Try getting through your daily routine without running into Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. You would be hard-pressed...
The Royal Grand Groundlings Hawaiian Resort and Spa
Audiences with YouTube-length attention spans should rush over to the Groundlings Theatre for their latest comedic...
Review: ‘Villon’ at the Odyssey Theatre
The bawdy adventures of a criminal/poet from the 15th century? That promise alone was enough to get me out to see the...
Review: Brahms Project with Emanuel Ax and Anne Sofie von Otter at Disney Hall
In “Crazy Hearts: Nashville,” a reality TV show about country music performers, a cast member consoles her recently...
Review: ‘The Magic Flute’ at LA Opera
At the risk of sounding like Rex Reed, let me just throw out a few preliminary comments: “Run, don’t walk to this...
Review: ‘Parfumerie’ at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts opened its doors in October with the distinction of being the...
CD Review: Strauss Performed by Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
The first release in a new series of recordings by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra led by its music director,...
CD Review: Janine Jansen Performs and Conducts Bach Violin Concertos and Sonatas
Bach is primarily known for his compositions for keyboard instruments. With a few notable exceptions (the sonatas and...
Review: Pasadena Symphony and Anne Akiko Meyers
If Saturday night seemed more rowdy than usual, it wasn’t because of the college kids grinding and twerking to hip-hop...