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Theater Preview: BEETHOVEN — LIVE FROM FLORENCE (Hershey Felder)
BEETHOVEN TO APPEAR LIVE IN YOUR HOME Dramatizing Dr. Gerhard von Breuning’s factual memoir, Aus dem Schwarzspanierhaus (Out of the House of Black-Robed Spaniards, Beethoven’s last residence), Hershey Felder brought Ludwig van Beethoven to life on stage through the eyes of the Viennese Doctor Breuning who spent his boyhood by the Maestro’s side. Featuring some of…
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Film and Event Feature: RODNEY KING (Netflix; Roger Guenveur Smith in conversation with Sarah Bellamy and Rohan Preston)
Click here to watch Rodney King on Netflix To attend the conversation, please RSVP to RSVP@altaglobalmedia.net **Virtual Conference link will be shared upon RSVP**
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Theater Review: THE MOUNTAINTOP (Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank)
BECAUSE IT’S THERE What if Dr. Martin Luther King was a down-to-earth, simple, vulnerable human being like the rest of us? What if human existence could be viewed from another dimension, one that allowed the viewer to weigh the pluses and minuses of the greater good versus personal choice, or the math of one human…
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CD Review: GOLDSTEIN (Original Off-Broadway Cast)
PANNING FOR GOLDSTEIN You have to glean the plot from the songs, because the synopsis for Charlie Schulman’s libretto for Goldstein, an Off-Broadway musical that closed in July, 2018, and now has an Original Cast Album on Broadway Records, is oddly extant from the booklet. Really? You mean I have to look up reviews for…
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Film Review: ROUNDERS (directed by John Dahl)
ROUNDERS Watching a game of poker has always been appealing. When it comes to films based on poker, Rounders always appears at the top of the list. The 1998 movie focuses on two guys who travel throughout the country looking for high-stakes poker games in hopes of winning a significant amount of money to settle…
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CD Review: CONTRABAJO — WORKS FOR BASS AND STRING QUARTET (Pablo Aslan)
CONTRABAJO BAND Double bassist, composer, arranger, and producer Pablo Aslan has released an exciting collection of tunes that offer insight to both his instrument and the way his Argentinian roots inform the works. With Gabriel Senanes’s glorious arrangements meeting at the exciting juncture of jazz and tango, Contrabajo — Works for Bass and String Quartet is…
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Film Review: 21 (directed by Robert Luketic)
21 IS A GOOD BET What happens when you put together a team of young, money-driven fanatics? Yes, something exceptional. 21 features a team of six talented students of MIT, led by their aberrant Math professor, who master the art of card counting, code talks, and body gestures to conquer the world of Casino in…
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Dance Preview: ISADORA (Segerstrom in Costa Mesa)
DUNKIN’ INTO THE WORLD OF DUNCAN On September 14, 1927, dancer and San Francisco native Isadora Duncan was strangled in Nice, France, when the enormous silk scarf (“which she had worn since she took up communism,” one newspaper reported) somehow blew into the well of the rear wheel on the passenger side of the sportscar she…
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Dance Preview: MOVES AFTER DARK (Disney Hall)
GET YOUR MOVES ON It had to happen one day: L.A. is truly becoming a metropolis, with incredible events difficult to find anywhere else. To wit, the dance world is springing to new heights, and while site-specific dance has been going on for years, The Music Center goes a step further by selecting three L.A.-based…
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Los Angeles Dance Preview: STARDUST (Complexions Contemporary Ballet at The Music Center)
BOWIE’S BACK … AND FORTH Founded in 1994 by a pair of former Alvin Ailey dancers and frequent contributors to the hit TV show So You Think You Can Dance, New York-based Complexions Contemporary Ballet has wowed critics and audiences alike with their boundary-breaking style of ballet. Now Desmond Richardson and Dwight Rhoden bring their acclaimed…
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CD Review: IVAN THE TERRIBLE (Prokofiev’s Original Motion Picture Score, Reconstructed)
IVAN THE TERRIFIC Ivan the Terrible, the second joint project of Sergei Eisenstein and Sergei Prokofiev, is a two-part historical epic film, portraying the rise and fall of the autocratic ruler Ivan IV in the 16th century. Prokofiev’s musical portrayal is unique in film history, for the score conceives both parts of the film on…
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Interview: DAVID SERERO (director of “Tovah,” a documentary about Tovah Feldshuh)
by Shari Barrett | August 31, 2026
in Film, Interviews, Los AngelesMusic Preview: PACIFIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA BENEFIT CONCERT (October 10, 2026 | L.A.)
by pwsadmin | August 30, 2026
in Los Angeles, MusicTheater Review: ADOLESCENT SALVATION (Theater Wit / Chicago)
by Croydon Fernandes | August 29, 2026
in Chicago, TheaterDance Preview: GLORYA KAUFMAN PRESENTS DANCE AT THE MUSIC CENTER 2026–27 (L.A.)
by pwsadmin | August 28, 2026
in Dance, Los AngelesTheater Preview: KAIJU (The Road Theatre Company & BroadStage / Los Angeles)
by pwsadmin | August 28, 2026
in Los Angeles, TheaterDance Preview: DRACULA, A DARK SHADOW (State Street Ballet / Santa Barbara)
by Gregory Bernard | August 28, 2026
in Dance, Los Angeles, RegionalTheater Review: BEING PIAF (Odyssey Theatre Ensemble / Los Angeles)
by Ernest Kearney | August 27, 2026
in Los Angeles, Theater
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