Most of you will be familiar with the plot of Oscar Wilde’s classic novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, from its numerous film and television incarnations, most recently referenced in Showtime’s Penny Dreadful. In...
Category - Theater
Kurt Gardner
“Thaïs” – soprano Nino Machaidze stars as the ill-fated Egyptian courtesan – Los Angeles Opera review
ONE performance remains for Thaïs– the lush opera by Jules Massenet starring soprano Nino Machaidze, now being staged by L.A. Opera at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, in downtown Los Angeles. Secure tickets for Saturday...
Ash Revell
“Death of the Author” at The Geffen Playhouse – Los Angeles theater review
I was simultaneously aroused and intimidated by the intelligence of playwright Steven Drukman’s Death of the Author. This play is highly recommended – but be advised, if you’re not conversant in the theories of...
Latest theater reviews for Stage Raw – Los Angeles theater review round up
Gentle readers! Here’s a preview of some of my most recent theater reviews for Stage Raw, the new(ish) critical website that recently launched. Stage Raw contains the latest arts and theater coverage from our...
Pauline Adamek
Dmitri Hvorostovsky – a personal remembrance by Jeffrey Roberts – Los Angeles opera report
Dmitri Hvorostovsky and I are not exactly close… I once encountered the Siberian operatic baritone 25 years ago, at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco, when he was an unknown young singer traveling with Irina Arkhipova...