Articles by Karen Wada

26 articles since 2002

Taking a page from Amy Tan

Entertainment | By Karen Wada | November 2, 2008
The Joy Luck Club” is filled with ghosts. Read more
 

This is his ‘Answer’

Entertainment | By Karen Wada | October 19, 2008
Dear David: You’ve worked as an actor in New York and Hollywood, made a bundle selling real estate and written plays about global-warming scientists and a Texas mega-church. Read more
 

A countryman’s call

Entertainment | By Karen Wada | October 14, 2008
John Millington Synge? Read more
 

Reprise returns, with revisions

Entertainment | By Karen Wada | September 2, 2008
Once on This Island,” a tale of love and redemption in the Caribbean, marks a new beginning for L.A.’s leading presenter of old musicals. Read more
 

This baby talk is very serious

Entertainment | By Karen Wada | May 25, 2008
WHERE DO babies come from? Read more
 

L.A. overture

Entertainment | By Karen Wada | October 21, 2007
Ever the rebel, Esa-Pekka Salonen balked at his mother’s request that he take piano lessons when he was a boy. Read more
 

A chorus takes wing

Entertainment | By Karen Wada | July 8, 2007
ON a balmy Sunday in early June, Grant Gershon takes the podium, ready to rehearse yet another show with yet another ensemble. Read more
 

Animal attraction

Entertainment | By Karen Wada | June 24, 2007
SMALL and homely, the tarantula is an unlikely role model. Read more
 

Stories that exist in between

Entertainment | By Karen Wada | March 11, 2007
MRS. K used to give piano lessons. Read more
 

A hand fate dealt him

Entertainment | By Karen Wada | February 18, 2007
IT’S about time Leon Fleisher came to Hollywood. Read more
 
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