Day: May 20, 2025

Theater

Kasey Mahaffy and ensemble. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

Attention Must Be Paid to a Man of No Importance

Leigh Kennicott 20 May

3 minutes

It’s wonderful to find such an expert iteration of an exuberant musical right in our midst. The joy of being an Angeleno, after all, is the ability to sample a wide […]

Opera

Photo by Craig Schwartz.

A Man of No Importance: Another View

Michael Van Duzer 20 May

4 minutes

After their monumental work on distilling E.L. Doctorow’s RAGTIME into a cohesive stage musical, playwright/librettist Terrence McNally approached Composer Stephen Flaherty and Lyricist Lynn Ahrens about a more intimate story from another […]