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Ramón de Ocampo Tackles ‘Mountain Of A Role’ As Hamlet In Antaeus Theatre’s Return To Live Performances

By steve.simmons0211 May 19, 2022Theatre

By Steve Simmons - Posted at 9:32 p.m., Wednesday, May 18, 2022 The Antaeus Theatre Company is returning to live in-person performances in a big way. The Glendale-based troupe, dedicated…

Spanish Guitar Sensation Twanguero Takes Fans To The Jungle With New Album, Launching This Month

By steve.simmons0211 March 26, 2022Music

By Steve Simmons - Posted at 10:45 p.m., March 25, 2022 Spanish guitar phenomenon El Twanguero is taking his devoted fan base to the jungle. Known for his blending of…

Advocate Mumsey Nemiroff Founds New Group To ‘Support, Appreciate’ Her Beloved La Brea Tar Pits

By steve.simmons0211 March 6, 2022Museums/Philanthropy

'The Fossilettes,' formed to champion the L.A. landmark, will launch with a luncheon at the George C. Page Museum on Tuesday, March 22. By Steve Simmons - Posted 3:40 p.m.,…

ICT To Present ‘Marry Me A Little,’ The Stephen Sondheim Revue Of Love And Loneliness, With A Twist

By steve.simmons0211 February 7, 2022Theatre

By Steve Simmons - posted 1:26 p.m., Feb. 7, 2022 For those hungering for a Stephen Sondheim fix, or who simply want to pay tribute to the late musical theatre…

Ann Hearn Tobolowsky Helms David Lindsay-Abiare’s Complex Look At What Makes ‘Good People’ For Theatre 40

By steve.simmons0211 December 15, 2021Theatre

By Steve Simmons - Posted 3:57 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021 At Beverly Hills’ Theatre 40, Ann Hearn Tobolowsky is known as the director who steps in to save the…

Drummer Stix Hooper Set To Honor Songstress Ernestine Anderson, Launch Radio Show And Release New Music

By steve.simmons0211 October 30, 2021Music

By Steve Simmons Pioneering drummer Nesbert “Stix” Hooper, founding member of The Jazz Crusaders, later The Crusaders, whose nearly seven-decade career has seen him play with dozens of jazz luminaries…

Los Angeles Jewish Symphony To Celebrate ‘Women’s Voices, Women’s Souls’ In Sunday Concert

By steve.simmons0211 October 11, 2021Music

By Steve Simmons - posted at 5:58 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021 The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony (LAJS) continues its return to live performances with a celebration of Jewish women…

Playwright Marilyn Anderson Satirizes Hollywood’s Sexism, Ageism And More In ‘As Good As Gold’ At Theatre 40

By steve.simmons0211 September 25, 2021Theatre

By Steve Simmons - Posted at 7:50 p.m., Friday, Sept. 24, 2021 UPDATE--As Good As Gold closed at Theatre 40 as of Oct. 3. A broken pipe on the second…

Photographer John Simmons, ‘Chronicler Of The Civil Rights Movement,’ Now Featured In Three Exhibits

By steve.simmons0211 August 3, 2021Art

John Simmons. Photo courtesy John Simmons, ASC By Steve Simmons - posted Monday, Aug. 3, 2021, 9:27 p.m. Photographer John Simmons is getting a lot more exposure. His historical, inspiring…

Beloved ‘Fiddler’ Hero Finally Sees His American Dream In World Premiere Of Tom Dugan’s ‘Tevye In New York!’

By steve.simmons0211 June 27, 2021Theatre

Tom Dugan in the world premiere of Tevye in New York! now playing at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Photo by Lawrence K. Ho By Steve Simmons…