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Cabaret Review: A PLACE FOR US: A CELEBRATION OF JEWISH BROADWAY (Ari Axelrod)
ARI AXELROD HAS FOUND HIS PLACE Considering how many Jewish musicians have written for Broadway, it must have been difficult for Ari Axelrod to choose the repertoire for his new cabaret show, A Place for Us: A Celebration of Jewish Broadway. Nevertheless, the show represents a wide range of songwriters, from Rodgers and Hammerstein to…
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Music Review: HADELICH AND MENDELSSOHN (Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra)
It’s always fascinating to come for a headliner and be completely bowled over by other parts of the program. The draw for Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s two performances last weekend was Augustin Hadelich, one of the world’s greatest violinists, performing Mendelssohn’s melodic Violin Concerto in E minor at The Alex Theatre. I have seen the…
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Concert Review: SHEENA EASTON (Pepperdine Malibu)
THE SHEEN IS OFF Grammy Award-winning Pop and Broadway musical star Sheena Easton gave a disarrayed performance at the Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts on the Pepperdine University Campus in Malibu last night, Thursday, October 26. Wearing a form-fitting short sparkling teal dress, she shared the stage with four musicians and a male…
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Highly Recommended Concert: 40! (The Verdi Chorus Fall 2023 Concert in Santa Monica)
The Verdi Chorus’ 40th Anniversary season continues with its landmark Fall 2023 Concert, 40! Led by Anne Marie Ketchum, who is celebrating forty consecutive years as Artistic Director of the organization (now THAT deserves an exclamation point!), the Verdi Chorus is the only choral group in Southern California that focuses primarily on the dramatic and diverse music…
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Recommended Event: GRAND AVE ARTS: ALL ACCESS (Downtown Los Angeles Sat. Oct. 21, 2023, 11am – 4pm)
FREE DAY OF ARTS EXPERIENCES FOR ANGELENOS It’s just a couple of days away from Grand Ave Arts: All Access, a day like no other where Downtown Los Angeles’s cultural corridor becomes a giant open house for Angelenos of all ages to experience free art opportunities with 14 of LA’s most iconic institutions on Saturday…
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Cabaret Review: TIME TRAVELER (Ute Lemper at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater)
TAKING A TRIP WITH UTE LEMPER Ute Lemper’s Time Traveler, which plays Joe’s Pub one more time on October 22, highlights pivotal events in the German-born chanteuse’s life. These events include her move to Berlin forty years ago when she became part of a Kurt Weill show; her 1987 move to Paris to play Sally…
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NYC Cabaret Review: AMANDA GREEN & FRIENDS (Birdland Jazz Club)
In what she calls a celebration of autumn, performer and songwriter Amanda Green and her “amazing friends,” Jen Colella, Jarrod Spector, Kelli Barrett, Alan H. Green, Jade Jones and Kristoffer Cusick, presented a program of “chestnuts old and new” from several projects. These projects were occasionally songs she’d written for people such as her own…
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Opera Review: STAR CHOIR (World Premiere by The Industry at Mount Wilson Observatory in Los Angeles)
WHAT’S NEXT, TURANDOT AT THE SPHINX? Space pageantry reaches new heights inside Mt. Wilson Observatory’s 100-inch telescope. The experimental opera company The Industry is known for their innovative productions, held in unconventional locations. There was Hopscotch — a “mobile opera” that ferried audience members between the LA River, Bradbury building, an Airstream, and in…
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Recommended Concert: AN EVENING WITH STING AND THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY (Davies Hall)
STING JOINS THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY FOR TWO CONCERTS, PERFORMING HIS MOST CELEBRATED HITS REIMAGINED FOR ORCHESTRA Tickets go on sale Friday, October 13, 2023, at 10am PT Pre-sale for SF Symphony subscribers on October 11, 2023 Sting.com fan club pre-sale begins October 12 at 10am PT An Evening with Sting and the San Francisco…
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Music Review: STRAVINSKY AND SHOSTAKOVICH WITH DUDAMEL (Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason; Conductor Gustavo Dudamel; LA Phil at Disney Hall)
AN UNEQUIVACABLE TRIUMPH FOR LA PHIL… AND MY MOTHER The strains of Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 have forever held a special place in my heart. It is a sentimentality rooted in a rather extraordinary moment of my own origin, an occurrence forever entwined with the ethereal melodies of this masterpiece. On that fateful December…
