Entertainment & Arts
A sinewy update of the Bard’s tragedy goes a bit fuzzy in its focus but still manages to hit the target at the Old Globe.
July 8, 2003
Music
Pop Music. Spiritual singer reaches a new audience through soundtracks and twists on her tradition.
Dec. 11, 1998
All the world’s a tabloid in the Old Globe’s stylish ‘Antony and Cleopatra.’ The Bard would have approved.
July 9, 2004
At her concert Friday at the First African Methodist Episcopalian Church, Shirley Caesar seemed a bit disheartened at the number of empty seats.
March 9, 1998
Television
Sid Caesar, who died Wednesday at the age of 91, had a career that spanned stage and screen, but it was on TV that he was best known.
Feb. 12, 2014
Shirley Caesar was the chief saving grace on Saturday night’s ambitious but ill-designed gospel concert at the Forum.
Oct. 13, 1997
August Wilson’s potent but ungainly ‘Gem of the Ocean’ opens at the Taper.
Aug. 1, 2003
The alfresco Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival in Thousand Oaks offered free “festival” seating to most of its theatergoers during its first five years.
July 2, 2003
The wide steps and colonnaded portico on the west side of L.A’s City Hall make a brilliant backdrop for parts of Shakespeare Festival/LA’s intriguing staging of “Julius Caesar.”
July 13, 1998
Travel & Experiences
Irving Caesar, 101, the lyricist for classic popular songs such as “Tea for Two” and “Swanee.”
Dec. 19, 1996