Friday, November 18, 2011
For decades, Bill Cunningham, a Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist, has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high-society charity soirées for The New Y…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:17PMThursday, November 17, 2011
The Opera is alive once again in Los Angeles! The company is happy to announce a fall performance. The Burning Opera: How To Survive the Apocalypse is returning to Los Angeles for one night…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:48PMWednesday, November 16, 2011
Pavlova is considered the ultimate Australian meringue dessert, even though it was probably invented by a New Zealand hotel chef in 1926. One thing Australians and New Zealanders do agree up…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:27PMTuesday, November 15, 2011
The LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards, celebrating theatrical excellence and achievement during the 2010-2011 season, were presented on Monday, November 14, 2011 at the historic and glamorous…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:47PMThe hilarious hit drag-show-meets-noir-drama Love, Connie is back, and for those who have seen it before, much like Bladerunner, this is the new ‘Final Version’ including additional back…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:48PMMonday, November 14, 2011
Images of the Artist, a fascinating exhibition that explores artistic identity and image-making by showcasing some of the ways in which artists have represented themselves, their activities …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:44PMSunday, November 13, 2011
The acclaimed classical repertory theatre company A Noise Within (ANW), led by Founders/Artistic Directors Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott, launched its milestone 2011-12 Season an…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:00PMFriday, November 11, 2011
Clint Eastwood’s latest movie J. Edgar, a selective biopic about the tyranny and achievements of J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972), is a curiously unengaging drama. Eastwood goes to great pains …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:56PMDear Readers, This week’s theatre review for the LA Weekly is of Daisy’s Foote’s melancholy domestic drama, Bhutan. It’s playing now until November 22, 2011 at Rogue …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:14PMTuesday, November 8, 2011
Here’s my interview with Anna Gunn, star of Alan Alda’s new play Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie. Review to follow. Happy reading!
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:58PMAnna Gunn tackles the role of Marie Sklodowska Curie in Alan Alda's Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie, at the Geffen Playhouse. The play covers some of the less radiant episodes of the …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:46PMSunday, November 6, 2011
Experience ART in NoHo! During the Experience NoHo Festival, visual art will be everywhere throughout NoHo, with public art stations hosted by ArtStorm, as well as live mural painting and ga…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:00PMFriday, November 4, 2011
Smarmy, charming Jean Dujardin perfectly embodies the persona of a charismatic silent movie star, playing George Valentin in writer-director Michel Hazanavicius’ audacious silent black and…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:00PMThursday, November 3, 2011
Gentle readers, here is a link to my theatre review for this week’s LA Weekly, a chilling series of plays currently being staged at the Mountain View Mausoleum and Cemetery. The…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:43PM An outsider’s love letter to L.A., Drive is a dreamy, elusive romance stained with scenes of explosive violence. Young heartthrob of the moment Ryan Gosling stars as one of those my…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:03PMSoak up one or more of the many free theatrical events on offer during the Experience NoHo festival, taking place November 12th, from 12pm – 8pm. This day-long multi-arts festival and…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:00PMWednesday, November 2, 2011
Intimate and shocking, puzzling and poignant images – the powerful artworks of a trio of contemporary female photographers is currently being presented as a combined exhibition. Narrative …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:53PMTuesday, November 1, 2011
The Federal Bar in North Hollywood will present the best new music talent on the Experience NoHo Main Stage, featuring live bands and DJs. It’s all part of the Experience Noho Arts Festiva…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:30PMBeloved and frequently performed, Johann Sebastian Bach’s six ‘Brandenburg’ Concertos display a lighter side of this great composer’s enduring genius. Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMMonday, October 31, 2011
Director Gates McFadden tries to create alchemy with Gregory Moss’ disturbing play House of Gold, but unfortunately it remains a leaden theatrical work. Odd, disquieting and even sickening…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:40PMMcKenzie Alexander and Shannon Currie Holmes are two energetic young women who are currently galvanizing the arts and music scene in North Hollywood. Committed to nurturing the local creativ…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:00PMSunday, October 30, 2011
The following cryptic and intriguing press release reminded me that Art Gallery owners sometimes don’t really know what’s in store when they contract an Artist to present a new sh…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:30PMThe inaugural Experience NoHo Arts Festival kicks off on November 12, 2011 from 12pm – 8pm, in the heart of the lively NoHo Arts District. This day-long, multi-arts festival is free and wi…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:00PMSaturday, October 29, 2011
The 8th Annual Halloween Stuntacular, a fun and festive carnival featuring live stunt shows, trapeze and circus acts and live musical entertainment, returns once again to the Sherman Oaks We…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:45PMThursday, October 27, 2011
65 excited fourth graders from Sunny Sands School jumped onto their favorite animals and took the first spin on the Los Angeles Zoo’s handsome new carousel today. The new Tom…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:02PMWednesday, October 26, 2011
Justin Tanner’s Voice Lessons drops us into a strange relationship between a deluded community theatre wanna-be actress and the uptight and overeducated vocal coach she hires to make her a…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:50PMSunday, October 23, 2011
You have to wonder if filmmaker Quentin Tarantino ever read Peace in our Time, this odd and seldom performed play written by Noël Coward, now playing with two alternating casts at Antaeus T…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:00PM The 2010/2011 Ovation Awards Ceremony will be held on: Monday, November 14, 2011 7:30 pm at The Orpheum Theatre in Downtown LA To buy tickets, use the following links: If you a…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:15PMFriday, October 21, 2011
Calling all Dr. Beverly Crusher fans! Here is a link to my interview with the lovely and charming Gates McFadden, now Artistic Director of the Ensemble Studio Theatre of Los Angeles (EST/LA)…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:32PMGates McFadden was a TV model at the age of five. Now that she's the artistic director of Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA, she's able to express her feelings about highly pressured childhoods b…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:39PMA unique and electrifying collaboration between traditional Indian dance (Kathak) and Tap dance set to Jazz music, India Jazz Suites tears up the floor tonight and tomorrow evening, only. Ch…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:52PM 
