A chop-socky cartoon on stage, Hearts Like Fists, written by Adam Szymkowicz, is an action-packed adventure romance set in the surreal world of female crime-fighting superheroes. Nurses by d…
Hello readers! My theater review this week for the LA Weekly is of Arthur Miller’s classic tragedy All My Sons. Click here to go to the LA Weekly's theater page — it’s at t…
Dearest readers, Here is a link to my in-depth article for LA Stage Times where I chatted with Jaime Robledo, the director of an exciting new show, Hearts Like Fists, which opens at Theatre …
Jaime Robledo is on a roll -- he wrote and directed Watson and then staged Stoneface at Sacred Fools. Now he's moving to Theatre of NOTE, where he's directing Adam Szymkowicz's Hearts Like F…
Kicking off with a frenetic pace that never lets up, Memphis is a high energy, original musical about the explosion of black musical artists into the mainstream during the late 1950s. The wi…
It's difficult to pinpoint exactly what is wrong with this play and production. The acting is good. The staging is fluid. The storyline is amusing. The French farce underpinnings give the sh…
The Hollywood Arts Council will pull out all the stops this year at their 27th Annual Children's Festival of the Arts as they celebrate and honor Paramount Pictures' 100th Birthday. The FREE…
It was a beautiful evening, with that perfect Southern California balmy spring breeze when, to launch the LA Philharmonic's 2012 summer season at the Hollywood Bowl, an intimate cocktail par…
Here’s a new piece I wrote for the LA Weekly about a couple of plays that deal with a homeless theme. Click here to go to the LA Weekly site. ~ OR ~ You can just r…
Unbound Productions is proud to present Wicked Lit Night at the Mausoleum. This promises to be a fun-filled evening at Mountain View Mausoleum to support Wicked Lit 2012. Events: Poker Tourn…
In Shakespeare's macabre and unsettling tragedy, a ruthlessly ambitious Scottish general seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and guidance from a trio of witches. He then com…
Hello dear readers! This week’s theater review for the LA Weekly is of an evening of Neil LaBute’s short plays, entitled Short Ends, currently playing at Open Fist Theatre …
It's difficult to comprehend why the Geffen Playhouse have commissioned John Pielmeier to adapt author William Peter Blatty's legendary horror story to the stage for a world-premiere …
Theresa Rebeck's latest play, currently making its West Coast premiere at the Lounge Theatre, is an odd one. Striving to combine scathing satire with black comedy, the production's un…
A performance-inspired family art workshop and 6-day Kids Art Camp is happening in July. 
Made In L.A. continues at the Gallery with a free performance by Simone Forti. FAMILY ART WORK…
War Horse, the spectacular stage show that captivated Steven Spielberg, is now playing at the Ahmanson Theater in Downtown LA until July 29, 2012. Â A unique theatrical experience that com…
The second annual Beat the Drum Festival is happening Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Ford Amphitheatre. Presented by ARTScorpsLA/ACLA Emerging Producers, Beat the Drum: East Los Meets W…
Body Weather Laboratory presents Flower of the Season 2012: Ecdysis, a solo dance series happening later this month at the Electric Lodge in Venice, CA. Now in its seventh year, Flower of th…
Walking out of the Pasadena Playhouse following the conclusion of August Wilson's fine drama Jitney, and I couldn't help marveling; how could Wilson have written such an accomplished …
Dear readers! My theater review this week for the LA Weekly is of Shakespeare’s classic comedy 12th Night. Click here to go to the LA Weekly's theater page with my…
Sisters Breda (Lisa Pelikan), Clara (Casey Kramer) and Ada (Betsy Zajko) are stuck living in an isolated fishing village on the west coast in Ireland with no escape. The trio is haunted by t…
LAST DAYS to see Where the Great Ones Run, Mark Roberts' character piece set in a crusty old truck stop diner in rural Indiana. In the corner sits a regular patron, an old man (Tucker Smallw…
Gentle readers! My theater review this week for the LA Weekly is of Glaswegian playwright D. C. Jackson's uproarious and award-winning comedy My Romantic History. Click here to go to the…
Award-winning painter, writer and professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Pam Douglas, launches the second in a trilogy of art shows inspired by earth's primal energies"Water, F…
As always, this year's Los Angeles Zoo's annual 'Sunset Safari' " a special interactive event " was a tremendously fun experience for Safari Club members (those who make donations of $1,500 …