This year's nominees for the L.A. Weekly's annual theatre awards, as voted by yours truly as part of the L.A. Weekly theater critics team, have been announced. On April 2, the L.A. We…
Now playing at the Sierra Madre Playhouse is a very funny play featuring a great cast and a superb set (designed by Adam Smith). Twentieth Century, by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur (adapte…
Dumb fun and loads of laughs, the new action-comedy movie This Means War is a slick, savvy and crowd-pleasing thrill ride. It’s a glossy and handsome, high-concept and lavishly filmed …
The Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles and the Japan Foundation present OVERCOMING THE DISASTER " ARIGATO from Japan - a concert of gratitude. An evening of exceptional performances f…
Currently tearing up the tap-dance floor, late night on Saturdays in Vitello's downstairs back bar in Studio City, is a triple-threat phenomenon named Chantz Powell. Immaculately bedecked in…
On February 16, 2012, for one night only, The Broad Stage and National Geographic present Deep Ancestry, its most ambitious project in their 120-year history. Explorer-in-Residence Spencer W…
LA is truly fortunate at present to have two interrelated plays and productions concurrently on its stages. This matched pair of plays consist of director Phylicia's Rashad's handsome produc…
Gentle readers! This week’s theatre review for LA Weekly is of René Rivera’s auto-biographical solo show, The King of the Desert. Click here and scroll down to find my review. &…
The stars will come out for laughs and a good cause when Craig Bierko and the Celebrity Autobiography team up for Loma Linda University Children's Hospital on February 21, 2012 for two speci…
Dear readers, Here is a link to my latest article for LA Stage Times on Evan Brenner’s one-man play, Buddha " A Fantastic Journey Happy reading! Prod…
Evan Brenner's solo Buddha - A Fantastic Journey condenses reams of sutras about the Buddha's life into about 90 minutes. Brenner discusses his show's path and how acclaimed actor John C. Re…
A patriotic concert for a patriotic season " the Pasadena Young Musicians Orchestra presents American Musical Salute on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. at Sexson Auditorium on the cam…
"I just finished wrapping my legs around a lycan's neck and shooting everyone in the room." Sounds like just another typical day on the set of an Underworld movie. Sexy star of the first two…
This year, hundreds of cherry trees will be planted in Southern California to commemorate the cherries that were planted in Washington D.C. one hundred years ago. The extravagant gift of…
English playwright Joe Orton's madcap farce, What the Butler Saw, gets a fairly standard treatment by The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, and is now playing until Sunday, March 11, 2012. Unfortuna…
The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC) annually gives special awards for excellence in theatre. You can now follow them on twitter via @LADramaCC . Recently announced  were the …
The Laugh Pack is back! The music and comedy show that played at Theatre West on New Year's Eve was so favorably received that The Laugh Pack returns in a projected series of monthly sho…
For its fifth intimate concert of the second season, Le Salon de Musiques program will feature Poulenc Flute Sonata with piano and Arnold Bax Elegiac Trio for Flute, Harp and Viola and Fa…
Gentle readers, Here is a link to this week’s review of Who’s Hungry, with a handful of performances remaining this weekend at Highways performance space at 18th Street Arts Cent…
Discover the Arts in Los Angeles, the longest running and largest arts campaign in the City, launched its three-month campaign with a lively press conference, held Tuesday on the steps of Mu…
"Nothing much has changed, except people lock their doors at night now." Considering it's generally required reading on the school curriculum, and frequently staged by amateur as well as pro…
In the classic 40s movie All About Eve, Bette Davis as Margo Channing utters the famous line, "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night!" That's pretty much the tone of K…
City Garage's controversial production of Neil LaBute's 1989 play, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times: Scenes of Intolerance is ongoing at their gallery-of-residence at Bergamot Station. C…
Jordan Vineyard & Winery have announced their 4 on 4 Art Competition involving the Los Angeles Art Community. A trio of Southern California artists is sought for a chance to win up to $5…
One night only " this Thursday " catch a special performance by Val Kilmer as legendary writer and literary celebrity Mark Twain. One of the actors of our generation takes on t…