Review: Puccini’s Turandot at the Music Center
LA Opera’s presentation of Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is musically captivating and visually stunning. Set in ancient China, the tragic opera tells the story of a beautiful but cruel princess named Turandot. She refuses to
June 21 – 23, 2024: Joffrey Ballet, Anna Karenina at the Music Center
The Joffrey Ballet is back in LA with the debut of Anna Karenina at the Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. It is a timeless tale of love and drama as told in Leo Tolstoy’s epic Imperial Russian novel. Performances run June 21
Review: CAP UCLA, Meshell Ndegeocello at United Theater on Broadway
I had the chance to review a Meshell Ndegeocello show at the United Theater on Broadway this past weekend. With a catalogue that spans soul, R&B's, jazz, hip-hop, and rock, Grammy winner Meshell Ndegeocello’s music is driven by the search
Review: A Weekend with Pablo Picasso at The Broad Stage
Written and delightfully performed by Herbert Sigüenza, A Weekend with Pablo Picasso takes us into the creative and socially conscious mind of the great artist. It is 1957 in the south of France and Picasso is commissioned to create
Review: The Rite of Spring & common ground[s] at the Music Center
The 21st season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center opened with a program of two exquisite and contrastingly energetic works - common ground[s] and Pina Bausch’s 1975 The Rite of Spring. The latter was choreographed to
Review: Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet at the Ahmanson Theater
The Center Theater Group presented an energetic and emotionally engaging production of Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet at the Ahmanson Theater. Bourne’s interpretation of this classic ballet cleverly communicates the tragic narrative with performances by his New Adventures company