If you’ve ever heard Charles Lloyd on saxophone, you know there’s no one else in the world who can make it sing, speak, dance or just tickle like he does. Though Lloyd has performed with different trios and quartets over decades, sometimes on flute or other wind instrument and in different musical genres, his distinctive style always comes through — playful, soulful, surprising, delightful and spiritually transporting. For one night only at the Soka Performing Arts Center on

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This interview was originally published in the Long Beach Post , a nonprofit news organization, on March 6, 2025. Branford Marsalis. Photo by Palma Kolansky. The Branford Marsalis Quartet is set to perform for one night only at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts on March 13. I had the privilege of speaking with Mr. Marsalis in advance of the event. Marsalis is widely regarded as jazz royalty and a master musician, his career extending into classical music recordings

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As 2023 begins, the Long Beach Shakespeare Company (LBSC)—housed in the Helen Borgers Theatre in Bixby Knolls—is poised to “Shake” things...

Preview of Musical Theatre West's upcoming production of "Grease" by Anita W. Harris for LA Theatrix

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