Sean Roderick once saw nine musicals in six days in New York City. She is majoring in ethnomusicology at UCLA. Email
Though a few songs and all of the first act need tightening, "9 to 5" at the Ahmanson has the elements of a likely hit when it goes to Broadway.
I hoped the Ahmanson production would be better than the movie. On that point, my dream came true.
My only problem with "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" is the fact that there isn't enough music. Benjamin Walker is a true punk rock hero and commands the stage as the obnoxious and intriguing Jackson, dressed in tight clothes, combat boots and utility belt complete with gun and microphone.
| UCLA's baseball team is in Omaha for the College World Series for the third time in the last four years.
| Steve Harvey's latest column of observations from around Southern California. Including Satan in a Dodgers jacket.
| The Santa Monica College shootings and the NSA's mass surveillance should make clear that security requires controlling both the guns and the spies.
| Take My Picture Gary Leonard runs on Thursdays at LA Observed.
I drove over to the Van Nuys city hall Friday to see my friend June Sale honored by the Los Angeles City Council for her decades helping children. It was a fine event both for June and for the way it called attention to her vital programs.
Dear Readers, it's true. Chicken Corner has decamped. Just a few months ago, I believed I might possibly never move from my house in Echo Park, and now here I am moved out of that house and on my way to Cincinnati, Ohio. (Via I-40.)
