arts and entertainment
Long Beach Opera offers a different (and shorter) Tristan and Isolde story
May 17, 2018What Richard Wagner does in five hours, Swiss composer Frank Martin does in under two.
Read moreGood when she’s bad: Bawdy bard Mae West’s ‘Sex’ appeals
May 16, 2018In our more enlightened age, like the immortal Mae West herself, you too, will enjoy Sex. Why don’t you come up and see it sometime?
Read more‘Ghost Stories’: Movie asks us to dig deeper into fear and ourselves
April 19, 2018Standout performances from Freeman and Nyman drive key points in the movie, while a delightfully morbid twist at the end makes the film resonate and entertain.
Read moreSouth African version of classic ballet ‘Giselle’ gives men the willies
April 17, 2018“In this Giselle,” reads a program note, “I aimed to create a work that is not about forgiveness, but rather is about love, deceit, betrayal, anger, and heartbreak."
Read moreThe huddled masses take refuge in new L.A. play “The New Colossus”
March 5, 2018Ultimately, we are prompted to ask, Who are we as a nation right now? Where do we come from? What values moved us to get here, and which ones hold us together?
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