THE BLOOMING OF A BUDD IN L.A. Based on Herman Melville's classic American tale, adapted into a libretto by English novelist E.M. Forster and writer Eric Crozier, Billy Budd tells the story of the persecution and destruction of a pure-hearted sailor by a predatory master-at-arms. It’s a tragedy of “sexual discharge gone evil,” as Forster described it, […]
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:12PM on February 19, 2014