by Jordan R. Young | May 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Jennifer Leitham Trio at Scott’s Restaurant Few things go together as well as jazz and brunch, especially when you do both as well as Scott’s Restaurant & Bar, across from South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa. Having patronized the establishment with great...
by Jordan R. Young | Apr 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Two legendary African American performers are in our midst this week, both renowned for demonstrating how a single individual standing on stage can make a difference—moving people to think about something larger than themselves in similar but very different ways. Dick...
by Jordan R. Young | Mar 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Jonathan Durante and Jeff Lowe in “Waiting for Godot.” Courtesy of Alchemy. Jesse Runde is an Associate Faculty Member at Fullerton College and a co-founder of Orange County’s Alchemy Theatre Company. Her efforts have been seen on stages throughout Orange County; last...
by Jordan R. Young | Feb 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Collette Merton and Colleen Moore in “Why Be Good?” (1929). Among the highlights of the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival for silent film enthusiasts are Buster Keaton’s “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” (1928) with a live score by Carl Davis, and the world premiere...
by Jordan R. Young | Jan 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Pacific Symphony. How many times can Hershey Felder pull off the hat trick of writing and performing a play for one man and a piano? An infinite number I’d guess, judging by his latest effort, “Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin.” Admittedly I found the opening a bit...
by Jordan R. Young | Dec 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
Variations on a theme can be great fun. “She Loves Me,” the Tony Award-winning musical based on a play (Miklos Laszlo’s “Parfumerie”) filmed three times, most famously as “The Shop Around the Corner,” is a delightful confection on its own merit. It nicely fills the...
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