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LA Phil Season Continues at Disney Hall

January 2, 2012 | By Henry Schlinger | Category: Classical Music and Opera, Featured Articles

The 2011-2012 season of the LA Philharmonic continues on Thursday, Jan. 5, with the first of four concerts featuring pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet performing the Lizst Piano Concerto No. 2 in honor of the anniversary of the composer’s 200th birthday. Also on the program are the Hussite Overture by Dvorák and the Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3, [...]



Review: ‘Fela!’ at the Ahmanson Theatre

December 18, 2011 | By Jessica Koslow | Category: Featured Articles, Theater and Dance

About three-quarters of the way in, the musical “Fela!” delivers the emotional impact of a bellyflop. It’s the all-too-familiar horror story heard around the world: Big guys take advantage of little ones. Woman raped, man beaten, man killed, woman harassed and intimidated. It could be Laos, Lagos or Los Angeles. The rich and powerful bully [...]



Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre at the Broad Stage

November 16, 2011 | By Julie Riggott | Category: Featured Articles, Theater and Dance

Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre puts the play in the Bard’s plays with endless rambunctious energy and side-splitting physical humor — so much so, that you’ll feel as if no one could have more fun onstage with William Shakespeare’s comedies than this London-based troupe that performs at home in an authentic reproduction of the Bard’s 1599 playhouse. [...]



Trey McIntyre Project Debuts at Walt Disney Concert Hall with Preservation Hall Jazz Band

November 15, 2011 | By Jessica Koslow | Category: Entertainment and Events, Featured Articles, Theater and Dance

It may come as a surprise to some people, but Boise, Idaho, is a blossoming arts community. That’s where Trey McIntyre Project is based, and as dancer Brett Perry says, “It’s a really cool city, and we’re thrilled to be a part of it. It’s a community where we can get out and make a [...]



‘Bring It On: The Musical’ at the Ahmanson Theatre

November 14, 2011 | By Gil Kaan | Category: Featured Articles, Theater and Dance

Finally, a musical you can bring your parents to! “Bring It On: The Musical” began its national tour at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre on Nov. 11. With a mixture of “Clueless” and “All About Eve,” a sprinkle of “Rent,” and a dash of “Flashdance” trickery, “BIO” dazzles, thrills, entertains multiple generations, and deals with [...]



LA Opera Kicks Off Season With ‘Eugene Onegin’

September 24, 2011 | By Julie Riggott | Category: Classical Music and Opera, Featured Articles

LA Opera’s season has already begun, promising music lovers a trip around the world in the company of some fascinating characters, like Romeo and Juliet, Simon Boccanegra, Albert Herring and Eugene Onegin.
Things kicked off with Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin,” which continues through Oct. 9. This Romantic Russian opera, based on the classic verse novel of the [...]



FIDM Is ‘Fabulous!’

September 24, 2011 | By Julie Riggott | Category: Art and Museums, Featured Articles

Austrian composer Joseph Haydn’s walking stick (c. 1800), an afternoon dress by Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel (c. 1937), Mae West’s platform heels (c. 1945-50), and the “Peacock Dress” by Alexander McQueen (commissioned by FIDM in 2010) are among the varied objects covering more than 200 years of fashion history currently on display at the FIDM Museum [...]



‘Mozart’s Sister’ at Laemmle Theatres

August 17, 2011 | By Julie Riggott | Category: Classical Music and Opera, Featured Articles, Film

Knowing full well the celebrity and genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and no doubt having seen Milos Forman’s “Amadeus,” it’s probably difficult to imagine a movie where Mozart is only a very minor character, no less one overshadowed by his older sibling. But that’s just what the intriguing and exquisitely composed “Mozart’s Sister” offers.
Writer, director [...]



‘This’ at the Kirk Douglas Theatre

August 10, 2011 | By Gil Kaan | Category: Featured Articles, Theater and Dance

“This,” the latest, witty effort by Obie Award-winning playwright Melissa James Gibson, benefits from the considerable contributions of a talented ensemble led by the phenomenal Saffron Burrows, complemented by a stunning set created by Obie and Hewes Awards-winning scenic designer Louisa Thompson.
“This” tells the story of four friends approaching middle age, dealing with grown-up life [...]



Music Review: Southwest Chamber Music Summer Festival

July 19, 2011 | By Theodore Bell | Category: Classical Music and Opera, Featured Articles

Bravo for a bold piece of programming!  Southwest Chamber Music opened its four-program Summer Festival outdoors on the art gallery loggia at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens July 9 and 10 with a fantastic first installment on its unique promise of delivering the complete body of Mozart string quintets.  Hearing these magnificent [...]