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January 5, 2009

G&G Savor Pink Martini
On New Year's Eve, Georja and I took in Pink Martini's performance at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. You can read our review for LASplash.com here.

Besides obvious musical virtues we mention in our review, I want to give Pink Martini credit for their business savvy. They've released three successful albums so far, all under their own label (Heinz Records, named for artistic director Thomas Lauderdale's late, beloved dog). So even though their CDs have sold hundreds of thousands of copies, this wor
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November 25, 2008

G&G Review 'The Little Dog Laughed' at the Kirk Douglas
Who knew there were handsome leading men in Hollywood who pretend to be heterosexual for the sake of their box office draw? Perhaps the central question is, how do you feel about a Hollywood superagent's pushing that cause? Even fighting for it? She'll stop at nothing to promote her pretty-boy client and his boy-next-door image in this send-up farce by wickedly funny playwright Douglas Carter Beane.

Put another way, behind the scenes, the business of managing the box office takes exactly the oppo
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November 18, 2008

G&G Opera Review: Carmen, You Shameless Hottie

We had lots to say about sexual politics, then (1875) and now in our review of the opening night of LA Opera's revival of Bizet's Carmen. Women will do anything to survive, and men will do anything to possess women. Click here to read our review on LA Splash.com.


(Photo by Robert Millar courtesy LA Opera)Gerald Everett Jones
La Puerta Productions
www.lapuerta.tv
0 comments Published on November 18, 2008 11:20

November 17, 2008

Catch Episode 2 of 'Couch Cases'
Post-WGA strike, the showbiz world has reinvented itself once again. At the end of the previous strike, the "spec script" was suddenly the new way to break in. This time, with high-quality digital production tools so inexpensive, the spec-produced webisode is the new calling card.

My friend and colleague Patrick Ortman offers the second episode of Couch Cases tonight. May the powers that be, be watching!

Gerald Everett Jones
La Puerta Productions
www.lapuerta.tv
0 comments Published on November 17, 2008 12:32



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