Friday, October 21, 2011
Calling all Dr. Beverly Crusher fans! Here is a link to my interview with the lovely and charming Gates McFadden, now Artistic Director of the Ensemble Studio Theatre of Los Angeles (EST/LA)…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:32PM[SHARE]Gates McFadden was a TV model at the age of five. Now that she's the artistic director of Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA, she's able to express her feelings about highly pressured childhoods…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:39PM[SHARE]A unique and electrifying collaboration between traditional Indian dance (Kathak) and Tap dance set to Jazz music, India Jazz Suites tears up the floor tonight and tomorrow evening, only. Ch…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:52PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 20, 2011
Dear readers, here is a link to my theatre review for this week’s LA Weekly, a sweet musical tribute to a former flatmate now playing at the Black Dahlia Theatre, on Pico Blvd. Written…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:12PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 18, 2011
The first SUR: Biennial in Los Angeles, organized by Outpost for Contemporary Art and Rio Hondo College, is set for Oct. 20 " Nov. 18, 2011, under the curatorship of Ronald Lopez. SUR: Bienn…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:33PM[SHARE]New on the scene is quirky young actor Miles Teller, who last year immediately gained notice in his first feature film, Rabbit Hole, playing opposite Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart. Judging…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:41PM[SHARE]Monday, October 17, 2011
Once again Wicked Lit returns to their ghoulish location of the Mountain View Mausoleum and Cemetery to present six adaptations of horror literature in full theatrical productions. Chilling …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:32PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 16, 2011
Dazzling spectacle, breathtaking artistry, effortless grace and elegance " superlatives just keep flowing when you are experiencing Cirque du Soleil's $100 million dollar show Iris now playi…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:29PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Subliminal Projects presents Less is More, an important group exhibition of minimalist works by artists Clytie Alexander, Edith Baumann, Jow, Larry Bell, Scot Heywood, Sol LeWitt, Bertil Pet…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Tits, boobs, melons, jugs, bazookas " whatever you want to call them, Busting Out! is a comedy sketch show all about female assets. An uplifting celebration of bouncy songs and wobbly jokes,…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PM[SHARE]Monday, October 10, 2011
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery presents Five Elements/One World curated by Avinger Nelson, in association with Lantern of the East, Los Angeles (LELA). Running from October 13th until Nov…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PM[SHARE]Friday, October 7, 2011
Opening tonight at Meltdown Gallery in L.A. is I Want My Music Video Art Show, curated by music video auteur Chris Maars Piliero and Dave MacDowell. The exhibit f…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 6, 2011
Silent Roar is a full-length multimedia 'cirque-like'Â theatre piece depicting the story of a family of whales and its perilous journey down and up the coasts of the North American contine…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:50PM[SHARE]Virtuoso, rising star violinist Tim Fain will be premiering his collaboration with legendary composer Phillip Glass on Sunday October 9th, at 4:00pm as part of Portals, an evening-length, mu…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:00PM[SHARE]Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel " America's favorite sitcom foursome are performing live on stage and in color for the very first time! Making its world premiere is I Love Lucy® Live on Stage…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 01:19PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Gentle readers, my theatre review this week for the LA Weekly is for Pat Harrington, Howard Storm and the late Michael Rhodes' gentle comedy about friendships and growing old, Jimmy &…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:00PM[SHARE] Ever wondered how a lighting designer makes magic? I interviewed two LDs who have been nominated for Ovation Awards. To read my interview with Jeremy Pivnick and Kenneth Booth, go her…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Ovation-nominated lighting designers Jeremy Pivnick (A Wither's Tale) and Ken Booth (A House Not Meant to Stand and The Train Driver) shed some light on their methods and their careers. Seve…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:22PM[SHARE]A must-see if you are a Tim Burton fan is this gorgeous, exhaustive and idiosyncratic exhibition. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents a major retrospective exploring the fu…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:00PM[SHARE]Art block party on Weddington! Saturday, October 8th, 8-11pm. The Brothers Grimm's collection of dark folktales serves as inspiration for this unique group exhibition featuring artists:…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:00PM[SHARE]Monday, October 3, 2011
Curated by Deborah Willis, Posing Beauty in African American Culture explores the contested ways in which African and African American beauty have been represented in historical and contempo…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:49PM[SHARE]Who doesn’t “Love Lucy?!” I Love Lucy " Live On Stage is now playing at the Greenway Court Theatre in West Hollywood (right near the Farmers' Markets) and it's a rea…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:27PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 2, 2011
Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center announces the eighth season of this international dance series. Seven companies representing the United States, Spain, Brazil, the Nethe…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:11PM[SHARE]Friday, September 30, 2011
There's a tsunami of retrospective art coming our way, on track to engulf LA. Over the next six months, more than sixty (60!) museums and arts venues, from Santa Barbara to San Diego, will f…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:42PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 29, 2011
Muffins and basil bushes become metaphors for two destroyed marriages and a quartet of shattered friendships in LA theatre darling Theresa Rebeck's comedic domestic drama Poor Behavior, maki…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:24PM[SHARE] Gentle readers, this week’s theatre review for the LA Weekly is a rave for Kristina Poe's savagely funny and astonishingly perceptive play, Love Sick about a rejected woman on a…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:27PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 27, 2011
The Fifth World Festival of Sacred Music (WFSM) will feature an astonishing 832 Artists who will be performing in thirty-two events devoted to sacred music and dance. The Festival's intentio…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 25, 2011
no venue no schedule no charge That's the motto for Flash Theater L.A. " a new theatrical venture being produced by Playwrights' Arena. Flash Theater L.A. is a hybrid of flash …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:00PM[SHARE]Friday, September 23, 2011
Taylor Lautner, the hunky young co-star of the Twilight movie series, has graduated to leading man status. Lautner goes full throttle for his first solo vehicle, not only taking on the kind …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 22, 2011
This week I have a rave review in the LA Weekly – A Widow of No Importance is a super-fun comedy by a new playwright, Shane Sakhrani, and directed brilliantly by Shaheen Vaaz. Presente…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:46PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 21, 2011
"Less yackin', more wackin'!" That's what fight director David Woolley sometimes says to his students when teaching them how to devise fight scenes. This is exactly what I wanted to say thro…
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