Saturday, January 17, 2026
A MASTER VILLAIN TAKES THE STAGE Patrick Page turns Shakespeare's greatest monsters into a riveting, slyly funny tour through human nature" one blood-red spotlight at a time. Dubbed "the vil…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:22PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 10, 2025
TAKE THAT, NAKATOMI The Troubies blow up Die Hard, Heart-style " and it's pure holiday mayhem The Troubadour Theater Company " the Troubies " has been wreaking musical-comedy havoc around Lo…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:36PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 6, 2025
HONORING A FAMILY STUCK IN A HOLOCAUST NIGHTMARE Four actors, four moving walls, a wooden table and chairs, and historical projections combine into an extraordinary theatrical experience in …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:20PM[SHARE]Friday, October 24, 2025
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA OFFERS UNITY THROUGH AN ABSURDIST GROUP THERAPY SESSION I had no idea what I was walking into when I drove out to the Pasadena Playhouse (more than an hour's drive durin…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:52AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 22, 2025
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF ETTA JAMES? MUSE/IQUE SCHOOLS US IN SOUL Presented by MUSE/IQUE at The Huntington Library and The Skirball MUSE/IQUE's concerts have never been simple performances; th…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:10PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 8, 2025
GRAHAM100 DANCES THE CENTURY AWAKE Every analysis of 20th century American arts puts Martha Graham in a small class of visionaries who changed the world, with several calling her the "Pic…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:00PM[SHARE]Friday, October 3, 2025
DRAGONS, DOOMSDAY, AND DAZZLE The Road Theatre Company launches its 34th season with N.T. Vandecar's Otherkin, a bold, visually stunning new work staged by Christina Carlisi in her directori…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 13, 2025
ACTING WHILE ASIAN: A SURVIVAL GUIDE IN ONE ACT Kung Fu, Sidekick, Wise Man, Dead: The Hollywood Starter Pack. Philip Kan Gotanda's Yankee Dawg You Die pulls no punches in its portrait of tw…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:35PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 1, 2025
MADNESS MADE FLESH I've seen several performances of Edgar Allan Poe's poems and short stories over the years, but none compare to the artistry, intensity, and total immersion Stephen Smith …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Friday, June 27, 2025
CAN THIS SHOW LIVE UP TO THE MOVIE? YES, IT CAN CAN! The 2001 film Moulin Rouge told its La Bohème-like story with tremendous use of cinematography and computer animation, pulling off an ot…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:46PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 26, 2025
WHEN THE ONLY TENSION IS IN THE CORSET: GASLIGHT IS ALL DIM AND NO SPARK AT PRT Patrick Hamilton's 1938 play, Gas Light (now known as Gaslight) is a melodrama which follows a young woman …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:57PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 25, 2025
TAPS, TINSEL, AND TENACITY: KAYLA BOYE DAZZLES AS ANN MILLER Kayla Boye is a powerhouse performer whose ability to step inside the soul of her characters will astound you, beginning from her…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:27PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 23, 2025
HORRORSÂ IN THE ROUND Little Shop of Horrors, based on the 1960 science-fiction film by Roger Corman, opened off-Broadway at the Orpheum Theatre in Manhattan's East Village on July 27, 198…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Friday, March 7, 2025
COME TO MICHAEL MATTHEW'S CABARET With the amount of political turmoil and rising antisemitism in the world right now, it seems the perfect time to present an updated staging of the popular …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:49PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 27, 2025
GREAT CONCERT, BUT LIGHT ON ROCK As part of its POPS series, always a fun and friendly way to enjoy an entertaining night out, Long Beach Symphony, now in its 90th season, welcomed guest con…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 19, 2025
MEET MARKET Have you ever gone to a speed dating event where singles meet, spend a few minutes talking to one person, and then move on to the next person, each for a pre-arranged chat sessio…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:28PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 12, 2025
A TIME CAPSULE OF GENERATIONAL LOVE, PAIN, AND RESILIENCE Every family has a unique mix of personalities, each member knowing their place and how to maneuver others to get what they need. Bu…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:17PM[SHARE]Monday, February 3, 2025
WHAT FUN GETTING LOST IN AUSTEN Fresh from its smash hit engagement at Theatre 40, Jane Austen in 89 Minutes has moved into the artistically appropriate Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills fo…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:06PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 1, 2025
KEEPING MEMORY ALIVE Memoryhouse, which premiered in 2023 as the first full-length ballet directed by Los Angeles Ballet's new Artistic Director Melissa Barak, is an abstract work compose…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 28, 2025
IN A YEAR WHERE EVERYTHING HAS GONE WRONG, THIS WRONG MAKES EVERYTHING RIGHT The Tony Award-winning The Play That Goes Wrong, also crowned Best New Comedy at the 2015 Olivier Awards, is a si…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:52AM[SHARE]Friday, January 17, 2025
HEAVENBOUND ROUSES THE SPIRIT AT WILSHIRE EBELL THEATRE In the face of so much destruction from the ongoing Los Angeles fires, a bright event brought a sense of spiritual peace during Heaven…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:50AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 7, 2025
ON THE RIGHT TRACK Prior to his new play Union Station, playing at the Broadwater Main Stage Jan 23-26, Ron Harner wrote and directed three other plays: The Ones Who Leave (2019), Spitting F…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 18, 2024
SMALLTOWN ROOTS, BIGTOWN PERFORMER Personable Kristin Chenoweth " the original Glinda in the Broadway musical Wicked " was a delight last night in L.A. This is Kristen as a regular gal from …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:34PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Accompanied by the rockin' 4-piece Troubadorchestra led by music director Ryan Whyman, the always-entertaining, hip and sassy Troubadour Theater Company (The Troubies) is generating tons of …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:21PM[SHARE]Friday, November 22, 2024
DEAD ON ARRIVAL The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, adapted for the stage by Mark Shanahan from Agatha Christie's 1926 novel, premiered at the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas in 2023. It's no surpr…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:53AM[SHARE]Monday, November 11, 2024
PRIVATE EYES IS SO PRIVATE THAT YOU'LL CROSS YOUR EYES TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT Perhaps Shakespeare was right to say "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." At le…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:39AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 6, 2024
MEMORIES OF CHERISHED TIMES As we age and our memories fade away, certain items from our lifetime can trigger both happy and unpleasant memories, making us feel in the moment without worryin…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:40AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 31, 2024
TIED TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS OF A SILLY MELODRAMA, OR CUTE CAN ONLY GO SO FAR Popular during the Victorian era in England, a melodrama is a sensationally overly dramatic piece with lots of co…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:19PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 24, 2024
A BUMPY RIDE INTO THE AFTERLIFE Like many small, non-profit theatre groups, NEO Ensemble Theatre is nomadic by nature, moving from theater to theater to present modern, socially relevant pla…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 22, 2024
CIVIL UNREST When I walked into the very small and incredibly intimate Broadwater Studio Theatre, I immediately thought about Sam Shepard's Fool for Love, about a couple of loners looking to…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:14PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 17, 2024
A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money. " W. C. Fields I highly recommend the World Premiere of Robbin, From the Hood, which opened last Friday at Road Theatre. It is playwright …
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