arts
“El Niño”: John Adams’ radically updated Latino Christmas oratorio
December 20, 2016The work had its world premiere in Paris in December 2000. Los Angeles brought it back in grand style this season.
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Bigger pay on a small stage: Will L.A. theatres go dark?
December 14, 2016Small theatres barely keep the spotlights while they scrape up the rent.
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Black, Southern, poor, gay, male: Alternate images in “Moonlight”
November 21, 2016This is honest filmmaking at its best, marking a milestone in the development of Black-oriented cinema in America.
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Leonard Cohen, 82: Singer, songwriter and poet
November 17, 2016“I never had the sense that there was an end, that there was a retirement or that there was a jackpot.”
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Double play: “Billy & Ray” and “The Stand-In”
October 17, 2016The cynicism Wilder’s oeuvre is known for suggests that he may not necessarily have been so wild about us - the human race.
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