Last Chance

“La Boheme”: In taking youthful angst seriously and casting his production with young performers, Australian film director Baz Luhrmann concocts a “Boheme” that’s moodier and funnier, darker and finally more moving than any in my experience. It is respectably, if not brilliantly, sung, and it is much better acted than the standard regional opera company production. Luhrmann and his design team don’t skimp on “Boheme’s” voluptuous visual and choreographic possibilities, either. I’ve heard better “Bohemes,” but I seriously doubt that I’ll ever see a better one.

-- Reed Johnson

Ends Sunday at the Ahmanson Theatre, Music Center, 135 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles.

(213) 628-2772.