Arts and Entertainment

At first glance, conducting can look deceptively simple. A baton flicks, arms rise and fall, and somehow an entire orchestra breathes together. But beneath that surface lies something far more complex—something Stanley describes as both technical and deeply intuitive.

There’s a quiet rhythm to knitting—loop, pull, repeat. It’s meditative, deliberate, and deeply human. For Tamala Takahashi, Mayor of Burbank, that rhythm is more than a hobby. It’s a philosophy—one that threads through her life as an artist, a community leader, and a public servant.

After a multi-year development journey spanning both coasts, Millennials Are Killing Musicals has found its home here at Burbank's The Colony Theatre!

The first thing you notice is the counter. Randall Michael Tobin will casually mention that he built that counter himself—skills he picked up in junior high school shop class half a century ago and still uses every day.

MILLENNIALS ARE KILLING MUSICALSBOOK, MUSIC, AND LYRICS BYNICO JUBERDIRECTED BY KRISTIN HANGGIMUSICAL DIRECTION, ARRANGEMENTS, AND ORCHESTRATIONS BYANTHONY LUCCACHOREOGRAPHED BY MICHELLE ELKINWORLD PREMIERE PRIOR...

The Burbank Philharmonic Orchestra, the only professional orchestra in the San Fernando Valley, invites the community to a free spring matinee concert on Sunday, March 22, at 3 p.m. at Wolfson Auditorium, Burbank High School

Artist, designer, and creative writer Dave Lowe came to Los Angeles in the late ’80s chasing illustration work—then found his real lane by saying yes to whatever needed making. Nickelodeon sets, Sci‑Fi Channel builds, Hallmark how‑tos, public art boxes, City Hall’s elephant, and finally a Tournament of Roses float: a career built on craft, community, and the joy of turning ideas into real objects.

Under the leadership of drama director Ms. Beth Meberg, JBHS Drama’s production of Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins was selected to perform at the prestigious California Educational Theatre Association (CETA) High School Theater Festival.

On Hollywood Way in Burbank, just down the street from Portos, behind an inviting storefront filled with color, fragrance, and the soft hum of creative hustle, sits The Enchanted Florist. Its owner, Kimberly Williams, moves through the space with the ease of someone who knows every bucket, bloom, shelf, and stem by heart.

Mary Gallagher will tell you she’s “a comic, actor, and writer,” but that doesn’t really cover it. She’s a survivor of Midwestern discipline, a student of chaos, a quiet storm turned loud truth-teller. She’s also a working mother, an educator, a late-night TV comic, a Colbert alum, a voice in the room helping actors find their own voices.