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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

THIS SUNDAY – “Le Salon de Musiques” – April classical concert review by Pauline Adamek

  The eighth and final concert of Le Salon de Musiques’ 3rd season will be held this Sunday, May 19, 2013, and will feature Brahms’ Lieder For Soprano, Piano And Viola Op 91 and Pia…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:27PM
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

“Perfected Favourites: The Adamek/Papworth Family Cookbook” – cookbook review by Pauline Adamek

Perfected Favourites: The Adamek/Papworth Family Cookbook is a heartfelt collection of superb recipes, with an Australian twist. The cousins and parents of two Sydney-based clans are devoted…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:31PM
Monday, May 13, 2013

Hollywood Fringe Festival 2013 by Pauline Adamek

This year’s 4th Annual Hollywood Fringe Festival is just around the corner and today the team has launched a useful app to enhance and improve our Fringe-going experience. See key dates be…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:44PM
Friday, May 10, 2013

LA STAGE DAY by Pauline Adamek

LA STAGE Alliance has announced LA STAGE DAY, a day-long community event for the greater Los Angeles performing arts community. Generously hosted by California State University Los Angeles, …

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:07PM
Thursday, May 9, 2013

“The Royale” – Los Angeles theater review by Pauline Adamek

  A ferocious cast giving their all in a powerful play—Marco Ramirez’ The Royale is a tremendously satisfying evening of theater, now playing at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. Set in the…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:03PM
Monday, May 6, 2013

“Miss Julie” – Neil LaBute’s adaptation at the Geffen – Los Angeles theater review by Pauline Adamek

Turn-of-the-century Swedish playwright August Strindberg’s naturalistic drama Miss Julie was remarkable in its day for its scandalous subject matter and frank dialogue exchanges. With its …

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:18PM
Sunday, May 5, 2013

“Here I Am: An Unconventional Life” by Jeff Podgurski — Los Angeles book review by Pauline Adamek

A cross between Twain’s adventures of Huckleberry Finn and an action-packed Quentin Tarantino movie, Here I Am: An Unconventional Life is a remarkable and unusual autobiography written by …

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:27PM
Thursday, May 2, 2013

“The Anatomy of Gazellas” – LA Weekly Los Angeles theater review by Pauline Adamek

Hello readers! This week my theater review for the LA Weekly is of The Anatomy of the Gazellas, now playing at Atwater Village Theatre in Atwater Village. Click here to go to the LA Weekly�…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:38PM
Wednesday, May 1, 2013

“Born This Way: Real Stories of Growing Up Gay” by Paul Vitagliano – Los Angeles book review by Pauline Adamek

  “I am one of millions of out, proud gay people who didn’t choose to be gay—I was born this way!   So begins Born This Way: Real Stories of Growing Up Gay, the charming and …

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:40PM
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Sicily: Art and Invention between Greece and Rome – at the Getty Villa – Los Angeles art exhibit review by Pauline Adamek

The spectacular and newly conserved Mozia Charioteer statue from Sicily (pictured at left) forms the dramatic centerpiece of a new exhibition of antiquities at the Getty Villa. The thoughtfu…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:31PM

Glendale Youth Orchestra – Los Angeles concert report by Pauline Adamek

 The Glendale Youth Orchestra, conducted by Brad Keimach, finishes their 24th Season with a flourish on Sunday, May 19, 2013, at 7:00pm at the historic Alex Theatre. The program includes fi…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:14PM
Monday, April 29, 2013

“Annapurna” – Los Angeles theater review by Pauline Adamek

In playwright Sharr White’s quirky two-person drama, directed by Bart DeLorenzo, a formerly married couple reunites and tries to make sense of their estrangement. Married in real-life acto…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:43PM

Electrifying “Fela!” returns for two weeks – Los Angeles theater review by Pauline Adamek

The Broadway musical Fela! is the true story of Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, who created a new type of music, Afrobeat, and mixed these pounding eclectic rhythms with incendiary lyrics that …

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PM
Friday, April 26, 2013

“It Goes Like This” – LA Weekly theater review by Pauline Adamek

Hello groovy readers! This week my theater review for the LA Weekly is of It Goes Like This, now playing at Marilyn Monroe Theatre at the Lee Strasberg Creative Center in West Hollywood. Cli…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:24PM
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Captured Aural Phantasy Theater presents the “Ghastly Horror Variety Show” – Los Angeles theater report by Pauline Adamek

Boo! Featuring music, comedy bits and stories from vintage horror comic books, Captured Aural Phantasy Theater (CAPT) presents its Ghastly Horror Variety Show at the historic El Cid for One …

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PM
Monday, April 22, 2013

“Real Men Sing Show Tunes…and play with puppets” – Los Angeles theater report by Pauline Adamek

