Author Archives: Suzy Evans

Like fashion, there’s always something new evolving in theater.

Only in the world of “Tug of War” can pimps recite verse, seemingly chaste women express their sexual frustration, and marijuana function as currency.

Piano lessons are a pastime many children grudgingly endure during their early years.

With the 1988 film at your neighborhood video store and the popular Tony-award-winning musical currently running on Broadway, it may seem a bit superfluous to create another version of “Hairspray” so quickly. However this summer’s much-anticipated blockbuster brings in new songs and new talent, proving that old can be new again.

With the release of J.K. Rowling’s insanely anticipated “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” on Saturday, as well as last week’s opening of the fifth Harry Potter film, it seems the young wizard is all anyone can talk about these days. But if you have never read the books, it seems you are up in the air without a broomstick.

“Room 16 Goes to Outer Space” may not have been a New York Times bestseller, but Jessica Chessani, who co-wrote the story in first grade, thought it had potential.

Los Angeles is known as a national center for the latest trends, whether in the fashion, film or music world.