Art and Ocean Conservation intersect! Two timely projects, both led by female artists, have been created to invite the public to engage directly with Southern California's ocean heritage, wh…
The Soraya's resident dance company Ballet BC returned with a trio of modern ballets that defy description. How do you find the words to capture and convey the experience of these utterly th…
AFI FEST 2025: The Big Moments, the Breakouts, and the Industry Buzz The 39th edition of AFI FEST, held October 22"26 in Hollywood, delivered one of its most star-packed and internationally …
Here's something I never thought while watching the film Paranormal Activity in 2009: One day I will be writing a review of the theater version of this found-footage movie. I vividly recall …
Get ready to tumble into a world where nothing is quite what it seems. Visionary choreographer Moses Pendleton, the mastermind behind MOMIX's internationally acclaimed physical-theater spect…
 MOCA is staging a symposium with esteemed musicologists, historians, composers and musicians in November. Organized by artist Hague Yang and MOCA, Star-Crossed Rendezvous: The Musica…
Ring in the holidays with the LA Phil and special guests at Walt Disney Concert Hall! It's practically the most wonderful time of the year! Gather at Walt Disney Concert Hall for family s…
Making its highly anticipated world premiere this past weekend, Sarah Kirkland Snider's new opera Hildegard, about an important medieval composer and mystic, proved a dazzling experience. Mu…
When one is feeling confused or scared, it's human nature to try to find somebody who knows more and be guided by their knowledge. This is great when A) said person actually does know more a…
Benjamin Britten's chilling opera The Turn of the Screw (1954) is a haunting psychological thriller that transforms Henry James's ghost story into an intense chamber opera of ambiguity and d…
 An ancient legend first popularized in sixteenth-century Germany, the Faustian bargain warns of trading one's soul or moral integrity for power, beauty, or success, only to pay a terrib…
 Max Minghella's body horror The Shell emerges from the same vein as Coralie Fargeat's The Substance. They each explore the specter of aging, of impossible beauty standards, and the frag…
An ancient legend first popularized in sixteenth-century Germany, the Faustian bargain warns of trading one's soul or moral integrity for power, beauty, or success, only to pay a terrible pr…
An ancient legend first popularized in sixteenth-century Germany, the Faustian bargain warns of trading one's soul or moral integrity for power, beauty, or success, only to pay a terrible pr…
With a splashy studio action picture starring Glen Powell, The Running Man, set for release in November, I thought it was a good time to reflect on the first film adaptation from 1987. Starr…
I'm combining two reviews in one article this week, one unique solo show at the Pasadena Playhouse and a sequel to a popular play at East West Players. These productions are not connected in…
Last night at The Soraya the joint was jumping and the band was swinging in celebration of the great musical artist Quincy Jones. The Pacific Jazz Orchestra was led by arranger Chris Walden,…
Grand Ave Arts: All Access is happening on October 25! This annual, one-day event will be staged along Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, from Temple to 6th Street, between 11 a…
Last night, October 4, 2025, at The Soraya, the Martha Graham Dance Company delivered an evening of performances that conveyed a sense of high drama. Deeply reverent and electrifying, the co…
What is real? Perhaps more than any time in human history, there is more of an ability to realistically fake anything. Worse, there are any number of people actively trying to use those tech…
The AFI FEST 2025, presented by Canva, is just around the corner! It's happening in Los Angeles from October 22"27, 2025 and promises to be an unforgettable celebration of the best …
"Only connect," wrote E. M. Forster in his 1910 novel, Howards End, an epigraph encouraging the merging of the mind and the heart so as to live a fuller life. That doesn't mean it's easy to …
Possibly the greatest musical ever created, West Side Story " a modern version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet set on the mean streets of New York during the turbulent fifties " is now pla…
Jonathan Spector's 2025 Tony Award-winning satire is a study in cringe, generating big laughs and nervous squirms in almost equal measures. When a mumps outbreak hits a progressive private p…
When one reads the title The Night of the Iguana, one hopes that it will be one of those Fifties flicks about radiation creating a giant iguana terrorizing hapless humans. But, alas, it is n…