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Pianist Hélène Grimaud’s Astonishing Artistry
Of budding young piano virtuosos there is surely no shortage. The number of promising performers who understand how to program creatively, however, remains distressingly small. Hélène Grimaud’s stunning Thursday (Dec. 1) recital for the La Jolla Music Society could easily serve as a master class in insightful programming . . .
Read MoreInnermission’s Fine ‘Seven Spots’ Holds the World Between the Lines
Solar radiation carries a deadly potential rivaled by only one phenomenon — war. The former upends commerce the way the latter upends lives; Innermission Productions’ current ‘Seven Spots on the Sun’ is a very good case in point.
Read More‘Grinch’ is the Gift that Keeps Giving at Globe
J. Bernard Calloway is back as the big-voiced Grinch in road-kill green fur. At times the fur appears plucked. “I love it when the little ones cry,” he snarls.
Read MoreRaygoza and Ion Cast Find Essential Truth in ‘The Normal Heart’
‘The Normal Heart’ demands a central performance that finds essential truth, and ion’s Executive Artistic Director Claudio Raygoza delivers that performance…
Read MoreDances Reflect Life and Politics in City Ballet’s Season Opener
Since forever, ballets have been minefields for political and social commentary, and it is impossible not to read politics into Esmeralda and the Hunchback, City Ballet’s exceptional season opener
Read MoreCriminal ‘Sound of Music’ Has Way with Broadway SD
Broadway San Diego’s ‘The Sound of Music’ is the latest installment in the show’s criminally overrated stature. Just because something’s called a classic, after all, doesn’t mean everybody pulled his weight in making it one.
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