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Event | Music Review: 66th MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL (September 22-24, 2023)
With five stages going strong, the 66th Monterey Jazz Festival was in full swing September 22-24, 2023. And I do mean “swing”! As if to celebrate Artistic Director Tim Jackson, who steps down as artistic director after 33 years, the crowd socialized like it was a block party. With a superb combination of old-school pros…
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Highly Recommended Concert: FRAGMENTS 2 (Alisa Weilerstein, cellist; presented by La Jolla Music Society and the San Diego Symphony)
I have been following Alisa Weilerstein for over fifteen years, but until about five ago it was only on recordings and YouTube. Having seen her perform live four times since I can assert that the phenomenal American cellist has attracted attention worldwide because her playing combines a natural virtuosic command and technical precision with impassioned…
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Recommended Concert: THIS, AND MY HEART: A PORTRAIT OF EMILY DICKINSON AND HER WORLDS THROUGH TEXT AND SONG (Fox Singers of The Verdi Chorus)
It seems that every time Emily Dickinson’s name is mentioned, people have an instant reaction accompanied by a smile. Her poetry has inspired books, films, and plays – and now, the Verdi Chorus is kicking off its 40th anniversary season, by presenting with the Sahm Family Foundation, This, and My Heart, A Portrait of Emily Dickinson and Her Worlds Through Text…
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Highly Recommended Concert: BEETHOVEN’S NINTH (Boston Baroque)
Ludwig van Beethoven’s monumental Symphony No. 9 is not only Beethoven’s final complete symphony but also one of his most well-known works. The piece’s fourth movement includes adapted text from “Ode to Joy,” a poem by Friedrich Schiller, and Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” melody has become a popular humanist anthem (so catchy it was used as the theme for…
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Recommended Event: TIKI MARKETPLACE (Alohana Palm Springs at the Palm Springs Cultural Center)
ENCHANTING “ALOHA” SPIRIT IN THE DESERT Alohana’s Tiki Market: an unforgettable day filled with tiki treasures, delectable treats, lively entertainment, and a heartwarming commitment to giving back. Tiki Marketplace Alohana Palm Springs Palm Springs Cultural Center, 2300 E. Baristo Rd. Sunday, October 15, 2023 12-4pm for tickets ($5), visit Alohana! Prepare to be transported to a…
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Concert Review: JAMIE CULLUM (Disney Hall)
JAMIE CULLUM’S TWENTYSOMETHING ALBUM AND DISNEY HALL BOTH TURN TWENTY: WHAT A PARTY Singer-pianist Jamie Cullum made a rare Los Angeles appearance for a recent concert at Disney Hall. Born and raised in England in 1979, he recorded his first album in 1999 and had great success with 2002’s Pointless Nostalgic and particularly 2003’s Twentysomething….
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HIGHLY Recommended Jazz Concert: DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER & BILL CHARLAP (Royce Hall, UCLA)
Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap Fri, Sep 22 at 8 pm Royce Hall at UCLA When the extraordinary, multifaceted jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and masterful jazz pianist Bill Charlap come together on stage, expect the inimitable musical chemistry borne of opposites attracting. Presented by CAP UCLA, join the musical conversation this Friday, September…
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Concert / Opera Review: LISE DAVIDSEN (West Coast Debut at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica)
A NIGHT OF HIGH ANTICIPATION MET BY DISAPPOINTMENT The arrival of dramatic soprano Lise Davidsen on the West Coast was nothing short of a highly anticipated musical event. Davidsen, reminiscent of the iconic Wagnerian opera singers of bygone eras, stands at an imposing 6 feet 2 inches, hailing from Norway, and possesses a voice so…
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Jazz Concert Review: BUDDY GUY & CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM (The Hollywood Bowl)
BLUES NIGHT AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL On a Wednesday night, the Hollywood Bowl showcased two giants of the blues, representing its storied past and its potential future. Buddy Guy, the last of the veteran greats, was the main attraction while Christone Ingram (known as Kingfish) showed that the blues will not run out of gas…
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Concert Review: BOY GEORGE & CULTURE CLUB / BERLIN (The Hollywood Bowl)
TERI NUNN ROCKS! On the clear summer Saturday night, August 27, at the Hollywood Bowl, with a comforting chill after a day of sweltering heat in the valley, it was nice to settle down for a program of music that takes us back to a time that was once considered both weird and wonderful. Boy…
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