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Nick Veronin on April 24, 2019
For the better part of a century Tom Jones has kept his mojo running strong. A cultural icon, Jones is responsible for some of the biggest pop hits of the past 50 years—including “It’s Not Unusual,” “She’s A Lady” and “What’s New Pussycat.” The later of these took on new life after…
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C.J. Prusi on April 4, 2019
Don’t you dare close your eyes—Broadway San Jose is bringing audiences to fictional, fantastical city of Agrabah, staging Disney’s musical adaptation of the 1992 animated classic Aladdin. With less than two months until the live-action film release, this is your chance to catch an early peek into the Cave of Wonders. The…
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Wallace Baine on March 6, 2019
ABC’s Dancing With the Stars has long been a ratings behemoth on the small screen. But it also draws big crowds to live productions at theaters around the country. This week the tour comes to San Jose, featuring many of the show’s most familiar faces (and, let’s be honest, bodies)—including Jenna Johnson,…
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Debuted in 1982, Cats is one of the most recognized productions in American musical theater of the last 50 years. Penned by contemporary master Andrew Lloyd Webber, this Tony Award-winning musical ranks fourth on the list of longest-running shows on Broadway—eclipsed by The Lion King, Chicago, and Webber’s magnum opus, Phantom of…
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Metro Staff on January 23, 2019
This snarky musical farce follows Nick and Nigel Bottom, two aspiring playwrights living in Elizabethan England. Facing some pretty serious competition in the form of William Shakespeare, they’re desperately seeking a leg up. That’s when a local soothsayer gives them a glimpse into the future. Upon learning that singing, dancing and acting…
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Nick Veronin on December 19, 2018
Take in a sweeping, leaping musical history of China. The new Shen Yun program dances its way through 5,000 years of Chinese mythology, war and political upheaval—combining age-old legends with modern technological achievements. Hundreds of handmade costumes and cutting-edge digital projection backdrops will merge with some of the world’s best dancers and…
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Wallace Baine on November 14, 2018
Broadway San Jose hosts six performances (over four days) of the celebrated crime-and-dames musical Chicago, which first burst out of Broadway back in 1975. (Let’s not forget the 2002 movie version won the Oscar for Best Picture.) The play is the story of two women, Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly, both of…
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Estefany Gonzalez on October 25, 2018
Picture the product of a torrid affair between the Top 40 charts and a best of Broadway playlist and you’re likely imagining something close to the poptastic power of Glee co-stars Darren Criss and Lea Michele. While watching Criss make villainous DC comic cameos on CW’s The Flash or Michele murder sassy…
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Wallace Baine on October 4, 2018
Rob Lowe has been part of the Hollywood furniture for so long now—it’s been close to 40 years since he started making hearts flitter as a teen actor—that he’s been criminally easy to overlook as a bonafide star. The absurdly good-looking veteran actor survived a sex scandal that sank his movie career…
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Dominoe Ibarra on August 15, 2018
After mastering the quick-hitting micro-vloging format that was Vine (R.I.P.) and rising to the top of the YouTuber comedy clip heap, David Dobrik and Jason Nash have a pretty sweet thing going on. Essentially, they get paid to goof off for their legions of fans. Their pranks include putting random objects and…
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