Jane Rosenberg

A Pared Down Guys & Dolls Brings Runyon’s 1930’s New York to Life

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United StatesUnited States Loesser, Guys & Dolls: The Oregon Shakespeare Festival Company, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 4.12.2015-20.12.2015. (JRo)

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Nov 29: The Wallis presents "Guys and Dolls" at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on November 29th, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.
Guys and Dolls at The Wallis Annenberg Center
Jonathan Luke Stevens (center) and cast (c) Kevin Parry

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Jake Heggie’s Moby Dick: Expansive Yet Intimate  

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   Heggie: Moby Dick, LA Opera, James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 31.10.2015-28.11.2015 (JRo) Cast: Captain Ahab: Jay Hunter Morris Greenhorn: Joshua Guerrero Starbuck, first mate: Morgan Smith Queequeg, a harpooner: Musa Ngqungwana Pip, cabin boy: Jacqueline Echols Stubb, second mate: Malcolm MacKenzie Flask, third mate: Matthew O’Neill Captain Gardiner: Nicholas Brownlee   … Read more

The Magic and Mirth of Twyla Tharp’s Preludes and Fugues and Yowzie

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United StatesUnited States Tharp: Twyla Tharp 50th Anniversary Tour: Preludes and Fugues, Yowzie: Twyla Tharp Company, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 1.10.2015 (JRo)

Ron Todorowski, Amy Ruggiero with pointed finger, John Selya
Twyla Tharp Company
Ron Todorowski, Amy Ruggiero with pointed finger, John Selya looking away in Yowzie costumes

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Love and Greed in Italy: Gianni Schicchi and Pagliacci at LA Opera

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United StatesUnited States Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, Grant Gershon (conductor); Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, Plácido Domingo (conductor), LA Opera, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 24.9.2015 (JRo)

Brenton Ryan as Beppe in "Pagliacci." (Photo: Craig T. Mathew / LA Opera)
Brenton Ryan as Beppe in “Pagliacci.” (Photo: Craig T. Mathew / LA Opera)

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