Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Ten dancers, clad in worker-like shirts and trousers, all bare footed, gather around a long Perspex tunnel offstage. Center stage is a large dome covered in shiny silver fabric. A few of the…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:56PMMonday, August 26, 2013
Skin and Bones—the first track on Johnny Sandoval’s self-produced solo album @ conga has a confident kick off. The haunting, echoing pound of the conga calls to the bass trombone, which …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:01PMFriday, August 23, 2013
absinthe. blood. tiny naughty puppets… Fresh from Cirque-a-Palooza at the Pasadena Playhouse, the Grand Guignolers present a set of seldom performed classic grand guignol horror plays of 1…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:12PMThursday, August 22, 2013
Greetings Earthlings! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of the hilarious retro sci-fi romp “Captain Dan Dixon vs. The Moth Sluts from the Fifth Dimension,” no…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:24AMWednesday, August 21, 2013
Legendary Bingo’s Charitable Fabulousness—How A Numbers Game Can Help So Many. Bingo has been known as a social card game that’s mostly played by retirees or is played only in charity …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:31PMTuesday, August 20, 2013
New show! Sunday, September 8, 2013 Captured Aural Phantasy Theater brings its Superhero Variety Hour to El Cid. Celebrate the antics of the defenders of truth and justice in a variety show …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:23PM Legendary German filmmaker Werner Herzog has a made a new documentary takes on the growing problem of texting and driving. Entitled From One Second To The Next the 30-minute documenta…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:01PM“Yes, it’s true—minutes into his performance, he departs!” A five-channel video installation by celebrated German filmmaker Werner Herzog, Hearsay of the Soul, is now on view at the …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:00PMMonday, August 19, 2013
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts announces its Inaugural Season beginning with performances by the Martha Graham Dance Company, which open the 500-seat Goldsmith Theater o…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:09PMThe trailblazing Los Angeles Master Chorale launches its milestone 50th Season on Sunday, September 22, 2013, 7 pm, at Walt Disney Concert Hall, with a spectacular retrospective concert cond…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:34PMFriday, August 16, 2013
Hello groovy readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of mildly amusing farce “Greeks 6 – Trojans 5,” now playing at Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:01PMThursday, August 15, 2013
REDCAT has announced the exciting line up of groundbreaking performances to be featured in Radar L.A., An International Festival of Contemporary Theater, to be held from September 24 to Octo…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:39PMTuesday, August 13, 2013
New York City-based rising-star pianist Kariné Poghosyan returns to Rolling Hills United Methodist Church to open the 6th season of their Sundays At Two concerts. Sunday, September 8, 201…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:44PMMonday, August 12, 2013
Celeb daughter (!) and singer/actress Rumer Willis will be playing the role of Juliet in For The Record: Baz Luhrmann, the next of the live music concerts at Rockwell Table & Stage in …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMFriday, August 9, 2013
Gentle readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of the hilarious spoof show Point Break Live!, now playing at Dragonfly in Hollywood. We gave it a ‘…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:45PMThursday, August 8, 2013
Pulsing drumbeats, spectacular costumes, and infectious call-and-response songs transport you to the northeast coast of Brazil. Steeped in both African and indigenous traditions, Maracatú i…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:47PMTuesday, August 6, 2013
Cuban heels stomping, hands flourishing, skirts swishing—the dazzling Flamenco dancers guided by master choreographer, performing artist and teacher Roberto Amaral are hard at work rehears…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:42PMOnce again the Hollywood Arts Council is presenting their 28th Annual Children’s Festival of the Arts. Emceed by AMP Radio 97.1 FM’s DJ, Casey McCabe, the FREE One-Day Only Festival will…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMThursday, August 1, 2013
Hey groovy readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of Hurricane Season, now playing at the Eclectic Company Theatre in North Hollywood. Click here to go to the LA Week…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:55PM Now running until this Sunday, The Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival (HBRFest), continues to champion the best in new Brazilian independent cinema direct from the international festival c…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:27PMWednesday, July 31, 2013
Woody Allen’s newest movie, Blue Jasmine, provides a platform for a truly virtuosic performance by Cate Blanchett that is sure to be remembered at Oscar voting time. Why is there so mu…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:44PMAn exciting new summer festival, CIRQUE-A-PALOOZA – a Summer Spectacle & Comic Calamity, created and directed by Stefan Haves – is now running at The Pasadena Playhouse. Mainstag…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMTuesday, July 30, 2013
Captured Aural Phantasy Theater (CAPT) is proud to celebrate its 5th year performing in Los Angeles with a return to the historic El Cid for another season of monthly shows! Beginning THIS S…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:00PMMonday, July 29, 2013
An existential “comedy” in the bleakest sense, Bruce Norris’ new play A Parallelogram posits the question “What would you do if you knew your future but couldn’t do anything to cha…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:53PMThursday, July 25, 2013
Gloomy, moody, spooky—in the best possible way, Wake Not The Dead is a sexy and dazzling new rock ’n’ roll Goth Opera currently playing at King King nightclub in Hollywood. ***Final pe…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:58PMWednesday, July 24, 2013
Celebrating 50 years of Flamenco,
El Cid presents a 2-Day Flamenco Festival. Experience the Passion and Beauty of Spain at the iconic Silver Lake Flamenco Venue, El Cid, this coming Saturd…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:19PMTuesday, July 23, 2013
::STOP PRESS:: Watson 2: The Dark Art of Harry Houdini has been extended through Saturday, August 17, 2013 Now playing at Sacred Fools Theater in Hollywood. Previously reviewed: Watso…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:00PMMonday, July 22, 2013
::STOP PRESS:: This marvelous play has been extended through August 18, 2013. Previously reviewed: It’s not every day you get to be heavyweight champion of the world—for a professional s…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:50PM This Sunday *ONLY* Charles Gaines Ensemble featuring Wadada Leo Smith Sunday, July 28, 2013 3pm MOCA Grand Avenue Ahmanson Auditorium MOCA presents a one-day-only performance by the C…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:34PMFriday, July 19, 2013
Opening Saturday, July 27, Cella Gallery is pleased to present Paper & Pulp—a group exhibit featuring collage and cut-paper work by the following artists: L. Croskey, Ashley Fisher, Ka…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:00PMThursday, July 18, 2013
Hello readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of Suburban Showgirl, now playing at NoHo Arts Center in North Hollywood. Click here to go to the LA Weekly’s theater p…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:04PM 
