Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Ah, L.A. in the mid-1980s — what a magical place. The punk rock scene was going strong, KROQ ruled the radio dial, Elvira’s “Movie Macabre” was a Saturday night must-see on KHJ-T…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:33PMMonday, November 17, 2014
In the 1970s and early ’80s, Michael Keaton worked his way up the showbiz ladder, paying his dues in such now-forgotten television shows as Working Stiffs and Report to Murphy before soari…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:18PMMonday, November 3, 2014
Jake Gyllenhaal is mesmerizing in this entertaining noir about the sleazy underbelly of the L.A. news business.
Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a small-time thief who drives a junkhe…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:30PMSaturday, November 1, 2014
ArtsBeat LA contributor Kurt Gardner recently exchanged the wilds of Hollywood for the wide open spaces of Texas, and he has generously offered to provide us with a taste of the cultu…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:26PMWednesday, August 13, 2014
Richard Linklater’s 12-years-in-the-making cinematic gamble pays off in spades, delivering a unique and profoundly moving experience. Requiring an impressive long-term commitment from …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:17PMWednesday, July 16, 2014
With Buyer & Cellar, playwright Jonathan Tolin and star Michael Urie take on the legend of Barbra Streisand and the cult of celebrity with riotous results. Urie tells us he will be playi…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:34PMWednesday, June 25, 2014
Four Tree Plays Ray Burley Productions Schkapf When you hear the term “avant-garde,” the tendency is to think of someone alone on a bare stage considering a pineapple. Happily, Four Tre…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:34AMThursday, June 19, 2014
An electrifying new show premiering at this year’s Hollywood Fringe is the Sewer Socialist Production Woof-Woof, written and directed by Paul Hoan Zeidler. It features Brett Donaldson as J…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 07:05PMMonday, June 16, 2014
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies’ new comedy The Country House makes a stop at the Geffen Playhouse on its way to an October opening on Broadway in a co-production with�…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:47PMSunday, June 15, 2014
I’d never heard Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison’s “Linden Arden Stole the Highlights” before I saw Colin Mitchell’s play of the same name. Frankly, it doesn’t matter, be…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:54PMFriday, June 13, 2014
My favorite part of the Fringe, and indeed its reason for existence, is giving fresh new voices the opportunity to display their craft, unfettered by restrictions of any kind. Such is the c…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:13PMTuesday, June 10, 2014
Stan Zimmerman and Christian McLaughlin’s new one-act comedy, Meet & Greet, is a laugh-filled satire of the television casting process. On a scorching day in the San Fernando Valley, f…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:49PMThursday, June 5, 2014
Most of you will be familiar with the plot of Oscar Wilde’s classic novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, from its numerous film and television incarnations, most recently used in Showtime’…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:07PMFriday, May 23, 2014
Some of the most memorable films of the ’70s and ’80s have a dramatic, distinctive look, giving them an immediacy that resonates for viewers even today. And when you think of that look, …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:50PM 
