Author Archives: Victoria Looseleaf

About Victoria Looseleaf

Victoria Looseleaf is an award winning arts journalist and regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times, KUSC-FM radio, Dance Magazine, Performances Magazine and other outlets. She roams the world covering dance, music, theater, film, food and architecture. Have pen - and iPad - will travel!

Crack TV: Drum Rolls For Downton Abbey

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf As our loyal readers know, we recently admitted that the PBS smash, Downton Abbey, is our TV DOC (drug of choice). And now that Season 2, having to do with World War I and its ramifications, has … Continue reading →

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Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk: Brio and Drama In Spades

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf After seven years of performing together, two rock stars of the classical world – Grammy award-winning violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Jeremy Denk – have finally made their first recording together, French Impressions (Sony Masterworks). We’ve seen … Continue reading →

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Bring On The Baritone: Simon Boccanegra

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf He may be in the twilight/autumn of his years, but at 71, megatenor-turned-baritone Plácido Domingo, still has it going on. Tackling the title role of Giuseppe Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, Domingo rocked the rafters of the Dorothy Chandler … Continue reading →

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Gaga For Van Gogh

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf He was the tortured artist in every sense: misunderstood, broke (he was supported by his brother), and afflicted with what was then diagnosed as non-convulsive epilepsy – invisible fits believed to occur in the brain. He was, … Continue reading →

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Diane Keaton’s Then Again: La-Di-Dah Divulged

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf Annie Hall. Reds. The Godfather trilogy. But before those incredible flicks, there was this: Diane Keaton* was one of the only members of the original Broadway cast of Hair – to keep her clothes on. And she … Continue reading →

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Diavolo Does It Again

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf …and this time in its home town. It’s been too long since Diavolo, one of Los Angeles’ premiere dance troupes, performed in Southern California. Founded in 1992 by artistic director Jacques Heim, the company did strut some … Continue reading →

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Squirm-In-Your-Seat Theater: Clybourne Park

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Ah, the French certainly have a way with words. And so does playwright Bruce Norris. So much so, in … Continue reading →

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Rudy Perez: Powerful, Poignant, Provocative

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf With only a few significant gestures – and several astute sartorial choices – this postmodern icon, at 82, is still able to seduce, as evidenced by the wildly applauding Angelenos who were out in force at the … Continue reading →

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Joffrey Ballet: Born to Bourrée…

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Victoria Looseleaf

 By Victoria Looseleaf …and then some. In the new documentary, Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance, we get an inside look at the little company that could. And did: create a new form of American ballet, that is, courtesy of the … Continue reading →

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Go For Baroque

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf There could be better ways to spend a Sunday afternoon than going to a chamber music concert on the fifth floor of Los Angeles Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion – but we can’t think of any! Seriously, … Continue reading →

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