Dane Cook with Jessica Alba in the movie Good Luck ChuckHis 2005 platinum-selling album, Retaliation, was the most successful comedy bow since Steve Martin's 1978 classic, A Wild and Crazy G…
Grettel Cortes PhotographyDavid Melville, right, with co-star Joseph CullitonAudiences arrive at Independent Shakespeare Company's summer shows in much the same way they might arrive at the …
Howie StierChairman Barnes (as Satan, left) and Stephen Simon (as Larry Summers) in a reading by Sacred Fools theater companyA highly ambitious theater performance dropped Wednesday night in…
Michael Lamont"The Exorcist" at the Geffen PlayhouseThe Hollywood Fringe Festival continues through August in an extended program, The Best of Hollywood Fringe, sponsored by a trio local the…
Michelle PullmanZJU's Rafael Goldstein & Antaeus' Rob Nagle go mano-a-mano. Why the works of William Shakespeare should be associated with the summer months is anyone's guess. Beyond having…
Zombie Joe"Hamlet," at Zombie Joe's UndergroundAfter a too long hiatus, Kyle T. Wilson has resuscitated his thoughtful blog on arts, culture and politics, Frank's Wild Lunch, with a re…
Raymond LiucARTel's "Family Forest" at the Hayworth Theater So you've been on a couple dates and you're digging this chick/dude's vibe. You've done drinks. You've done dinner. Now it's tim…
Critic Bill Raden was struck by both a new sci-fi musical Earthbound, this week's Pick of the Week, as well as by the intensity of a production of Stephen Belber's Tape, set in a motel roo…
John FlynnTim Cummins and Lisa Pelikan in "The New Electric Ballroom" at Rogue MachineThe third annual Hollywood Fringe festival is now history, and this L.A. Weekly best of award goes to E…
For many, especially black people who see in her a mockery of our own grandmothers, Tyler Perry's Madea is little more than a mammy -- an insult to the matriarchal community figure that Perr…
MiamiShe's just a small-town girl, motoring her way across the country. When her bus pulls up on the Sunset Strip and she steps onto the sidewalk, the Los Angeles lights flash across her fac…
Yes, that's Tom CruiseRock of Ages, a new star-clogged pop-musical diversion, is a cinematic event. It's not every day, after all, that you get to see two great American traditions--guitar/b…
Craig SchwartzChristina Kirk and Frank Wood in the first act of Clybourne Park I have a dirty theater secret: I thought Clybourne Park was pretty good. As in merely pretty good. As opposed t…
Michael Burr"Refugee Nation" A three-person series of sketches about Laotians in America, Regugee Nation is this week's Pick. Click here for all New Stage Reviews, or go to the jump. Also…
John FlynnPlaywright Mark Roberts (left) with his director Mark L. Taylor of Where the Great Ones RunMark Roberts has worn a lot of hats during his thirty years in the entertainment industry…
Lily TomlinWho said, "I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain." If you answered "Lily Tomlin," you win a trip to Beverly Hills for the Paley Center ret
Nichole O'Connor The Post-It Show at GR2 offers pieces from well-known artist for $20. Art shouldn't be intimidating, but when you walk into a gallery and note that even the low priced items…
Ed KriegerTony Abatemarco's "Beautified" Tony Abatemarco's family drama, Beautified at Hollywood's Skylight Theatre is this week's Pick of the Week. Recommendations include Jeffrey H…
Kevin ScanlonTwo of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. On a Saturday night last year, 99 theatergoers sat in…
John Dlugolecki"The Learned Ladies" Moliere's The Learned Ladies is this week's Pick. Nods also for Patrick Kennelly's musical mash up of Patty Hearst and Patty Duke: Patty, The Revival, …
Agnes MagyariCloe Kromwell (as Terra), John Colella (as Miles, the Paul Giamatti role in the film), Jonathan Bray (as Jack, the Thomas Haden Church role), and Julia McIlvaine (as Maya, the V…
Craig SchwartzRon Raines in "Follies," now at the AhmansonRapturous reviews this week for pianist Mona Golabek in The Pianist of Willesden Lane at the Geffen, and the Kennedy Center's Folli…
Carla Fallberg"Hanging On -- Letting Go" at the Fremont Centre TheatreBryan Harnetiaux's new play, Holding On -- Letting Go is difficult to watch for the way it captures the realistic agonie…
Katie Gould(Left to right) Terence McFarland, Alice Tuan, Steven Leigh Morris, Frances Baum Nicholson, Deidrie Henry and Don Shirley at L.A. Stage Alliance's recent arts criticism panelOn th…
Patti BallazEat or Be Eaten in Hollywood: "The Laughing Cow"Jessica Abrams comedy about Hollywood, The Laughing Cow traffics in stereotypes but is nonetheless so delightful, says reviewer R…