by David Maurer | Nov 17, 2016 | Classical Music and Opera |
When I was a kid, they sometimes played on TV a movie that made an indelible impression on my young imagination: a Howard Hawks-directed film from 1955 called Land of the Pharaohs. I remember it less for the young Joan Collins as Princess Nellifer (“Her treachery...
by David Maurer | Nov 15, 2016 | Classical Music and Opera, Featured |
By now, regular Culture Spot readers should know that Pacific Opera Project offers the best value in opera in town. For $65, you get two tickets, a table for two, a platter of snacks and a bottle of wine. While POP does do opera seria, they are best known for their...
by David Maurer | Oct 4, 2016 | Featured, Theater and Dance |
Does it seem too early to think about Halloween, Day of the Dead and other such seasonal spookiness? Not if you’re Wicked Lit, which has just launched their annual salute to the supernatural. As in the past seven seasons, they have commandeered the Mountain View...
by David Maurer | Sep 28, 2016 | Theater and Dance |
I am always eager to see the work of young, emerging playwrights. What are they thinking about? What are their influences? Will they succeed in offering something fresh? Many viewers may indeed judge Mary Laws’ Blueberry Toast as fresh and tasty, while others may push...
by David Maurer | Sep 23, 2016 | Classical Music and Opera |
For those whose musical tastes run to mid-century modern, it was a rare treat to see Pacific Opera Project’s one-weekend-only production of Igor Stravinsky’s opera The Rake’s Progress at Occidental College Sept. 17-18. Los Angeles, of all places, should be a nexus for...
