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Mindy Kaling Michael R. Jackson is, in a word, dazzling. His Broadway musical, “A Strange Loop,” is a breakthrough masterpiece whose plot I won’t describe here because it’s so inventive that my summary wouldn’t do it justice. But what I can say is that it’s a musical about a writer … well, trying to write. The star of “A Strange Loop” is Usher, a “young overweight-to-obese homosexual and/ or gay and/or queer, cisgender male writer,” as he says in his opening song, working to find his way in the world, deciphering the many destructive (and often extremely funny) voices in his head. Watching Michael’s Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning musical, I felt like someone had shone a light on the creative process of writing in a way it had never been examined before. For years, many neurotic writers have been able to see themselves in the protagonists of Woody Allen movies or Charlie Kaufman’s “Adaptation” or, hell, even “The Shining.” I never completely got it. But I actually identify with Usher, a funny, tortured, pop-culture-fluent brown man trying to impress his parents, discover his voice, vanquish his shame and have sex occasionally. Michael managed to capture all the moments of artistic self-doubt and relentless self-examination and somehow make it joyful, funny and relatable.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 12, Episode 11 of “The Masked Singer,” “Semi Finals: Final Three,” which aired Wednesday, December 11 on Fox. AJ Michalka was originally supposed to perform on “The Masked Singer” with her sister Aly, the other half of their Aly & AJ musical duo. But with Aly unavailable — she recently gave birth to her first child — AJ decided to give it a try as a solo act. And she went far: AJ Michalka was revealed on Wednesday’s penultimate Season 12 episode of “The Masked Singer” as Strawberry Shortcake.

Thania Garcia The organizers of Desert Daze have confirmed the four-day music festival in Lake Perris, Calif. has been canceled due to heightened production costs.

Desert Daze‘s 2024 lineup.From Oct. 10-13, some of the most exciting names in music are dropping into the annual Perris, CA festival at Moreno Beach for four days of rock, folk, funk, Hip-Hop and more.Just a few of the biggies on the bill include guitar virtuoso Jack White, folk heroes Fleet Foxes, mellow Cigarettes After Sex, lo-fi icon Alex G and prog rockers The Mars Volta.They’ll be joined by Thundercat, Liz Phair, De La Soul, Death From Above 1979 and 100 Gecs.In total, over 60 (!) acts will perform at the four-day extravaganza.That’s not all, though.In addition to the headliners listed above, Desert Daze will also boast projection artists, large scale art installations and DJs.Fans can purchase tickets for all Desert Daze dates on sites like Vivid Seats; the official on-sale is Friday, July 26.Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.A complete calendar including all single and multi-day ticket options can be found below.As you may have noticed above, over 60 artists — not including the visual artists — are taking the stage at Desert Daze this year.For a closer look, here’s the festival’s busy poster:A post shared by Desert Daze (@desertdaze_official)Love a good long weekend of music?Here are just five festivals you won’t want to miss these next few months.Who else is on the road?Check out our list of the 50 biggest concerts in 2024 here to find out.This article was written by Matt Levy, New York Post live events reporter.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Feeling angry about Apple’s ranking of the 100 best albums of all time, are you? Good. (From their point of view.) That’s exactly how you’re supposed to feel, given a list that aspires less toward any semblance of an informed or authoritative voice than a seeming sense of randomness that can only be explained away as rage bait.

NME’s latest stars of The Cover, Rocket, have shared a playlist exclusively to accompany the story’s launch – check it out below.The Los Angeles band are on this week’s (March 18) edition of The Cover, a renewal of NME’s commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every week, a rising artist will feature on The Cover – you can read Rocket’s profile here, written by Jonathan Garrett and featuring photography by Kristen Jan Wong.Accompanying the story is an exclusive playlist curated by the band, titled ‘Driving To Band Practice’ and featuring the likes of Teenage Fanclub, Liz Phair, Mercury Rev and more.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Liz Phair remains larger than life, in a way — even taller than 6’1”, if you will — as a result of her utterly down-to-earth yet myth-making first album, “Exile in Guyville,” in 1993. Thirty years after it changed the course of rock ‘n’ roll, that debut is being celebrated on a cross-country tour in which Phair is playing the entirety of the album for the main part of her set, delighting houses full of Gen-Xers, and not a few boomers or Gen-Z-ers who also recognize the record as one of the all-time great freshman efforts.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large If you’re Gen X and living in Los Angeles, there’s a good chance you were at the Wiltern on Friday night, bathing in nostalgia as Liz Phair performed her seminal 1993 album “Exile in Guyville” in its entirety. Now that the age range for Gen X is between 41 and 56, it was probably inevitable that we’d succumb to wistfulness. Isn’t ironic, don’tcha think (sorry, Alanis), since we were supposed to be the cynical and disaffected generation.

