It was headline news when La Jolla Music Society opened its $82 million Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in late 2019. Equally newsworthy was the fact that all but $700,000 of the center’s cost ...
Last week, we introduced you to a new series from our friends at the Alt.Latino radio show and podcast. We're calling it Songs That Move You. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LA CALANDRIA") UNIDENTIFIED MUSICAL ...
In the early minutes of La Jolla Playhouse’s world premiere musical “The Heart,” a giant 3-D model of a human heart slowly revolves on a large video screen behind the stage. It’s an appropriate ...
Not only did Paquita la del Barrio blaze a trail for women in música mexicana, she also rallied against the misogyny that ran rampant in the genre from the moment she stepped onto the music scene. For ...
The Color Purple movie musical is set to hit theaters on December 25, infusing music into Alice Walker's classic story. The Color Purple first opened on Broadway in 2005, starring LaChanze in her Tony ...
Elly Jackson, playing this year’s Karlovy Vary Film Festival opening concert, discusses her upcoming album, interest in creating a soundtrack, Tilda Swinton, sexism, ‘Bulletproof,’ and her development ...