

Review: The Lady Wants It Her Way
& Juliet, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, Aug. 13 – Sept. 7, 2025; Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, Sept. 9 – 21, 2025 Aug....


Review: Music, Treachery, and More Music
“Cambodian Rock Band,” East West Players, Los Angeles, Feb. 13 – March 23, 2025 Mar. 4, 2025 | By Bruce R. Feldman In Brief: Cambodian...


Review: Once Upon a Mattress, a Rollicking Bedtime Story
"Once Upon a Mattress," Ahmanson Theatre, Dec. 10, 2024 – Jan. 5, 2025 Dec. 20, 2024 | By Bruce R. Feldman In Brief: A bright and...


Review: The Devil and Randy Newman
"Randy Newman's Faust: The Concert," The Soraya, Northridge, Calif., Sept. 28 – 29, 2024 Oct. 5, 2024 | By Bruce R. Feldman In Brief:...


Season Update: The Soraya's '24-'25 Lineup
Lea Salonga, Mummenschanz, Tharp, Emanuel Axe, Chuco Valdès, Jazz at the Naz, Holiday Shows, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Israel Phil, and...


Review: "Oklahoma!" Defied the Expectations of Its Audience, Or Did It?
“Plenty of Heart, Plenty of Hope: The Making of Oklahoma! and the Broadway Musical,” Presented by Muse/ique at The Wallis, Beverly Hills,...


Review: Talking Tony Awards. Hello, Muddah, Hello, Faddah!
Tony Awards, CBS, June 16, 2024 A Strange Loop, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, June 5-30, 2024 June 18, 2024 | By Bruce R. Feldman...


Review: She's The Greatest Star!
“Funny Girl,” Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, April 2-28, 2024 April 5, 2024 | By Bruce R. Feldman In Brief: Thrilling and enormously enjoyable, this grand revival of a neglected gem from the Golden Age of Broadway musicals shines in every way. Katerina McCrimmon dazzles in the leading role. Her triumphant star turn is one for the ages. Melissa Manchester and Katerina McCrimmon in "Funny Girl." (Photo: Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade) An earthquake hit Southern California We


Review: A Tale of Two Cities
"The Beverly Hills Songbook," The Maybourne Beverly Hills, Feb. 2, 2023 Feb. 5, 2023 | By Bruce R. Feldman In Brief: Sergei Rachmaninoff...
