David J's refashions his Black Dahlia song cycle into a new multi-disciplinary musical play The Chanteuse and the Devil's Muse that presents a chilling theory regarding the identity of the f…
An eclectic and influential exhibition of the work of more than forty prominent Hispanic artists, ¡Adelante! Mexican American Artists: 1960s and Beyond opens this weekend at the Museum at…
Apart from an obviously fake juke box, designer Gary Guidinger's complicated set replicates a divey bar with astounding authenticity, from the beat-up dartboard, sticky-looking floor and sha…
This Friday, September 9th, there will be an opening reception at the Santa Monica Museum of Art (SMMoA) at Bergamot Station of a vast exhibition entitled Beatrice Wood: Career Woman"Drawing…
THE COMPANY is staging Glad Day, artist Jay Stuckey's first solo show at their gallery, on exhibit from September 3 through October 1, 2011. A selection of large-scale paintings w…
This is the last weekend to catch Rogue Machine’s emotionally hard-hitting and topical play, Small Engine Repair. John Pollono’s smash hit play has been extended multiple times, …
Roll up! Roll up! The Mental Head Circus is in town, performing one Sunday per month at King King in Hollywood, as the nightclub's monthly resident show. Upcoming show dates for the remainde…
This week’s theatre review for LA Weekly is the brilliant play by Marie Jones, Stones in His Pockets. Now playing at the Zephyr Theatre in West Hollywood. Click here and …
Dreamy, contemplative photographic images of our planet's firmament are currently on display at The J. Paul Getty Museum; In Focus: The Sky, a thematically-installed exhibition of per…
*** Written and performed by Shelley Bennett, Condemned is a one-woman show playing for one night only! Standup comic and actress Shelley Bennett takes us on a bizarrely funny journey from S…
Check it out — here is this week’s review for the LA Weekly, of Rick Foster’s rather reverent play about the luminous star of stage and screen, Vivien Leigh: Vivien.…
Girl power! Women unite!! Simply because she believes 'Courage is contagious,' writer Rivka Solomon has published a book that champions women and their valiant acts. Solomon, with assist…
Exciting news, gentle readers, especially if you have a smart phone. We have just launched the mobile version of our timely, happening Arts Webmagazine. Now, if you visit ArtsBeatLA via your…
Ready For Our Close-Up " a play showcase and benefit for The Los Angeles Women's Theatre Project " is happening this weekend only, Aug 26 " 28, in Hollywood, at the Stella Adler Theatre. The…
Ennio, featuring Ennio Marchetto " 'The Living Paper Cartoon' " will play an exclusive, limited engagement for one week only, from August 23 " 28, 2011, at The Pasadena Playhouse. Ennio Marc…
Looking for something to do this Sunday (tomorrow)? Sunday August 21st is your last chance to catch to check out Intimate Opera Pasadena's (IOP's) production of the brilliant and chil…
Please enjoy my latest theatre review for LA Weekly, of the world premier of a new comedy Next Window, Please, written by Doug Haverty and notable for its almost exclusively female cast. Hap…
There's a cool Art Block Party planned for tomorrow (Saturday) night, over at the Lofts at NoHo Common. Music, Dance, film and of course Art will be happening on Weddington Street,…
To celebrate its two-year anniversary, ArtsBeatLA has just been relaunched with a brand new layout and design theme. I am also starting a weekly Op-Ed column, paired with a links list as a r…
Welcome a new section where I plan to opinionate wildly as I discuss topics of interest. You have been warned! Thanks to a rather unusual incident at last Friday night's play, I've dec…
*** The Robey Theatre Company, Los Angeles' acclaimed African American theatre company based downtown at Los Angeles Theatre Center, is on track to scoop the pool at the forthcoming NAACP…
*** A photo exhibition, entitled Vanishing Point, currently on display in Little Tokyo, shows a Japanese "healing" town before and after the disaster. There will be a reception and discus…
*** Melissa James Gibson's ingeniously constructed drama, This, is far too clever for its own good. Review by Pauline Adamek Sure, it touches on deep (if bourgeois) themes, such as …
*** Gentle readers, please enjoy my interview with a legend of daytime drama, Judith Chapman, who is starring in a solo-show about another legend of stage and screen, the magnificent Vivi…
*** Macy Gray joins Rhythm & Roots " a 
benefit performance at the Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood for one night only! Report by Pauline Adamek Grammy Award-winning, multi-…