Spring Arts Preview 2014
Los Angeles Times critics and writer’s guide to the best performances, shows and art the spring season has to offer.
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Paul Taylor Dance Company will present ‘Banquet of Vultures,’ featuring Michael Trusnovec, at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
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The Belle Brigade’s Barbara and Ethan Gruska say their debut album was ‘funneled’ through others’ desires and that ‘Just Because’ is more theirs. They changed labels to get it released.
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Musical relationships and lineage are at the heart of composer Anna Clyne’s new piece.
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Although even Stephen Sondheim harshly dismissed the need for a musical-theater version of the Gershwin opera, the production arrives at the Ahmanson in April.
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‘Heaven and Earth’ at the Getty Villa starting April 9 is an eye-opener of Greek Byzantium art.
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Spring theater highlights include ‘A Song at Twilight,’ ‘Rest’ and ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream.’
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Picks include Buddhist art at Norton Simon, Mike Kelley at Geffen Contemporary, ‘Expressionism in Germany and France: From Van Gogh to Kandinsky’ at LACMA.
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Evgeny Kissin, the L.A. Phil’s Minimalist Jukebox festival, ‘A Streetcar Named Desire,’ the New York Philharmonic Biennial and more.
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Concerts to watch out for include Joshua Redman Quartet with the Brad Mehldau Trio, Chick Corea and Bela Fleck and the Bad Plus.
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Picks include Billy Joel at Hollywood Bowl, Schoolboy Q at Club Nokia, Lykke Li at Theatre at the Ace Hotel, Nickel Creek at Wiltern.
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Los Angeles Ballet, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Jessica Lang Dance and more.
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Spring is a great season for literature; the days get longer, which makes it seem as if there’s more time to read.
