Only a few performances remain for The Queen of Colors, a delightful, hour-long play for small children now playing at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. This ingenious and…
Hello dear readers and #LAThtr aficionadi, Here follows my latest review for the critical website Stage Raw " which contains current arts and theater coverage from our intrepid te…
American TV and film actor and musician John Uhler “Jack” Lemmon IIIÂ (February 8, 1925 " June 27, 2001)Â was one of the great 20th century film actors, a master of comedy an…
Kicking off with an opening night premier party tomorrow night, the 20th Annual Los Angeles Art Show runs from January 14"18, 2015 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown L.A. TheÂ…
Clown Bar is an absolutely bizarre bit of madness about clowns that plays Thursday nights only in Pasadena. Labeled "clown noir," and based on the premise of a bar run by and for clowns, in …
The 'Taken' franchise of action dramas, starring a fit and towering Liam Neeson as an imposing ex-CIA / Black Ops hard-man, rivals Die Hard for its taut storylines and mind-blowing smash-'em…
This Sunday, the Skirball Cultural Center is holding the first of two salon events that complement their major fall exhibition, Light & Noir: Exiles and Emigres in Hollywood, 1933-195…
A showbiz couple and their family of rescue pups delight in an exquisitely appointed hilltop home in Sherman Oaks. As you drive up the winding streets off rustic Benedict Canyon, it is easy …
By the late nineteenth century, we find Paris " the "City of Lights" " at its most glittering. The long depression is over, and an exciting era "La Belle Epoque"Â " as it would come to be …
Paris " the magical city of light. If you've ever had the opportunity to visit the glittering capital city of France, then you'll know this mythical metropolis thrillingly lives up to its le…
The Almighty Johnsons is an entertaining, if preposterous, New Zealand-produced TV series (it lasted three seasons) that is skewed towards the young and impressionable. Expect a lot of frank…
Special sneak peek! This Saturday only, die-hard fans of the hit TV series on PBS, Downton Abbey, will have the golden opportunity to attend a special advanced screening of the popular perio…
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Noël Coward's wonderfully daffy supernatural comedy Blithe Spirit is now playing at the Ahmanson, in downtown Los Angeles, with the marvelous (almost) nonagenarian Angela Lansbury portray…
Learn about comic history and enjoy some great cocktails this Sunday night! For one night only, Captured Aural Phantasy Theater " LA's original comic book performance group " presents…
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Tony award-winning musical comes to the screen in a lavish and beautifully mounted version. Sondheim purists always wince when a film adaptation of…
The crooner/actor, Bing Crosby (1903-1977), became an American cultural icon rather early in his career, when he sang (or crooned, a useful codeword for romantic sexuality in the voice) over…
Dear readers and #LAThtr aficionadi, Here follows my latest review for the critical website Stage Raw — which contains the latest arts and theater coverage from our intrepid team of jo…
One thing is for sure: Los Angeles is not now, nor has it ever been, renowned for its whole-hearted support for the artistic world of ballet. A shame, for outsider dance is very much appreci…
It's not often that the abrupt extinguishing of stage lights at the end of Act One elicits an audible and nervous gasp from the audience, but that's what happened when the plot of Luna Gale …
Dear #LAThtr fans! Here is an intro and link to my latest theater review for the critical website Stage Raw which contains the latest arts and theater coverage from our intrepid team …
Steven Sondheim's masterpiece of intelligent writing (music and lyrics), Into The Woods, has been given a substantial production by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and imported to the Walli…
Evocative and dreamy " three performances remain for Florencia en el Amazonas, the stunning and romantic modern opera composed by Daniel Catán, with a libretto by Marcela Fuentes-Berain. …
This PBS documentary enshrining the late Robin Williams' path into television and film history is a sober reminder of how even the best comics in the world often suffer from intense depressi…
A unique holiday play about love and sacrifice, created from stories shared by members of the University Park immigrant community during workshops with professional theater artists, is playi…