It’s called the longest running play in Palm Springs and now, “Electricity” adds very special performances for this weekend at their brand new venue at the Desert Rose Playhouse.
Lin-Manuel Miranda creates his ode to struggling artists in the new Netflix film “tick..tick..BOOM!” Based on Jonathan Larson’s autobiographical musical of the same name, the film explores the failures that eventually led to the creation of “Rent.”
I love Andrew Garfield! Not only is he a fantastic actor, he’s also sweet and gives great interview answers. And he embodies Jonathan Larson, passion and all, in “tick..tick..BOOM!” I spent some time with the actor to talk about his interest in starring in the film, singing on screen for the first time, working with Lin-Manuel Miranda, and the passion of Jonathan Larson.
Lin-Manuel Miranda creates his ode to struggling artists in the new Netflix film
“tick..tick..BOOM!” Based on Jonathan Larson’s autobiographical musical of the same name,
the film explores the failures that eventually led to the creation of “Rent.”
Joshua Tree Summer Theatre Under the Stars is hosting it’s second weekend of performances this weekend following a sell out Father’s Day weekend. The series of locally produced plays takes place at an outdoor venue at the northern edge of Joshua Tree National Park. Organizers describe it as an “intimate” venue with a “dramatic mountain […]
The coronavirus pandemic has caused quite a few adjustments in the past 16 months and one local orginization that felt the brunt of that was the Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert. In the beginnging of the stay at home orders in March of 2020 the museum was able to offer children zoom activites and […]
Kingsley Ben-Adir deservingly won the Breakthrough Actor Gotham Award for playing Malcolm X in Regina King’s “One Night in Miami” and Eli Goree channels Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali in the entertaining and thought-provoking Amazon film. I spoke with the actors about their inspiration, working with King, and what they hope for audience to get after watching […]
“News of the World,” starring Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel from filmmaker Paul Greengrass, debuted last Christmas Day in time to qualify for the Academy. And now, it’s out on VOD everywhere. Should you check it out? And on Amazon, Regina King makes her directorial debut in “One Night in Miami” about the meeting between […]
