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Thursday, November 26, 2015

"The Kill-or-Dies" " latest review for Stage Raw " Los Angeles theater review by Pauline Adamek

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…

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Monday, November 23, 2015

Interview with Michel Laprise " writer & director of "KURIOS " Cabinet of Curiositiesâ„¢," Cirque du Soleil's newest show by Pauline Adamek

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 " …

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Exit Review " "Outside Mullingar" " Los Angeles theater video review by Pauline Adamek

  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…

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Jazz and Funk Night " at King King in Hollywood by Pauline Adamek

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…

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Friday, November 20, 2015

Forest Lawn Mausoleum Museum by Pauline Adamek

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…

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

"Timeshare" " newest review for Stage Raw " Los Angeles theater review by Pauline Adamek

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…

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Monday, November 16, 2015

Exit Review " "The Kill-or-Dies" " Los Angeles theater video review by Pauline Adamek

  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…

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Thursday, November 12, 2015

Mack & Poppy " Let it Snow " Los Angeles cabaret theater report by Pauline Adamek

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 …

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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Dazzling staging " LA Opera's "Moby Dick" " Los Angeles opera review by Pauline Adamek

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…

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Friday, November 6, 2015

"Naked Black Truth Speakeasy Casino Night" " Los Angeles theater fundraising report by Pauline Adamek

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…

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Thursday, November 5, 2015

"SPECTRE" entertains on a massive scale " Los Angeles film review by Pauline Adamek

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…

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Monday, November 2, 2015

"Manzanar: The Wartime Photographs of Ansel Adams" now on exhibit at the Skirball " Los Angeles art photography review by Pauline Adamek

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…

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

"Hopscotch" " a unique, mobile opera traveling through East LA " Los Angeles opera review by Pauline Adamek

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…

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"People, Places, Things" " Los Angeles film review by Pauline Adamek

  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…

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Monday, October 26, 2015

Latest review for Stage Raw " "Safe at Home: An Evening with Orson Bean" at the Eclectic " Los Angeles theater review by Pauline Adamek

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…

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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

by Pauline Adamek

  Every year, when Halloween rolls around, the Deco District's Woodlawn Theatre brings Frank-N-Furter and his gang back to roaring life in its raucous production of The Rocky Horror Sho…

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

"Carrie the KILLER Musical" " Los Angeles musical theater review by Pauline Adamek

Now playing at the Los Angeles Theatre is Carrie the Musical, an exciting musical production, packed with great songs, fantastic voices and performances, and a compelling storyline. Most peo…

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Monday, October 19, 2015

Lawren Harris at the Hammer Museum " Los Angeles art exhibition review by Pauline Adamek

Comedian, actor and musician and modest art collector Steven Martin has made his first foray into art curation with a new art exhibit at the Hammer Museum; The Idea of North: The Paintings o…

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Thursday, October 15, 2015

"Seven Spots on the Sun" " Los Angeles theater review by Pauline Adamek

Martín Zimmerman's one-act drama Seven Spots on the Sun explores the impulse of revenge, and the notion of redemption, against the backdrop of a horrifying civil war. The lives of two cou…

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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Exit Review " "Carrie the Musical" " Los Angeles theater video review by Pauline Adamek

Greetings dear #LAThtr fans! Pauline Adamek from ArtsBeatLA.com presents Exit Reviews, a series of 'vlogs' or video reviews. Here's the newest Exit Review for the play Carrie The Musical, wh…

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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Ishiuchi Miyako: Postwar Shadows " Photography exhibition at the Getty Museum by Pauline Adamek

The first major exhibition in the United States of photography by Japanese artist Ishiuchi Miyako, as well as the first time in many of these works are on view, Ishiuchi Miyako: Postwar Shad…

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Monday, October 12, 2015

GRAND AVE ARTS: ALL ACCESS " Los Angeles art and concert event report by Pauline Adamek

GRAND AVE ARTS: ALL ACCESS LA’s home for world-class arts and culture is Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles. The venues that line this street are set to turn inside out with open reh…

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Friday, October 9, 2015

Exit Review " Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra "Cinderella" " Los Angeles theater video review by Pauline Adamek

  Hello ballet and #LAThtr fans! Pauline Adamek from ArtsBeatLA.com presents Exit Reviews, a series of 'vlogs' or video reviews. Here's the newest Exit Review for the Mariinsky Ballet a…

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Newest review for Stage Raw " "Wombat Man: The Cereal Murders" at the Eclectic " Los Angeles theater review by Pauline Adamek

  Wombat Man: The Cereal Murders The newest offering at the quirky Eclectic Company Theatre in North Hollywood is Wombat Man: The Cereal Murders, written, directed and produced by Chris…

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Thursday, October 8, 2015

"Appropriate" " Los Angeles theater review by Pauline Adamek

In Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' domestic drama Appropriate, three siblings squabble over an inheritance, piling on the recriminations. It's well-trodden terrain for many playwrights and screenwri…

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Monday, October 5, 2015

"Carrie The Musical" " opening at the historic Los Angeles Theatre on October 8 " Los Angeles musical theater interview report by Pauline Adamek

"We're bringing Broadway back to Broadway!" So claims Jack W. Batman, co-producer, along with Bruce Robert Harris, of Carrie The Musical, which opens at the historic Los Angeles Theatre on O…

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Saturday, October 3, 2015

Exit Review " "uCarmen" " Los Angeles theater video review by Pauline Adamek

Hello dear #LAThtr fans! Pauline Adamek from ArtsBeatLA.com presents Exit Reviews, a series of 'vlogs' or video reviews. Here's the newest Exit Review for the play uCarmen, which opened last…

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Friday, October 2, 2015

"The Sound of Music" " at the Ahmanson Theatre " Los Angeles musical theater review by Pauline Adamek

Heavenly harmonies, a singing nun and a passel of adorable children " family entertainment doesn't get more wholesome than The Sound of Music, which opened this week at the Ahmanson Theatre …

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Thursday, October 1, 2015

"The Ghoulmaster's Haunted Playhouse" " latest review for Stage Raw " Los Angeles theater review by Pauline Adamek

Greetings dear fans of #LAThtr. Here is my newest theater review for Stage Raw, the critical theater site. We recommend this spooky stage  production: The Ghoulmaster’s Haunted Play…

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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Story Pirates & Family Art Day " October 10th at Pepperdine University " Los Angeles theater report by Pauline Adamek

Everyone has a story to tell — even kids! Story Pirates bring their all-ages sketch-comedy musical magic to Smothers Theatre at Pepperdine University on Saturday, October 10 at 11 a.m.…

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Friday, September 25, 2015

"Cinderella" " The Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra perform at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in October " Los Angeles ballet theater report by Pauline Adamek

One of the most powerful classical story-ballets, Alexei Ratmanky’s Cinderella, will grace the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion stage on October 8-11, 2015 as Russia’s world-renowned Ma…

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