Annapurna and Years to the Day, Reviewed
Centuries ago, opera was more affordable, not just something thought to be for the country club set when the dained to put on their long silk gloves and gold-rimmed glasses. Several companies in Los Angeles have strived to recreate this custom, but it hasn't always been easy. Ticket prices are one ... More >>
Cooking Crazy Learn about Futurism, Surrealism and the development of French and Italian art in the 19th and 20th centuries by touring LACMA's collection, then heading to Surfas to sip wine and prepare a meal inspired by Salvador Dali's Les Diners de Gala and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's Futurist Coo ... More >>
​Miguel Pinero's 1970s prison play Short Eyes nabs this week's Pick of the Week.​ Good notices also for Martin McDonagh's The Lonesome West at Santa Monica's Ruskin Theatre Group; Rene Rivera's King of the Desert at Casa 0101 in East L.A.; and Molly Smith Metzer's new play, Elemeno Pea at South ... More >>
Allen on life, actors, younger women and his 40th film
Also, Earth Sucks, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Politico!
David Cronenberg and Howard Shore's insect opera repels
Allen and Friedkin tackle Puccini; Cronenberg helms The Fly
He lived the young man's dream in Spain; next, he directs Larry David in NYC and Puccini for L.A. Opera
Birtwistle's presence, Shostakovich's past
Teeming with life, this Puccini work retains its appeal
William Friedkin on Bug, Cruising and nights at the opera
Performance/Film/Video at Daniel Hug and Keltie Ferris, “Boy Genius” at Kinkead Contemporary
Including Norbit, Hannibal Rising,Traffic Signal, and the Ralph Nader documentary, An Unreasonable Man
Baz Luhrmanns La Bohème
Benoît Jacquot directs Puccini's lurid crowd-pleaser
L.A. Opera's Werther: Modest proportions
