South Bay Arts calendar, Sept. 19 – 24

  Thursday, September 19 Happy hour, happy music Nickolai Preiss, with musical guests, performs acoustic music (his favorite songs, in a folksy style) during happy hour, 6 to 8 p.m., at St. Rocke, 142 Pacific Coast Hwy, Hermosa Beach. (310) 372-0035 or saintrocke.com. Friday, September 20 Music masters The South Bay Chamber Music Society presents […]

A Flop at the Top – “The Producers” at the Norris Theatre

by Vy Nguyen One of the most successful musicals in the history of musical theater, “The Producers” gathered 12 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. As hilarious as it is popular, the work is based on the original 1986 film of the same name composed by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan. It opens for three weekends […]

“A Single Shot” – that’s all it took [MOVIE REVIEW]

It’s not an uncommon scenario, that pebble that triggers a landslide, but it is uncommon to see it directed as well as David Rosenthal has done with “A Single Shot” working from a taut script by Matthew F. Jones based on Jones’ novel. John Moon lives alone in a trailer in the woods contemplating how […]