On February 16, 2012, for one night only, The Broad Stage and National Geographic present Deep Ancestry, its most ambitious project in their 120-year history. Explorer-in-Residence Spencer W…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:00PMLA is truly fortunate at present to have two interrelated plays and productions concurrently on its stages. This matched pair of plays consist of director Phylicia’s Rashad’s handsome pr…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:21PMGentle readers! This week’s theatre review for LA Weekly is of René Rivera’s auto-biographical solo show, The King of the Desert. Click here and scroll down to find my review. &…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:10PMThe stars will come out for laughs and a good cause when Craig Bierko and the Celebrity Autobiography team up for Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital on February 21, 2012 for two spe…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:21PMDear readers, Here is a link to my latest article for LA Stage Times on Evan Brenner’s one-man play, Buddha – A Fantastic Journey Happy reading! Pr…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:01PMEvan Brenner's solo Buddha - A Fantastic Journey condenses reams of sutras about the Buddha's life into about 90 minutes. Brenner discusses his show's path and how acclaimed actor John C. Re…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:01PMA patriotic concert for a patriotic season – the Pasadena Young Musicians Orchestra presents American Musical Salute on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. at Sexson Auditorium on the c…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:46PM“I just finished wrapping my legs around a lycan’s neck and shooting everyone in the room.” Sounds like just another typical day on the set of an Underworld movie. Sexy star of the fir…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:54PMThis year, hundreds of cherry trees will be planted in Southern California to commemorate the cherries that were planted in Washington D.C. one hundred years ago. The extravagant gift of c…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:32PMEnglish playwright Joe Orton’s madcap farce, What the Butler Saw, gets a fairly standard treatment by The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, and is now playing until Sunday, March 11, 2012. Unfortu…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:40PMThe Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC) annually gives special awards for excellence in theatre. You can now follow them on twitter via @LADramaCC . Recently announced were the nomi…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:34PMThe Laugh Pack is back! The music and comedy show that played at Theatre West on New Year’s Eve was so favorably received that The Laugh Pack returns in a projected series of monthly sho…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:00PMFor its fifth intimate concert of the second season, Le Salon de Musiques program will feature Poulenc Flute Sonata with piano and Arnold Bax Elegiac Trio for Flute, Harp and Viola and Faur…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:56PMGentle readers, Here is a link to this week’s review of Who’s Hungry, with a handful of performances remaining this weekend at Highways performance space at 18th Street Arts Cent…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:56PMDiscover the Arts in Los Angeles, the longest running and largest arts campaign in the City, launched its three-month campaign with a lively press conference, held Tuesday on the steps of Mu…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:44PM“Nothing much has changed, except people lock their doors at night now.” Considering it’s generally required reading on the school curriculum, and frequently staged by amateur as well …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:18PMIn the classic 40s movie All About Eve, Bette Davis as Margo Channing utters the famous line, “Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night!” That’s pretty much the t…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:46PMCity Garage’s controversial production of Neil LaBute’s 1989 play, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times: Scenes of Intolerance is ongoing at their gallery-of-residence at Bergamot Station. C…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:53PMJordan Vineyard & Winery have announced their 4 on 4 Art Competition involving the Los Angeles Art Community. A trio of Southern California artists is sought for a chance to win up to $5…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:41PMOne night only – this Thursday – catch a special performance by Val Kilmer as legendary writer and literary celebrity Mark Twain. One of the actors of our generation takes …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:09PMOn January 26th, noted actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith joins artists Carrie Mae Weems and Eileen Cowin for an evening of conversation and readings at the Getty Center. They will di…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:45PMAn eventful weekend of play readings – free to the public – gives an advance look at plays scheduled for full production at Los Angeles Theatre Center during its 2012 Spring and Fall pro…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:10PMFour dinner plates, a flash of gold at the ears, a lingering kiss, a bottle of scotch, a swipe of color on a tarpaulin… The clues are all there. In her thrilling two-act play Theresa Rebec…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:54PMCall for participants! Lita Albuquerque’s Spine of the Earth 2012, is to be recreated and performed in the hills above Culver City at the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook, and will offer a …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:45PMKathleen Turner strides onto the largely bare Geffen stage in her skinny black jeans, denim over shirt and props her ruby red cowboy boots onto a crowded work desk next to a manual typewrite…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:12PMChristopher Grimes Gallery in Santa Monica is currently presenting an exhibition of new paintings by Scott Short. Expanding upon a precise and highly laborious art making technique, Short’…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:59PMHello readers, Here is a link to this week’s review of JP Miller’s emotional drama from the 1960s, Days of Wine and Roses, now playing at the Lounge Theatre in Hollwyood. …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:31PMEbony Repertory Theatre’s highly successful production A Raisin in the Sun, is being handsomely re-mounted at the CTG’s Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. At the helm of this p…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMLos Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), noted for discovering and showcasing stellar young artists early their careers, presents the dynamic and uniquely talented 21-year-old violinist Nigel A…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:41PMWinterFest 2012 – Immerse yourself in some new theatre. Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA is currently presenting three weeks of non-stop staged readings: 47 plays in 18 days including new works …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:35PM*** STOP PRESS: This show was booked out, but check for newly-released tickets *** Kicking off the Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival, this major new site-specific com…
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