The Country Wife - Theatre Review

Posted By Jen Brown

REVIEW by Jen Brown Virtic Emil Brown (l.), Michael Hovance, Jean Gilpin; Photo Credits: Garth Pillsbury. Nothing could be finer on a lovely Sunday afternoon than a bawdy romp around the park and Classical Theatre Lab's production of The Country ...

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Indie Films October 28 - November 3

Posted By Phil Sokoloff

LITTLE SISTER, THE WINDMILL, SHANGRI-LA SUITE, AND JACK'S APOCALYPSE BEGIN EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENTS AT ARENA CINEMA HOLLYWOOD ON OCTOBER 28 Little Sister. Comedy. Directed by Zach Clark. Written by Clark and Melodie Sisk. Produced by Clark, Sisk and ...

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The Devil You Know - Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

A review by Suzanne Birrell. L to R (rear) - James Patrick Stuart, Bill Watterson, Braxton Molinaro. Front - Larry Poindexter. Photos © 2016 Allen Corben & Suse Sternkopf The audience was united in bobbing their heads and smiling thru the music ...

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Reading Guide- Fall 2016

Posted By Suzanne

To get a start on your holiday gift buying or your own early fall reading, we offer the following Hollywood-related reading suggestions. Gourmet Ghosts 2 by James Bartlett James Bartlett wrote the first Gourmet Ghosts - Los Angeles after bar hopping ...

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The Girl on the Train - Film Review

Posted By Joan Alperin

A review by Joan Alperin. The first thing you're probably wondering is if I read the book. The answer to that is yes. And then you might be wondering did I like the book? The answer to that is No, I LOVED the book. The novel, in case you don't know, ...

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Diversity in Comedy Festival - Oct 21-23

Posted By Carrie-ann Pishnak

The Second City Hollywood Announces LA Diversity in Comedy Festival Line-Up For Immediate Release: Oct 6, 2016 - The Second City Hollywood is proud to announce the incredible line-up of artists headlining the first annual Diversity in Comedy Festival ...

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Birth of a Nation - Film Review

Posted By Joan Alperin

A review by Joan Alperin. I went to this screening dreading the brutality I knew I was about to witness. Films about slavery and the holocaust always have the same affect on me...They wipe me out emotionally and no many how many times I see movies ...

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Going... Going... Gone! Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

A review by Suzanne Birrell. Annie Abrams, Troy Metcalf, David Babich and Dennis Pearson, Photos by Ed Krieger Going... Going... Gone!, a new play by Emmy Award winning writer Ken Levine ( M*A*S*H*, Cheers, The Simpsons ) and directed by Andrew ...

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Skullduggery - Theatre Review

Posted By Joan Alperin

A review by Joan Alperin. Photos by Jessica Sherman Photography I have seen many productions at the Sacred Fools Theatre Company and have enjoyed everyone of them, except for this one. I absolutely LOVED their latest entitled SKULLDUGGERY. If there ...

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Skullduggery: A Musical Prequel to Hamlet.

Posted By Joshua Kahn

A review by Joshua Kahn. Hamlet gets the Wicked treatment in Sacred Fools' world premiere production of Skullduggery: A Musical Prequel to Hamlet. Written by Michael Shaw Fisher, the musical was born from a desire to tell the story of Claudius, ...

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From The Editor

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

Fall is here and as our visitors go home, thousands of students arrive or return to school. The air is electric, filled with dreams and possibilities. Venerable Los Angeles City College (LACC) is this year's focus for our Education Issue with its ...

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The Magnificent Seven - Film Review

Posted By Joan Alperin

A film review by Joan Alperin. I was so excited to see the remake of The Magnificent Seven when I heard that the wonderful action director, Antoine Fugua (' Training Day', 'The Equalizer' 'Southpaw ') was at the helm. His always takes it a step up ...

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Los Angeles Filmforum presents The Short Films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul Oct 21-22

Posted By Adam Hyman

Los Angeles Filmforum and UCLA Film & Television Archive presents A Million More Lights: The Short Films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul Friday, October 21 & Saturday, October 22, 2016 LOS ANGELES, September 20, 2016 - Los Angeles Filmforum, in ...

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L.A. Filmforum presents Kathy Rose: Performances and Rituals - Oct. 9

Posted By Adam Hyman

LosAngeles Filmforum presents Kathy Rose: Performances and Rituals On October 9 LOS ANGELES, September 23, 2016 - Kathy Rose is considered one of the world's leading animation and video artists. One of her movies, "Pencil Booklings", was selected as ...

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Out & About with Susan Hornik 9/24/16

Posted By Susan Hornik

Okay so you weren't one of the 7000 people invited to the Governors Ball to have a five star meal courtesy of Patina. Maybe your invite got lost in the mail. At least you didn't have to face the embarrassment of losing again, as so many of these Emmy ...

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Indie Films Oct 14 - 20

Posted By Phil Sokoloff

THE RIVER THIEF, NY84, JACK GOES HOME OPEN EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENTS ON OCTOBER 14 AT ARENA CINELOUNGE AT THE MONTALBAN The River Thief. Action/Adventure. Written and directed by N.D. Wilson. Produced by Aaron Rench. From Voltaire Media. (Color, 2016, ...

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Blueberry Toast - Theatre Review

Posted By Bill Garry

Michael Sturgis. Jacqueline Wright, Alexandra Freeman and Albert Dayan Photos by Darrett Sanders The Echo Theater Company -- Los Angeles' "Best Bet for Ballsy Original Plays" (L.A. Weekly) -- has come through again. " Blueberry Toast " is their world ...

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Indie Films Oct 7 - 13

Posted By Suzanne

PASSAGE TO MARS, GREEN IS GOLD, ASTRAEA OPEN EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENTS ON OCTOBER 7 AT ARENA CINELOUNGE AT THE MONTALBAN Passage to Mars. Adventure/Sci-Fi. Directed by Jean-Christophe Jeauffre. Written by Christophe and Pascal Lee. Produced by Jeuffre ...

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Generation Me - Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

A review by Suzanne Birrell. Generation Me a teen musical opened at the Hudson to an enthusiastic crowd. The story revolves around the suicide of a 16 boy and is cleverly interwoven between the weeks leading up to the tragedy and the week after. ...

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Mutual Philanthropy - Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

A review by Suzanne Birrell. James Macdonald, Brea Bee, Xochitl Romero, and Mark Carapezza, Photos by Lew Abramson Mutual Philanthropy is a multi-layered masterpiece. Written by Karen Rizzo and Directed by Dan Bonnell, Mutual Philanthropy is one of ...

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