Catching Up Some More
Not last Thursday, but the Thursday before (February 19), Jody and I went to see the Deaf West Theater/ Center Theatre Group co-production of Pippin at the Mark Taper Forum.
The show was enjoyable, if bumpy; the two actors (one singing, one signing) who played Pippin were great, and Berthe and Catherine and Charlemagne were all wonderful. Unfortunately, the Leading player neither led nor played (I'm really surprised he was even cast), Fastrada was just okay, and the production design was both obtrusive and scattered.
Jody and I were visiting the Music Center (officially known as the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County) for the first time. The Music Center is comprised of three major performing venues: The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the Mark Taper Forum, and the Ahmanson Theatre. The first building opened in 1964, and the latter two in 1967.
You might also be interested to know that the three main buildings at the heart of New York's Lincoln Center—Avery Fisher Hall, the New York State Theater (now the David H. Koch Theater), and the Metropolitan Opera House—were opened in 1962, 1964, and 1966, respectively....each building's execution occuring a year or two before its LA counterpart.
The Music Center buildings were all designed by Los Angeles architect Welton Becket. Not to take anything away from Mr. Becket, but do ya think maybe he saw Lincoln Center at some point during his planning process?
The show was enjoyable, if bumpy; the two actors (one singing, one signing) who played Pippin were great, and Berthe and Catherine and Charlemagne were all wonderful. Unfortunately, the Leading player neither led nor played (I'm really surprised he was even cast), Fastrada was just okay, and the production design was both obtrusive and scattered.
Jody and I were visiting the Music Center (officially known as the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County) for the first time. The Music Center is comprised of three major performing venues: The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the Mark Taper Forum, and the Ahmanson Theatre. The first building opened in 1964, and the latter two in 1967.
You might also be interested to know that the three main buildings at the heart of New York's Lincoln Center—Avery Fisher Hall, the New York State Theater (now the David H. Koch Theater), and the Metropolitan Opera House—were opened in 1962, 1964, and 1966, respectively....each building's execution occuring a year or two before its LA counterpart.
The Music Center buildings were all designed by Los Angeles architect Welton Becket. Not to take anything away from Mr. Becket, but do ya think maybe he saw Lincoln Center at some point during his planning process?
Labels: architecture, culture, landmarks and signs, leisure, on the town
posted by Zachary Knower at
7:59 PM
2 Comments:
LOL!
If the sign didn't say "LA Opera", I might not know the difference if I didn't look closely. :)
-stine
By
Anonymous, at 8:17 AM
Jody actually started to ask me why I'd posted a pic of Lincoln Center before she realized her mistake. ;)
By
Zachary Knower, at 8:41 AM
Post a Comment
Links to this post:
Create a Link
<< Home