A Noise Within has been taking risks and walking the talk for over three decades. The beloved professional theatre company in Pasadena is taking a break from the usual likes of Shakespeare and classical theatre this spring. Or are they? Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s […]
Whenever I’m in Highland Park I feel like I’m really in Los Angeles. Sure, LA wears many hats from the glamor of Hollywood to the swank of Beverly Hills. There’s the Miracle Mile for the sophisticated tourist and the foodie haven downtown. But, Highland Park […]
A day hasn’t gone by since our lockdown began that I don’t miss live theatre. My Facebook memories often remind me of incredible theatre in Los Angeles I’ve seen. I’ll listen to my favorite albums and reminisce on hearing that one song live, or how […]
Somewhere thats always been on my ‘to-do’ list in LA is Los Feliz’s Rockwell Table and Stage, and I was in luck when Melanie from LA Explorer invited me to join her at The Un-Authorized Musical Parody of The Devil Wears Prada, at The Rockwell this past Saturday. […]
While I am a casual fan of Green Day, when Los Angeles’ DOMA Theatre Company invited me out to see their current production of the band’s 2004 hit album, American Idiot, I didn’t know quite what to expect when we arrived at the very intimate, […]
The Theatricum Botanicum’s Summer season has begun & they’re off to one of their most powerful & meaningful years thus far. Thanks, in part, to their production of Christopher Sergel’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, which opened to a sold out crowd […]
Since 1994, punk rockers Green Day have had many triumphs, ups & downs with their music career. With their debut album in 1990, they were just a group of rebels from Berkeley, California, & by the release of 1995’s Insomniac & their 1997 4th album, […]
With the excitement building throughout Pasadena & Los Angeles for the up-coming One Starry Night event to fight ALS, I am so excited to introduce you to one of the stars of the performance happening April 20th. Hailing from Canada, Reagan Pasternak has been a successful […]
While I was thrilled to hear that One Starry Night, a one night only benefit at The Pasadena Playhouse, will return for its 2nd year in a row, it does sadden me it will once again, be a charity event to raise awareness for Amyotrophic […]
International City Theatre kicks off its 30th Anniversary Season with a tour de force musical drama about the final days of Judy Garland. End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter opens Feb. 20, directed by John Henry Davis (ICT’s Trying) and starring Gigi Bermingham (Ovation […]
While it’s clearly no secret how much I love The Performing Arts, some might be surprised that one of the most popular, successful shows of all-time, has actually never been a top favorite of mine. That would be Andrew Lloyd Weber’s The Phantom of the […]
While it’s no secret I love anything to do with the theatre, I actually have kept it a bit under wraps how much I adore Oscar Wilde, & my most favorite work of his is definitely The Importance of being Earnest. I suppose its been […]
