Handsomely mounted on a massive scale and featuring scores of talented cast members, the LA Opera has delivered what is possibly the definitive staging of William M. Hoffman (librettist) and composer John Corigliano’s...
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Pauline Adamek
“Hairspray” at the Cameo Theatre in San Antonio – theater review
What a long, strange trip Hairspray has taken. Beginning as a shockingly wholesome PG-rated film from Pink Flamingos filmmaker John Waters — the master of trash and camp — Hairspray transformed into a smash hit Broadway...
Kurt Gardner
“Disconnection” – Los Angeles theater review
Scientology, as a religion and as a semi-cult, has been earning censure since it was first launched in 1953, thanks to its dubious connections to the norms of religion: belief in a strong afterlife and the ability of...
Ash Revell
“Reborning” – Los Angeles theater review
A strange and disturbing play, Reborning by Zayd Dohrn introduces us to the world of one-of-a-kind, life-like baby dolls — aka ‘reborn’ dolls — and the people who desire them. But the story the playwright fashions...
Sneak peek of LA Opera’s “The Ghosts of Versailles” – interview with Darko Tresnjak – Los Angeles opera report
With 61 principle singers (including 41 soloists), supernumeraries, children, acrobats, aerialists, and dancers — and the LA Opera chorus and orchestra, The Ghosts of Versailles has the largest cast ever assembled in LA...