ENTERTAINMENT

Reviews – October 2010

THEATRE

The Phantom Of The Opera
The Pantages Theatre
September 23 – October 31, 2010

Final Los Angeles engagement! With some of the most lavish sets, costumes and special effects ever to have been created for the stage, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA directed by Harold Prince traces the tragic love story of a beautiful opera singer and a young composer shamed by his physical appearance into a shadowy existence beneath the majestic Paris Opera House.
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BOOKS

Amar es más sencillo
Autor: David Solá
Ediciones Noufront

Explorando el amor y las relaciones, este manual demuestra la clave para recuperar su simplicidad. Afirmando que las personas aman como un medio – ya sea para conseguir un propósito consciente o inconsciente – argumenta que la única manera de tener una vida feliz y simple es amar por su propio bien. Dividida en dos secciones – una que contiene consejos prácticos y la otra un ensayo expositivo – esta guía se enfoca en mejorar las relaciones y disfrutar con plenitud de la vida.

Historia del arte
Autora: Sarah Carr-Gomm
Editorial Blume

Descodificando más de 500 figuras, temas, acontecimientos y símbolos claves encontrados enlas pinturas más influyentes del mundo occidental, esta guía ideal para los amantes del arte, asiduos de pinacotecas y estudiantes muestra cómo deducir los mensajes que los pintores famosos querían compartir a través de sus obras. Bellamente illustrada con 75 obras maestras, esta referencia informativa y bien investigada discute cinco temas principales – El mito y la leyenda clásica; la Biblia y la vida de Jesucristo; los santos y sus milagros; La historia, la literatura y las artes; y Los símbolos y las alegorías – y analiza obras desde la Edad Media hasta el siglo XX.

FRAGRANCE

Masculinity by Intense
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DVDs

Daniel & Ana
Strand Releasing

Daniel & Ana, siblings who are both at defining moments in their lives. Ana is about to be married, and Daniel is a teenager discovering his personal and sexual identity. Yet the harmony in their lives is instantly shattered when they are kidnapped and something happens which forces them to confront their desires and fears.

Modern Family – the complete first season
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

“Modern Family” takes a refreshing and funny view of what it means to raise a family in this hectic day and age. Multi-cultural relationships, adoption, and same-sex marriage are just a few of the timely issues faced by the show’s three wildly-diverse broods. No matter the size or shape, family always comes first in this hilariously “modern” look at life, love, and laughter.

CDs

Elton John & Leon Russell – The Union
Decca Records

Recorded live in the studio with John and Russell on dueling pianos, the album features a variety of musical genres from R&B, soul, gospel, country, pop and rock. Icons Neil Young and Brian Wilson provide guest vocals along with legendary R&B organist Brooker T. Jones, steel guitarist Robert Randolph and a 10-piece gospel choir.

Luis Miguel
Warner Music Latina

Este disco contiene 10 temas, en los cuales Luis Miguel plasma su romanticismo y voz inconfundible. Su primer tema en promoción es Besos de Miel. Actualmente Luis Miguel se encuentra finalizando los detalles de su próxima gira mundial que dará inicio en noviembre y recorrerá Sudamérica, para luego continuar en el 2011 en España, México y EE.UU.