arts
L.A.’s Pacific Opera Project offers broad social criticism in The Mikado
August 28, 2019Now Pacific Opera Project (POP) has done it again, offering local audiences another shot at “the most fun one can have in a Los Angeles theater right now."
Read moreChristina Schlesinger’s ‘Tomboys’ honors a milestone in modern lesbian art
June 12, 2019There are probably but a handful of galleries in the world where such art could be shown even today.
Read moreEllen Perlo, 102; advocate for equality, peace, justice and socialism
January 14, 2019As young activists all those years ago we benefitted from her leadership. As seasoned veterans, we cherish her memory and try to live her legacy. As a human race, we are all better for having had...
Read moreDylan Thomas’s ‘Under Milk Wood’ receives an inspired stage production
August 1, 2018Open Fist Theatre Company just unveiled its interpretation of Under Milk Wood, originally written as a 1954 radio play but revived from time to time as a stage work and in film.
Read moreHear Beethoven roar in Hershey Felder’s new biographical treatment
July 30, 2018There can be little disagreement that Hershey Felder is the greatest one-man “theatrical impressionist” interpreting the lives of the great composers.
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