The Norris Center for the Performing Arts will present the West Coast premiere of Real Men Sing Show Tunes… and play with puppets April 26—May 12, 2013.  The new, song-filled adult musi…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PM

“Slipping” – Los Angeles theater review by Pauline Adamek

Dealing with the emotional highs and lows of adolescence is tough enough, but in Daniel Talbott’s coming-of-age drama, Slipping, the lead character Eli also has to contend with the sudden …

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 11:00AM
Thursday, April 18, 2013

LAST DAYS – “Orange Flower Water” – Los Angeles theater review for LA Weekly by Pauline Adamek

Gentle readers! My theater review this week for the LA Weekly is of Orange Flower Water, now playing at the Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre in Hollywood. To read it, click here to go to the L…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:35PM
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Missi Pyle – in concert ONE NIGHT ONLY Rockwell: Table & Stage – Los Angeles performance report by Pauline Adamek

Rockwell: Table & Stage is hosting a live performance by funny lady Missi Pyle for ONE NIGHT ONLY, Monday April 22 @ 8pm. Hollywood actress Missi Pyle returns to LA’s Rockwell: Table …

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PM
Monday, April 15, 2013

TONIGHT! “Red Bastard” returns to the Los Angeles theater stage – review by Pauline Adamek

Red Bastard, the unusual clown-comedy-one-person show by Eric Davis that took the Hollywood Fringe Festival by storm last year, returns to the Los Angeles theater stage for a brief series of…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PM
Friday, April 12, 2013

“Billy & Ray” – at the Falcon Theater – Los Angeles theater review by Pauline Adamek

Boasting a superb clowny performance by Kevin Blake as Hollywood filmmaker Billy Wilder, Billy & Ray
 is a light comedy about the making of the groundbreaking motion picture Double Ind…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:03PM

“For the Record: Tarantino” – in concert ONE NIGHT ONLY! House of Blues – April 16th by Pauline Adamek

The hit “For The Record” series will leave its resident home in Los Feliz for one night only and head to Hollywood to perform “Tarantino In Concert” at famed House of Blues Sunset St…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:15PM

“Neverwhere” – Los Angeles theater review for LA Weekly by Pauline Adamek

Dear readers! My theater review this week for the LA Weekly is of Neverwhere, now playing at Sacred Fools in East Hollywood. To read it, click here to go to the LA Weekly’s theater page an…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:18PM
Tuesday, April 9, 2013

NEXT SUNDAY – “Le Salon de Musiques” – March classical concert review by Pauline Adamek

::STOP PRESS:: This Sunday, April 14, 3013, marks the seventh concert of Le Salon de Musiques’ 3rd season. ANDREW SHULMAN Cello , STEVEN VANHAUWAERT Piano CHOPIN: Cello Sonata op 65 in G m…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:40PM

Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg performs “Rodin” at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts – Los Angeles ballet report by Pauline Adamek

ph Segerstrom Center for the Arts ends its 2012—13 International Dance season with the return of Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg performing its powerful production of Rodin May 3 – 5. Th…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PM
Thursday, April 4, 2013

“The Innocence of Father Brown” – review for LA Weekly, Los Angeles theater by Pauline Adamek

Gentle readers! This week my theater review for the LA Weekly is of The Innocence of Father Brown, now playing at Fremont Theatre in South Pasadena.   Click here to go to the LA Weekly�…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:33PM

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater comes to LA with “Slipping” – interviews with the creatives for LA Stage Times – Los Angeles theater by Pauline Adamek

Opening next weekend at the Lillian Theatre – previews start tonight – is a play from an exciting New York theater company, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. READ ALL ABOUT IT! He…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:41PM

Rattlestick Is Slipping Into LA by Pauline Adamek

Off-Broadway's Rattlestick Playwrights Theater dips its toe in LA theatrical waters with a revised production of Daniel Talbott's Slipping, which played at  Rattlestick in 2009. Talbott is …

SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:42PM
Wednesday, April 3, 2013

“The Nether” – Los Angeles theater review by Pauline Adamek

A creepy, futuristic mystery drama, Jennifer Haley’s The Nether starts off in a grey interrogation room starkly lit by neon lighting, but soon gets very complicated indeed. It transpires t…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:56PM

THIS SUNDAY – LIVE – Captured Aural Phantasy Theater’s Saturday Morning Cartoon Show – Los Angeles theater report by Pauline Adamek

~ THIS SUNDAY ONLY ~ Comic Books, Music and Booze! Zoinks! Captured Aural Phantasy Theater (CAPT) presents its Saturday Morning Cartoons Live Show at the historic El Cid for One Night Only �…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 01:10PM
Saturday, March 30, 2013

“Tribes” – Los Angeles theater review by Pauline Adamek

  Intense and heartbreaking, Nina Raine’s drama Tribes is about a turbulent family and the one member who feels left out. Now playing at the Center Theatre Group’s Mark Taper Forum,…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:53AM

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