First we ate dinner at Drago, an Italian restaurant a few blocks from the Music Center complex. I had cavatappi with venison to start and monkfish as my entree - the food was outstanding and well worth the not bargain price point.
We parked beneath the Forum building and then took the stairs up to the main area, which was dominated by the Christmas tree in front of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion -- it is HUGE and beautiful...
Dan remembered Culture Clash as being an 80s band, but over the last 20 years they have continued to bring out new work in the form of plays with heavy political content. "Water & Power" and "Chavez Ravine" are prior works of this group with Richard Montoya writing the screenplays.
Without giving away too much plot, "Palestine, New Mexico" chronicles the search of a female Army captain for the truth about the death of one of her soliders, Ray Birdsong. She goes to the reservation where Ray grew up to talk to his father, the tribal chief, and to deliver a letter that Ray had written. Of course, secrets are revealed and the captain gets what she came for....
This is a serious subject handled in a very humorous manner. There are a lot of funny lines and the play is very well acted. It runs 80 minutes without an intermission, but the time went very quickly and I didn't look at my watch once! If a drive to downtown LA is within your reach, it's definitely worth seeing....
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