Hi and welcome back to ArtsBeatLA. This week I headed down to Inglewood, California " the world's epicenter of creative arts, believe it or not " to chat with Jeffrey Edward Peters, artist e…
New photos by Sid Kaplan.
Yale Repertory Theatre, in a co-production with American Repertory Theater, presents the world premiere of Marie Antoinette by David Adjmi, directed by Rebecca Taichman. Marie Antoinette wil…
Though more popular in California and the Southwest than in New England, Day of the Dead observances celebrating the Mexican holiday's traditions and heritage are being sponsored by merchant…
As I have often said and sometimes written, the history of art extends from Anonymous to Untitled, from when only the work mattered to where only the name in the signature does.What reminds …
This week - it's all about CYRANO DE BERGERAC Roundabout Theatre Company's CYRANO DE BERGERAC opened on October 11, 2012 at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway for a limited engagement…
Ken Cheeseman and Cliff Odle wonder if they're up to the eightieth page yet at the New Rep.I can tell you precisely the moment I gave up on David Mamet's Race; it's the moment when one chara…
art party Mary Birnbaum, Artistic Director announced today that their latest theatrical experience How the Salts Got Down A Family History in Parties will play a limited seven-performance en…
Opening Sunday at the MIA.
On my walk to work this morning, I stumbled on a free art exhibit in midtown. In the lobby of the UBS Building, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, there is a fabulous free exhibit…
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) " Lap dances are taxable because they don't promote culture in a community the way ballet or other artistic endeavors do, New York's highest court concluded Tuesday in a sh…
So when do we speed-the-play? The cast of Race at the New Rep.It's hard to remember, as you watch Race (at the New Rep through November 4), that David Mamet was once a great playw…
The Countess and I popped around the corner over the weekend to catch The Art of the Coney Island Hysterical Society exhibition at 440 Gallery. Brooklyn natives Richard Eagan and…
Both the J. Paul Getty Museum and LACMA are concurrently staging exhibitions of works by groundbreaking American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. The two related exhibitions represent the f…
An acrid smell rode on the breeze. Power tools whirred. Wooden frames were filled with miniature anvils, wrenches, red children's dresses and deer antlers. Bonded sand poured into the frames…
ROUND: Cambridge is a testament to what can be accomplished using smart phones, GPS coordinates and a Google map.
The most important painter you've never heard of receives recognition in a major show.
Eighteen years ago the non-profit Hungry for Music was founded by local entrepreneur Jeff Campbell " a man inspired by a vision to heal the world through music. The idea germinated back in 1…
Lincoln Center Dialogue: Michael Govan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Perhaps more than any other type of institution, art museums in the 21st century are at the intersection of the old …
Lincoln Center Dialogue: Thomas P. Campbell, Metropolitan Museum of Art Perhaps more than any other type of institution, art museums in the 21st century are at the intersection of the old a…
One answer to the question of "Why two plays in verse?" might be that Denis Johnson is a writer relentlessly in pursuit of new forms, and new formal challenges"a literary daredevil always lo…
The American Repertory Theater A.R.T. presents Pippin, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Roger O. Hirson, directed by A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus, with circus chor…
In an essay entitled “Sound and Fury” in the 27 May issue of the Economist, Christopher Shinn writes about the role of madness in artistic creation: When I write a play, I try to…
" I have been a fan of the Ramones since I got into punk rock in 1984. The Ramones always impressed me with their style, blending a sense of humor with aggression and pop melody. I did not r…