Cirque du Soleil: Amaluna (San Francisco)
The latest offering from the Montreal-based global troupe is Amaluna. Loosely based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest, the production offers more of what we have grown to like and several ... Continue Reading →
LA Theater Scene has Play Dead, Parfumerie, and It’s Magic!
Play Dead, deliciously macabre
With a fiendish grin, Todd Robbins says, “We’re never so alive as when we’re scared to death.” That is a promise of things to come during the ... Continue Reading →
LA Theater Scene has Evita, 12 Angry Men, and Martha Graham
Evita at The Pantages
The spirit of Eva Perón is personified in Caroline Bowman, who stars in the latest production of the musical Evita playing at the Pantages Theatre in ... Continue Reading →
The Rascals: Once Upon a Dream
One of the most underrated bands in America is probably The Rascals. In the mid 60s, the only consistent chart topping band was The Beach Boys. The Byrds were making their mark, and ... Continue Reading →
The LA area theater scene has “Marilyn” and “Smokey Joe’s”
“Marilyn…Madness & Me”
The fascinating new play “Marilyn…Madness & Me” premiered at the historic El Portal Theatre, and runs through ... Continue Reading →
Ojai, Ventura, Solvang – Not Enough Time
Everyone loves the Santa Barbara area, and we decided to visit a few of the towns in the region. We discovered that we should have allotted far more than several days for our excursion.
The ... Continue Reading →
The Scottsboro Boys – Ahmanson Theatre
Juggling with taboos is an ambitious policy, especially when the subject is racial. The Scottsboro Boys tackles head-on the racially motivated trial of nine wrongly accused black men, ... Continue Reading →
His Girl Friday at La Jolla Playhouse
His Girl Friday – La Jolla Playhouse
Built upon the classic play and film, John Guare’s adaptation deftly walks a tightrope. On the one hand is the rat-a-tat humor between protaganists ... Continue Reading →
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