By Jean Strauber, Entertainment Editor The Two Foscari What an evening! My friend and fellow opera lover Blossom Shores and I had the privilege of enjoying this early and less familiar work of Giuseppe Verdi, which opened at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on September 15.. As the Los Angeles Times critics Mark Swed so well [...]
By Jean Strauber,Entertainment Editor Palm SpringsFollies Returns! Beginning November 1 andplaying through May 19,the Palm Springs Follies is presenting its newest edition,“Dance to the Music!” (Scenepictured above.) From the stroll to the twist to disco, the Follies is dancing them all. Live and in glorious color starring the Follies’ Legendary Line of Long-Legged Lovelies and [...]
By Jean Strauber, Entertainment Editor AT THE REAGAN LIBRARY On July 27, the public is invited to a Rock and Roll Summer Celebration at the Reagan Library from 6:00 to 9:30 p.m. Just put on your blue suede shoes for a fantastic evening of dining and dancing to rock and roll classics performed by Ronnie [...]
By Jean Strauber, Entertainment Editor Dance At The Music Center The final presentation of the ninth Season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center will conclude with the Bolshoi Ballet’s Swan Lake, to be staged at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for only five performances beginning June 7. This popular ballet will be staged [...]
By Jean Strauber, Entertainment Editor A Memorial Day Celebration — Horace Heidt Big Band Foundation presents, in honor of A Memorial Day Celebration - A Music in the Park Celebration on Sunday, May 27, 2012 from 4 pm – 6 pm at the Sherman Oaks/Van Nuys Memorial Park. The Heidt Foundation will present a very [...]
By Jean Strauber, Entertainment Editor There’s music in the air in the L.A. area… The Follies As you walk into the renowned Ahmanson Theatre during this run, you’ll look at the stage and observe the ragged bunting hanging from the proscenium, the boxes draped in the same black bunting, which is also covering all the [...]
By Jean Strauber, Entertainment Editor A Night Of Laughs And Song! Theatre West has done it again. Once a month Theatre West and Executive Director John Gallogly are presenting “The Laugh Pack,” created by comic Bruce Fine. With a friend I attended the Saturday, March 31st program. What a hilarious evening! Bruce Fine (pictured, right) [...]
By Jean Strauber, Entertainment Editor MAMMA MIA! Want a fun evening for you and your family? Then, head over to the historic Pantages Theatre in Hollywood to see the Smash Hit Musical based on the songs of ABBA, MAMMA MIA! Leading the cast of 30 is Kaye Tuckerman as Donna Sheridan, the independent single mother [...]
By Jean Strauber Entertainment Editor Congratulations to Janai Brugger (pictured right), a member of LA Opera’s Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program, who was one of five winners of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions on March 18. Ms. Brugger will return to LA Opera in the leading role of Musetta in Giacomo Puccini’s “La Bohème” on [...]
By Jean Strauber Entertainment Editor At Our Museums Much is happening at our museums in Los Angeles County. In Newhall, a temporary exhibit with film items related to Oscar winners “Hugo” and “The Artist” will be on view until June 3rd. In Los Angeles at the Natural History Museum (NHM) the Butterfly Pavilion will open [...]
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