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...
What is real? Perhaps more than any time in human history, there is more of an ability to realistically fake anything. Worse, there are any number of people actively trying to use those technologies to mislead and...
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...