<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>Our Name is Barbra Archives - Cultural Attaché</title> <atom:link href="https://culturalattache.co/tag/our-name-is-barbra/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://culturalattache.co/tag/our-name-is-barbra/</link> <description>The Guide to Arts and Culture events in and around Los Angeles</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2020 15:33:56 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator> <item> <title>The 6 Shows You Should See: This Weekend in LA (4/20-4/22)</title> <link>https://culturalattache.co/2018/04/20/6-shows-see-weekend-la-4-20-4-22/</link> <comments>https://culturalattache.co/2018/04/20/6-shows-see-weekend-la-4-20-4-22/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Byrd]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2018 16:10:17 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Classical: Metronome]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dance: At the Barre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Performers: Close-Up]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Play's The Thing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[All Things I Lost in the Flood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Aloud Present]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alvin Ailey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Amy Herzog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Anna Camp]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bach 25]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Barbra Streisand]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Belleville]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Billy Wilson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Catalina Bar & Grill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Colburn Gala concert]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Colburn School]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Complexions Contemporary Ballet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Bowie]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Desmond Richardson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dwight Rhoden]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Frank Gehry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jenna Worsham]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kronos Quartet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Landfall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Laurie Anderson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Library Foundation of Los Angeles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mahler]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michael Tilson Thomas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Our Name is Barbra]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pasadena Playhouse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Project Angel Food]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Robert Battle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Segerstrom Hall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stardust]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Talley Beatty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thomas Sadoski]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Twyla Tharp]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yannick Lebrun]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://culturalattache.co/?p=2622</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Be challenged, be generous, be moved and be wowed!</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2018/04/20/6-shows-see-weekend-la-4-20-4-22/">The 6 Shows You Should See: This Weekend in LA (4/20-4/22)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here are the 6 shows you should see This Weekend in LA (4/20-4/22):</p> <figure id="attachment_2628" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2628" style="width: 150px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img decoding="async" class=" wp-image-2628" src="http://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Laurie-Anderson-200x300.jpg" alt="Her appearance is part of ALOUD Present from The Library Foundation of Los Angeles" width="150" height="225" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Laurie-Anderson-200x300.jpg 200w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Laurie-Anderson-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Laurie-Anderson-682x1024.jpg 682w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Laurie-Anderson-696x1044.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Laurie-Anderson-280x420.jpg 280w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Laurie-Anderson.jpg 853w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2628" class="wp-caption-text">Laurie Anderson (Courtesy of Canal Street Communications, Inc.)</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="http://www.thewallis.org/Anderson" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Laurie Anderson: All Things I Lost in the Flood</a> – The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts</p> <p>April 20</p> <p>Performance artist Laurie Anderson brings his one-woman show to the Wallis Annenberg Center as part of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles’ ALOUD Present Program. During the course of the evening Anderson will take the audience through the trials, tribulations and successes and failures behind many of her creative endeavors through the years.</p> <figure id="attachment_2624" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2624" style="width: 162px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img decoding="async" class=" wp-image-2624" src="http://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/laurie-anderson-kronos-quartet-landfall-545-300x300.jpg" alt="The CD was just released by Nonesuch Records" width="162" height="162" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/laurie-anderson-kronos-quartet-landfall-545-300x300.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/laurie-anderson-kronos-quartet-landfall-545-150x150.jpg 150w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/laurie-anderson-kronos-quartet-landfall-545-420x420.jpg 420w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/laurie-anderson-kronos-quartet-landfall-545.jpg 545w" sizes="(max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2624" class="wp-caption-text">“Landfall” by Laurie Anderson with The Kronos Quartet</figcaption></figure> <p>In addition to this appearance, Anderson has just released a new CD entitled <a href="http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/landfall" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Landfall</em></a>. On the recording she collaborates with the Kronos Quartet.</p> <figure id="attachment_2623" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2623" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-2623" src="http://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Stardust-D-300x169.jpg" alt="A 43-minute ballet tribute to David Bowie" width="300" height="169" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Stardust-D-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Stardust-D-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Stardust-D-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Stardust-D-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Stardust-D-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Stardust-D-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Stardust-D.