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REVIEW: LACO – Beethoven’s Pastoral (Orchestral Series)
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s program was a perfect mix of classics and contemporary music that delivered an outstanding evening (Nov. 18) for the connoisseur of music. Led by Austrian conductor David Danzmayr, Beethoven’s Pastoral (part of the Orchestral Series) opens with Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Straussiana which is based on some lesser-known works by Johann Strauss, […]
Review: “Come From Away” at Ahmanson in Los Angeles
Opening night of Come From Away played to a packed house and a much deserved standing ovation as the production is quite a feat! An ensemble consisting of 12 actors playing multiple characters directed swiftly by Christopher Ashley. “Come from aways” is a Newfoundland term for a visitor from beyond the island — which makes sense for […]
Review: “The Bitter Game” – Wallis Annenberg
As I enter the Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, I find a party atmosphere on the Promenade Terrace. What’s this? A gathering of multi-generational people, music blaring, and a basketball thrown at me from a make-shift court. Okay, I’m game for the game as I shimmy over to the “basket” […]
“A Bronx Tale” at Hollywood Pantages Theatre
“A Bronx Tale” at Hollywood Pantages Theatre – No Wasted Talent Here! How exciting that Chazz Palminteri brings his Broadway hit, “A Bronx Tale,” back home to Los Angeles where it all began for the writer-actor. I remember back in 1989 the buzz around tinsel town of a new rising star and how the play […]
Alonzo King LINES Ballet: Sutra
Review by Nili Nathan Photo Credit: RJ Muna “If you say to yourself — I am not living like that music, like that novel, like that painting, like that dancer, like that musician — I am cheating on myself,” said Alonzo King during the Q&A after the opening of Sutra. You can begin the journey […]
LA Opera presents Satyagraha by Philip Glass, conducted by Grant Gershon
Opens October 20th, 2018 through Nov. 11, 2018 (Los Angeles) October 1, 2018 — Plácido Domingo, LA Opera’s Eli and Edythe Broad General Director, has announced final details about the company premiere of Satyagraha by Philip Glass. “I believe that opera has the power to change lives,” said Mr. Domingo, “and few works exemplify this more than Satyagraha. This […]
Kindertransport – Play Reading at Wallis Annenberg Nov. 11th
Acclaimed actresses Jane Kaczmarek (“Malcolm in the Middle”) and Kate Burton (“Gray’s Anatomy”) star in a staged reading of the riveting drama Kindertransport by Diane Samuels presented by the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in conjunction with producers Patty Glaser, Paula Holt, Perla Karney and Karen Winnick on Sunday, November 11, 2018, 2 […]
BEAUTIFUL – The Carole King Musical is Phenomenal!
The Opening Night re-opening of Beautiful at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre was just as phenomenal the second time as it was the first time I saw it on Broadway. Nostalgic, fun and exciting every second – all ages will enjoy the evening. A roar of applause after each song filled the packed house. The final […]
Hershey Felder: Beethoven – Wallis Annenberg
Hershey Felder: Beethoven is mesmerizing — you can’t take your eyes or ears off Hershey Felder! Nothing tops a standing ovation and this production must be on the top of your “must see” list. It’s one of the greatest musical productions of the decade. Hershey Felder returns to The Wallis, bringing Ludwig van Beethoven to […]
Tickets for LA Opera’s Rigoletto
LA OPERA PRESENTS VERDI’S RIGOLETTO CONDUCTED BY MATTHEW AUCOIN May 12 through June 3 (Los Angeles) April 24, 2018 — Plácido Domingo, LA Opera’s Eli and Edythe Broad General Director, has announced final details about the company’s spring presentation of Rigoletto, the classic tragedy by Giuseppe Verdi. “I can think of no opera that better demonstrates the power of deeply […]
LA OPERA PRESENTS “Crossing”
“Crossing” the West Coast Premiere from LA Opera is inspired by poet Walt Whitman’s experiences working in military hospitals during the Civil War. His diary is a messy compilation as a volunteer nurse. His personal and loving connection to each patient in the hospital is what attracted Matthew Aucoin (composer, librettist and conductor) to the […]
“Be Somebody” Movie Premiere
“Be Somebody” is a movie in which a small town, artsy, deep girl falls for a slightly arrogant pop star. June 3rd was the “Be Somebody” LA movie premiere. The movie starred Matthew Espinosa (who showed up to introduce the movie!) as a slightly arrogant pop star named Jordan Jaye and Sarah Jeffery as the […]
Joey Birlem and Charles Gitnick MagPark Meet Up
Today, The MagPark had another meet and greet. Last time Hayes Grier, Tez, Neels, Twan, and Charles Gitnick had a meet and greet but this time it was just Joey Birlem and Charles Gitnick. Everyone at the meet up either had VIP or GA and they let a group of people in at a time […]
Janoskian Meet and Greet in Hollywood
Today, 3/5 of the Janoskians were at the AVALON in Hollywood doing a meet and greet for the people who bought tickets for their show on May 15th. Jai, Luke, and Beau Brooks were all there as well as Tayler Holder, Fraydoe Martinez, Allen Sarinana, Johnny Orlando, Jeremy and Jordan Steel, and Kevin Bojorquez. Everyone […]
Ojai Gears up for its Annual Film Festival With a Festive Preview Party this Saturday
Ojai, CA (Oct. 21, 2015) — Join fellow film-, music-, art-, fun- and Ojai-fans this Saturday, October 24, 6:00-9:00 p.m. for the 2015 Ojai Film Festival (OFF) “SNEAK PEEK” fun & fundraising party at the Ojai Arts Center, 113 S. Montgomery St., Ojai, to celebrate the upcoming weeklong Ojai Film Festival (Nov. 5-15, 2015) with […]
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