Congratulations to all this year's Emmy Award nominees. So many of them have theater credits (and Tony Awards, too) that it would be impossible to list them all. But here are just a few who have spent time on stage here in LA and NY who are also nominees tonight:
Viola Davis (How to Get Away With Murder) has two Tony...
Last night I attended the first of two nights by the Avishai Cohen Quartet at the bluewhale in Little Tokyo. I fully knew what to expect from Cohen whose album Cross My Palm with Silver is one of my favorites of the year. What I didn't expect was the amazing pianist who performs in the quartet: Gadi Lehavi.
From what I've...
So many choices for your weekend activities, so little chance of seeing them all. Here are my picks:
Friday:
Brad Mehldau and Chris Tile at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel (Season opening event for CAP UCLA). Check out my interview with Brad about collaboration elsewhere on these pages)
Avishai Cohen Quartet at the bluewhale (also Saturday night) Check out my interview...
On September 27th at St. Luke's Theater in New York City, Dancers Over 40 will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of West Side Story with a reunion event featuring Chita Rivera (the original "Anita") and Carol Lawrence (the original "Maria.") Other original cast members will be there and the show promises other "surprise" guests. The evening serves as a benefit...
When I think of one Oscar-winning Best Picture it may perhaps be because of its rather glib assessment of Los Angeles. “I don’t want to live in a city where the only cultural advantage is the ability to make a right turn on a red light.”*
It was a great line destined to please those who look down on LA....
When Brad Mehldau takes to the stage at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel, he won't be performing with his trio, nor will he be going it alone. For this year's start of the CAP UCLA season, he will be joined by singer and mandolinist Chris Thile. He and Thile will be performing selections from their recent collaboration, Chris Thile...
