Articles by Adam Baer

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IN “The Treatment,” an adaptation of Daniel Menaker’s 1998 novel about an emotionally crippled New York English teacher in psychoanalysis, a self-described “last great Freudian” sums up the malaise of his patient Jake Singer, played by beloved indie regular Chris Eigeman, thusly: “You make from the world a banal comedy, and you are a spectator.” Read more

AUDIENCES have come to expect a lot from concert guitarists. Read more

YES, we’re into that relaxed stretch of late summer, and yes, most people at Hollywood Bowl concerts don’t attend to be critical as much as to enjoy themselves. Read more

A TRIAL NEXT month in Virginia will determine what kind of medical treatment Abraham Cherrix, a 16-year-old with Hodgkin’s disease, will receive. Read more

It might seem sheer folly for young artists to make new recordings of well-known concertos. Read more

ON a brisk morning a few weeks ago inside downtown L.A.’s Colburn School of Performing Arts, Claire Hodgkins, 76, an Oregon-born violinist, teacher and former assistant to the late violin virtuoso Jascha Heifetz (1901-87), entered the free-standing Lloyd Wright studio that once sat on her mentor’s Beverly Hills property and before long made a confession. Read more

Some of music’s greatest debuts have illness to thank. Read more

TRADITIONALLY, going Hollywood has meant repudiating one’s past in favor of a glitzier future. Read more