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Since its original publication in 1843, Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol has been adapted many times for film, stage and television, in both musical and
Vincenzo Bellini's Norma arrived at the LA Opera last week for six performances through December 13th. Norma is set during the Roman Empire and tells
Marja-Lewis Ryan is taking a familiar approach with her storytelling in A Good Family. Once again, the playwright tackles a topical and emotionally charged subject and
Magic is literally in the air at the Woodlawn this holiday season with its terrific production of the beloved Broadway musical.
The most well-known musical version
Three adult brothers gather at their Dad's home for Christmas and goof around. When the youngest brother Drew (Frank Boyd) is overcome with emotion during their
A litany of thoughts and ideas are explored surrounding the human compulsion to join and to love, along with the various natures in our being from which those instincts might spring from in …
Here is my latest theater review for the critical website Stage Raw.
We recommend this fine play.
Happy reading!
The Kill-or-Dies.
Playwright Meghan Brown drops her audience into the swirlin…
With his impish smile and boyish, childlike glee, artist Michel Laprise comes across as a fun and genial person with a vast imagination. But the creator (writer and director) of KURIOS " …
Greetings dear #LAThtr fans!
Pauline Adamek from ArtsBeatLA.com presents Exit Reviews, a series of 'vlogs' or brief video reviews, giving her first impressions of the show.
Here's the…
Buddy Sampson, Bassist, Composer and Publisher of The Scoop LA.com, presents Jazz and Funk Night on Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at King King Hollywood to benefit Children's Hospi…
Most have heard of Forest Lawn Memorial Park " a privately owned cemetery in Glendale, California " but it's not widely known that the Forest Lawn Mausoleum Museum (founded in 1957) is not o…
Gentle readers and #LAThtr aficionadi,
Here follows my newest review for the critical website Stage Raw " which contains current arts and theater coverage from our intrepid team of journalis…
Dear #LAThtr fans!
Pauline Adamek from ArtsBeatLA presents Exit Reviews, a series of 'vlogs' or brief video reviews, giving her first impressions of the show.
Here's the newest Exit R…
The centuries-old tradition of the traveling show is brought to life in a charming production at San Antonio's AtticRep.
Taking a break from its regular fare of well-staged narrative dramas …
Feel-good holiday tunes, eggnog, and a sexy Santa named Fernando…?
America’s "Best Least-Known Lounge Act" Mack & Poppy will be appearing at Cavern Club Celebrity Theatre in …
With its themes of insanity, obsession, brotherhood, loss, capitalism, freedom " to name a few " Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is considered one of the great works of American literature. Epic…
Get your Speakeasy experience this month and support a great theater company as well!
The Robey Theatre Company is presenting a special event in November. The Naked Black Truth Speakeasy Cas…
Flashy car chases, colossal explosions, gorgeous International locations, hand-to-hand combat, glamorous women and dastardly villains " SPECTRE is the twenty-fourth movie in the acclaimed Bo…
Desolation. Deprivation. In a move that mirrored the incarceration of Jewish people, Gypsies, and numerous marginal groups into European concentration camps during World War II, the North Am…
It’s been six months since Pierre Huyghe, a retrospective of the French artist, closed at LACMA. But the thing about having living elements in a gallery is that their lives continue af…
Bold, ambitious and complex. A mobile opera for passengers in 24 limousines, where you sit opposite or next to the performers in transit. Hopscotch takes mini posses of audience members on a…
Writer/director James C. Strouse has fashioned a gentle dramedy about an illustrator grappling with an upheaval in his life. New Zealand comedy star Jemaine Clement (one of the Flight…
Entering the Matrix Theatre to see Ded! is a treat in itself. A calavera looms over the marquis, and two more giant calavera women are holding court in the entryway in their bright dresses. …
Speakeasy Society's The Hollow has me excited to watch this company grow, and feeling tingly about the future of immersive theatre in Los Angeles. The show is a piece of dinner theatre-cum-s…
Safe at Home: An Evening with Orson Bean.
This show is RECOMMENDED.
"There's a danger with one-man shows. What if you don't like the performer? You're screwed." I'm paraphrasin…
