The Fringe, the Ring, and Supernova

The Fringe, the Ring, and Supernova

Editorial by Don Shirley  |  June 29, 2010

The Hollywood Fringe Festival was fun, but its scattershot programming didn’t bring much of anything new to LA theater. Let’s compare it to the Ring cycle — and to the kind of festival that might actually yield long-term benefits for our theatrical ecology. READ MORE

Tales from a Job Hunter

Tales from a Job Hunter

Editorial by Tara Scroggins  |  October 31, 2009

I’m a (self-proclaimed, involuntary) job search expert. To explain, I’ve been actively searching for jobs for most of the last six years. READ MORE

Politics and Opera

Politics and Opera

News by Janet Thielke  |  July 31, 2009

How much should an artist’s work be judged by his personal life? LA County Board of Supervisors debate merits of Wagnerian opera against the composer’s anti-semitism READ MORE