Email Author STACY DAVIES

2011 Stories by STACY DAVIES

• 'Coppelia'

  published March 24, 2011

  The Festival Ballet Theatre Co. continues its mission to bring classic ballet and world-renowned choreographers and dancers to the county with the... More >>

• Pee Wee's Big Adventure

  published March 24, 2011

  Former Groundling Paul Reubens soared into cult status with this quirky 1985 comedy directed by a then-unknown Tim Burton. Featuring the famous... More >>

• Jake Shimabukuro

  published March 17, 2011

  A native of Honolulu, ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro beats down all barriers with jazz-, funk-, pop- and rock-infused rhythms and complex... More >>

• Glass Plays Glass

  published March 10, 2011

  For those who adore the work of modern, masterful composer Philip Glass, there’s a month-long festival of symphonic concerts, operas,... More >>

• The Lennon Sisters

  published March 10, 2011

  As one of the most beloved musical acts on The Lawrence Welk Show, the Lennon Sisters (Dianne, Peggy, Kathy and Janet) were the epitome of... More >>

• An Evening With Jackson Browne

  published March 3, 2011

  One of the most prolific singer/songwriters of his generation, this Fullerton boy rose to prominence in the 1970s with a string of influential and... More >>

• Elephants + Man: A Litany of Tragedy

  published March 3, 2011

  One of the most annoying things about dumb animals is their inability to understand the worth of their own body parts. Blubber is utterly wasted... More >>

• East of Eden

  published February 24, 2011

  Loosely based on the second half of John Steinbeck’s 1952 novel (which took its name from the biblical land that served as Cain’s... More >>

• Cats

  published February 17, 2011

  While it’s easy to poke fun at this record-setting musical (an 18-year-run in the U.S.), it is based on T.S. Eliot’s witty poems, and it... More >>

• 'Suggestivism' Is in the Realm of the Senses

  published February 10, 2011

  In his 1910 essay "The New Laokoön," modernist critic Irving Babbitt decried the literary Romantics for what he termed their... More >>

• Anjani Dance Theatre

  published February 3, 2011

  Get your Bollywood on this week with the groundbreaking Anjani dancers, who not only excel at “screwing in the light bulb,” but also... More >>

• The Kelly Smith Show

  published February 3, 2011

  Known for years as the prettier half of an act that took Las Vegas by storm in the early 1950s, Keely Smith’s deadpan to Louis Prima’s... More >>

• Moon Over Buffalo

  published January 27, 2011

  Filled with enough twists, turns, tantrums and pratfalls to shake a slapstick at, Ken Ludwig’s over-the-top comedy centers on the mishaps and... More >>

• 'Cult of the Ruin' Has a Past Tense and Present Purpose

  published January 20, 2011

  Reinvigorating the past by bringing outmoded forms and systems into the present is the weighty theme of UC Irvine's University Art Gallery's... More >>

• A Star is Born

  published January 20, 2011

  As the thrice-filmed version of a story supposedly inspired by Barbara Stanwyck’s marriage to her first husband, Frank Fay, this timeless... More >>

• Bethpage Black

  published January 20, 2011

  Self-proclaimed “face-melting rockers” Bethpage Black are one of those unsigned local acts who deserve some love. Named after the U.S.... More >>

• Somberton Senior Residence Presents The Nutcracker

  published January 6, 2011

  While you’re certainly familiar with the insanely sugary fare that is The Nutcracker, you may not be familiar with the Found Theatre... More >>

• The Art of Leonard Bernstein

  published January 6, 2011

  Canadian composer/author/actor Hershey Felder continues his “composer sonata” series with this look at the life and work of one of... More >>