by Penny Orloff | Feb 8, 2013 | Theater and Dance |
Colorful Shen Yun billboards liberally displayed all over Ventura and LA Counties promised exotic entertainment on a grand scale — I imagined a sort of Chinese “Cirque de Soleil.” Those billboards and a whiz-bang marketing campaign worked — although the ticket prices...
by Penny Orloff | Jan 22, 2013 | Theater and Dance |
Playwright Mark St. Germain offers a fictional meeting between Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis in his two-character, 80-minute work, “Freud’s Last Session,” directed by Tyler Marchant and playing now through Feb. 10 on Santa Monica’s Broad Stage. It is Sept. 3, 1939....
by Penny Orloff | Oct 10, 2012 | Books and Lectures |
For two decades Charles Long was one of a handful of American baritones at the top of the international opera scene. Singing opposite such luminaries as the late Shirley Verrett, Carlo Bergonzi, Sam Ramey and other legendary stars, he was known for his gleaming high...
by Penny Orloff | Jul 22, 2012 | Theater and Dance |
Growing up in a small village near Brisbane, Australia, Bianca Bulle had never entertained the thought of a career in dance. But a conversation with her mentor Rowena Jackson, former prima ballerina of the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden, changed everything, when...
by Penny Orloff | May 31, 2012 | Theater and Dance |
A few weeks ago, as I sat in Walt Disney Concert Hall for a concert by the New York Philharmonic, I mused to my companion that – in our 60s – we were some of the youngest people there. That isn’t news. But this is: the much-lamented “graying” of the audience for...
