Wednesday, October 1, 2014
“For me, the audience is a huge part of a concert.” — Angélique Kidjo.
Grammy-winning African songstress Angélique Kidjo and acclaimed Brooklyn-based world beat octet Red B…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:55PMMonday, September 29, 2014
The J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Research Institute, and Performa have commissioned a new piece by avant-garde choreographer Yvonne Rainer (American, born. 1934). On October 3 and 4, 2014…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:40PMFriday, September 26, 2014
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
The Eclectic Company Theatre presents An Eclectic Open Mic Night, produced by Meghan McConnell.
Get up and do your thing at Mix Tape, whatever your performing specialty is. E…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:25PMThursday, September 25, 2014
A terrible play, and depressing as well, playwright Jordan Harrison’s Marjorie Prime is set in a not-too-distant future and imagines a world where sophisticated robots have been fashioned …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:56PMMonday, September 22, 2014
Ann Noble gives a magnificent performance in Edward Albee’s absurd drama The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?, now playing at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Davidson/Valentini Theatre.
Ostensibly …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:49PMA model and a rocker create a tranquil setting in Toluca Lake to anchor their family.
In the heart of charming Toluca Lake, at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, lies a refined, tasteful, tradit…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMThursday, September 18, 2014
Hello opera and #LAThtr fans!
Here is an intro and link to our first opera review for the critical website Stage Raw — which contains the latest arts and theater coverage from o…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:03PMTuesday, September 16, 2014
The paths of three loner characters intersect in Rajiv Joseph’s Animals Out of Paper, a bittersweet dramedy now being presented by East West Players in their Little Tokyo theater in Downto…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 11:36PMMonday, September 15, 2014
A slight plot is merely a framework for David Mamet’s talky and sordid play Race. A partnership comprised of a paralegal assistant and two lawyers — one black, one white — discuss a ca…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:42PMThursday, September 11, 2014
Hey there fellow #LAThtr goers!
Here is an intro and link to my newest theater review for the critical website Stage Raw — which contains the latest arts and theater coverage from our …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:46PMWednesday, September 10, 2014
There’s a spot in the middle of one of the large exhibition rooms at LACMA where, if you stand and turn in 360 degrees, your eyes will drink in a glorious riot of color and shapes. Now…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:53PMCelebrating their fifth consecutive season, Le Salon de Musiques kicks off again on Sunday October 12, 2014, at 4:00 pm with Masters Rediscovered — a selection that features some of the mo…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:31PMTuesday, September 9, 2014
Large paintings on rice paper and silk that are enhanced by natural-fiber, string, twine and rope — the delicate and expressionistic artworks created by award-winning painter Pam Douglas a…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMMonday, September 8, 2014
This Fall (and beyond…) a thrilling series of dance performances can be experienced in Downtown L.A.
During its eleven season history, Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:40PMFriday, September 5, 2014
Translated as “a woman led astray” or “a corrupted female” Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata is considered one of opera’s greatest romances.
Plot:
In the giddy, glitzy world of Pa…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:40PMThursday, September 4, 2014
Dear #LAThtr fans,
Here follows the introduction to my latest theater review for Stage Raw.
Happy reading!
Psyche: A Modern Rock Opera by Cindy Shapiro.
The ancient Greek myth of the …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:32PM
Dear #LAThtr fans!
Here is an intro and link to my newest theater review for the critical website Stage Raw — which contains the latest arts and theater coverage from our intrep…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:39PMTuesday, September 2, 2014
Tickets are still available for tomorrow night’s concert at the Hollywood Bowl. Special guests will join the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra for The Academy Celebrates The Black Movie Soundtrack …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:48PMMonday, September 1, 2014
Award-winning painter Pam Douglas explores the cycle of birth and death in an exhibit of new works entitled The Long Thread.
The exhibition opens September 2, 2014 (and runs through Septemb…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMThursday, August 28, 2014
Greetings fellow #LAThtr fans!
Here is an intro and link to my newest theater review for the critical website Stage Raw — which contains the latest arts and theater coverage fro…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:47PMPlácido Domingo was on hand at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion this week to break the champagne bottle (metaphorically speaking) across the bow of his annual Operalia competition, being held …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:55PMMonday, August 25, 2014
For one very special night, the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival (LAWTF) is coming to Culver City to present an evening of unique performances.
The event will be held on Friday, Septem…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:51PMSunday, August 24, 2014
Sometimes what’s happening behind the scenes can be funnier than the action that’s been thoughtfully scripted… A new drama by Robin Uriel Russin, The Face In The Reeds, just made its w…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:02PMFriday, August 22, 2014
Hello intrepid #LAThtr goers!
Here’s a link to my newest theater review for the critical website Stage Raw — which contains the latest arts and theater coverage from our intrepid…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:02PMWednesday, August 20, 2014
For many, the Northridge earthquake that rippled through Los Angeles was a devastating event. It changed many lives but also inspired a “song play” in two actsI was looking at the ceilin…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:59PMNobody was prepared for the pandemonium that erupted when a popular British band first touched down in America in 1964. Of course, we have all seen the images of hysteria that greeted the &#…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:12PMFriday, August 15, 2014
Suspense! Sinister plots! Mistaken identities! This year’s Big Picture is a thrilling tribute to the classic films of Alfred Hitchcock. Mesmerizing, haunting and psychologically grippi…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:00PMThursday, August 14, 2014
Dear #LAThtr fans! Here is my newest theater review for the critical website Stage Raw — which contains the latest arts and theater coverage from our intrepid team of journalist…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:41PMTuesday, August 12, 2014
Artist Sinan Revell channels and transforms the typically dark and post-modern Butoh dance style with her impassioned and expressionistic performance that celebrates the cycles of life. “C…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:35PMNeil LaBute is considered one of the most controversial playwrights of our day. Not all of his plays are equally brilliant — why would they be? — but it’s evident that some of the New …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:20PMMonday, August 11, 2014
Tickets go on sale THIS Friday. Five-time Grammy-winning jazz pianist and world renowned singer Diana Krall has announced the U.S. dates for her “Wallflower World Tour,” which includes a…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:37PM 
