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C.J. Prusi on March 27, 2019
Space opera junkies rejoice! Symphony Silicon Valley’s ongoing Movies in Concert series presents Star Wars: A New Hope. Watch Han shoot first on the big screen and feel the force of a full orchestra perform John Williams’ legendary Oscar-winning score, led by Jeffrey Schindler. With a résumé long enough to make Bach…
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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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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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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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Winona Rajamohan on June 7, 2018
This jukebox musical classic has been winning over audiences for more than a decade. Jersey Boys tells the tale of Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi—four blue-collar kids from Jersey who found great success with their pop vocal group, The Four Seasons—rising up from their working-class roots with hits…
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Yousif Kassab on May 23, 2018
I was sprawled out on the floor of my childhood home when I first saw Princess Mononoke. The heady conflict between humankind’s constant consumption and nature’s inherent need for preservation flew right over my 6-year-old head. However, I do vividly recall the one-two punch of the film’s ornate animation and moving score.
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