In the middle of May 27’s day-long event to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Queen Mary ’s maiden voyage, a crowd gathered on the foredeck. “Listen, we know that isn’t a thing you do to a ship — we get it,” said Dylan Matteson, director of experien... See more
Walk along the east side of the main business corridor in Bixby Knolls and you’ll come to a building with a blue Allstate Insurance logo above a curving line of second-storey windows. But step inside and you may find yourself going down — or in this case,... See more
Having not seen either a staged version of The Lion in Winter or the 1968 film adaptation (for which Katherine Hepburn won her third Oscar), I had no idea what to expect. Something straightforwardly (melo)dramatic, maybe? In any case, I was surprised to f... See more
Once upon a time and a very good time it was, for one night every October, four square blocks of Long Beach’s East Village Arts District were transformed into a mellifluous cacophony of dozens of multisensory sound-centric installations, performances, and... See more
Part of the genius of Stephen Sondheim lies in the complexity of his music and lyrics. Often technically demanding, always clever and idiosyncratic, any theatre company staging Sondheim is making a real commitment. So you wouldn’t expect to find a lot of ... See more