Entertainment
Broadway’s ‘Spider-Man’ sets new opening date for June 14
Mar 12th
The production will shut down April 19 to May 11 in order to implement revisions to the show. The production will shut down April 19 to May 11 in order to implement revisions to the show.
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Reciting Shakespeare while admiring Dudamel
Mar 12th
Orlando Bloom, Anika Noni Rose, Malcolm McDowell and Matthew Rhys, drawn by the Bard and the maestro, perform in an L.A. Phil Live program. Juliet, also known as Anika Noni Rose , had a question for Romeo — Orlando Bloom , by any other name.
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Critic’s Notebook: Remove art from its architectural context, and what’s left?
Mar 12th
The cases of a reputed Banksy piece in Detroit and Le Corbusier’s work in Chandigarh, India, raise complicated questions. When we debate the endlessly tricky subjects of cultural patrimony and looted art, the pieces that usually come to mind are marble statues from classical antiquity or paintings stolen and stashed away during wartime. Not street art. And certainly not manhole covers.
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Music review: ‘The Passion of Philip Glass’ at Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
Mar 11th
The composer Philip Glass was on hand Thursday night for a pre-concert talk at Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. The composer Philip Glass was on hand Thursday night for a pre-concert talk at Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.
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Music review: Gustavo Dudamel conducts Tchaikovsky’s Shakespeare scores
Mar 11th
Hollywood actors were invited to set the Shakespearean scene for each score. The most contagious was Orlando Bloom as Romeo. Hollywood actors were invited to set the Shakespearean scene for each score. The most contagious was Orlando Bloom as Romeo.
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Music review: Midori plays new music as part of JapanOC
Mar 11th
She eschews 18th and 19th century sonatas and focuses on new and recent music in recital at Segerstrom. She eschews 18th and 19th century sonatas and focuses on new and recent music in recital at Segerstrom.
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Critic’s Notebook: ‘Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark’ is a lesson in Broadway excess
Mar 11th
Julie Taymor made a mess of it. New people are being brought in to fix it. Amid all the spectacle, here’s the moral of the story. Julie Taymor made a mess of it. New people are being brought in to fix it. Amid all the spectacle, here’s the moral of the story.
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Before closing on Broadway, ‘American Idiot’ to bring back Billie Joe Armstrong
Mar 10th
“American Idiot,” the Green Day rock musical on Broadway, has posted a closing notice of April 24.
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Julie Taymor stepping aside from Broadway’s ‘Spider-Man’
Mar 10th
A new opening date is set for early summer, and taking Taymor’s place in the director’s seat will be Philip William McKinley of “The Boy From Oz” fame. A new opening date is set for early summer, and taking Taymor’s place in the director’s seat will be Philip William McKinley of “The Boy From Oz” fame.
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Critic’s notebook: A baton-by-baton comparison of Gustavo Dudamel and Esa-Pekka Salonen
Mar 10th
The differences are pronounced when Gustavo Dudamel and Esa-Pekka Salonen lead different orchestras through Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7. The differences are pronounced when Gustavo Dudamel and Esa-Pekka Salonen lead different orchestras through Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7.
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