Thursday, November 1, 2012
Gentle readers! My theater review this week for the LA Weekly is of KONG: A Goddamn Thirty-Foot Gorilla by Adam Hahn, and directed by Jaime Robledo. A SkyPilot Theatre production, KONG is no…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 01:06PMWednesday, October 31, 2012
Television and stage star Jane Kaczmarek and Culture Clash co-founder/actor/writer Herbert Siguenza will host the 2012 LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards Ceremony on Monday, November 12, 2012 …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:17PMA free family-friendly Festival and Opera is being staged at El Pueblo on Saturday, November 3, 2012 to celebrate the opening of Siqueiros’ Masterpiece América Tropical. Eighty years afte…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:55PM TONIGHT! JAPANEMA Screening – Wednesday, October 31, 2012 The Guys Who Put Money on Me ©1962 Nikkatsu Corporation Wednesday, October 31st 7:00pm “The Guys Who Put Money on…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:07PMTuesday, October 30, 2012
The New York-based experimental theater company, Elevator Repair Service, will be presenting their highly successful production Gatz at REDCAT late November and early December. The acclaimed…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:13PMMonday, October 29, 2012
Rockwell: Table & Stage is a cool and intimate supper club in Los Feliz that offers fine cuisine and tasty cocktails along with a unique and sensational stage show that changes every few…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:20PMThere’s nothing quite like the pure spirit and shining, happy faces of talented young teens and kids. Provided with a suitable vehicle, namely Godspell, Jr., the vibrant energy of this mos…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:07PMFriday, October 26, 2012
Comedian and actor Chris Rock will join previously announced members of the original Broadway cast, including Tony-nominated Bobby Cannavale and Elizabeth Rodriguez, when L.A. Theatre Works …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:33PMMajestic, haunting and somber, Los Angeles Master Chorale’s new CD release, “Miserere,” features the sublime choral compositions of acclaimed Polish composer, the late Henryk Górecki.…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:05PMThursday, October 25, 2012
Playwright and screenwriter for film and TV Theresa Rebeck has a brilliant ear for realistic and witty dialogue and – more importantly – an eagle eye for observing the dynamics of…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:31PMHello readers! My theater review this week for the LA Weekly is of The Doctor’s Dilemma, a production from A Noise Within, now playing at their theater in Pasadena. Click here to go to…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:21PMMonday, October 22, 2012
Both the J. Paul Getty Museum and LACMA are concurrently staging exhibitions of works by groundbreaking American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. The two related exhibitions represent the f…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:43PMTuesday, October 16, 2012
“ I have been a fan of the Ramones since I got into punk rock in 1984. The Ramones always impressed me with their style, blending a sense of humor with aggression and pop melody. I did not…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:24PMMonday, October 15, 2012
A compelling new photographic exhibition at the Getty offers an overview of innovative photographer Ray K. Metzker’s long career and also includes inventive photographs by Harry Callahan, …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:43PMFriday, October 12, 2012
Co-produced by theatre dybbuk and L.A. Contemporary Dance Company, Cave…A Dance for Lilith explores the folklore of the demon Goddess Lilith, who is said to be the first woman before E…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:47PMCaptured Aural Phantasy Theater has teamed up with Creepy LA to present two shows for thrilling, chilling performances this Halloween: The Haunted Horror Variety Show and The Feast of Terror…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:10PMThursday, October 11, 2012
Dearest readers! My theater review this week for the LA Weekly — the ‘Pick of the Week‘ — is of Fraternity, an Ebony Repertory Theater production, now playing at the …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:18PM Samuel Beckett’s melancholy one man, one act play is being performed superbly by John Hurt in his first appearance on a Los Angeles stage, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, in a producti…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:05PMWednesday, October 10, 2012
Ray Bradbury, one of the world’s most popular authors, died earlier this year at 91. Often categorized as a science fiction author, he preferred to be called a fantasy writer. He al…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:31PMTuesday, October 9, 2012
David Mamet’s grubby and farcical political play November, now playing at the Mark Taper Forum downtown, is a riot of foul language and racial epithets, all tumbling from the mouth …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:54PMOkay you Elephant Room bums! Here’s how you do magic, alright?! This clip of a unique card trick is truly outstanding. Here we see illusionist and magician Michael Giles demonstratin…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:37PM Enjoy a free evening of art, music and entertainment as Pasadena’s most prominent arts and cultural institutions swing open their doors. Last fall, 14,000 people experienced the exc…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:00PMMonday, October 8, 2012
Lynn Nottage’s play By The Way, Meet Vera Stark is light years apart from her recently staged play (also at the Geffen) entitled Ruined, which was a potent portrayal of unspeakable …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:50PMSaturday, October 6, 2012
A fun and highly entertaining way to wander through one of Los Angeles’ storied mansions is Theatre 40′s critically-acclaimed production of The Manor. The melodrama continues its…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:09PMFriday, October 5, 2012
Hello dear readers, Here is a link to my article for LA Stage Times all about the bizarre and mysterious Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre, and their newest presentation, The Fainting Couch…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:36PMZombie Joe's Underground Theatre, the NoHo grand guignol company, approaches its 20th anniversary -- not to mention yet another Halloween -- with its seventh play from Robert Riemer, The Fai…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:55PMThursday, October 4, 2012
Fresh and fun, the marvelous new musical about gay closet-life in Hollywood, Justin Love, was eight years in development, and the dedication shows. The storyline is sweet and not-too-predict…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:39PMHello readers! My theater review this week for the LA Weekly is of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an innovative dance work presented by Astra Dance Company, playing for TWO MORE NIGHTS ONLY,…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 01:09PMEight local composers, eight world premieres! Innovative woodwind trio Third Wheel is featured in this exciting concert of new music written by members of the West Coast Composers Forum. Be …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:45PMWednesday, October 3, 2012
Gentle readers, Here is a link to my article for LA Stage Times where I chatted with singer and musician Sophie B. Hawkins, and her writer/director Gigi Gaston, about their show Room 105, th…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:54PMJust before she died in 1970, Janis Joplin was spotted at Barney's Beanery in West Hollywood. Now, writer-director Gigi Gaston and singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins hope that Joplin's spir…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:38PM 
