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INDUSTRY PROFILE- Jack Randall
They will turn what is something...I don’t know if they do an addition. There’s Segerstrom Center in Costa Mesa, California, the Mesa Performing Arts Center in Mesa, Arizona, and Valley Performing Arts Center at California State/Northridge, California. Typically these are rooms that are, maybe, 150 to 250 (capacity). They will do a small series, and they will book amongst other things some of the younger artists on my roster. Trying to develop them in the market which is really great. -- Encore
Percussionist-Composer Alex Cline to Release OCEAN OF VOWS This March
Made possible by a grant from the Shifting Foundation, the full-concert-length Ocean of Vows was composed and recorded over three quarters of 2015; it premiered at Cal State Northridge's Valley Performing Arts Center on October 11, 2015. -- Broadway World
Richard Israel Brings a New Interpretation of “West Side Story” to SoCal
Leonard Bernstein’s iconic “West Side Story” takes the stage at the Valley Performing Arts Center (VPAC) March 10 to 12, as well as continuing in a limited engagement from April 21 through May 14 at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. -- Living Out Loud
HACU announces speakers for 12th International Conference, March 29-31, San José Costa Rica, local institutions to offer campus tours
An International Student Track will be offered for the second year as part of the conference agenda. Approximately 36 students from the following institutions are expected to be in attendance: California State University, Dominguez Hills; California State University, Fullerton; California State University, Monterey Bay; California State University, Northridge; California State University, San Bernardino; Imperial Valley College; Metropolitan State University of Denver; Mount Saint Mary's University; The University of Northern Colorado and the University of Colorado at Boulder. -- HACU
21 Best Things to Do in L.A. This Week
With a tragic, romantic plot that focuses on two lovers swept up in the conflicts of rival gangs in New York City, West Side Story has always been emotionally darker and more unexpectedly violent than other musicals from Hollywood's Golden Age. Composer Leonard Bernstein and lyricist Stephen Sondheim infused storyteller Arthur Laurents' makeover of Romeo and Juliet with memorably passionate songs, and Jerome Robbins artfully choreographed the fight scenes with a soaring, balletic bravado. Many remember as the definitive version the 1961 film with Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer, but in this new production directed by Richard Israel, the musical returns to the immediacy of its Broadway roots with a vibrant cast that includes Ashley Marie (as Maria), Eddie Egan (Tony) and Marlene Martinez (Anita). Valley Performing Arts Center, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge; Fri., March 10, 8 p.m.; Sat., March 11, 3 & 8 p.m.; Sun., March 12, 3 p.m.; $33-$75. (818) 677-3000, valleyperformingartscenter.org. -- LA Weekly
Scene in LA – March
Written by Arthur Laurents, with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and directed by Richard Israel, it runs March 10 through March 12 at the Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge. For tickets, call (818) 677-3000 or visit www.ValleyPerformingArtsCenter.org. -- Crescenta Valley Weekly
‘Battlestar Galactica’ trilogy among movie screening events in the Los Angeles area
Cinematheque at Cal State Northridge: John Cassavetes Retrospective: “Husbands” (1970), 7 p.m. March 16. Free. Armer Theater in Manzanita Hall, Auditorium Room 100. 18111 Nordhoff St. www.csun.edu -- Long Beach Press-Telegram
LA Voters Trickle to the Polls on Election Day
The polling place was in the school's auditorium where one section of a wall was decorated with college posters made by students. There were student posters for San Diego State, UCLA, USC, Cal State Northridge, Brown University and Harvard University. -- High Beam Research
Dance Review: ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET (on tour at the Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge)
Just before Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s (ASFB) program, Valley Performing Arts Center’s Executive Director Thor Steingraber announced that the outfit was signed to be in residence for two more years. Based on last night’s offering, the company’s second visit here, I hope to see much more of this 20-year-old company. Even with a world premiere that ran out of steam and some cast members not completely passing this endurance test of a program, ASFB turned the transience of dance into enduring, grateful memories. -- Stage and Cinema
Injecting stem cells into the brain a breakthrough or quackery?
Duma, with Berman, Lander and Elam as co-authors, tried to begin a study of brain/stem cell injections. But their first attempt at Institutional Review Board approval was denied because they hadn’t done animal testing. So they got Dr. Oleg Kopyov at Cal State Northridge to conduct tests on rats. -- Lake County Record-Bee