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! Her latest book, "Isn't It Rich? A Novella In Verse" is now available on Amazon. Thank you for reading! Cheers...

What We Talk About When We Talk About…(Fill in the Blank)

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf This just in: Englander has won the Frank O’Connor award for this book, earning him £25000, or about $50,163.69. Click here for the details, but it’s the largest cash prize given for a collection of short stories … Continue reading →

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Friends With Kids: Forgettable Fluff

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf Between going to a cool Purim party (best costume was a Julius Caesar toga, replete with spangled, pinking-sheared trim), which was really an all-out drunken wine tasting (the vineyards, of course, were Jewish-owned, with a 2009 Honig … Continue reading →

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From Fowl Play to Fouettés: Swan Lake Lives

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf “How many ‘Swan Lakes’ can you see? How many ‘Giselles’? That’s what a cranky German asked me one year in Havana where we were both attending that elegantly decaying city’s International Ballet Festival. “How many Beethoven 9ths … Continue reading →

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Dancing For Dollars (And Other Tidbits)

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf Now that February is over – and with the Oscars telecast finally marking the end of awards season (check out our before and after takes on Hollywood’s biggest night) – we’ve got other things on our minds … Continue reading →

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The Oscars: A Bi-Polar Schmooze(Snooze)-Fest

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf You know the annual Oscar extravaganza is in trouble when one of the best moments happens before the proceedings. We’re talkin’ about the glorious prank our man Sacha Baron Cohen, aka The Dictator, pulled when he dumped … Continue reading →

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The Oscars: Picks, Pans and Prophecies

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf Now that Downton Abbey is finished for the season, there is something we have to look forward to this Sunday, besides HBO’s Luck: The Oscars, the mother of all awards shows. Having declared The Artist best picture … Continue reading →

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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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