You can’t beat the classics, but you can definitely change them. Taking on the challenge of transforming William Shakespeare’s all-time lauded Hamlet was playwright James Ijames, who has
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TONIGHT! - LA PHIL, BEETHOVEN’S 9TH – When I was there at Disney Hall a few months ago for Beethoven’s Ninth, it was a privilege I will
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Excellent turnout, perfect beach weather, lots of families, and it was wise to put the Santa Monica Daily Press truck last again because we always bring the best music, IMNSHO.
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RAY BAILEY – This is exciting. Longtime Watts blues master Ray Bailey seems to have decided to reintroduce himself to parts farther north. Sure, Bell’s Garage on Sundays,
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