Entertainment & Arts
“The Lion King” reigned in the Ovation Award nominations announced Monday.
Oct. 9, 2001
Choreographer Ruth Ashton-Blake says the musical play, “The African American,” poses some real challenges on the big, bare stage of Inglewood’s Crozier Junior High School Auditorium.
Feb. 16, 1990
There was a great deal of talk, most of it pleasant and witty, from the Japan America Theatre stage Tuesday evening.
March 6, 1986
Theater * Tiny Hollywood company is followed by ‘The Lion King,’ ‘bare’ and ‘Metamorphoses’ in the L.A. group’s balloting.
Feb. 28, 2001
The Big Picture
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June 9, 2009
Music
Barely a year ago, the trio called Quetzalcoatl was exploring the Mexican countryside to learn traditional folk music at its roots.
Aug. 15, 1991
Much of the Gipsy Kings’ show at the Greek Theatre on Thursday was a primer on how not to perform.
July 11, 1992
Universal Records has signed a distribution deal with Blackground Enterprises, which releases music by R&B; acts such as Timbaland & Magoo and Aaliyah, the 22-year-old star who died in a plane crash in August.
Dec. 1, 2001
Musical-theater novices mine their own struggles for a cult hit about conflicted gay youths and the power of religion.
Dec. 17, 2000
Someone should have told the Manhattan Transfer’s audio engineer that the group’s vocals are a bit more important than their backup accompaniment.
Oct. 12, 1991