The Arts

Abigail/1702 by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has received its West Coast premiere at Long Beach's International City Theatre. As usual, the production is top quality. caryn desai,

The Echo Theater Company is one of the newer jewels in the crown of Los Angeles theatre, and with their current rep staging of

The Wrecking Crew were a group of uncredited Los Angeles studio musicians who played on and created hundreds of hit records that became the

For the first decade of this century I didn't pay much attention to the music business. After close to 30 years in the business

Sunset Baby is an intelligently written play with a superb cast that positively gleams from those benefits which blesses any play if either worthy

Not only will I tip my hat to The Coeurage Theatre Company, but if you don't tip your hat as well, I'll be inclined

"There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done." B.B. King   The summer of 1995, while visiting my

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language has five definitions for "entropy" [ěn′ trә-pē]. Four of the five could aptly be applied to

Forever Flamenco is back at the Fountain Theatre, which is cause for celebration. I am a self admitted aficionado, whose been beating the drum for

Okay, a quick side bar. My mother came to Los Angeles in the early '50s as a single parent. She was a raven haired beauty, and

At one point in the production of Lauren Gunderson's I and You at the Fountain Theatre, the main character's bedroom falls apart. Unfortunately, the

First a bit of Irish history. The Black and Tans were a force of mostly former soldiers enrolled in the Royal Irish Constabulary during

I love Shakespeare. Straight up. If I could cook him down I'd probably be mainlining the Bard. Any Shakespeare junkie has a major Jonez for the

After a wait of more than a decade since her last release, Melissa Manchester's 20th album, You Gotta Love the Life, is a welcome

Jesus Christ Superstar is a great show. Lyrics by Tim Rice, and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and for my money its Webber's best. It

I can always appreciate Long Beach's International City Theatre even when I don't necessarily enjoy a particular production. Case in point End of the Rainbow,

Is the secret of succeeding in this messy business called life acceptance? Is the only hope of defeating life's chaotic conflux by acknowledging you will

Talk about being overly optimistic. My previous TheTVolution post seems positively Pollyanna-ish. The headline read: "The Voice Finally Acknowledges Songwriters." Actually, what the December

I hate writing "bad" reviews for shows. Hate it. Don't get me wrong, I will bring out the ol' file and start sharpening the teeth;

In Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie the sea defines all things; the characters, their lives, their past, and their destinies. It is the sea that convinces