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Theater Review: POWER OF SAIL (Geffen Playhouse)
THE KIDS AREN’T ALL RIGHT Ever heard of Godwin’s Law? If you’ve spent a sizable amount of time on social media you’ve surely experienced it. An adage from the ‘90s, Godwin’s Law states that the longer an online discussion continues the chance that someone gets compared to Hitler (or Nazis) is inescapable. The Law serves…
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Opera: WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS (LA Opera Digital Short)
LA Opera’s next Digital Short, We Hold These Truths, premieres on March 4, 2022 LA Opera has commissioned some of today’s most in-demand artists to create a series of short musical films. Superstar composers team up with talented visual artists including animators, experimental filmmakers and choreographers to bring you a number of new pieces throughout the fall and…
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Los Angeles Theater: HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL, 2022 (Registration Open)
Registration is officially open for the 2022 Hollywood Fringe Festival, LA’s largest celebration of the performing arts. Organizers are seeking artists and producers in the performing arts to join the 12th annual festival which will take place this June. Registration for the festival consists of three steps: 1) creating a project on the festival website,…
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Jazz: CONNIE HAN TRIO (The Wallis in Beverly Hills)
Pianist and composer Connie Han takes on the pantheon of jazz piano ranging from Harlem stride to modal post-bop with her own fiery, contemporary style. Her performances are both powerful and elegant, putting a fresh spin on tradition. The New York Times calls her “the rare musician with fearsome technical chops and a breadth of…
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Theater Review: LIFE SUCKS (Cygnet in San Diego)
LIFE MAY SUCK, BUT THE PLAY SURE DOESN’T For those familiar with Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, it might seem an odd choice to modernize. But Aaron Posner’s tight script, combined with Cygnet’s strong cast, is a breath of fresh air, as it takes Chekhov’s story solidly into the stress of our post-2020 world — and…
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Opera Tour: FIDELIO (Heartbeat Opera in NYC, AZ & CA)
NYC’S HEARTBEAT OPERA PRESENTS ITS FIRST-EVER TOUR WITH FIDELIO Music by Ludwig van BeethovenOriginal libretto by Joseph Sonnleithner and Georg Friedrich SonnleithnerAdapted & Directed by Ethan HeardArranged & Music Directed by Daniel SchlosbergNew English Dialogue Co-Written by Marcus Scott and Ethan HeardFIDELIO TOUR STOPS:The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NYThursday, February 10 at 7pmSaturday, February 12 at 7pmSunday, February…
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Streaming Theater: THIS BITTER EARTH (The Road Theatre)
THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY celebrates Black History Month with an encore stream presentation of THIS BITTER EARTH, written by Harrison David Rivers and directed by Gregg T. Daniel. Recorded live on February 27, 2021 in North Hollywood, California, THIS BITTER EARTH follows Jesse (Matthew Hancock), an introspective black playwright, who finds his choices called into…
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Upcoming Music: FOG (premiere); BREATHING FORESTS (premiere); ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA (Esa-Pekka Salonen)
When architect Frank Gehry designed Walt Disney Concert Hall, he took into account how musicians would experience the building. He believed if the sound is good, the musicians would feel more confident and, in turn, would play better. With this in mind, Gehry worked closely with expert acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota and then-Los Angeles Philharmonic Music…
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San Diego Theater Review: DESPERATE MEASURES (North Coast Rep in Solano Beach/San Diego)
A SHAKESPEAREAN WESTERN MUSICAL? DON’T WORRY, IT MEASURES UP Love Shakespeare? Great. Hate Shakespeare? No problem. North Coast Rep’s Desperate Measures may be based on the Bard’s Measure for Measure, but the language is fully contemporary (unless you count a hint of 1950s Western thrown in). The whole program only contains one line from actual…
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Theater Review: EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAIME (Ahmanson Theatre)
WHAT WILL YOU TALK ABOUT? Red high-heeled shoes? Professional drag queens? Repetitive pop music? Overcoming homophobia? Yeah, the new-ish musical Everybody’s Talking About Jaime sounds a lot like Kinky Boots, because it is. (There are so many ways to glitter and be gay in modern Musical Theater.) Jaime is a musical about a 16-year-old boy…
