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Music Review: Beach House - Devotion (Blogcritics.org) - So this is dream pop... So this is dream pop. What is dream pop, you ask? Think ethereal textures rather than hooks, breathy high-register vocals that sound more sexless than sexual, and hazy minimalistic tones as opposed to brawny melodies. That’s dream pop and Beach House fits the bill.Of course, genre geeks might consider Beach House to be more akin to shoegaze,...

Review: In the time of love and mistaken identity (Naples Daily News) - Mozart may have been dead for 250 years, but I would lay you odds he was laughing from a cloud on high Friday night, as a perfectly cast, brilliantly conceived, contemporized version of his masterpiece, “Cosi Fan Tutte,” played itself out on the Gulf Coast High School Auditorium stage. This blowout performance, which drew a sell-out crowd, was the third and final opera presented by Opera Naples ...

Review: 'The Wedding Singer' with little to love (Naples Daily News) - The Barbara B. Mann’s roadshow production of “The Wedding Singer” manages to cram references to dozens of 1980s touchstones into its two-plus hours — Imelda Marcos, Clara Peller, Ronald Reagan, Mr. T, Richard Simmons, New Coke, big hair, bad fashion and ginormous cell phones. Yet it still does a criminal disservice to the music of the decade.

DVD Review: Wedding Daze (2006) (Blogcritics.org) - No U.S. theatrical release is never a good sign. Practical jokes are always funny until they get played on you. It sounded like a good idea that in honor of April Fool’s Day some of us would trade bad films that we were forced to review. I chuckled to myself as I stuck someone with the likely unfunny Bachelor Party 2, but the laughter died when my selection was named: Wedding Daze. At least... ...

Theatre Review (NYC): The Drunken City (Blogcritics.org) - This play doesn’t quite land on its feet, but it has wonderful moments of surprise with excellent performances. This play has one of the best, best opening scenes I have ever watched. Three women, recently engaged, stumble into the theatre and alternately squeal, swoon, bicker, complain, apologize and, well, act girly. They squeal over their rings, bicker over pictures of their beloveds, and ...

Review: Symphony offers another stunner (The Shreveport Times) - The Shreveport Symphony Orchestra toured a modest-sized audience through the world of theater on Saturday.

'Wedding Singer' bubbles with '80s energy (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) - The high-energy musical is an upbeat, romantic and comedic story about love finding its way into your life no matter how many obstacles may stand in the way.

MOVIE REVIEW: 'Shine a Light' (Miami Herald) - It's a rock `n' roll royal wedding. An iconic band and a legendary director join forces. Martin Scorsese meets the Rolling Stones in "Shine a Light." The synergy is so brilliant it's nearly blinding.

MOVIE REVIEW: 'Shine a Light' (Lexington Herald-Leader) - It's a rock `n' roll royal wedding. An iconic band and a legendary director join forces. Martin Scorsese meets the Rolling Stones in "Shine a Light." The synergy is so brilliant it's nearly blinding. They've met before, of course. Robert De Niro made his slo-mo entrance into an ominous Little Italy bar in "Mean Streets" to the tune of "Jumpin' Jack Flash." "Goodfellas," "Casino" and "The ...

Hollywood legend Charlton Heston dies at 84 (CNN.com) - LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur" and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other figures in movie epics of the '50s and '60s, has died. He was 84.