Go for the ballet, stay for the ballet

The dancers and actors of the Relevant Stage were still getting used to the rococo beauty of San Pedro’s Warner Grand Theatre when we stopped in to catch a rehearsal. Mostly, they were chattering (about the Oscar noms) and stretching, but one hugely muscled man was prancing: He [...]

Male comedy troupe Trockadero goes there

PHOTO by SASCHA VAUGHN
It’s understandable that anyone, well, me, would first think about the Harlem Globetrotters when learning that Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo—“Trocks” to their buds—is coming back to town. After all, the Trocks, who perform Feb. 7 and 8 at Cal State Long Beach’s Carpenter Center, and [...]