A musical based on Greek myths reset in a contemporary city resembling New Orleans with jazzy songs touching on climate change and capitalism seems a bit much. However, “Hadestown,” the Tony-award-winning musical that opened this week at Center Theatre Group’s Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, brings the Greek myths and jazzy score together with a generally […]
The production of Pearl Cleage’s “Blues for an Alabama Sky” at Center Theatre Group’s Mark Taper Forum offers a well-acted look at Depression-era Harlem, but ultimately falls flat. The play, directed by Tony Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad and running through May 8, is pleasantly presented, which is part of the problem. In an attempt to […]
, Lehman Brothers’ collapse in 2008 became a symbol of financial recklessness and led to changes on Wall Street. While the end of Lehman Brothers was startling, the story of the firm started with three Lehman brothers in 1844. “The Lehman Trilogy,” an absorbing tale of the rags to riches to ruins story of the […]
