LA Opera’s revival production of Falstaff opened last Saturday night to a rapturous audience, proving to be a successful, high-energy showpiece for the talented company. Falstaff is a late work by Giuseppe Verdi...
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Pauline Adamek
“For Want of a Horse”
The phrase “for want of a horse” is most commonly attributed to Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack from 1758, describing the cascading effect of how the absence of one small, necessary thing can affect many...
Terry Morgan
LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries open
Thousands of hands built this place. Opening to the public on May 4th the LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries were designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor and twenty years in the making. This grand new wing is both...
Tom Jacobson’s “Hell Mouth” now at The Road
I am a longtime fan of Tom Jacobson’s theatrical work. I think he’s one of Los Angeles’ best playwrights, and he has been for decades. He’s equally at home with structurally and thematically ambitious plays such as...
The Wallis presents “English”
These days, when I read that a particular play has won the Pulitzer Prize, I unfairly become a bit more dubious of that work’s quality. The same applies to the Tony awards – I’ve just seen so many bad or mediocre plays...