Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Sassy, fearless, outspoken—whether you love her or hate her, Bernhard is an in-your-face comic diva. Racy, confrontational and occasionally offensive yet also self-deprecating and angst-ri…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:34PMMonday, February 17, 2014
Esteemed local architect Jeffrey Kalban unleashes his artist within. “Space. That’s what fascinates me as an artist and architect. It’s what I live for.” Jeffrey Kalban shows remarka…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMFriday, February 14, 2014
Gentle readers! Here’s an article recently published by TimeOut Los Angeles about the best places to see contemporary theater in Los Angeles. Although we’re generally better known fo…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:13PMWednesday, February 12, 2014
In 1987 Paul Verhoeven’s satirical sci-fi action picture RoboCop shocked and thrilled audiences with its deliciously seditious take on corporate American and US law enforcement. In it the …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:50PMMonday, February 10, 2014
We’re Watching You: “Obama Spy Drama” Opens Saturday, February 15 at Acme Comedy Hollywood for its World Premiere With the Winter Olympics upon us, and recent attempts to reign …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:22PMA toothless drama, Bernard Weinraub’s Above the Fold takes an inflammatory crime ‘ripped-from-the-headlines’ (based on the 2006 Duke University Lacrosse team rape case) and fails to co…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:42PMThursday, February 6, 2014
Dog agility competitions at Woodley Park offer an exciting weekend spectator sport and, for the athletic duo inside the ring, so much more. It’s a drizzling, winter Saturday morning…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:01PMMonday, February 3, 2014
Superb acting paired with great storytelling—The Visceral Company presents a return engagement of their highly acclaimed presentation Lovecraft: Nightmare Suite. Throughout the briskly pac…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:12PMSaturday, February 1, 2014
Given the chance to embody John Merrick—aka ‘The Elephant Man’—on stage is probably something most actors would jump at with the same alacrity they would for the opportunity to tackl…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:40PMWednesday, January 29, 2014
We’re Watching You: “Obama Spy Drama” Opens February 15 at Acme Comedy Hollywood for its World Premiere With the Winter Olympics upon us, and recent attempts to reign in NSA spying, th…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:00AMTuesday, January 28, 2014
The Eastern Star Gallery, a unique art exhibition space located on the Brentwood campus of The Archer School for Girls, an independent middle and high school in Los Angeles, will be the venu…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:29PMMonday, January 27, 2014
An exuberant celebration of language is the most apt description for actor Christopher Plummer’s self-created one-man show. A Word or Two is playing through February 9, 2014 at the Ahmanso…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:44PMThursday, January 23, 2014
An exciting and fun show for children (perhaps best for ages 6-10) is now playing at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, in their intimate 150-seat Lovelace Studio Theater. …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:31PMWednesday, January 22, 2014
The internationally renowned troupe Cirque du Soleil has a dazzling new show, TOTEM, which has just opened in ‘le grand chapiteau’ (the big top tent). Now residing by the Santa M…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:07PMTuesday, January 21, 2014
Southern California Museums are banding together for MUSEUMS FREE-FOR-ALL - Free Admission Day | Saturday, January 25, 2014 In a joint effort to present the arts and culture to t…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:03PMMonday, January 20, 2014
Gentle readers! Here’s an article recently published by TimeOut Los Angeles about eight Los Angeles theater companies to watch. 8 Los Angeles theater companies to see in 2014 20…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:43PMFriday, January 17, 2014
Somewhere on a farm, in rainy rural England, a farming couple nervously awaits a government inspector. When the tall young man shows up at their door, drenched and firing questions at them b…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:28PMThursday, January 16, 2014
Los Angeles is set to experience the largest showcase of Australian Contemporary Photography to reach America at the 23rd Annual International Photographic Art Exposition (photo l.a.) 16—1…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:07PMFriday, January 10, 2014
Currently on exhibit at LA Artcore’ Little Tokyo gallery is a group show of works by contemporary artists from Thailand. Thai Group Show 2014 will run until Thursday January 16, 2014. L.A.…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:22PMWednesday, January 1, 2014
Wishing all my loyal subscribers & readers a Happy New Year! May it be a productive, prosperous and happy one for you all. Warm regards from Pauline at ArtsBeatLA. &…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:05PMThursday, December 12, 2013
Dear readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of Peter and the Starcatcher, now playing at The Ahmanson in Downtown LA. Much like the dastardly pirates terrorizi…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:21PMTuesday, December 10, 2013
Returning to the Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre is the sketch comedy show based on the ghostly old Holiday chestnut by Charles Dickens. Written by Second City alums, Peter Gwi…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:51PMThursday, December 5, 2013
A Relief Benefit Concert for the Philippines at The Pasadena Playhouse, a one-night-only event, will take place on Wednesday, December 18 at 7:30pm. Proceeds will support the American Red Cr…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:30PMWednesday, December 4, 2013
LA Stage Times feature article – Sand Brings Weill to the West End (of the Santa Monica Pier) by Pauline Adamek | December 4, 2013 Santa Monica denizen Paul Sand has a special a…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:03PMPaul Sand is opening West End Theatre, an indoor cabaret on the western tip of the Santa Monica Pier, with "Kurt Weill at the Cuttlefish Hotel."
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:24PMMonday, December 2, 2013
Gentle readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of Live! From the Last Night of My Life, now playing at Sacred Fools in East Hollywood. A despondent fellow, Doug (Pete …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMMonday, November 25, 2013
The Eastern Star Gallery at Archer, located on the historic campus of The Archer School for Girls, will be exhibiting work from Brad Spence. The exhibition, Nothing Gold Can Stay, will featu…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMSaturday, November 23, 2013
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” …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:32PMFriday, November 22, 2013
A recently overturned LA ban on hand-painted murals is preserving a beautification effort aimed at one of the most blighted areas of the Valley. It’s also opening doors for a new wa…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:21PMThursday, November 21, 2013
Striking the perfect balance between scares and laughs, Play Dead delivers plenty of delicious thrills, macabre chills and giggles. The one-act show features Todd Robbins as our ghoulish hos…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:49PMGentle readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of a bittersweet comedy Dallas Non-Stop, now playing at Atwater Village Theatre. We gave it a ‘go!’ Young an…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:31PM 
