Saturday, June 16, 2012
I had heard raves from my fellow critics about this show, so my expectations were reasonably high. Alas, those expectations were dashed by a play that had its merits (the incisive storyline …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:26PMFriday, June 15, 2012
Feathers, sheer white chiffon, frilly can-can skirts, sequins, bling, fishnets and thong bikinis – CARPE NOCTEM (‘seize the night’) is an intimate evening of authentic French Cabaret d…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:27PMHere is another review for LA Weekly of a Fringe show that was less than impressive… Before the Red Trees Come A man-baby – an everyman-type – awakens in a room and learns …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:20PMDear readers! My theater review this week for the LA Weekly is of No Way Around but Through, written by and co-starring Scott Caan and Melanie Griffith (as his Mom!) Click here to go to the …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:11AMMonday, June 11, 2012
Dear theater fans, The excitement was palpable this past weekend, and the Fringe hadn’t even started! Several shows opted to hold ‘preview’ performances for the critics, but they were …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:42PMFun, ghoulish and fantastic – don’t miss this re-worked Broadway musical, now playing at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. Despite a woefully conceived character and performance (Mortic…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:07PMSunday, June 10, 2012
Christopher Marlowe’s classic Elizabethan drama, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is re-imagined as a Western comedy of errors. The hilarious ‘improv’ trio Sound & Fury™, R…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:26PMSaturday, June 9, 2012
Anaconda by Sarah Doyle. Following last year’s presentation at the Fringe, Feeling Feeling, writer/director Sarah Doyle ventures into far darker territory with Anaconda. Hers is a controve…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:19PMTheater aficionadi, the Hollywood Fringe Festival is almost upon us for the third year in a row. Running from June 14—24, 2012, this non-curated theater festival promises an “explosion o…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:08PMFriday, June 8, 2012
Hello readers! My theater review this week for the LA Weekly is of Compleat Female Stage Beauty, written by Jeffrey Hatcher. Click here to go to the LA Weekly’s theater page with my review…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:30PMThis weekend ONLY, Center Stage Opera opens their new production of The Barber of Seville, which centers on the scheming hilarity of reality television. It’s Rossini meets ‘Reality TV’…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:24PMWednesday, June 6, 2012
Be advised – Vanessa Claire Stewart’s wonderful play about Buster Keaton is not a barrel of laughs. Dealing largely with the latter, dismal years of the legendary silent film comedy star…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:38PMThe Getty opens a new, expanded Children’s Shop at the Getty Center this week, featuring fun and imaginative items for kids of all ages. Located on the Plaza Level of the West Pavilion in …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:30PMDear readers, Below is a link to my in-depth article for LA Stage Times where I chatted with Douglas Sills, one of the stars of the new Broadway musical, The Addams Family. You can go here t…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:05AMMonday, June 4, 2012
Playing yet another mustachioed character, Douglas Sills returns to the LA stage as the patriarch of the proudly oddball Addams family, opening tomorrow night at Pantages Theatre. The former…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:48PMSunday, June 3, 2012
For the third consecutive year, Chris Isaacson Presents and Upright Cabaret have announced a sizzling one-performance-only musical event on the mainstage at the 2012 Christopher Street West …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:00PMThursday, May 31, 2012
The 6th Annual Kidstock Music and Arts Festival is set to rock Beverly Hills this Sunday, June 3rd, 2012. Hollywood harmonizes with HUDSON JEANS at this fun-filled family day of music and Ar…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:27PMWednesday, May 30, 2012
Gentle readers! My theater review this week for the LA Weekly is of Beautified, a personal play written by Tony Abatemarco. It’s the ‘Pick of the Week.’ It’s a…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:37PMMonday, May 28, 2012
Beautifully timed with Father’s Day, the Hollywood Master Chorale (HMC) will perform compositions by the young winners of its “Voices of LA” student competition *on* Father’s Day, Ju…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:13PMFriday, May 25, 2012
Barbara Kraft’s sensitive memoir, Anaïs Nin: The Last Days, captures the humanity, mortality and essence of one of the twentieth century’s most celebrated and yet mysterious literary fi…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:06PMThursday, May 24, 2012
In Focus: Picturing Landscape, a photographic exhibition currently at the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Center, May 22 – October 7, 2012, offers a rich trove of landscape photography fro…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:51PMTuesday, May 22, 2012
The “world’s largest short film festival” – Tropfest – is heading for The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, June 1-3, 2012. Twenty years ago, in Sydney Australia, a young actor…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:17PMPlaying TONIGHT at The Echo in Echo Park is a band called Funeral Club. Reminiscent of the haunting strains of Siouxie and the Banshees, their style of music is gothic, brooding and atmosphe…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:18PMWednesday, May 9, 2012
Here is an important Announcement/Letter from CEO of LA STAGE Alliance, Terence McFarland regarding the 99 seat producer meetings. Hello 99 seat Theatre Producers and Community! This …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:12PMTuesday, May 8, 2012
Enjoying its world premier is Danai Gurira’s new play The Convert, commissioned by Center Theatre Group, and now running at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City through May 19, 2012. Th…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:58PMMonday, May 7, 2012
The newest release from savvy indie publishing house, Huqua Press, is a fabulous little cookbook by a seasoned (!) cook, Gwen Kenneally; the Sweet & Savory Cookbook. An LA-based cook, ca…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:27PMSunday, May 6, 2012
Writer/director Joss Whedon’s take on the Marvel universe – The Avengers – is breaking US box office records this weekend, following smash hit success in international markets. …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:00PMFriday, May 4, 2012
Gentle Readers, Below is a link to my in-depth article for LA Stage Times where I sat down with a quintet of costume dressers to discuss their craft and hear their stories. Go here to read i…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 11:07PMWhen actors step confidently and calmly onto the stage in the right costume that has been mended and pressed, it’s often thanks to the wise, quick work of their dressers. Five dressers rec…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:48PMWednesday, May 2, 2012
Hello readers! My theater review this week for the LA Weekly is of The Last Day, an unusual play starring and written by Christina Joy Howard about her father’s involvement in the mass…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:16PMTuesday, May 1, 2012
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SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:04PM 
