Tastes of Culture

[Inside] the Ford announces three productions for 2010-11 season

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:15:00 +0000

The organizers of the Ford Theatres have selected three Los Angeles theater companies to present plays during the 2010-11 season of the [Inside] the Ford play series. Among the productions will be a world premiere drama plus the local premieres...

Bravo’s ‘Work of Art’ reality series gets a second season

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:39:57 +0000

It's official: There will be a second season to Bravo's reality series "Work of Art: The Next Great Artist." Producers of the series announced Wednesday that they will be holding open casting calls later this month in Los Angeles, Chicago...

Choose one for Jackie Evancho: Stardom now or a real singing career later?

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:43:49 +0000

I was delighted to discover during Tuesday night's "America's Got Talent" that my handwringing about Jackie Evancho's falsely adult sound and the evils of network television was premature. Her performance of the "Pie Jesu" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 "Requiem"...

Michelle Obama praises Judith Jamison at White House ceremony

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:05:07 +0000

In case you missed the live webstream of Tuesday's White House ceremony honoring dance and ballet, the presidential staff has posted the entire hour-long event on YouTube. (You can watch the event in its entirety in the video above.) The...

Monster Mash: U.S. chooses artists for Venice Biennale; imam addresses mosque critics

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:51:59 +0000

-- Chosen ones: The Puerto Rico–based multimedia team Allora & Calzadilla has been announced as the U.S. representatives to the 2011 Venice Biennale. (Art Info) -- Controversial: The imam of the planned Islamic cultural center near ground zero in New...

‘Glee’ for real: It’s not too late to catch ‘The Choir’ on TV

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:00:00 +0000

A TV viewing pleasure this summer has been "The Choir" on BBC America, sort of a real-life version of Fox's hit, "Glee." The series, which ran for three seasons in Britain, follows young choirmaster Gareth Malone as he attempts to...

Choreographer Larry Keigwin brings together dance and fashion at Lincoln Center

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:36:41 +0000

It appears that fashion designers aren't the only people who bow down to Anna Wintour, the icy editor of Vogue magazine. The dance world is also eager to please the all-powerful fashion doyenne, as evidenced by Tuesday's "Fashion’s Night Out,"...

Billy Crudup, Kathleen Turner, Matthew Rhys set for 2010-11 L.A. Theatre Works season [Updated]

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:07:05 +0000

The stars have aligned for L.A. Theatre Works' upcoming 2010-11 season. The company, which presents new and classic plays that are recorded for radio in front of a live audience, will mount 10 productions with a bevy of celebrity talent...

Video of Gustavo Dudamel’s L.A. Phil inaugural gala concert coming to iTunes

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:00:00 +0000

Music Director Gustavo Dudamel's 2009 inaugural gala with the Los Angeles Philharmonic will be featured in the first full-length classical concert video on iTunes. The Los Angeles Philharmonic Assn. says that the Deutsche Grammophon live recording, part of the DG...

Bill T. Jones, Jerry Herman, Oprah Winfrey among 2010 Kennedy Center honorees

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:47:14 +0000

Each year, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts bestows its top honors to leaders in the fields of arts and entertainment. If the annual groupings seem eclectic and random -- like a grab-bag dinner party of the cultural elite...