Adapter-performer Brian T. Finney has adapted Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness in what Paul Birchall describes as "hypnotic." It's this week's pick of the week. Neal Weaver found charm and passion in Actors' Co-op's revival of The Miracle Worker. See below for all the latest new theater reviews. ... More >>
One Night With Janis provides some nostalgic comfort food
Lost Moon Radio did another bang-up job hosting the 34th annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards Monday night. (See the full list of L.A. Weekly Theater Award winners here.) Thanks to Lauren Ludwig, Trish Hadley and the LMR troupe for their talent, and thanks for all the kind missives from people who had ... More >>
Pycho-sexual spectacles got nods from our critics this week, including Illyrian Players' Lord Blackberry's Apocalypse and our Pick of the Week, Tender Napalm. Nice reviews also for Doma Theatre Company's Dreamgirls at the MET, Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice at A Noise Within, Latino Theatre Company's Melacho ... More >>
Wine and cheese; scotch and cigars; tequila and...more tequila: Good things come in pairs, and drinks are no exception. Our personal favorite? Beer and music. As card-carrying beer nerds, we couldn't be more excited that Monday kicked off American Craft Beer Week; and, as your trusted music ... More >>
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His country blues draws more from rural Appalachia than urban California
Plus, Hecuba, James Pants, Angus & Julia Stone and others
Black is the new white
What to do in L.A., December 12-18
For the Week of Sept. 21-27
For the week of September 13 – 20
On the far side with David Allan Coe and Billy Joe Shaver
Martin Scorsese’s blue Christmas
Poetry and Los Angeles at the Millennium
