UP FRONT
'John never thought this would happen'
Yoko Ono made sure it did and you can see why – Lennon's art will be on display in Del Mar
By George Varga
POP MUSIC CRITIC
Fourteen of John Lennon's “Bag One” lithographs are now a part of the permanent collection in New York's Museum of Modern Art. An original set of the same 14 lithographs, which came out in a limited edition of 300 and sold for $1,200 when first exhibited in 1970, commands up to $80,000.
But when the former Beatle tried to get more of his artwork shown in galleries just a few years later, he was met with indifference or even scorn.
ON STAGE
A funny thing happened on the way to the theater
Something's not quite right – intentionally – in 'The Big Bang'
By James Hebert
THEATER CRITIC
“The Big Bang” is a musical encompassing the entire history of civilization. It has a budget of $83 million. It has a cast of 813. It lasts 12 hours.
There will be no intermission.
Not, at least, in North Coast Repertory Theatre's version of the show, which mercifully differs from the above production in some other ways as well. For example, the people staging it don't want 12 hours of your time. Just 90 minutes. And your money.
OUT GOING
Homer and Marge's eeeexcelllent adventure
By Penny Lingo
What's new, irreverent, exciting, technologically advanced, maybe a little bit scary, sorta green and very, very yellow?
It's the newest ride at Universal Studios Hollywood, and it features that popular and dysfunctional TV and movie family, the Simpsons.
