When musicians become actors, what happens? Is it like when basketball players become baseball players (let’s hope not)? Or more like when actors run for political office (eek!)? Read more...

The conductor who received enthusiastic applause from students in the UCLA Wind Ensemble after a rehearsal last week was not the ensemble’s veteran band director Thomas Lee. Read more...

When L.A.’s KCBS anchorwoman Suzanne Rico says on air that it would have been nice to skip work today, it sounds like an irrelevant comment. But it’s a calculated move that allows her to point out the day happens to be a holiday, Veteran’s Day. Read more...

“Conversations” Museum of Contemporary Art at California Plaza Showing indefinitely “Conversations,” one of the three current exhibits at the downtown MOCA location, has taken pieces of art and shown them in concert with works of similar topics. Read more...

November isn’t just a turkey season when we give thanks. It’s also TV sweeps month. While for many families it’s a time for caring and sharing, for television networks it’s time to battle for more viewers. Read more...

Sitting ““ I mean standing ““ through intermission at the redesigned Wiltern theater, there were some questions that needed to be answered. First off, why in the world was there an intermission? Read more...

If Hollywood celebrities are the royalty of America, then it’s only appropriate that New York’s Wooster Group has impressively brought its spoiled, self-obsessed version of Racine’s lustful queen to Los Angeles. Read more...