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2623" class="wp-caption-text">Addison Ector in “Stardust” by Complexions Contemporary Ballet (Photo by: Hagos Rush)</figcaption></figure> <p>Complexions Contemporary Ballet – Dorothy Chandler Pavilion</p> <p>April 20-22</p> <p>This two part program begins with a brand new work called <em>Bach 25</em>. It not only features the work of Johann Sebastian Bach, but in these performances in Los Angeles, the company will be joined by Complexions co-founder Desmond Richardson. The second part of the program is <em>Stardust</em> a 43-minute “Ballet Tribute to David Bowie.” Both works were choreographed by Dwight Rhoden. We spoke to Rhoden about Bowie, Richardson and the work of Complexions. You can read that interview <a href="http://culturalattache.co/2018/04/19/dwight-rhodens-personal-connection-david-bowie/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</p> <figure id="attachment_2625" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2625" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-2625" src="http://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ailey-mass-16x9-300x169.jpg" alt=""Mass" is one of the works presented this week at Segerstrom Hall" width="300" height="169" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ailey-mass-16x9-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ailey-mass-16x9-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ailey-mass-16x9-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ailey-mass-16x9-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ailey-mass-16x9-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ailey-mass-16x9-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ailey-mass-16x9.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2625" class="wp-caption-text">Mass<br />CHOREOGRAPHY BY ROBERT BATTLE<br />Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater<br />Choreography:<br />Photo ©2017 Paul Kolnik</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="https://www.scfta.org/events/2018/alvin-ailey-american-dance-theater" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre</a> – Segerstrom Hall</p> <p>April 20-22</p> <p>Nine different works will be performed by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre during their shows at the Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa. Amongst them are <em>Stack-Up</em>, <em>Mass</em>, <em>Ella</em> and <em>In/Side</em>. The choreographers represented include Alvin Ailey, Robert Battle, Talley Beatty, Twyla Tharp and Billy Wilson. The music includes works by David Byrne, Ella Fitzgerald, Earth Wind and Fire and Nina Simone. We spoke with dancer Yannick Lebrun about his work with the company. You can read the interview <a href="http://culturalattache.co/2018/04/18/alvin-ailey-dancer-yannick-lebrun-stacks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</p> <figure id="attachment_2647" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2647" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-2647" src="http://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Belleville-16x9-300x169.jpg" alt=""Belleville" is a new Hitchcockian play at the Pasadena Playhouse" width="300" height="169" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Belleville-16x9-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Belleville-16x9-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Belleville-16x9-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Belleville-16x9-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Belleville-16x9-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Belleville-16x9-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Belleville-16x9.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2647" class="wp-caption-text">Thomas Sadoski & Anna Camp star in “Belleville”</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="https://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/event/belleville/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Belleville</a> – Pasadena Playhouse</p> <p>April 22 (official opening) – May 13</p> <p>In Amy Herzog’s taut 90-minute play, an American couple living in Paris, newly married, finds their relationship is already starting to crack. Can the newlyweds withstand the pressures they are facing? Do they really know each other well? And what do they make of their neighbors who are also their landlords? Thomas Sadoski (<em>Life in Pictures</em> and the Broadway production of <em>Other Desert Cities</em> ) and Anna Camp (the <em>Pitch Perfect</em> movies ) star as the couple. Moe Jeudy-Lamour and Sharon Pierre-Louis are the neighbors. Jenna Worsham directs.</p> <figure id="attachment_2634" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2634" style="width: 227px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-2634" src="http://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Our-Name-is-Barbra-227x300.jpg" alt="The event raises money for Project Angel Food" width="227" height="300" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Our-Name-is-Barbra-227x300.jpg 227w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Our-Name-is-Barbra-318x420.jpg 318w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Our-Name-is-Barbra.jpg 326w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2634" class="wp-caption-text">The 20th Annual “Our Name Is Barbra” Fundraiser</figcaption></figure> <p>Our Name Is Barbra – Catalina Bar & Grill</p> <p>April 22nd</p> <p>This annual fundraiser for Project Angel Food is celebrating its 20th year of singing the songs of Barbra Streisand. With 35 studio albums, 9 compilations, 7 live records and 15 soundtracks, it’s no wonder an event like this can last 20 years. Amongst the performers this year are Andrea Marcovicci, Ilene Graff & Ben Lanzarone, Artie Butler, Melanie Taylor & Terry Wollman and Kiki Ebsen. And if you think maintaining a fundraiser for 20 years is a big deal, just check out this little note they received last year:</p> <figure id="attachment_2635" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2635" style="width: 219px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-2635" src="http://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/StreisandLetter-219x300.jpg" alt="This Sunday is the 20th annual concert" width="219" height="300" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/StreisandLetter-219x300.jpg 219w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/StreisandLetter-696x952.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/StreisandLetter-307x420.jpg 307w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/StreisandLetter.jpg 702w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2635" class="wp-caption-text">Letter from Barbra Streisand to Producer/Director Clifford Bell last year</figcaption></figure> <figure id="attachment_2638" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2638" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-2638" src="http://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Michael-Tilson-Thomas-16x9-300x169.jpg" alt="He will be conducting the Colburn Orchestra" width="300" height="169" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Michael-Tilson-Thomas-16x9-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Michael-Tilson-Thomas-16x9-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Michael-Tilson-Thomas-16x9-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Michael-Tilson-Thomas-16x9-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Michael-Tilson-Thomas-16x9-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Michael-Tilson-Thomas-16x9-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Michael-Tilson-Thomas-16x9.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2638" class="wp-caption-text">Michael Tilson Thomas (courtesy of Michael Tilson Thomas)</figcaption></figure> <p>Colburn Gala Concert – Walt Disney Concert Hall</p> <p>April 22nd</p> <p>When conductor Michael Tilson Thomas recently performed with the San Francisco Symphony at Walt Disney Concert Hall, it was his last performance with the orchestra in Los Angeles before the end of his time with that organization. What wasn’t mentioned is that it wouldn’t be his last performance this year. Though he isn’t conducting his own orchestra, he will be leading the Colburn Orchestra in a performance of Mahler’s Symphony Number 1 in D Major, “Titan” at their Gala Concert on Sunday night.</p> <p>In addition to stepping on the podium for this concert, Tilson Thomas will be receiving the 2018 Richard D. Colburn Award. Also being honored this year is architect Frank Gehry.</p> <p>Colburn Orchestra Photo by Matthew Imaging</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2018/04/20/6-shows-see-weekend-la-4-20-4-22/">The 6 Shows You Should See: This Weekend in LA (4/20-4/22)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://culturalattache.co/2018/04/20/6-shows-see-weekend-la-4-20-4-22/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>