Brett Radin, a talent manager with Knitting Factory Management, died Friday at his home in Los Angeles at 53. No cause of death was given by his family.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, Music Brett Radin, a longtime music manager who recently joined Knitting Factory’s in-house management division, died at his home on Friday, a rep for the company confirms to Variety. Caused of death has not hyet been confirmed; he was 53. Over his career, the Los Angeles-based Radin had worked closely with Dave Matthews, Tracy Chapman, “American Idol” winners Lee DeWyze and Phillip Phillips, the Weepies, Vanessa Carlton and Les Claypool. In January, he took a full-time position at Knitting Factory, bringing with him his Zero Management clients DeWyze, Dave Eggar, D’Arcy and Cut the Kids in Half. Knitting Factory Management President Brian Long said in a statement, “We are extremely saddened to learn the news of Brett’s passing. He brought a lightning bolt of positive energy. He was passionate for his artists, deeply knowledgable about the workings of the music industry, and intuitive. He will be missed.”

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticSandy Roberton, a producer and manager who worked with artists ranging from Steeleye Span in the early 1970s to the Matrix in the 2000s, has died, colleagues report. His age and the cause of death were not immediately known.After a successful career producing records and managing artists in London in the ’70s, the Scottish-born Roberton moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1980s, where he had based his Worlds End Management Company for nearly four decades.

sequel to 1987’s “Dirty Dancing” have recently emerged, and according to Deadline, the story will involve some ’90s hip-hop music.Jennifer Grey will be reprising her role as Frances “Baby” Houseman and will also produce the feature, which is set in the Catskills Mountains.“50/50” director Jonathan Levine is directing the film and co-wrote the screenplay with Elizabeth Chomko, Deadline reported.While music from the original film will also pop up, the sequel will incorporate hip-hop as well as the likes of Alanis Morisette and Liz Phair — though Levine promised that “we will not ruin your childhood.”“While the original ‘Dirty Dancing’ has always been one of my favorite films, I never imagined I would direct the sequel,” Levine said in a statement. “Through co-writing it, I fell in love with the characters (new and old), the world of 1990s Catskills New York, and the music, which will range from songs from the original movie to ‘90s hip-hop.”He added, “I can’t wait to collaborate with Jennifer to bring this beautiful story of summer and romance and dancing to a generation of new fans.

Rising music artist Vagabon steps out for the premiere of The Lost City held at Regency Village Theatre on Monday (March 21) in Westwood, Los Angeles.

Emeli Sande has released a new single, in anticipation of the release of her upcoming fourth album.

Liz Phair has announced that she will return with her next album ‘Soberish’ in June.The seventh album from the Chicago singer will arrive on June 4 via Chrysalis, and comes 11 years after her last effort – 2010’s ‘Funstyle’.Phair has also marked the record’s arrival with emotional lead single ‘Spanish Doors’, which can you listen to in full below.‘Spanish Doors’ is “about the fracturing of a beautiful life, when everything you counted on is suddenly thrown up for grabs”, Phair explained in an official press release.She added: “I drew inspiration from a friend who was going through a divorce, but the actions in the lyrics are my own.

What’s a movie without music? If Singin’ in the Rain taught us anything, some good sound effects can do wonders for the silver screen.

Alanis Morissette and Liz Phair have some real horror stories about the music industry.

With their lives on lockdown, tours on hold and lots of time to kill as much of the world is practicing social distancing to combat the raging spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of artists are passing the time by reworking the lyrics to their songs to include references to the novel coronavirus.Some, like metal icons Mötley Crüe, are tweaking the hook, like when they tweeted at fans to "stay safe and make sure to wash your hands and Stay Home Sweet Home," while Liz Phair re-arranged the words to the chorus of her 1993 Exile in Guyville song "6'1"" to put a little distance between her and that person six feet away."And I-I-I-I kept standing/ Six feet away/ Instead of five inches close/ And I loved hand sanitizer/ and I hated

Liz Phair proved she can write a song about anything with her new Twitter post.

Twitter already gave you a voice, but now it literally allows you to speak thanks to a new test feature rolled out on Wednesday (June 17) called Voice Tweets. It's exactly what it sounds like, an audio version of tweeting, and, of course, it's limited to 140-seconds, but that didn't stop a bunch of artists from hopping on board on day one to give it a test drive.