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A very drunk-looking dude was caught on camera getting belligerent with Disneyland workers, other patrons— or anyone who came near him really. The video starts with two bellhops from the Tower of Terror holding the man back. Another worker walks up and the man takes a few swings until the worker pepper-sprays him in the face.
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Magnificat, or Song of Mary is a vocal work by Bach for orchestra, a five-part choir and soloists. The work is based on an ancient hymn with texts from the Gospel of Luke, and is one of LACO music director's Jeffrey Kahanes inspirations for getting into conducting.
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Get out so you can go to a ball dahhhling, watch some experimental video shorts or listen to a lecture on the attempt to recover the "Austrian Mona Lisa."
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Who decides who wins the little gold men at the Oscars? It turns out it's mostly older, white men. This fact alone isn't earth-shattering if you've ever paid attention to which movies get nominated or you happened to notice what a big effing deal it was for a black women to win a Best Actress award in the 21st century.
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The one-time KFI shock jock Tom Leykis seemed to be waiting in the wings for such a moment: he called the hosts "total fucking pussies" while he was on The Gary and Dino Show podcast.
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Our reviewer, who was a fan of Joel Drake Johnson, had high expectations for The Fall to Earth, but unfortunately it was a disappointment. While the acting is superb, the play is a misfire that lags and strains credulity in equal measure.
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Singer-songwriter Ryan Adams was in a good mood last night during the first of two solo acoustic shows at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Yes, you read that correctly. The alt-country-rock artist with a bit of a bad-boy rep was—dare we say it—downright jovial.
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"He can still sing!" we overheard one distinguished patron of the opera asserting to his wife as they filed out of their seats for intermission at the Wednesday performance of the first-ever LA Opera production of Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra." "And he moves around the stage, too!" the wife observed with comparable enthusiasm. "He," of course, is Placido Domingo, arguably the world's greatest opera singer—and star—of the last four or five decades.
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True to their mission—presenting theatre in unconventional spaces—this Chalk Repertory (Chalk Rep) production takes place within a stately sacred space within the Masonic Lodge that previously was not open for women to enter. Slither features intriguing plot twists, charismatic performers, and an alchemistic take on theatrical space.
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Get out so you can enjoy the wilderness, learn to sew or pay tribute to the late artist Mike Kelley.
