In 2006, Russell was originally nominated for a Tony Award for Best Original Score for her work on The Color Purple. While it ultimately didn’t win, the score and the Theater album are still heralded.

On a recent Sunday afternoon, Disney Hall hosted a multi-faceted musical extravaganza pairing one of our local community’s true artistic treasures, the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, with ...

Our thanks to Theatrice Westbrook for very kindly sharing recollections of a couple of special days in Los Angeles, California, in April 1988, when Pink Floyd played at the Memorial Coliseum as part ...