The Stage Whisperer

The River Cities [Iowa] Reader interviews Tom Dugan, the creator of “In the Shadow of Slavery,” which premiered last year at the Armstrong Theatre in Torrance, and “Robert E. Lee: Shades of Gray,” which is coming to the Armstrong on March 7.
Written and performed by Dugan, the one-man show on Lee includes Civil War photos, […]

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The Santa Barbara Symphony’s International Percussion Festival, a week-long series of family concerts, workshops, and world, pop and classical music, features none other than Dancing Drum. Specializing in percussion instruments from around the world, DD brings the Pillars of Character to the Armstrong Theatre in Torrance this Friday, January 25, at 7pm.
The show will feature […]

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The Harlem Gospel Choir joins the London Gospel Choir in Nigeria for the funeral of Prince Edwin Ukperi Obaigbena, who was the ranking prince of Owa Kingdom.
The two choirs will lead a service of songs the night before the funeral service itself, according to ThisDay.
The celebrated world-traveling symbol of African-American spiritual music will be performing […]

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You know who you are, those of you who missed the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble in L.A. this past weekend. This unique troupe of teens displayed such professional adroitness and stunning choreography, any dance troupe would be hard-pressed to match it.
At intermission, adults in the audience were talking about digging out their old dance […]

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Replica of Wright Brothers’ Flyer
In honor of National Science Month and the anniversary of the birth of aviation in the South Bay area of L.A., the Torrance Cultural Arts Center Foundation is sponsoring some high-flying activities this Saturday morning, January 12, starting at 10:15am.
The Super Science Saturday series takes off with “Wright Brothers — The […]

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 The North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble
The North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble stopped off in Yuma, Arizona, on its way to L.A., picking up yet another appreciative critique from the Yuma Sun (is that redundant?). The group has toured Europe and South America and even sent a smaller troupe to China at the behest of the […]

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Scot Bruce, one of the foremost Elvis impersonators, “is king of the show” on tour in Naples, Florida. The News-Press notes that Scot is a cut above most of the Elvis acts because he never camps it up. It’s an honest-to-goodness tribute. In an interview with the actor, who frequently plays Elvis in music videos, […]

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