the year and on CD in January)., David Byrne has reconnected with fellow traveler Brian Eno to record a fine new album called Everything That Happens Will Happen Today. The album is available for free streaming now and will be available in several fixed format configurations soon. Leave it to Byrne and Eno to take another twist at the cycle of album releases. This is their first collaboration in three decades, and the results are sublime., These are crazy times we’re living in. So Las Vegas wants visitors to have some crazy fun. And there are shows and bargains that can make that happen. Think of spectacular entertainment-- music, dance, magic, et al, and you should immediately think of Las Vegas, the Entertainment Capital of the world., Universal Studios Hollywood kicked off its “Halloween Horror Nights,” the yearly fright fest at the studio tour center, with the sixth annual Eyegore Awards. The best in the field of the horror genre were honored at a special “scaremony” held at the park’s Globe Theater. The awards are given to stars and filmmakers who unleash their creative spirits and give audiences something to scream about., Minus the Bear are hitting the road, and in the vein of Coalesce, Henry Rollins, and Defacto, have made a tour-only EP available. Beginning October 7th, ACOUSTICS will be sold digitally via online outlets such as iTunes, Amazon and Emusic. Physical copies of the EP will be sold exclusively on the bands headlining tour beginning in Spokane, WA on October 8th., “Peculiar” or “avant-garde” do not seem to sum up the curious fixations that make up the screenwriting of Charlie Kaufman. Beginning with Being John Malcovich, filmgoers have come to expect no one else to come close to what he does, whether you call it “alternate reality comedic self-loathing” or “existential absurdist ennui” or anything else., Blue on Blue, with the fabulous executive chef Scott Garrett is one of the most charming places to dine. It's in the Avalon Hotel where the service is marvelously attentive by young handsome men and beautiful women. You may dine in a large Cabana whether for breakfast, lunch or dinner when it's, decked out with loads of candles, a personal heater, and a spectacular marble table.
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