Stephen Daldry juggles stage, screen efforts
Stephen Daldry juggles stage, screen efforts
How the director worked on the movie ‘The Reader’ while readying ‘Billy Elliot: The Musical’ for Broadway.
The giant-sized, multicolored dancing dresses that play a central role in “Billy Elliot: The Musical” make up the kind of dream sequence that could very quickly fill your nightmares.
Aretha Franklin at House of Blues West Hollywood
Her eclectic set ranges from soul to holiday fare, yet she makes each song her own.
Aretha Franklin, the long-reigning Queen of Soul, is a benevolent and generous monarch. On top of every other accolade that’s been laid at her feet over the last half-century, a prestigious collective of musicians, writers and music industry heavyweights just placed her at the top of Rolling Stone magazine’s ranking of the 100 greatest singers of all time.
Conductor Gustavo Dudamel is riding a wave of Dudamania
The Venezuelan, who will take over the Los Angeles Philharmonic next year, brings youth and experience, exuberance and gravitas, along with an affinity for pop culture.
The new global poster boy for classical music and his wife are salsa-stepping across the ballroom of the Alba Hotel. Calm, precise and seemingly always sure of their next move, Gustavo Dudamel and Eloisa Maturen grin at each other and the dozens of other couples around them as they execute perfect copas and “spot turns.”