3 wins for L.A. Opera, Pacific Opera Project, Independent Opera
If Los Angeles has a reputation for opera, it is as an outlier, a city freed from encrusted tradition and eager to invent. Long Beach…
‘Ghostlight’ review: About the healing power of theater
The films of Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson are simple but deeply felt portraits of people trying to do right by themselves and finding profound…
Francesca Amewudah-Rivers backed by 800+ actors amid online abuse
“We see you.” That’s one message more than 800 Black artists amplified in an open letter supporting “Romeo & Juliet” star Francesca Amewudah-Rivers. Another message?…
Matthew Bourne shifts ‘Romeo and Juliet’ into an asylum
Choreographer Matthew Bourne transposes Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” to an asylum for young people. Ostensibly disturbed, the inhabitants of the Verona Institute seem normal enough,…