Review: 2025 LA Opera La Bohème
LA Opera La Bohème LA Opera’s revival of filmmaker Herbert Ross’s production of Puccini’s heartbreaking romance La Bohème is an emotionally engaging enchantment. Lina González-Granados conducts the sublime romantic and melodic score that complements the singers’ voices to flourish
Music Reviews, The Hollywood Bowl
Here at LAArtParty.com - we LOVE the Hollywood Bowl. We attend many concerts, and of course list this fabulous venue. Here are a few recent reviews at the Hollywood Bowl Recent Reviews at the Hollywood Bowl Jazz on Tap
LA Opera, Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto Review
Music Director James Conlon conducts the emotionally riveting production of Verdi’s Rigoletto at the LA Opera (Music Center). Director Tomer Zvulun brings the classic 19th century opera into 1930’s fascist Italy. Jessica Hahn’s costumes populate the scene with masked
Review: Here There Are Blueberries at the Wallis at the Wallis
The 2024 Pulitzer Prize nominated play, Here There Are Blueberries, opened at the Wallis in Beverly Hills. Conceived and directed by Moisés Kaufman and co-written by Amanda Gronich, the 90-minute play is a haunting meditation on memory and trauma.
Review: Waiting for Godot at the Geffen Playhouse
The Geffen Playhouse staged a captivating production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, directed by Judy Hegarty Lovett in association with Gare St Lazare Ireland. Geffen Playhouse Waiting for Godot The two-act tragicomedy, considered one of the most significant
Review: LA Opera’s Madame Butterfly at the Music Center
LA Opera at the Music Center opened its 2024/25 season with Puccini's Madame Butterfly. The production uses the original staging of Spanish-Uruguayan director Mario Gas that juxtaposes the Japanese setting onto a 1930’s Hollywood film soundstage.While we get seated,