In Tarell Alvin McCraney’s play Head of Passes; currently playing at the Mark Taper Forum, Kyle Beltran plays “Crier,” a young man clearly in love with Cookie, a troubled woman he can’t have. They are part of the characters...
When Carole J. Bufford takes to the stage at Catalina Bar and Grill tonight, she won’t just be making her Los Angeles cabaret debut. She will be facing an eager audience wanting to hear if she really is, as...
The Pearl Fishers - LA Opera/Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
October 7th - opening night
Plácido Domingo conducts Bizet's opera about a woman who is loved by two men. Nino Michaidze stars as the object of their affection. Grant Gershon conducts the final...
Chances are if you ask most people under 50 who James Cagney was they’d have absolutely no idea. But that doesn’t worry Robert Creighton, who not only stars as the film legend in Cagney, he co-wrote the music and...
It is amazing what Mozart accomplished in his last year alive. Amongst the completed works is his opera The Magic Flute, one of the most popular operas of all time that is regularly performed all over the world.
In celebration of...
From my point of view there are two groups of people: those who were lucky enough to see the extraordinary performance Tonya Pinkins gave in the musical Caroline, Or Change and those who didn’t. Those in the first category...
If you’ve been watching Ozark on Netflix, you know Jason Butler Harner. Or perhaps you saw him in The Changeling. Or Scandal. Or Ray Donovan. He’s known for playing intense and sometimes villainous characters. For his role as Don...
Last night the Los Angeles Philharmonic held its Gala Opening Concert to launch their 99th season. Here are my picks for the most exciting classical music concerts of the 2017-2018 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
CDMX: NEW MUSIC FROM...
During the opening 10-15 minutes of Paul Rudnick’s play Big Night (at the Kirk Douglas Theatre), you might find yourself wondering if Cary, the character played by Max Jenkins, ever has a slow gear. He does, but Jenkins' fast...
How many college discus throwers end up on Broadway? And end up in productions of The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia!, Oklahoma, The Light in the Piazza, Les Misérables, A Tale of Two Cities, Impressionism, the first and...