There’s nothing I like more as a theatre reviewer than experiencing a production completely fresh. And going into a theatre with no prior exposure to a piece is so rare for me these days that when I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Michael Blackshire/Los Angeles Times) When L.A. Opera invited Gustavo Santaolalla to write a new score for the Spanish version of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BRISTOL — “Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors” will be presented by the Elkhart Civic Theatre Feb. 21-22 and Feb. 28-March 2. The show ...

Composer Frank Wildhorn cut his teeth on “Jekyll & Hyde,” so maybe it was destiny he later sunk his teeth into another monster musical: “Dracula.” (Obligatory teeth references out of the way.) For ...

Australian composer David Stanhope has devised a neat way to get around the prohibitive costs of staging a new opera and hiring an orchestra to play it — he’s gone digital. This is not the organic, ...

The character of a pale aristocrat in a red-lined black cape endowed with demonic sexuality who drinks human blood was first introduced by John William Polidori in his 1819 short story The Vampyre, ...

Different movies, sometimes of totally opposite genres, often employed the very same props, costumes, and even sets. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. There are, in fact, fan ...

The two-time Oscar winner and ‘Last of Us’ composer also will play electric guitar during the Oct. 25-27 screenings at the downtown United Theater. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Just in time for ...

A big cast. A big story. Lush period costumes. Special effects. A craving for blood. Yes, it’s “Dracula” and it’s opening on stage at Meadow Brook Theatre just in time for the Halloween season. Yet ...

When L.A. Opera invited Gustavo Santaolalla to write a new score for the Spanish version of the 1931 film “Dracula” to be performed live with an orchestra, the Oscar-winning composer was intrigued by ...