by Julie Riggott | Feb 13, 2014 | Classical Music and Opera, Film |
Alice Herz-Sommer is no armchair philosopher. At 109, she knows exactly what’s important in life from her experience in Theresienstadt during World War II. Alice, the oldest Holocaust survivor, is the subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary short: “The Lady in...
by Julie Riggott | Feb 12, 2014 | Classical Music and Opera |
Jacaranda’s 10th anniversary season continues on Saturday, Feb. 22, with a dinner break — a break that separates the performances of two 20-movement mid-20th-century masterworks by John Cage and Olivier Messiaen. Each cycle is played by an American pianist with...
by Julie Riggott | Feb 11, 2014 | Entertainment and Events |
Sandra Bernhard returns to Los Angeles in an all-new, one-of-a-kind live show, “Sandyland,” which sharply blends theater, rock-n-roll and stand-up with a little burlesque and cabaret, at the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA on Saturday, Feb. 15, at 8 p.m. at...
by Julie Riggott | Feb 10, 2014 | Theater and Dance |
An incendiary love story opens The Echo Theater Company’s 2014 season in its new home at Atwater Village Theatre. Chris Fields directs the world premiere of “Firemen” by Tommy Smith, opening Feb. 8.
Set in rural Washington state during the first Iraq war, “Firemen”...
by Julie Riggott | Jan 31, 2014 | Theater and Dance |
Actress Sheetal Gandhi, best known for her work in Cirque du Soleil’s Dralion and her leading role in Broadway’s Bombay Dreams, brings her stunning solo performance to Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz on Thursday, Feb. 6, at 7:30 p.m. Combining elements of...
