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Sunday, October 30, 2011

No Sondheim, but the show merrily rolls along in Costa Mesa by Sherry Stern

A program scheduled for Saturday night at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, “Sondheim: In Conversation” ran into a seemingly fatal snag Saturday afternoon: the composer was stuck 3,00…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:02PM
Saturday, October 29, 2011

Sondheim snowed in, will miss Saturday's Orange County appearance by Sherry Stern

The unexpected snowstorm that hit the East Coast has left Stephen Sondheim stranded and unable to fly, so he will miss Saturday's performance of "Stephen Sondheim: In Conversation" at the Se…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:50PM
Friday, October 28, 2011

Russia's historic Bolshoi Theatre finally reopens by Sherry Stern

After six years of a painstaking $700-million-plus restoration that was plagued by managerial, financial and artistic scandals, the historic Russian State Academic Bolshoi Theater reopened F…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:21PM
Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Edith Head gets her say in a one-woman show by Sherry Stern

Susan Claassen plays the designer in the one-woman show “A Conversation With Edith Head,” which opens Friday at the Odyssey Theatre,

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:57PM
Monday, October 24, 2011

Elaine Stritch and the Town Hall: They're still here by Sherry Stern

Veteran performer Elaine Stritch has performed in a lot of places, but until Saturday never in New York's venerable Town Hall. Together, the two Broadway institutions are 176 years old and t…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:45PM
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Audience gets a surprise at Met Opera's 'Anna Bolena' by Sherry Stern

While Anna Netrebko might be the opera world's fast-rising "it" girl of the moment, unexpected drama came elsewhere during Tuesday night's staging of the Metropolitan Opera's season-starting…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:06PM
Wednesday, October 5, 2011

'Funny Girl' will open on Broadway in April after Ahmanson run by Sherry Stern

"Funny Girl," starring Lauren Ambrose as Fanny Brice and Bobby Cannavale as Nick Arnstein, will open on Broadway in April 2012 at the Imperial Theatre following its run at the Ahmanson Th…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:40PM

Audra McDonald discusses the perceived racism of 'Porgy and Bess' by Sherry Stern

Singer Audra McDonald is a busy woman, what with that controversial re-imagined production of “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” that's heading to Broadway, a two-month cross-country c…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM
Friday, September 23, 2011

Paul McCartney's ballet 'Ocean's Kingdom' debuts in New York by Sherry Stern

It's been 47 years since Paul McCartney first came to New York and was greeted by wailing female fans at JFK airport, but at Lincoln Center Thursday night, as the 69-year old former Beatle j…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:59PM
Friday, September 16, 2011

Andrea Bocelli concert draws huge crowd in the rain at Central Park by Sherry Stern

Two formidable if pleasant forces of nature swept through Manhattan’s Central Park Thursday night: a late summer storm and of Andrea Bocelli, the Italian superstar tenor for a free concert…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:33PM
Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Yo-Yo Ma, Barbara Cook tapped for Kennedy Center Honors by Sherry Stern

The 34th annual Kennedy Center Honors will celebrate singer Barbara Cook, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, saxophonist and composer Sonny Rollins, singer and songwriter Neil Diamond, and actress Meryl Str…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:53AM
Monday, August 29, 2011

Joseph Gordon-Levitt wants to make a movie with you by Sherry Stern

Joseph Gordon-Levitt talks about hitRECord Fall Formal in Oct. 10 at Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PM
Friday, August 12, 2011

L.A. Opera's summer camp: Putting on a show by Sherry Stern

Los Angeles students are preparing the perform “Brundibar” at L.A. Opera's Opera Camp, where they will also learn about a vastly different camp -- the Nazi concentration camp at Terezin,…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:41PM

Opera rules to live by, according to Twitter by Sherry Stern

A lively hashtag on Twitter at the moment is #operarulestoliveby, instigated by the Twitter account of the Royal Opera House. Here are some of our favorites, starting with two from Bob Kings…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:10AM
Monday, August 8, 2011

'This' opens in Culver City with Kirk Douglas watching by Sherry Stern

Celebrities show up for opening night of "This" at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:47PM
Thursday, August 4, 2011

Darren Criss will perform for L.A.'s new musicals festival by Sherry Stern

Darren Criss will perform at the Sept. 10 closing party for the Festival of New American Musicals. The Southern California festival continues with "Rocket Science" and more openings.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:11PM
Thursday, July 14, 2011

Magic tricks with Neil Patrick Harris [Video] by Sherry Stern

Watch a card trick with Neil Patrick Harris and Guy Hollingworth of 'The Expert at the Card Table.'

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:11PM
Friday, July 8, 2011

Critic's Notebook: A 'Clock' worth watching by Sherry Stern

Though it's been ticking away in its little room at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art since mid-May, not everyone has discovered "The Clock." Unlike London and New York, where crowds line…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:50PM
Saturday, July 2, 2011

The music of 'West Side Story' finds its way to the Hollywood Bowl by Sherry Stern

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the film “West Side Story,” why not put it onscreen at the Hollywood Bowl, then have the Los Angeles Philharmonic right there playing the movie’s s…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00PM
Friday, July 1, 2011

Theater review: 'Much Ado About Nothing' at the Old Globe in San Diego by Sherry Stern

SAN DIEGO -- History doesn’t record whether Shakespeare was much of a fashionista, but he sure had a keen eye for resonant bits of fabric. There’s Desdemona’s telltale, plot-driving ha…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:58PM
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Dispatch From London: Sondheim shows up for 'Road Show' by Sherry Stern

Admirers of Stephen Sondheim watching the first European preview Friday of his musical “Road Show” got an extra bonus. They got to enjoy the newest version of the legendary composer’s …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:34PM
Thursday, June 23, 2011

President Obama to use 'Sister Act' for fundraiser by Sherry Stern

It's rumored Obama will show up for at least part of the performance of "Sister Act"

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:51PM

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