by Penny Orloff | Mar 17, 2010 | Theater and Dance |
Written and performed by Canadian playwright/actor Darrell Dennis, the West Coast premiere of “Tales of an Urban Indian” closes the 10th-anniversary season at Native Voices at the Autry. First workshopped nearly 10 years ago, the piece made its world premiere at the...
by Penny Orloff | Mar 13, 2010 | Featured, Theater and Dance |
Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” remains an oft-performed play more than 400 years after its premiere. In spite of its rampant, politically incorrect male chauvinism, the Bard’s witty romantic comedy is still pulling laughs from appreciative theater-goers....
by Penny Orloff | Feb 23, 2010 | Theater and Dance |
With “See the Music, Hear the Dance,” an evening of three challenging choreographies by George Balanchine at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse, Los Angeles Ballet has reaffirmed its ascendance as the ballet company for which Los Angeles has waited decades. Chosen from the vast...
by Penny Orloff | Feb 17, 2010 | Theater and Dance |
Los Angeles Ballet presents an all-Balanchine program, “See the Music, Hear the Dance,” in venues in and around LA between Feb. 20 and March 6. The program includes the LAB premieres of Kammermusik No. 2 and Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2, as well as the return of...
by Penny Orloff | Jan 20, 2010 | Theater and Dance |
Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” was an instant success when it debuted at the Théatre de Babylone in Paris in January 1953. It ran for 400 performances and received critical praise from such writers as Tennessee Williams, Jean Anouilh, Thornton Wilder...
