A magic moment, even for Bowl pros
Sarah Horn, left, with Kristin Chenoweth after they shared their "a star is born" moment at the Bowl. The people who work behind the scenes to produce one memorable concert after another at the...
View ArticleVeterans come in on a high note
Performance tickets and holiday recitals are just part of the program as LA Opera reaches out to vets. When “Carmen” struts her stuff on the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion stage at this Sunday’s matinee,...
View ArticleMaking spirits bright
Hillary Shaw rings in the holidays with the ARC Handbell Choir. Photo/L.A. County Arts Commission The holiday season demands a soundtrack, and for many musicians, this is one of the busiest times of...
View ArticleWe loved them yeah yeah yeah
Fans mobbed the Hollywood Bowl for tickets to the Beatles' 1964 Los Angeles debut concert. Photo courtesy of The Music Center Archives/ Otto Rothschild Collection It was 50 years ago this summer that...
View ArticleGood news for Bowl bottoms
Alaskan yellow cedar benches are going in at the Bowl, replacing old ones that have seated millions. Consider the lot of the lowly Hollywood Bowl benches. Every summer, they bear silent witness to...
View ArticleA Strad-studded event
Elizabeth Pitcairn's Red Mendelssohn will be among eight Stradivari violins at the L.A.Chamber Orchestra's upcoming "Strad Fest" event. Photo/Joy Strotz Jerry Kohl and his wife Terri are...
View ArticleTurning 50, to applause
Within a year, the Music Center was a cultural fixture in L.A. Here, thousands of people line up for "Hello, Dolly" tickets. Photo/Herald Examiner Like any grand dame, she avoids dwelling on birthdays....
View ArticleL.A.’s free summer soundtrack
Phil Ranelin and his jazz ensemble will be performing at LACMA on August 22. From Balinese gamelan music to mariachi spectaculars, jazzy interludes to multicultural pop, Los Angeles County is about to...
View ArticleOpera’s beach blanket bravura
A Roaring '20s-era staging of "La Traviata" will be shimmying to the beach. Photo/Robert Millard It’s not every day that the sublime vocal talents of Plácido Domingo share a place in the sun with...
View ArticleThe Ford also rises
A view from the Ford's new stage shows performers' perspective. Image/Levin & Associates With environmental approval this week of a transformative plan for the county’s John Anson Ford Theatres,...
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