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Is Hollywood Hoofing Again?

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf According to certain people in the know – the über-successful producer Craig Zadan, for example, who, with his partner Neil Maron produced the Oscar-winning film, Chicago, among others – it never went away. And while we at … Continue reading →

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Running Amok With Johnny (Legz) Leguizamo

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf  He’s so cool we can hardly contain ourselves. Indeed, after trekking down to Irvine the other night for a flamenco concert (click here to read our coverage of that, including our LAT review, the one in which … Continue reading →

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Cirque du Shekels

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf There’s been so much written on this multi-billion dollar operation, that we really don’t wish to spill any more ink on the subject. (Is it even a publicly traded company, and if so, we should definitely have bought … Continue reading →

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Feeding Flamenco Flames

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf Our readers know that we absolutely love flamenco. What’s not to love, with its Gypsy roots, sultry moves, soulful singing and fabulous music, especially the guitar stuff. (OK, the clothes can be pretty cool, too, as seen … Continue reading →

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Goodbye To All That: Villella and Miami City Ballet

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf While he is hopefully enjoying a marvelous and happy 75th birthday (October 1), Edward Villella, founding artistic director of Miami City Ballet, had recently announced that he’s stepping down from his post at the end of the … Continue reading →

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Eugene Onegin: Living Unhappily Ever After

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf Audience fashion faux pas abounded, and the curtain came clunking down – not once, but twice – on opening night of Los Angeles Opera’s 26th season. Funny that, as the curtain also “lurched” when Plácido Domingo sang Otello … Continue reading →

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Willkommen To Cabaret

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf Talk about a long shelf life: Cabaret originally began its theatrical run as a play, I Am a Camera, by John Van Druten. Penned in 1951, this work, in turn, had been based on several short stories by … Continue reading →

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Restless: Replete With Rigor (Mortis)

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf There’s a slew of reasons why Harold and Maude is not only a cult classic, but an all-purpose, bona-fide classic. One: Directed by Hal Ashby with an original screenplay by Colin Higgins, it was startlingly fresh. Two: … Continue reading →

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Grief: Remembering September 11, 2001

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf The phone rang at a few minutes before 7 a.m., Los Angeles time.  I was in the shower and hadn’t heard it. As usual, my radio had been tuned to KUSC-FM, which only broadcasts classical music and … Continue reading →

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Love’s Labor (Day) Lost

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf Being a freelance, er, human, and never having had what one would rightly call ‘gainful employment’ (a steady job with benefits, retirement fund, any kind of security), The Leaf’s concept of Labor Day has always been a … Continue reading →

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