Unsubtle and pedestrian " "Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty" at the Ahmanson Theater " Los Angeles dance ballet theater review
With its Gothic theme, reflected in lavish costuming and majestic sets (both elements designed by Lez Brotherston), and a lush score by Tchaikovsky, "Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty" promises to be a magical evening of fairy tale and ballet. Instead, on Thursday night LA audiences were presented with cacophonous and insultingly unsubtle show that suffers from [...]