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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

“Rite of Spring” reviewed by Brian Sonia-Wallace

Pina Bausch’s ballet Rite of Spring was staged at The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion with performances over four nights, February 8-11, 2024. More than thirty dancers from 1…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 01:32AM
Sunday, January 28, 2024

“Kate” at Pasadena Playhouse by Brian Sonia-Wallace

Now playing at the Pasadena Playhouse is the new production Kate, a one-person show performed by Kate Berlant. The name KATE looms omnipresent over the whole theatre. The sign over the …

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:32PM
Tuesday, March 1, 2022

The Mic @ Micky’s by Brian Sonia-Wallace

Micky’s Launches New Weekly Open MicFrom the desk of the West Hollywood City Poet Laureate, Brian Sonia-Wallace. Pictured above – The Mic @ Micky’s hosts Nate Lovell, Tony Moore…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:24PM
Thursday, January 27, 2022

Björk in concert at the Shrine “Cornucopia” by Brian Sonia-Wallace

A spectacular opening last night at the Shrine launched the appearance of Iceland’s most famous human, singer and techno-eco-feminist-utopianist Björk—presently here in the States for h…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:42PM
Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Björk at Shrine Auditorium by Brian Sonia-Wallace

Promising to be Björk’s most elaborate and theatrical stage concert to date, Goldenvoice presents Björk – Cornucopia over three nights in January at Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall. …

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:24PM
Tuesday, May 14, 2019

The Insider Secrets for Hello World by Brian Sonia-Wallace

The Insider Secrets for Hello World You will carry on to let it operate since you stop by this next report. Nothing might have assisted them longer. Yes, in the event that you should be d…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:54AM
Monday, April 22, 2019

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Things You Won’t Like About VPN Reviews and Things You Will To ensure privacy, it is advisable to be sure you have got a

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:20PM
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Melrose Poetry Bureau goes to LA City Hall by Brian Sonia-Wallace

Brian Sonia-Wallace reports from the front lines in the battle to save Arts funding: City Council meetings are notoriously boring, full of wonky policy and

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:06PM
Monday, April 10, 2017

“Man of La Mancha” at A Noise Within by Brian Sonia-Wallace

A Noise Within has created a faithful, stunningly designed Man of La Mancha, a 1964 loose musical adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote. The adaptation

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:42PM
Friday, July 29, 2016

“The Johnny Cycle: Part II – The Shell” – The Speakeasy Society by Brian Sonia-Wallace

  The Johnny Cycle: Part II: The Shell is the second part of a trilogy that The Speakeasy Society is creating, based on Dalton Trumbo’s 1939

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:06PM
Monday, April 11, 2016

AWP 2016 – a report from the conference by Brian Sonia-Wallace

Watch our AWP 2016 round-up with Brian Sonia-Wallace, reporting for ArtsBeastLA from the conference.   Go here to see Brian’s VIDEO report.   Association of Writers

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:28PM
Thursday, March 17, 2016

“Women Laughing Alone With Salad” at the Kirk Douglas by Brian Sonia-Wallace

This is a think-piece by Brian Sonia-Wallace. How exciting! No one in the theatre knew how to feel. Half of them left at intermission. Written by

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:56PM
Thursday, February 18, 2016

“Andy’s World” – Rook Theatre at Son of Semele by Brian Sonia-Wallace

Andy’s world is just that – a world! Quiet on plot, loud on character, this devising cast (Rook Theatre company) has created some magical realism for

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 01:45PM
Friday, December 18, 2015

#camerasanddancers and #gettyinspired by Brian Sonia-Wallace

  “The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:00PM
Friday, October 30, 2015

A Living Exhibition’s Afterlife: I AM ART following Pierre Huyghe at LACMA by Brian Sonia-Wallace

It’s been six months since Pierre Huyghe, a retrospective of the French artist, closed at LACMA. But the thing about having living elements in a gallery is that their lives continue af…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:01PM
Tuesday, October 27, 2015

“Ded!” at the Matrix Theatre – Los Angeles theater review by Brian Sonia-Wallace

Entering the Matrix Theatre to see Ded! is a treat in itself. A calavera looms over the marquis, and two more giant calavera women are holding court in the entryway in their bright dresses. …

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:09PM

This week: Speakeasy Society’s “The Hollow” – Los Angeles theater review by Brian Sonia-Wallace

Speakeasy Society’s The Hollow has me excited to watch this company grow, and feeling tingly about the future of immersive theatre in Los Angeles. The show is a piece of dinner theatre-cum…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:38PM
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

“Reeling” by Invertigo Dance Theatre moves to Santa Barbara – Los Angeles dance theater review by Brian Sonia-Wallace

Laura Karlin, Artistic Director of Invertigo Dance Theatre, set herself a big challenge with Reeling in the wake of last year’s After it Happened (reviewed here). That piece was a response…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:43PM
Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Pierre Huyghe Retrospective at LACMA – Arts Reporting as Embedded Journalism – Los Angeles art exhibition review by Brian Sonia-Wallace

I stand at the mouth of the gallery. It gapes. And still I stand. I have been hired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to announce each patron’s name as they walk in. “Susan Choi!�…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:27PM
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

“Forever” at the Kirk Douglas Theatre – Los Angeles theater review by Brian Sonia-Wallace

Forever was, to quote an elderly gentleman leaving the theatre, “not my cup of tea.” The latest creation of writer/actress Dael Orlandersmith, this one-woman show is a piece of straight-…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:30PM
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Invertigo Dance Theatre presents “After it Happened” – Los Angeles dance theater review by Brian Sonia-Wallace

After it Happened is an intensely theatrical piece of transdisciplinary work by Invertigo Dance Theatre that creates a post-disaster world that manages to be disturbing, beautiful, and very,…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:23PM
Wednesday, July 9, 2014

20th Annual Pedagogy and Theatre of The Oppressed Conference – report by Brian Sonia-Wallace

Brian Sonia-Wallace attended this year’s 20th Annual Pedagogy and Theatre of The Oppressed Conference. Here follows his report.   Every year, a group of theatre artists and educators …

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:15PM
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Brian’s reviews of shows playing at the 2014 Hollywood Fringe Festival – #HFF14 theater festival report Los Angeles by Brian Sonia-Wallace

Bliss Point is Cornerstone Theatre Company’s latest community-based collaboration in its 5-year Hunger Cycle of plays, and this one deals with addiction and recovery communities. It’s a …

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:44PM
Thursday, June 12, 2014

“The Kharmful Charms of Daniil Kharms” – playing at the 2014 Hollywood Fringe Festival – #HFF14 theater festival report Los Angeles by Brian Sonia-Wallace

    If this production were to play a verb, it would be “to tickle the audience.” An intricate European clown cabaret show that ebulliently descends into punk chaos, The Kharmf…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PM
Monday, June 2, 2014

“Death of the Author” at The Geffen Playhouse – Los Angeles theater review by Brian Sonia-Wallace

I was simultaneously aroused and intimidated by the intelligence of playwright Steven Drukman’s Death of the Author. This play is highly recommended – but be advised, if you’re not con…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:14PM

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May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards