Author Archives: Ted Kane

Prophet on the Burning Shore: Bob Weir Headlines Beach Life Day One

Bob Weir’s time, as he has promised us for decades, appears to have finally come. The guitarist and the Grateful Dead, the band he co-fronted with the late Jerry Garcia for their three full decades, have weaved their way back … Continue reading

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Pacific Opera Project to Livestream Madama Butterfly This Sunday

Pacific Opera Project’s new staging of Madama Butterfly, a co-production with Houston’s Opera in the Heights, is in the middle of a sold out run at Little Tokyo’s Aratani Theatre. If you missed last weeks premier and don’t have tickets … Continue reading

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Pacific Opera Project Presents Madama Butterfly in Little Tokyo

On Saturday, April 6th, and continuing with two more performances the next weekend, Pacific Opera Project will present a new production of Puccini’s beloved opera Madama Butterfly at the Artani Theatre in Little Tokyo. Originally written and traditionally sung in Italian, POP … Continue reading

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A Frenchman in Los Angeles: an Interview with Conductor Lionel Bringuier on His Return to LA and the Philhamonic

French Conductor Lionel Bringuier is returning to LA to lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic with pianist Hélène Grimaud from March 28th through 31st in a program of music by Gershwin and Ravel at Disney Hall. Bringuier was named the Phil’s … Continue reading

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”Soul of a Nation’: a Major Exhibition of African American Art Opens at ‘The Broad’

Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963-1983 opens this Saturday, March 23, 2019, at The Broad. Presented in collaboration with the Tate Modern, Brooklyn Museum, and Crystal Bridges Museum of Art in Arkansas, the exhibition … Continue reading

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Santa Anita Suspends Racing after 21st Horse Fatality

Live racing is canceled today and the rest of the weekend at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, and perhaps beyond that. Track management made this difficult decision following the euthanizing of the four year old filly Lets Light The Way … Continue reading

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POP’s The Magic Flute Has Three Lives Left

Pacific Opera Project’s production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute received an enthusiastic reception on opening night, Saturday, March 2nd, at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood. The show’s Nintendo-inspired staging and English libretto was replete with  metacritical gags relating … Continue reading

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‘Pacific Opera Project’ Gives ‘The Magic Flute’ a 1-Up in North Hollywood

Pacific Opera Project’s 2019 season kicks off with a new production of Mozart’s beloved “The Magic Flute,” onstage from March 2-10, 2019, at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood. The opera, with its fantastical plot and characters, has always sparked … Continue reading

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Coming to Your Town, They’ll Help You Party It Down: Canadian Band Danko Jones Plays the Whisky (& Elsewhere) with Nashville Pussy & Prima Donna

How do you like your rock and roll? If you answered “Hard and Dirty,” you will want to check out one of the shows Danko Jones, Nashville Pussy and Prima Donna are playing around southern California in the next week. … Continue reading

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Roll over Tchaikovsky: Pacific Opera Project’s The Hipsters is Your New Holiday Classical Music Tradition

The holidays are here, and in the world of entertainment, that means all the seasonal classics are being dusted off. In Los Angeles, Pacific Opera Project’s traditional holiday offering is their clever staging of “La Boheme: AKA The Hipsters.” First … Continue reading

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