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‘Gifts’ keeps on giving Courtesy of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s “Simple Gifts” celebrates holiday traditions from many diverse backgrounds. TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s “Simple Gifts,” a multicultural celebration of beloved holiday songs and traditions from many diverse backgrounds, has opened virtually. Conceived, crafted and directed by the company’s artistic director, Tim Bond, the production is part of TheatreWorks from Home. It is scheduled to be livestreamed Thursday through Sunday, with on-demand streaming available Monday through J...

TheatreWorks’s ‘Simple Gifts’ is heartwarming holiday fare David Crane, Amy Lizardo, Bryan Munar and Velina Brown perform “Simple Gifts” in the opening sequence of TheatreWorks’ 2020 holiday musical (Photo: TheatreWorks Silicon Valley) on December 22, 2020 Even 2020 cannot change the arrival of the holiday season. The word “holiday” in English means holy day, or a time in which people pause from work to celebrate religious and other culturally significant occasions. Celebrating holidays amid COVID-19 and all the other socioeconomic upheavals of this year, however, presents a ...

TheatreWorks presents ‘Simple Gifts’ this week Written by Los Altos Town Crier Report TheatreWorks Silicon Valley rings in the holiday season with “Simple Gifts,” a multicultural celebration of beloved holiday songs and traditions from many diverse backgrounds, slated to open this week. Conceived, crafted and directed by the company’s artistic director, Tim Bond, the virtual production is part of TheatreWorks from Home. It is scheduled to be livestreamed Thursday through Dec. 27, with on-demand streaming available Dec. 28 through Jan. 1. A gro...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Why Netflix’s ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ ends with a scene that’s not in the play [Los Angeles Times] The following story contains spoilers from the movie “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” now streaming on Netflix. The final frames of Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” adapted from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson’s 1982 play, show a dozen or so white men performing in a recording studio. The instrumentalists appear dull and unfeeling; the singer’s delivery is dry. The trumpet solo, meant to be the song’s standout riff, feels...

Print The following story contains spoilers from the movie “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” now streaming on Netflix. The final frames of Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” adapted from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson’s 1982 play, show a dozen or so white men performing in a recording studio. The instrumentalists appear dull and unfeeling; the singer’s delivery is dry. The trumpet solo, meant to be the song’s standout riff, feels particularly hollow, void of charisma. Yet above them the producer nods, pleased with what he hears. The scene, which is only a minut...