Back by popular demand, CASA 0101 Theater and TNH Productions present Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast, The Broadway Musical” in association with Councilmember Gil Cedillo and El Centro Del Pueblo. Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” follows Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is actually a handsome young prince, who […]
By Steve ZALL and Sid FISH May 2018 Here are some of the shows you can catch in our local theatres this month: OPENING “Soul Doctor” tells the fascinating story of the father of popular Jewish music, Shlomo Carlebach. A modern-day troubadour, Carlebach ignited the spirit of […]
By Susan JAMES Nineteen times the heroes of the cinematic Marvel Universe have saved that universe from villains weird and terrible, twisted titans seeking revenge, power and chaos. Loki, Ultron, Hela, Erik Killmonger and the Winter Soldier among others have gone up against the redoubtable and lost. The heroes have battled the bad guys, fought […]
By Néstor CASTIGLIONE When Hollywood or perhaps the Westside are not thought of, downtown is the place that many people, mostly the never-ceasing new transplants from elsewhere in the country, think of when they think of “Los Angeles.” The newly revived and self-aware urban center – already the home of such cultural institutions as the […]
By Néstor CASTIGLIONE Two California composers head their namesake program this upcoming Sunday at Caltech. But while they may share the same hometown and surnames, they could not be any more different from each other. “I’m very surprised that, despite their California connection, they’re unrelated,” said Glenn Price, conductor of the TEMPO (The Epicenter Musical […]
By Charly SHELTON There is no doubt that the ship Queen Mary is haunted. There are resident spirits, including Jackie, the little girl who haunts the first class pool, John Pedder, who was crushed by a watertight door, Senior Second Officer William Eric Stark, who accidentally drank dry cleaning fluid instead of gin, and The […]
By Néstor CASTIGLIONE America has had a long love/hate relationship with classical music – mostly love – in the years leading into the mid-20th century, reversed by the 1960s “counterculture” to a collective feeling of indifference that sometimes can be roused to “hate.” One thinks of the writings of various pop music critics over the […]
By Néstor CASTIGLIONE It’s Saturday, the night is young, and you’re looking for a change of pace from your usual round of drinks over at The Regal Beagle. What to do? Pittance Chamber Music might have just the thing for you with its “Three’s Company” program. Pittance Chamber Music, a series featuring players from the […]
By Charly SHELTON The Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve is in bloom, at least as bloomed as it’s going to get this year. There aren’t very many poppies this season because the winter wasn’t very wet, but there are a good selection of other wildflowers to brighten the hillsides of the Antelope Valley. Located just a […]
By Néstor CASTIGLIONE Pianist Charles Fierro, a stalwart of the local musical scene best known to locals as a regular guest performer at the Glendale Noon Concerts, passed away last December after a brief illness. During his life his art elicited praise from the likes of Aaron Copland and Nadia Boulanger, the latter praising his […]