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COMIN’ BACK Betty Buckley The Tony®-winner and Theater Hall-of-Famer is back where it started. hen Betty Buckley isn’t in a major musical, like the revival of Grey Gardens now at the Ahmanson Theatre, or performing her cabaret act, as she will be in late October at Segerstrom Center’s Samueli Theater, she is back in the
HAVING AN ‘IN’ Ramsey Lewis The ‘Legends of Jazz’ Man Celebrates a Gold Record’s Golden Anniversary. n writing about jazz artists for Segerstrom Center for the Arts (SCFTA), I frequently turn to a 2006 PBS program for background. The 13-segment Legends of Jazz features interviews with and performances by 30 jazz artists, including many I
INTERMISSION | 15 minutes with … Poncho Sanchez Heart of the Conga: Southern California’s own conguero carries on the traditions of Tjader, Puente and Santamaria.
VIDEO Us Five Folk Art at Festival de Jazz de San Sebastián in 2009 VITALS Joe Lovano was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on December 29, 1952, to Sicilian-American parents. His father, tenorman Tony “Big T” Lovano, taught him all the standards, how to lead a gig, pace a set, and be versatile enough to always
INTERMISSION | 15 minutes with … Steve Tyrell ‘The Good Life’: Whether composing hits for others or singing standards, it’s an ‘artist’s life’ for him. Born Stephen Louis Bilao III in Texas on December 19, 1944, and fronting a hit-making r&b outfit at 15, Steve Tyrell would forsake the ‘artist’s life’ by the time he
INTERMISSION | 15 minutes with … Rickie Lee Jones The wondrous world of the beat angel and poet songwriter
INTERMISSION | 15 MINUTES WITH: The Oregon trial Cornerstone Theater founder and sought-after guest director Bill Rauch sets down high stakes in Ashland.
VIDEO • Amy’s Vlog VITALS Amy Brenneman was born on June 22, 1964, in New London, Connecticut. A versatile performer, she is perhaps best known for her portrayal of a juvenile court judge and divorced mother on the hit drama Judging Amy. The show was based in part on her own mother’s experiences as a
INTERMISSION | 15 minutes with … Aaron Posner The dazzle: The writer-director is having a big year with adaptations of Chekhov and Shakespeare aron Posner’s work was terra incognita for me until last spring, when Arye Gross told me his next stage role would be Dr. Sorn, blending brother Sorin and Dr. Dorn from Chekhov’s
