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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Scott Short's paintings at Christopher Grimes Gallery by Pauline Adamek

Christopher Grimes Gallery in Santa Monica is currently presenting an exhibition of new paintings by Scott Short. Expanding upon a precise and highly laborious art making technique, Short's …

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LA Weekly Theatre review " Days of Wine and Roses by Pauline Adamek

Hello readers, Here is a link to this week’s review of JP Miller’s emotional drama from the 1960s, Days of Wine and Roses, now playing at the Lounge Theatre in Hollwyood.   …

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ERT's Raisin in the Sun at CTG/Kirk Douglas Theatre by Pauline Adamek

Ebony Repertory Theatre’s highly successful production A Raisin in the Sun, is being handsomely re-mounted at the CTG’s Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. At the helm of this p…

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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Violinist Nigel Armstrong debuts with LACO by Pauline Adamek

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), noted for discovering and showcasing stellar young artists early their careers, presents the dynamic and uniquely talented 21-year-old violinist Nigel A…

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Sunday, January 15, 2012

WinterFest 2012 by Pauline Adamek

WinterFest 2012 " Immerse yourself in some new theatre. Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA is currently presenting three weeks of non-stop staged readings: 47 plays in 18 days including new works by…

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Butoh performance at Getty " one night only " Kalpa by Pauline Adamek

*** STOP PRESS: This show was booked out, but check for newly-released tickets *** Kicking off the Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival, this major new site-specific com…

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Friday, January 13, 2012

Tom Hiddleston talks about Spielberg and War Horse by Pauline Adamek

Likely to be a three-hanky weepie, featuring stunning photography by Janusz Kaminski and an original score from John Williams, is a new picture directed by Steven Spielberg. In War Horse a y…

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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Filthy Talk and naked beauties " at City Garage by Pauline Adamek

One of Neil LaBute's earliest produced plays, Filthy Talk For Troubled Times, is currently being given a brand new treatment by City Garage over at the Bergamot Station art complex. In a sav…

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Mudfest goes to Hollywood by Pauline Adamek

Get a taste of Australian cinema! MudFest has been announced as an Official Satellite Event of the G'Day USA Festivities, with a special evening of all-Australian short films being screened …

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LA Weekly Theatre review for this week " Noises Off by Pauline Adamek

Dear readers, This week I covered the reprise of Michael Frayn’s rollicking British farce, Noises Off, being re-staged by the repertory company A Noise Within at their new Pasadena dig…

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

An insighful memoir " Anaïs Nin: The Last Days by Pauline Adamek

Barbara Kraft's sensitive memoir, Anaïs Nin: The Last Days, captures the humanity, mortality and essence of one of the twentieth century's most celebrated and yet mysterious literary figu…

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Dream a Little Dream: Artists in Film " Getty by Pauline Adamek

The myth of the artist has been a popular theme for filmmakers since the dawn of cinema. On January 14"15, the Getty Museum will present Dream a Little Dream: Artists in Film, a series of fi…

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Monday, January 9, 2012

photo l.a. by Pauline Adamek

The longstanding photo l.a. returns to the historic Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for its 21st edition on Thursday, January 12 – Monday, January 16, 2012. Continuing the discourse o…

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I Love Lucy " live on stage " extended by Pauline Adamek

Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel are set to return to the Greenway Court Theatre. I Love Lucy® Live on Stage has extended its highly successful run and the sold-out musical comedy returns  …

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Sunday, January 8, 2012

Fun and frothy " Fruit Fly at Celebration Theatre by Pauline Adamek

  Star of stage and screen (most notably his Emmy-award winning role as Beverley Leslie on TV's Will and Grace and as Emma Stone's boss at the newspaper in the movie The Help), Leslie J…

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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

LaBute's Filthy Talk " interviews for LA Stage Times by Pauline Adamek

  Gentle readers, here is a link to my interview with Neil LaBute for a new staging of an old play, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times, opening this weekend at City Garage, at Bergamot Stat…

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City Garage Sets LaBute's Filthy Talk in a Gallery by Pauline Adamek

City Garage revives an early Neil LaBute play, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times: Scenes of Intolerance, but re-locates it from a topless bar to a high-end art gallery, befitting City Garage's …

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Sunday, January 1, 2012

LA Weekly's book round up for 2011 by Pauline Adamek

  The LA Weekly published submissions from several of its writers based on ‘Favorite book you read this year.’   Click this link and scroll down to see my choice.  …

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ANW's Noises Off " reprised at new digs by Pauline Adamek

A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, brings its hit production of Michael Frayn's hilarious farce Noises Off to its new Pasadena theatre for a brief run f…

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Friday, December 30, 2011

Evocative postcards " Home.Sweet.Home by Pauline Adamek

Opening next week is an art exhibition at the Robert Berman Gallery, found within the art enclave Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, that pairs Gerald Slota's collage/photography with short p…

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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Stephen Sachs' play Bakersfield Mist
 optioned for London
, Broadway
 by Pauline Adamek

  Bakersfield Mist, the new play by Fountain Theatre co-artistic director Stephen Sachs, has been optioned by multiple Tony award-winning producer Sonia Friedman for productions in Lond…

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Memorable Theatre Moments " LA Weekly by Pauline Adamek

A few of us from the Weekly wrote about our Memorable Theatre Moments Mine was from the opening night performance of Vivien, starring Judith Chapman. Enjoy! When Audiences Attack Opening nig…

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Newest LA Weekly theatre review " Askance by Pauline Adamek

Gentle readers, here is this week’s theatre review for the LA Weekly, of playwright Kerr Seth Lordygan’s new melodrama,   Askance   now playing at the Eclectic Theatre …

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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Exhilarating " Fela! by Pauline Adamek

Pounding rhythms, colorful tribal costumes, exquisitely light and authentic African choreography, visually stunning staging and politically charged lyrics " Fela! is a biographical funk conc…

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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Laughs abound in A Christmas Westside Story by Pauline Adamek

  What more can be said about the Troubadour Theatre Company, who each year bring their own hilariously warped and satirical style of musical comedy to a beloved Christmas tale?  Thi…

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Butoh performance at Getty " one night only by Pauline Adamek

Kicking off the Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival, this major new site-specific commission by Hirokazu Kosaka transforms the Getty Center's Arrival Plaza into a sculp…

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Monday, December 19, 2011

No Title by Pauline Adamek

  The Museum of Contemporary Art presents Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles, the first museum survey devoted to the work that the tabloid photographer known as Weegee produced in S…

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Sunday, December 18, 2011

For LA Weekly " Bob Cratchit and Mr. Tightwad by Pauline Adamek

  Hello dear readers!  Here is a link to this week’s theatre review for the LA Weekly, BOB CRATCHIT & MR. TIGHTWAD   Or you can read it here – Katrina Wood’…

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Friday, December 16, 2011

TONIGHT only " Light Up Nippon by Pauline Adamek

The Japan Foundation has produced a documentary film about a memorial project created to honor the tens of thousands who lost their lives in the Tohoku region of Japan in the Great East Japa…

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Los Angeles Master Chorale performs Handel's Messiah by Pauline Adamek

The Los Angeles Master Chorale wraps its holiday programming with a "traditional" concert version of Handel's Messiah on Sunday, December 18, 2011, 7 pm, at Walt Disney Concert Hall.  Con…

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Monday, December 12, 2011

Nativity! The Musical by Pauline Adamek

It's still the age-old story: a boy and girl go to Bethlehem, Herod goes postal, Caesar goes Vegas, baby, the Occupy Bethlehem encampment stinks to high heaven and well, we're not really sur…

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