HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:"A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE " – OK folks, if you haven’t caught this yet, you are really pushing your luck. It opened in mid-August, was extended through the first week of November, and now to Nov. 19. And they are still selling out shows; this weekend only the Sunday matinee is available (as I write this). It should have ended by now. And where would you be, if you missed it? Filled with lifelong regret.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:"A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE " – It opened in mid-August, and now has been extended through the first week of November. That’s coming right up. It should have ended by now. And where would you be, if you missed it? Filled with lifelong regret. Cringing every time one of your friends started waxing nostalgic over it, and everyone else chimed in…oh yeah. Remember that scene…? Memorable theater is not easy to find, even in LA, but you don’t even have to go further than the Ruskin Group Theatre at our SM airport for this. Your memory of emotionally powerful yet nuanced lead Ray Abruzzo may even erase your association of him with "The Sopranos." And whose words they are all delivering? The great Arthur Miller. Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m., Ruskin Group Theatre, SMO, $20-35.
MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSICLa de da, love it so much, good vibes – so sorry to stick in one somber note here, but as I heard about 260 carefree music festival celebrants gunned down in the Hamas attack on Israel, I couldn’t help but be reminded that the worst mass shooting in US history was also at a music festival, in Las Vegas. 59 dead, more than 500 hurt. I have no wisdom from this, except maybe, Make Love, Not War, and Give Peace A Chance. "You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one…"