De\’or and Bar offer more than just technical mastery of their musical genres. Their performances evoke a sense of prayer, soul and expression that stir the heart.
Jennifer Gould\’s new book, \”Vodka,Tears and Lenin\’s Angel,\” recalls her four years in the formerSoviet Union. It could be subtitled, \”Jennifer\’s Romp in the WildEast\” or \”Fear and Loathing in the FSU.\”
\nRose Freedman is 104 and, by any account, a remarkable woman.
If you\’re of a certain vintage, the lyrics to \”Day by Day,\” the memorable song from the legendary pop musical \”Godspell,\” come fairly easily to mind — even 30 years after the show\’s debut.
Actors Leo Penn and Eileen Ryan are husband and wife and the starsof Graham Reid\’s \”Remembrance\” at the Odyssey Theatre. And their son,Sean, the movie star and director, has put up much of the money to bring them together onstage for the first time in 40 years.\n
The Geffen Playhouse\’s new season opens on a memorable note withJon Marans\’ intelligent and bittersweet two-character drama, \”OldWicked Songs,\” a finalist for the 1996 Pulitzer Prize.
Israel\’s newest weapon in its battle for economic well-being andworldwide acceptance is a tall, thin New Yorker with a great lambrecipe.\n\nHer name is Rozanne Gold.
The story itself is a laconic autobiographical statement that not only describes Wiesenthal\’s experience as camp inmate, but joins that experience to an excruciating ethical question about forgiveness. Now that Simon Wiesenthal is a legend and an icon, his modest story seems larger, somehow, and the republication of the book is a kind of commandment to read it again.
The Miramar Sheraton Hotel is one of the jewels of Santa Monica.It sits astride a full block on Ocean Avenue and looks west, over thePalisades and the blue Pacific. Inside, there are lush gardens, aluxurious swimming pool and tanned guests who look as if they areemblems of Southern California.\n\nThe hotel is where President Clinton has often stayed duringvisits to Los Angeles.\n\nAnd the Miramar Sheraton is the only Santa Monica hotel that isunionized.
