The Motive and The Cue: Is This London’s Most Stunning Production?

Seeing the creative process is mesmerizing for me. Whether it was watching Get Back and seeing The Beatles create from seemingly thin air a new song or watching my mother with a blank ... Continue Reading →

Nathaniel Rateliff Continues to Sing the Praises of Leonard Cohen

The list of musicians who did their finest work toward the end of their lives is short, but surely Leonard Cohen is near the top of that list. Recognizing the late Canadian’s ... Continue Reading →

Redwood: World Premiere Musical at La Jolla Playhouse

Robust Hymns to the Silence and Then Some In a world premiere performance, Idina Menzel commands the stage with four other superb actors in the bracing new musical Redwood. Menzel has ... Continue Reading →

Bob Marley: One Love – The Biopic That Mostly Succeeds 

Packing the politics, the history, the love and the music into a couple hours remains a challenge   The interest in legacy music cuts across generations. This is certainly apparent ... Continue Reading →

St Petersburg: The James and The Dalí are the Main Highlights of the Art Scene

The next town south of Tampa has developed a vibrant art scene. Two of the biggest draws are The James and The Dalí Museum. Officially known as The James Museum of Western & Wildlife ... Continue Reading →

Kennedy Space Center – A Great Visit For Space Cadets and Wannabe Astronauts of All Ages

If you are of a certain age, the men who sat atop impossibly tall rockets and rode them into space came home as giants among us. Excellent books and films have leveraged this common ... Continue Reading →

Intimate Apparel Delivers at North Coast Repertory Theatre

Set in Manhattan, 1905 this play brings together six seemingly disparate characters whose stories overlap and intertwine enticingly. The finely etched characters are portrayed superbly, ... Continue Reading →

SAN DIEGO RODEO AT PETCO PARK – A FIRST

There was a time not too long ago when country music and all of its associated lifestyle was deemed to be a relatively small industry. That all changed in 1991 when Billboard changed ... Continue Reading →