Tuesday, August 28, 2012
A creepy trio of lounge lizard magicians, sporting pedophile moustaches, cheesy outfits, hideous wigs and (in one case) false buck teeth, are the “protagonists” of a spoofy “play” ca…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:13PMMonday, August 27, 2012
Dear readers! My theater review last week for the LA Weekly was of Sweet Thursday, a Steinbeck adaptation by Robb Derringer and Matt McKenzie, now playing at the Pacific Resident Thea…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:08PMSaturday, August 25, 2012
Russian dramatist Nikolai Gogol’s satire about political corruption and mistaken identities, The Government Inspector, is a timeless comedy classic. Re-envisioned as a biting, tragic farce…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:41PMTuesday, August 21, 2012
Greetings crimestoppers! The LA Weekly has published my short article where I interview director Jaime Robledo and writer Adam Szymkowicz for their collaboration, the fun-filled acti…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:53PMMonday, August 20, 2012
It’s refreshing to experience a play about ideas, and not simply character or story. John Logan’s incendiary play Red is a two-character bio-drama about abstract expressionist fine artis…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:23PMWednesday, August 15, 2012
Now playing at the Lost Studio on La Brea is Elmina’s Kitchen, Kwame Kwei-Armah’s drama about three generations of West Indian males, set in a rough London neighborhood. There’s a …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:24PMGentle readers! My theater review this week for the LA Weekly is of Elmira’s Kitchen, a drama by Kwame Kwei-Armah, now playing at the Lost Studios on La Brea. Click here to go to the L…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:01PMMonday, August 13, 2012
The beloved tale of the efficient Victorian nanny Mary Poppins is back at the Ahmanson Theatre for a four-week run. With its magnificent staging, gorgeous costumes and sets and compli…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:13PMTuesday, August 7, 2012
Mike Stoller, of the legendary Grammy Award winning songwriting team of Leiber & Stoller, will appear for a book signing of “Hound Dog: The Leiber and Stoller Autobiography” at 1:0…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:14PMSunday, August 5, 2012
Musicians from Cirque du Soleil shows in Las Vegas will perform their individual arrangements as part of the Twilight Concert Series at the Santa Monica Pier at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9. 2012…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:23PMSaturday, August 4, 2012
A chop-socky cartoon on stage, Hearts Like Fists, written by Adam Szymkowicz, is an action-packed adventure romance set in the surreal world of female crime-fighting superheroes. Nurses by d…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:03PMThursday, August 2, 2012
Hello readers! My theater review this week for the LA Weekly is of Arthur Miller’s classic tragedy All My Sons. Click here to go to the LA Weekly’s theater page — it’s at…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:05PMWednesday, August 1, 2012
Dearest readers, Here is a link to my in-depth article for LA Stage Times where I chatted with Jaime Robledo, the director of an exciting new show, Hearts Like Fists, which opens at Theatre …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:18PMJaime Robledo is on a roll -- he wrote and directed Watson and then staged Stoneface at Sacred Fools. Now he's moving to Theatre of NOTE, where he's directing Adam Szymkowicz's Hearts Like F…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:05PMKicking off with a frenetic pace that never lets up, Memphis is a high energy, original musical about the explosion of black musical artists into the mainstream during the late 1950s. The wi…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:15PMTuesday, July 31, 2012
It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly what is wrong with this play and production. The acting is good. The staging is fluid. The storyline is amusing. The French farce underpinnings give the …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:10PMThe Hollywood Arts Council will pull out all the stops this year at their 27th Annual Children’s Festival of the Arts as they celebrate and honor Paramount Pictures’ 100th Birthday. The …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:24PMMonday, July 30, 2012
It was a beautiful evening, with that perfect Southern California balmy spring breeze when, to launch the LA Philharmonic’s 2012 summer season at the Hollywood Bowl, an intimate cocktail p…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:20PMFriday, July 27, 2012
Here’s a new piece I wrote for the LA Weekly about a couple of plays that deal with a homeless theme. Click here to go to the LA Weekly site. ~ OR ~ You can just r…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 01:34PMTuesday, July 24, 2012
Unbound Productions is proud to present Wicked Lit Night at the Mausoleum. This promises to be a fun-filled evening at Mountain View Mausoleum to support Wicked Lit 2012. Events: Poker Tourn…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:24PMMonday, July 23, 2012
In Shakespeare’s macabre and unsettling tragedy, a ruthlessly ambitious Scottish general seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and guidance from a trio of witches. He then c…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:00PMThursday, July 19, 2012
Hello dear readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of an evening of Neil LaBute’s short plays, entitled Short Ends, currently playing at Open Fist Theatre in H…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 01:45AMTuesday, July 17, 2012
It’s difficult to comprehend why the Geffen Playhouse have commissioned John Pielmeier to adapt author William Peter Blatty’s legendary horror story to the stage for a world-premi…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 11:06PMMonday, July 16, 2012
Theresa Rebeck’s latest play, currently making its West Coast premiere at the Lounge Theatre, is an odd one. Striving to combine scathing satire with black comedy, the production’…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:44PMA performance-inspired family art workshop and 6-day Kids Art Camp is happening in July.
Made In L.A. continues at the Gallery with a free performance by Simone Forti. FAMILY ART WORKSHOP…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:41PMWar Horse, the spectacular stage show that captivated Steven Spielberg, is now playing at the Ahmanson Theater in Downtown LA until July 29, 2012. A unique theatrical experience that combi…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:33PMSaturday, July 14, 2012
The second annual Beat the Drum Festival is happening Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Ford Amphitheatre. Presented by ARTScorpsLA/ACLA Emerging Producers, Beat the Drum: East Los Meets W…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:16PMBody Weather Laboratory presents Flower of the Season 2012: Ecdysis, a solo dance series happening later this month at the Electric Lodge in Venice, CA. Now in its seventh year, Flower of th…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:50PMThursday, July 12, 2012
Walking out of the Pasadena Playhouse following the conclusion of August Wilson’s fine drama Jitney, and I couldn’t help marveling; how could Wilson have written such an accomplis…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:56PMWednesday, July 11, 2012
Dear readers! My theater review this week for the LA Weekly is of Shakespeare’s classic comedy 12th Night. Click here to go to the LA Weekly’s theater page with …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:40PMMonday, July 9, 2012
Sisters Breda (Lisa Pelikan), Clara (Casey Kramer) and Ada (Betsy Zajko) are stuck living in an isolated fishing village on the west coast in Ireland with no escape. The trio is haunted by t…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:08PM 
