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Co-authored by Italian playwrights Dario Fo and Franca Rame in 1974 (current translation by Cam Deaver) Can't Pay? Don't Pay! is a farcical comedy about consumer backlash against hi…
At this point, Shakespeare's Hamlet is a theatrical peak so frequently attempted that you can see, as on Everest, the frozen bodies of thespians who chanced and failed the perilous ascent on…
The show's producer talks about this offbeat comedy that is making its world premiere at the Fringe.
Pop-ups, a hotline, and a podcast from WeHo's Pride Poets.
WeHo Pride.
The City of West Hollywood proudly presents its inaugural WeHo Pride weekend, June 3-5, 2022.Â
WeHo Prid…
Settle in and recline in one of the comfy seats in the Samuel Oschin Planetarium at the Griffith Observatory to embark upon an imaginative and visually stunning journey. Marvel at the vivid …
This solo show tells the controversial story of the legendary Annie Sprinkle.
Coming up, on Sunday May 22nd, is a massive street art block party that promises to be a ton of fun.
Above photo " Artist_-@littlericky001-"-Photographer-Georgia-Van-Cuylenburg-@geo…
Cultural art gallery, The LA Art Box (The LAAB), in partnership with Parangal Dance Company, is pleased to announce Belonging, a collaborative showcase of Filipino American creatives through…
Little kids can enjoy their first live theater / musical experience this Summer as Storybook Theatre presents a beloved fairytale in both English and Spanish. Admission will be FREE!
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The 2022 Israel Independence Day Film Festival May 4-18 is playing on Film Festival Flix.
In association with over 200 synagogues and Jewish film festivals around the world, Menemsha Film…
The exterior of Mount Wilson Observatory's famous 100-inch dome. Photo credit Todd Mason.
Mount Wilson Observatory, Southern California's historic home to over 100 years of groundbreaking…
Bitchiness, thy name is Albee. Has there ever been a play that reveled in so much in mean-spirited badinage as Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Sour wit courses through the bla…
Summertime means enjoying movies under the stars! The popular outdoor summer movie series returns to The Montalbán's rooftop oasis in the heart of Hollywood. The chic, elevated venue is o…
Plays that chart the course of a romantic relationship have long been a staple of theater. Stories told in a nonlinear way are less common but not unheard of. When you take the previous two …
In a divisive political landscape, THE HATER unifies us with sharp comedy, absurd satire and lots of heart.
THE HATER, Joey Ally's directorial debut, centers on Dorothy (played by Joey Al…
I have a rule about avant-garde theater: if an artist chooses to deliberately obscure his/her/their meaning via unusual methods or flirts dangerously with pretentiousness, the play had bette…
Kacie Lees bending neon at Sentral DTLA. Photo courtesy of MIke Zorbas.
"At Sentral, we're investing in emerging artists," states Dana Wendell, Director of Brand Marketing & Commun…
What happens when a stand-up comedian surrenders all the tools and tricks they typically use to win over audiences? Chad Damiani introduces eight comics to the joy of failure by putting them…
You are invited to visit the Benton Museum of Art in Pomona, California, to experience a very different view of Paris, and consider the "present" of the past.
Image " Maximilien Luce, …
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures continues their devotion to the movie industry, and its storied history, with their upcoming film screening series.
In addition to their ongoing seri…
Howard's portrait of celebrity chef and humanitarian José Andrés and his World Central Kitchen is anything but a dry documentary.
This meticulously researched documentary chronicles the history of the mouse and the world's relationship with him.
Dunstan Bruce's documentary about his band Chumbawamba is an odd bird.
When I told people I was going to see a new production of Sarah's Ruhl's play, In the Next Room, I received a series of blank stares, but when I included its subtitle, or the vibrator play, …
"He said to me"'We should be making art together.'"
Stuart C. Paul's new feature-length documentary Ink & Linda chronicles an unexpected friendship that develops between two diverse …
