Did you ever see a show that left your cheeks aching from too much laughter? The smash-hit, home-grown comedy musical Reefer Madness just got extended for another month, so now’s the time to grab some tickets...
Welcome to Watching the Dark, a regular column featuring essays, articles and reviews about horror films. Written by Terry Morgan. Longlegs in cinemas This is the third piece of a three-part series on the work...
Currently on view at The Hammer Museum in Westwood are four summer modern art exhibitions. My review will focus on two of those. “Refashioning: CFGNY & Wataru Tominaga” on view from June 9 – August 4...
The first time I read Jon Robin Baitz’s 1991 play, The Substance of Fire, and later saw the film made from it, I liked it. I wasn’t alone – the success of that play catapulted Baitz into theater stardom and...
Old California is known for its retro-style lighting fixtures and fine home goods. The company look to the past for inspiration, and so their product design is informed by giants in the annals of architecture and design...
The illegitimate daughter of a farmer, Eva (Evita) Perón concealed her shameful past as she rose to be Argentina’s First Lady. Her work as an activist for Argentina’s women and working-class conflicted with her opulent...
It may be less well known now, but back in the 1960s, the character of surfer girl Gidget was popular and influential, the subject of novels, films and TV series starring the likes of Sandra Dee and Sally Field. The...
Last night in L.A., the place to be was the Hollywood Bowl. Legendary hip hop outfit The Roots hosted a concert celebrating the legacy of hip hop music and the resulting collab was an event that was off the chain! For...
Tiny Father, written by Mike Lew, feels like one of those plays based on real events that the playwright feels compelled to illuminate. The story begins in a low-lit but sterile-looking hospital room. A man is nervously...
On Saturday July 6th, Beck teams up with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (Steven Reineke, conducting) to deliver a one-of-a-kind live performance at the Hollywood Bowl. Beck Hansen, known mononymously as Beck, is widely...
An inspired mash-up between two works, The Comet / Poppea is a new opera from The Industry, conceived by company founder and co-artistic director, Yuval Sharon, and composed by George Lewis, with libretto by poet...
In D.W. Griffith’s 1919 feature film Broken Blossoms, a young girl, Lucy Burrows, is abused by her alcoholic prizefighting father, Battling Burrows. She meets Cheng Huan, a kind-hearted Chinese man who falls in...
A high point of every Summer, the Santa Fe Opera season is hugely anticipated each year. This year’s season reflects the Santa Fe Opera’s commitment to a diverse repertoire and promises a rich lineup across...
Giacomo Puccini’s lush and exotic Turandot is widely considered to be one of the grandest of grand operas. An opera in three acts, it was composed by Puccini to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni...
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