“Masterpiece Moment”
This new series of short videos showcasing curated artworks from museums around the country launches with a piece from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art permanent collection: Mark Bradford’s monumental 2017 painting “150 Portrait Tone.” Available anytime. Free. lacma.org, bankofamerica.com, youtube.com
“Dr. Katz: Live”
Comics Dave Attell, Maria Bamford, Jim Gaffigan and Dom Irrera are the “patients” joining “therapist” and series cocreator Jonathan Katz and original cast members H. Jon Benjamin and Laura Silverman for a second livestream edition of this Emmy-winning 1990s-era animated sitcom. 5 p.m. Sunday. $20. rushtix.com
“Veterans Speak Up”
Chance Theater in Anaheim presents a socially distanced recording of this community-created showcase featuring, and based on, local veterans. Contains adult subject matter. Available through Jan. 31. Free. youtube.com
Executive Producer: Thomas O. Kriegsmann / ArKtype
Pick up the phone. Someone is on the line. You don t know their name, and you still won t when the hour is over, but through this exchange - as you follow a thread of automated prompts - a portrait of your partner will emerge through fleeting moments of exposure. A THOUSAND WAYS takes a simple premise and turns it into magic (The New Yorker).
Under the Radar is thrilled to present A THOUSAND WAYS (PART ONE): A PHONE CALL, the first of an eventual three-part series by Obie Award-winning theatermakers, 600 HIGHWAYMEN, known for exhilarating performances that challenge the very definition of theater.
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Theater critics Jacquinn Sinclair and Ed Siegel selected their favorite theater productions from the year, including David Byrne s American Utopia, Ma Rainey s Black Bottom on Netflix, Mala from the Huntington Theatre Company and Hamilton, which is available to stream on Disney+. (Courtesy)
Theater gave up what many consider its essence in 2020 the communality of gathering together to experience the benediction of artistic expression along with the challenge of confronting our inner demons and social transgressions together.
That didn’t, however, stop artists from bringing us together in unique digitally-enhanced groupings, often through Zoom. ARTery critic at large Ed Siegel found himself sitting on a jury with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Jessica Hecht in “State vs. Natasha Banina” from the Arlekin Players while ARTery theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair had a one-on-one telephone experience curled under her dining room table in the dark in “Baby Jessica’s Well-Made P
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Kate Eastwood Norris and her husband Cody Nickell lost all their acting work in March, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced theaters to cancel performances. Since then, their only source of income has been Norris’ other job as a theater professor at Mary Baldwin University in Staunton, Virginia. Norris says her husband will soon have to […]