By Tyler BIDDLE Music heals and renews the soul. On June 1, the new musical “Sexy Widows” will have its début performance at the 24th Street Theatre in Los Angeles. The production was written and composed by La Crescenta resident June August. Musical director Sean Paxton also lives in La Crescenta and the production features […]
“Perennial,” a new world premiere play written by and starring Broadway’s Tammy Minoff, will receive its first bow as a guest production of the Sidewalk Studio Theatre in Burbank during the month of June. The play, about love and how we screw it up, will be presented on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. […]
Sally Kellerman, the Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated and celebrated actress, voiceover virtuoso and singer, returns to Vitello’s Jazz and Supper Club for “Sally Kellerman Live!” an evening of intimate and laid back music and conversation, backed by The Andy Langham Trio. The one night only performance will be presented on Wednesday, June 5, […]
By Susan JAMES Arguably one of the best series reboots in movie history, J. J. Abrams’ second installment of the new Star Trek prequel saga, “Star Trek: Into Darkness,” is a worthy addition to its predecessor. Cleverly written and fast-paced, with excellent CGI riffs on actual space photography, Captain Kirk and his intrepid crew make […]
By Ted AYALA Dmitri Shostakovich’s 1959 “Cello Concerto No. 1” is a compact, grim little piece in four movements that tends to veer off into the darker end of the emotional spectrum for nearly the whole of its 25-minute duration. Not that the composer would have told you or anybody else that. Shostakovich was infamously […]
By Ted AYALA Pacific Serenades brings its 27th season to a close on Sunday, June 3 with a program of chamber music for winds by Mozart, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns, and local composer Stephen Cohn. Southern California is enjoying an embarrassment of riches when it comes to chamber music. Pacific Serenades holds its own place of distinction […]
By Michael YEGHIAYAN Supporters of Glendale’s arts and culture community gathered in North Hollywood to help raise funds to the sights of a 1950s newsroom and the sounds of Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole. The event, aptly named Pops & Props, was held on Saturday at one of the area’s largest prop houses. The […]