by Joel Elkins~
In the overture to Opus, now making an extended run at the Fountain Theatre, one of the characters compares making beautiful music together to lovemaking (and bad music to drinking Drano). If so, then the Lazara Quartet at the heart of the play is an absolute orgy, four men whose legatos, crescendos and [...]
July 29, 2010 | Posted in
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by Joel Elkins
In 1973, Secretariat completed the Triple Crown by winning the Belmont Stakes against the fastest thoroughbreds in the country by an unprecedented 31 lengths. When Babe Ruth hit 54 home runs in 1920, he not only outhit every other player that year, but every other team. And during their heyday, The Beatles once [...]
October 19, 2009 | Posted in
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by Joel Elkins
Athol Fugard is a South African-born playwright who now makes his home in Southern California. He chose the Fountain Theatre for the West Coast debut of his latest play, Coming Home. It, like most of his other works, takes place in South Africa and deals with issues that are unique to that country, [...]
July 13, 2009 | Posted in
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