This past weekend, I had the pleasure of experiencing something brand new that was both visually and acoustically stunning. The Music Center hosted the Hubbard...
If you’re seeking a theatrical horror offering this month, you can’t miss the production of “Carrie: The Killer Musical Experience” at the historic Los Angeles...
“Ded!” may be a live theatrical production at the Matrix Theatre that features puppetry, Mexican folk tradition and an orchestra, but the show is really...
How do people change? What makes a person gather the courage to leave someone (or something), oppose longstanding traditions or drive them to do the...
The Los Angeles Opera opened its 30th season with one of the titans of opera, Plácido Domingo, appearing as both performer and conductor in a...
For over 400 years, Shakespeare’s plays have been performed over and over again, defying Father Time through the universal themes touched upon by his brilliant...
If the average person is ever asked the name of a modern opera star, there are only a few that mainstream audiences would recognize. Luciano...
In the Offspring’s 1998 hit single “The Kids Aren’t Alright” from their album, Americana, the Orange County punk band take an uncharacteristic dark turn to...
Moralizing contemporary society for its follies is hardly a difficult thing to do – and something that, frankly, is done all too often. Insert the idiosyncrasies...
One of the most important and beautiful groups of buildings/spaces in Los Angeles is the Music Center, which includes the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Mark Taper...
There is a very famous song from the iconic Broadway musical “A Chorus Line” which lyrics say, “But, everything was beautiful at the ballet. Graceful...
Seeking ways to experience places in the city as there were once long ago is becoming easier with entrepreneurs finding cool ways to take you...
Full disclosure: I am usually not a huge fan of improv comedy. Part of my apathy stems from the wild variances in quality one can...
Rattling off the hinges with manic energy, madcap murder-mystery musical “Murder For Two” makes for a strikingly entertaining counterpoint to the grim, dour fare that...
“Motown: The Musical” has come to Los Angeles after its nearly two year-run on Broadway concluded. The Pantages Theatre in Hollywood is its new home...
“Motown: The Musical” has finally hit Los Angeles after a nearly two-year run on Broadway. The Hollywood Pantages Theatre is its new home for a...
After starting a dance company in 1994 under her own name, Mexican born dancer and choreographer Tania Pérez-Salas has finally graced the stage of The...
Richard Strauss (June 11, 1864 – September 8, 1949) was one of the most important opera composers of the Romantic period (1780–1910). His most loved operas are...
It’s easy to watch “Sunset Baby” and think of last year’s riots in Ferguson, MO or the recent disorder in Baltimore that ensued after the...
I was introduced to Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal in January of 2014 when I attended their first appearance at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the...
In recent years, many pundits and commentators swirling about the 24-hour news cycle have suggested that America may be on the verge, or already embroiled...
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has descended upon Los Angeles again for a short time, from April 15 to April 19. Ailey arrives every...
With its mission being to use dance as a means to provoke emotions, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal (BJM) will be returning to the Wallis...
Known for its legacy of celebrating the human spirit, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will return to Los Angeles with a six performance engagement...
At moment, Hollywood has gone full-on sequel-crazy, sprouting up second, third, and fourth go-rounds of all the stalwart tent poles, making sure their cash flow...
There is seemingly no more room for old love stories. Whether it’s movies like Fifty Shades of Grey, that focus on the naughtiest of fantasies,...
Tonight, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif. hosts the American debut of “Dunsinane,” a piece produced by both the National...