The Robey Theatre Company co-founders Danny Glover and Producing Artistic Director Ben Guillory. The Robey Theatre Company Playwright Series: Because Black voices matter. Because Blac…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:24PMHere is my one-on-one interview with Geena Davis for The Long Kiss Goodnight, from 1996. Following a mixed reception to their first film together, Cutthroat Island, Geena Davis and husban…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:06PMPoet Brian Sonia-Wallace. Poet Brian Sonia-Wallace was named West Hollywood’s new Poet Laureate last October, and he’s already off and running with the prestigious moniker. Newly laun…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:12PMThe deadline to register to vote is Monday, October 19, 2020. For more information or to register, visit www.BroadwayInHollywood.com/Vote In commemoration of National Voter Registrat…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:48PMMaestro Ponti. Don’t miss the opening performance of dazzling piano artistry streamed from the stage of the Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz and featuring the Judges Award Winners of the Orange…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:24PMFrom the archives! Here is my interview with the late, great legendary producer Robert Evans for The Kid Stays in the Picture, interviewed in Los Angeles in 2002. Pictured, above — R…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:03PMAfter record-breaking opening week sales, Rubicon Theatre Company has announced details related to the first event of Rubicon Goes Retro, the company’s Safe-Distance Drive-In Theatre Conce…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:36PMIn light of COVID-19 restrictions, this summer the Rose Bowl, America’s Stadium, has decided to go virtual (but not entirely) with its 94th Annual AmericaFest Celebration so Pasadena l…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:36PMFACEBOOK WATCH PARTY! This Saturday — June 27 — at 3pm PST / 6pm EST log onto a Facebook Watch Party of the musical Nathan C. Jones: A Love Story? by Vanessa Stewart and Brendan Milbu…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:48PMFrom the archives! Here is my interview with Kevin Bacon for Sleepers, interviewed at the Venice Biennale in 1996. Kevin Bacon is wearing a tight fitting teeshirt and jeans – both br…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 11:03PMArtistic Director Michael Ritchie announced Center Theatre Group’s 54th season at the Ahmanson Theatre, previously referred to as the 2020 – 2021 season, will begin later than originally…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:36PMLaksh The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) – the premiere venue for the best annual showcase of independent cinema from India and its Diaspora – announced today a special …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:36PMBrimming with history, Père-Lachaise Cemetery is the final resting place of Paris’ rich and famous. You don’t even need to budge from your armchair to take a trip there, thanks to Ca…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:48PMFrom the archives! Here is my interview with the Coen Brothers, for their award-winning film Fargo, first published in April 1996. Set in Minneapolis, ‘Fargo’ forges true-life crim…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:54PMHorror! Musical! Comedy! Now available for streaming is Vampire Burt’s Serenade. In this raucous, raunchy, bloody thriller with a touch of camp, Vampire Burt (Kevin Scott Richardson of the…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:36PMFrom the archives! Here is my interview with Richard Gere, star of Primal Fear, first published in February 1996. Primal Fear, a tense thriller with an undercurrent of black wisecracks…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:06PMIn recent days we’ve seen Broadway shuttered through early September and now a recent global study of nearly 12,000 consumers indicated that 64% will return to live theater slowly or not …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:36PMHola Mexico Film Festival, the largest Mexican film festival outside of Mexico, proudly presents the Hola Mexico Virtual Theatre online film series. Hola Mexico Film Festival has announc…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:32PM26th ANNUAL HERB ALPERT AWARD IN THE ARTS — RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED. Five $75,000 prizes given annually for the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts in the categories of Dance, Film/Video, Music…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:18PMSpend some time with Ree Morton:The Plant That Heals May Also Poison currently at ICA LA and viewable with Virtual ICA LA. It is the first major U.S. exhibition of Ree Morton (1936–197…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:36PMFrom the archives! Here is my interview with Bruce Willis, star of Last Man Standing, first published in September 1996. With it’s unpaved streets and dust-caked, rickety buildings, …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:24PMThe Latino Theater Company is going online with Latino Theater Co. LIVE, a series of online conversations hosted by Xavi Moreno. On Friday, May 15 at 4 p.m.PDT: Join the Latino Th…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 01:03PMFrom the archives! Here is my interview with Keanu Reeves, star of Chain Reaction, first published in December 1996. In a University of Chicago research lab, a dedicated team of sc…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:18PMFrom the archives! Here is my coverage of a press conference with Michael Mann for his film Heat, starring Al Pacino and Robert de Niro, first published in 1995. You may have already …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:18PMThe Roots and Wings Project Founder/Creative Director Jesse Bliss and the California Arts Council Cultural Pathways Grant Present WOMEN AT WORK, a transformative works-in-progress experie…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:18PMWORLD PREMIERE of The Present. Written & Performed by Helder Guimarães Directed by Frank Marshall May 7 – June 7, 2020 Purchase tickets here. The Present is inspired b…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:12PMFrom the production of A Midsummer Saturday Night’s Fever Dream📸 @eddywilliamwill Live viewing parties are now officially on SUNDAY FUNDAY with the Troubadour Theater Company.Join t…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:32PMImpro Theatre is sharing their free online performances! The award-winning Impro Theatre has announced an innovative line-up of ongoing, live Main Company performances that will be free …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:32PMFrom the archives! Here is my interview with filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, first published in November 1996. What was your motivation to jump from a musical to Shakespeare? Baz Luhrmann…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:32PMRed Hen is so excited to partner with The Broad Stage for a new livestream initiative to bring poetry into the comfort of your homes, live, for free! The Red Hen Press Poetry Hour contin…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:32PMFrom the archives! Here is my interview with writer/director John Sayles, first published in June, 1996. In the latest film by Independent filmmaker John Sayles, a skeleton – unearth…
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