Dog agility competitions at Woodley Park offer an exciting weekend spectator sport and, for the athletic duo inside the ring, so much more. It's a drizzling, winter Saturday morning"t…
Superb acting paired with great storytelling"The Visceral Company presents a return engagement of their highly acclaimed presentation Lovecraft: Nightmare Suite. Throughout the briskly paced…
Given the chance to embody John Merrick"aka 'The Elephant Man'"on stage is probably something most actors would jump at with the same alacrity they would for the opportunity to tackle Hamlet…
We're Watching You: "Obama Spy Drama" Opens February 15 at Acme Comedy Hollywood for its World Premiere With the Winter Olympics upon us, and recent attempts to reign in NSA spying, the time…
The Eastern Star Gallery, a unique art exhibition space located on the Brentwood campus of The Archer School for Girls, an independent middle and high school in Los Angeles, will be the venu…
An exuberant celebration of language is the most apt description for actor Christopher Plummer's self-created one-man show. A Word or Two is playing through February 9, 2014 at the Ahmanson …
An exciting and fun show for children (perhaps best for ages 6-10) is now playing at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, in their intimate 150-seat Lovelace Studio Theater. …
The internationally renowned troupe Cirque du Soleil has a dazzling new show, TOTEM, which has just opened in ‘le grand chapiteau’ (the big top tent). Now residing by the Santa M…
Southern California Museums are banding together for MUSEUMS FREE-FOR-ALL - Free Admission Day | Saturday, January 25, 2014 In a joint effort to present the arts and culture to t…
Gentle readers! Here’s an article recently published by TimeOut Los Angeles about eight Los Angeles theater companies to watch. 8 Los Angeles theater companies to see in 2014 20…
Somewhere on a farm, in rainy rural England, a farming couple nervously awaits a government inspector. When the tall young man shows up at their door, drenched and firing questions at them b…
Los Angeles is set to experience the largest showcase of Australian Contemporary Photography to reach America at the 23rd Annual International Photographic Art Exposition (photo l.a.) 16"19 …
Currently on exhibit at LA Artcore' Little Tokyo gallery is a group show of works by contemporary artists from Thailand. Thai Group Show 2014 will run until Thursday January 16, 2014. L.A. A…
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Dear readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of Peter and the Starcatcher, now playing at The Ahmanson in Downtown LA. Much like the dastardly pirates terrorizi…
Returning to the Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre is the sketch comedy show based on the ghostly old Holiday chestnut by Charles Dickens. Written by Second City alums, Peter Gwinn…
A Relief Benefit Concert for the Philippines at The Pasadena Playhouse, a one-night-only event, will take place on Wednesday, December 18 at 7:30pm. Proceeds will support the American Red Cr…
LA Stage Times feature article – Sand Brings Weill to the West End (of the Santa Monica Pier) by Pauline Adamek | December 4, 2013 Santa Monica denizen Paul Sand has a special…
Paul Sand is opening West End Theatre, an indoor cabaret on the western tip of the Santa Monica Pier, with "Kurt Weill at the Cuttlefish Hotel."
Gentle readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of Live! From the Last Night of My Life, now playing at Sacred Fools in East Hollywood. A despondent fellow, Doug (Pete …
The Eastern Star Gallery at Archer, located on the historic campus of The Archer School for Girls, will be exhibiting work from Brad Spence. The exhibition, Nothing Gold Can Stay, will featu…
With its Gothic theme, reflected in lavish costuming and majestic sets (both elements designed by Lez Brotherston), and a lush score by Tchaikovsky, "Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty" promis…
A recently overturned LA ban on hand-painted murals is preserving a beautification effort aimed at one of the most blighted areas of the Valley. It's also opening doors for a new wave…
Striking the perfect balance between scares and laughs, Play Dead delivers plenty of delicious thrills, macabre chills and giggles. The one-act show features Todd Robbins as our ghoulish hos…
Gentle readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of a bittersweet comedy Dallas Non-Stop, now playing at Atwater Village Theatre. We gave it a ‘go!’ Young an…