Entertainment & Arts
If it wasn’t for the late Sammy Davis Jr., Obba Babatunde wouldn’t be where he is today--starring as legendary composer Jelly Roll Morton in George C.
March 9, 1991
Sammy Davis Jr. musical prepares for San Diego opening
Sept. 27, 2009
Movies
If you’re going to make a movie about escaping the nightmare of prison, you might want to make sure there’s a real nightmare to escape.
March 26, 2002
What could sound more inviting to a blues fan than an entire evening of blues songs from the ‘20s and ‘30s?
Nov. 9, 1990
Mark Taper Forum’s opening-night benefit performance of “Jelly’s Last Jam” March 7 netted $13,500.
April 4, 1991
In ‘How High,’ Redman and Method Man ham it up after coming across a secret that helps them ace Harvard exams.
Dec. 21, 2001
Movies A spurned high school admirer stalks four San Francisco women over Valentine’s Day weekend in the thriller “Valentine,” with Marley Shelton and David Boreanaz, above.
Jan. 28, 2001
His shoulders are slumped from too many gigs, too many drugs and way too many women.
Oct. 6, 2009
“The Visit” powerfully depicts the flowering of spiritual redemption within a young man who has every reason to give in to despair.
April 20, 2001
There is so much inspired and unconventional singing and strutting in “Jelly’s Last Jam” at the Mark Taper Forum, that it seems grudging to say right off that George C.
March 8, 1991