COMPARED TO FANTASIA, NOT SO FANTASTIQUE Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic concluded its orchestral season and its Spotlight on John Williams series on May 19 with a family-oriented program: Dudamel Conducts Harry Potter. Williams’ music is always an exciting proposition, but the program, the first half of which was dominated by another composer, […]
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TWAS BRILLIG! YOU’LL GET A HEART-ON IN THIS SEXY HOLE “All in the golden afternoon. / Full leisurely we glide” is part of the opening poem of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland before she follows the white rabbit and falls into the hole. When you get out of the Jefferson L subway station in […]
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YOU’RE THE TOPSY TURVY During the forced shutdown of theaters due to the COVID pandemic, The Actors’ Gang in Culver City kept its employees on salary and health insurance, adapted their outreach programs in schools and prisons to a virtual format, and continued workshops with its actors online. The group’s Artistic Director Tim Robbins shared, […]
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You may have heard a lot about online privacy and the concerns associated with it. Everyone seems to be concerned about it for the right reasons. After all, no one wants their privacy compromised in any way. With the never-ending news about hackers and opportunities to use people’s vulnerabilities in their best interest, you are […]
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In the dynamic world of professional basketball, athletes are celebrated for their prowess on the court, their dedication to their craft, and their ability to inspire millions of fans worldwide. Beyond their athletic achievements due to which betting on basketball gains popularity nowaday, many basketball players have cultivated diverse interests and passions off the court, […]
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SWEENEY NOD By any measure, Irish playwright Brian Friel (who died in 2015) is one of the 20th-century’s great dramatists, whose works are among the lasting treasures of Irish literature. Irish Repertory Theatre is concluding its season of The Friel Project, a retrospective of Friel’s work starting with Translations, Aristocrats and Philadelphia, Here I Come!, […]
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A PLAY NOT WORTH EXPLORING Doggedly determined to fight yesterday’s battles, Nell Benjamin’s farce The Explorers Club manically mocks the heyday of male British explorers. Fuddy-duddy adventure seekers with aboriginal blood on their hands, these intrepid trekkers did a lot more than find the source of the Nile; they blazed a trail for imperialism, colonialism, racism and misogyny. […]
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THE BLOOM IS ON THE ROSEMARY Midway into her cabaret show, girlSINGER, A Celebration of Rosemary Clooney, Carolyn Montgomery explains the meaning of the show’s name. When Clooney dropped out of high school to begin her career touring with the big bands, such women were called “girl singers,” no matter what their age. Back in […]
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UNSAVORY IS SAVORY INDEED Those of us who grew up on the Westside of Los Angeles certainly remember hanging out on the Venice and Santa Monica beaches when we were kids. Times then were as innocent as we were, and our parents had no fear that predators were lurking about trying to do us harm. […]
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THE CHOSEN FEW There is an impressive collection of talent on display in The Lonely Few, a rock musical making its New York debut at MCC after a run in Los Angeles at the Geffen Playhouse. Composer Zoe Sarnak has been making a lot of noise. In fact, as The Lonely Few is making its […]
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