If you want to hear great chamber music performed by outstanding musicians in an intimate atmosphere where you’re only...
Review: Gustavo Dudamel and Jean-Yves Thibaudet Perform Ravel
On Saturday night, Gustavo Dudamel led the LA Phil in an almost-all-Ravel program, including Le tombeau de Couperin,...
Review: ‘The House of Yes’ at the Zephyr Theatre
I’ve always liked a good horror story, and Wendy MacLeod’s 1990 play The House of Yes fits the bill quite nicely,...
Emmanuel Villaume, Lise de la Salle and the LA Phil
Throughout the history of music, there have been countless times when an orchestral conductor has been unable to carry...
Review: LA Opera Continues ‘Figaro Trilogy’ With ‘The Barber of Seville’
Spring is coming and romance is in the air again, percolating through the hallowed halls of the Dorothy Chandler...
Review: ‘American Buffalo’ presented by Deaf West Theatre and Cal State LA
“American Buffalo” is an example of what playwright and screenwriter David Mamet does best: lifting up the proverbial...
Review: ‘A Carlin Home Companion’ at the Falcon Theatre
With “A Carlin Home Companion, Growing Up With George,” Kelly Carlin gives audiences a gift: an entertaining night of...
Review: Andrew Manze Conducts the LA Phil
On the beautiful, sunny afternoon of Feb. 8, the English conductor Andrew Manze led an equally sunny all-classical...
Review: LA Opera’s ‘The Ghosts of Versailles’
With John Corigliano’s “The Ghosts of Versailles,” LA Opera delivers a spectacle of epic proportions. The giant pink...