Thursday, December 12, 2013
Dear readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of Peter and the Starcatcher, now playing at The Ahmanson in Downtown LA. Much like the dastardly pirates terrorizi…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:21PMTuesday, December 10, 2013
Returning to the Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre is the sketch comedy show based on the ghostly old Holiday chestnut by Charles Dickens. Written by Second City alums, Peter Gwi…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:51PMThursday, December 5, 2013
A Relief Benefit Concert for the Philippines at The Pasadena Playhouse, a one-night-only event, will take place on Wednesday, December 18 at 7:30pm. Proceeds will support the American Red Cr…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:30PMWednesday, December 4, 2013
LA Stage Times feature article – Sand Brings Weill to the West End (of the Santa Monica Pier) by Pauline Adamek | December 4, 2013 Santa Monica denizen Paul Sand has a special a…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:03PMPaul Sand is opening West End Theatre, an indoor cabaret on the western tip of the Santa Monica Pier, with "Kurt Weill at the Cuttlefish Hotel."
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:24PMMonday, December 2, 2013
Gentle readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of Live! From the Last Night of My Life, now playing at Sacred Fools in East Hollywood. A despondent fellow, Doug (Pete …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMMonday, November 25, 2013
The Eastern Star Gallery at Archer, located on the historic campus of The Archer School for Girls, will be exhibiting work from Brad Spence. The exhibition, Nothing Gold Can Stay, will featu…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMSaturday, November 23, 2013
With its Gothic theme, reflected in lavish costuming and majestic sets (both elements designed by Lez Brotherston), and a lush score by Tchaikovsky, “Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty” …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:32PMFriday, November 22, 2013
A recently overturned LA ban on hand-painted murals is preserving a beautification effort aimed at one of the most blighted areas of the Valley. It’s also opening doors for a new wa…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:21PMThursday, November 21, 2013
Striking the perfect balance between scares and laughs, Play Dead delivers plenty of delicious thrills, macabre chills and giggles. The one-act show features Todd Robbins as our ghoulish hos…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:49PMGentle readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of a bittersweet comedy Dallas Non-Stop, now playing at Atwater Village Theatre. We gave it a ‘go!’ Young an…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:31PMWednesday, November 20, 2013
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Pauline Adamek from ArtsBeatLA.com recently went out to the Californian desert to interview fine artist Carrie Graber – creator of exquisite oil paintings and handsome furniture. About the…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMSunday, November 17, 2013
Rock phenomenon Alice Cooper – ‘The Godfather of Shock Rock’ – will take to the stage, making his Segerstrom Center debut at Segerstrom Hall on Tuesday, November 26 at 7:30 p.m. as p…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:20PMThursday, November 14, 2013
Hello dear readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of Why I Died, A Comedy!, now playing at the Hudson Theatres in Hollywood. Katie Rubin’s energet…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:30PMMonday, November 11, 2013
Bette Midler—aka The Divine Miss M—is set to star in the West Coast premiere I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers, opening at the Geffen Playhouse on December 3rd and runn…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMThursday, November 7, 2013
Gentle readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of Gidion’s Knot, presented by Furious Theatre Company and now playing at the Pasadena Playhouse, upstairs.…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:03PMTuesday, November 5, 2013
City Garage is known for staging edgy and provocative avant garde theater and their latest production, Moskva, is no exception. Written by Steven Leigh Morris, Moskva is a bizarre and…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:27PMMonday, November 4, 2013
Trot & Jot the globe with Erin Byrne & The Voyage Vixens On Friday, November 8, 7:30-9:30 pm, The Writers Junction in Santa Monica (1001 Colorado Ave. Santa Monica, CA 90401) will ho…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMFriday, November 1, 2013
Stunning spectacle, breathtaking artistry, effortless grace and elegance—Cirque du Soleil’s has done it again. Their dazzling, gasp-inducing production Totem provides all the acrobatic m…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:00PMThe Midas Touch Renowned architect Richard Landry takes on four distinctly different projects in the Valley—all with wondrous results. Not only does architect and designer Richard Landry r…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:17PMThursday, October 31, 2013
A hoary old thriller, Wait Until Dark still holds some scares for 21st century theatre audiences and can be seen at the Geffen Playhouse until Sunday, November 17. The stage play by F…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:24PMWednesday, October 30, 2013
Get away from the hustle and bustle of the Valley’s most populated treks and touch base with nature in a serene way. Instead of Fryman and Runyon canyons, explore one of these routes—all…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:00PMMonday, October 28, 2013
Terror from the page – on stage! CAPTURED AURAL PHANTASY THEATER presents its Haunted Horror Spook Show at the historic El Cid for One Night Only – Sunday, November 3. The perfect co…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:29PMThursday, October 24, 2013
LA Stage Times feature article – Ann Noble’s on the Laramie-Liar Shuttle — But Writing Comes First by Pauline Adamek You think you know LA theater? Who’s currently acting in two …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:59PMAnn Noble shuttles between roles in "The Laramie Project -- Ten Yeats Later" and "The Liar," even as she maintains that she's first and foremost a writer.
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:52PM::STOP PRESS:: Lost Girls at Rogue Machine has been extended until December 16, 2013 Previously reviewed: Almost immediately after the central protagonist Maggie (Jennifer Pollono) bu…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:43PM Dear readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of Creditors, now playing at the Odyssey Theatre in West L.A. We gave it ‘Pick of the Week.’ Cre…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:07PMHello again dear readers! My second review this week for the LA Weekly is of Rumination, now playing at the Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre in North Hollywood. Rumination This one-act…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:06PMTuesday, October 22, 2013
David Ives’ dazzling translation of Pierre Corneille’s farcical play by (first performed in 1644) is vividly brought to life by two casts at Antaeus. Here follows a review of the ‘Tang…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:28PMThursday, October 17, 2013
Hello dear readers! This week my theater review for the LA Weekly is of Silent Witnesses, the solo show about a group of holocaust child survivors — now playing at the Whitefire Theatr…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:42PM 
