Making its highly anticipated world premiere this past weekend, Sarah Kirkland Snider’s new opera Hildegard, about an important medieval composer and mystic, proved a dazzling experience. Musically...
Ring in the holidays with the LA Phil and special guests at Walt Disney Concert Hall! It’s practically the most wonderful time of the year! Gather at Walt Disney Concert Hall for family sing-alongs, holiday...
When one is feeling confused or scared, it’s human nature to try to find somebody who knows more and be guided by their knowledge. This is great when A) said person actually does know more about that subject...
Benjamin Britten’s chilling mid-century opera The Turn of the Screw is a haunting psychological thriller that transforms Henry James’ ghost story into an intense chamber opera of ambiguity and dread. With its...
Max Minghella’s body horror The Shell emerges from the same vein as Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance. They each explore the specter of aging, of impossible beauty standards, and the fragility of female identity...
An ancient legend first popularized in sixteenth-century Germany, the Faustian bargain warns of trading one’s soul or moral integrity for power, beauty, or success, only to pay a terrible price later. It remains...
I’m combining two reviews in one article this week, one unique solo show at the Pasadena Playhouse and a sequel to a popular play at East West Players. These productions are not connected in any way; I just saw them in...
Last night at The Soraya the joint was jumping and the band was swinging in celebration of the great musical artist Quincy Jones. The Pacific Jazz Orchestra was led by arranger Chris Walden, himself a longtime protégé...
The AFI FEST 2025, presented by Canva, is just around the corner! It’s happening in Los Angeles from October 22–27, 2025 and promises to be an unforgettable celebration of the best in global cinema, storytelling...
Last night, October 4, 2025, at The Soraya, the Martha Graham Dance Company delivered an evening of performances that conveyed a sense of high drama. Deeply reverent and electrifying, the collection formed a fitting...
“Only connect,” wrote E. M. Forster in his 1910 novel, Howards End, an epigraph encouraging the merging of the mind and the heart so as to live a fuller life. That doesn’t mean it’s easy to discover one’s true identity...
Possibly the greatest musical ever created, West Side Story – a modern version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet set on the mean streets of New York during the turbulent fifties – is now playing at the...
Jonathan Spector’s 2025 Tony Award-winning satire is a study in cringe, generating big laughs and nervous squirms in almost equal measures. When a mumps outbreak hits a progressive private primary school in Berkeley...
Pure joy, pure talent! Camille A. Brown & Dancers performed the acclaimed choreographer and dancer’s latest work, I AM, last night at the Ahmanson Theatre. Last night marked the work’s West Coast...
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