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Theater Review: HEISENBERG (Scripps Ranch Theatre in Scripps Ranch/San Diego)
THE PHYSICS OF ATTRACTION If this totally non-physicist reviewer understands what he is reading — the Uncertainty Principle launched by renowned physicist Werner Heisenberg, roughly states that the more precise the position of a particle is given, the less precisely can one say what its momentum is. If that has your head already spinning, no worries;…
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Music Review: MENDELSSOHN & BEETHOVEN (Igor Levit, piano; Elim Chan, conductor; LA Philharmonic)
COME FOR IGOR LEVIT: STAY FOR MENDELSSOHN’S FOURTH SYMPHONY Along with Daniil Trifonov, pianist Igor Levit’s concerts and CDs must recall what it first felt like to encounter Gilels and Richter, two other super-talented Russian pianists who brought excitement to classical music. When I saw Mr. Levit live, one of the most striking aspects for…
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Recommended Music Concert: AMERICAN YOUTH SYMPHONY (Sounds About Town at Disney Concert Hall, March 6, 2022)
The American Youth Symphony (AYS), led by Music Director Carlos Izcaray, returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall on the LA Phil’s “Sounds About Town” series on Sunday, March 6, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. Works by Brian Raphael Nabors, Jennifer Higdon, Unsuk Chin, Jimmy Lopez, Tchaikovsky and Izcaray complete a program that celebrates cultural diversity through…
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Concert: ON BROADWAY (Smothers Theatre; Pepperdine, Malibu)
Broadway Stars Perform Musical Theatre Hits in Malibu Featuring the best songs from the current New York City theatre season and sung by Broadway stars with a live band, On Broadway is an unforgettable night of music. The show includes hits from long-running favorites like The Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, and The Book of…
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Jazz Preview: JAZZ AT NAZ (Feb. 5-19 at The Soraya in Northridge)
JAZZING UP THEIR GAME AT THE SORAYA The Soraya has long been at the epicenter of Jazz in LA’”from CSUN’s nationally respected Jazz studies program, to The Soraya’s stellar reputation for Jazz programming. This year, The Soraya dials up its investment in America’s one true original art form with its first annual, month-long jazz Festival Jazz…
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Theater: THE PLAY YOU WANT (The Road Theatre Company in North Hollywood)
NEW PLAY BY BERNARDO CUBRíA COMES TO THE ROAD The Road Theatre Company returns to live performances with three plays performing in repertory, beginning and re-opening with the world premiere of The Play That You Want, written by Bernardo Cubría and directed by Michael John Garcés. THE PLAY YOU WANT will begin previews on Tuesday,…
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Dance: THE EQUALITY OF NIGHT AND DAY: “First Glimpse” and “Upside Down” (Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE at Royce Hall)
CAP UCLA Presents The Equality of Night and Day: First Glimpse and Upside Down From Prolific Choreographer Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE Saturday, March 5 at 8 p.m. Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, Equality. Photo by Christopher George, courtesy of The Kennedy Center UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) presents award-winning choreographer Ronald K. Brown and his company EVIDENCE performing The Equality of Night…
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Upcoming Theater: DETAINED (World Premiere at the Fountain Theatre in Hollywood)
How do families stay together, even when they are kept apart? The Fountain Theatre presents a gripping new docudrama, a compilation of true stories that explores the rippling impact of mass deportations on families. # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # The world premiere of Detained, written by…
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Music Review: NATHALIE JOACHIM & PAMELA Z (Disney Hall)
A GRAND AVANT-GARDE EVENING ON GRAND AVENUE Tuesday of last week was a quiet night in downtown Los Angeles, January’s usual gloom conspiring with new waves of COVID statistics to keep people home. The sidewalks of Grand Avenue and its surrounding areas were just about empty. Still, the Walt Disney Concert Hall’s characteristic glint warded…
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Art Festival: FRIEZE LOS ANGELES (February 17-20, 2022)
In 2019, Frieze began an annual contemporary art fair in Los Angeles. Presented at Paramount Pictures Studios, Frieze Los Angeles joined Frieze New York, Frieze London and Frieze Masters on the international art world calendar, reflecting L.A.’s position as a global arts capital (as does the LA Art Show). And what a celebration of creativity it has been!…
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