by Jordan R. Young | Mar 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
Together again – Lucille Ball and Carol Burnett. It’s hard to believe the theatrical juggernaut that is “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” almost wasn’t. When the Burt Shevelove-Larry Gelbart-Stephen Sondheim show first previewed on Broadway,...
by Jordan R. Young | Mar 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
Yuri Temirkanov (courtesy IMG Artists) A friend once gave me a ticket he couldn’t use to a concert at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. I thought it was a lousy seat—front row, far right—until I realized it afforded me a terrific view of the conductor, who was so...
by Jordan R. Young | Mar 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hershey Felder as “Tchaikovsky.” You may recall the wonderful 1949 Alec Guinness movie, “Kind Hearts and Coronets,” where Sir Alec plays eight members of the ill-fated D’Ascoyne family who stand between an ambitious young man and a fortune. Whether you’ve seen...
by Jordan R. Young | Feb 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
Before “Arsenic and Old Lace” became known as the now-classic Frank Capra movie, it was a Broadway hit. It’s been a mainstay of high schools, dinner theaters and community playhouses for decades; the question is, does this old warhorse (running at Fullerton’s...
by Jordan R. Young | Feb 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
Charlie Chaplin in “The Immigrant” (1917). What’s black and white and fun all over? Silent movie comedies, of course. Charlie Chaplin, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy don’t show up that often on television these days, but they are en route to two family-friendly venues...
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