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  • Music

    February 2, 2012

    Music Picks: Coldplay, Estelle, Joss Stone, Lana Del Rey

    Also, Enuff Z'Nuff, Gizzelle, Goliath and others

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Henry Rollins: The Column! Copping MP3s For 
Free Is Not Cool

    [Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] See also "People Who Pirate Music Are Assholes" Yesterday, I met up with a longtime pal, a v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    R.I.P. Gil Bernal; Los Angeles Tenor Sax Great is Dead

    ​Obituary by Jonny Whiteside Tenor sax veteran Gil Bernal died on Sunday of congestive heart failure. He was 80. Bernal was an incomparable Los Angeles jazz musician who began his professional career with swing kingpin Lionel Hampton in 1950, and played and collaborated with everyone from Ray ... More >>

  • LA Life

    May 19, 2011

    Julie Ingram: Rockin' the Cradle

    ​Obituary by Jonny Whiteside Tenor sax veteran Gil Bernal died on Sunday of congestive heart failure. He was 80. Bernal was an incomparable Los Angeles jazz musician who began his professional career with swing kingpin Lionel Hampton in 1950, and played and collaborated with everyone from Ray ... More >>

  • Music

    September 16, 2010

    Music Picks: Grizzly Bear, Muse, Dark Dark Dark, the Charlatans UK

    Also, Tonya Watts, Modeselektor, Heart and others

  • Calendar

    August 5, 2010

    TWO PRINCES AND A KING

    Also, Tonya Watts, Modeselektor, Heart and others

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Stage Raw: Unknown Future, Theater on Seward Closes Its Doors

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Lieutenant of Inishmore and A Tale Told by an IdiotAN UNKNOWN FUTURE: Theater on Seward Closes its Doors John Fleck performs tonight (Thursday), 8 p.m. with his sardonic one-man comedy about Trader Joe's (and points beyond), Side E ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Stage Raw: Pasadena Playhouse Emerges from Bankruptcy

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE on KING LEARCAPTURED AURAL PHANTASY THEATER ​CAPT presents a special event tonight (Friday) night, Hooray for Hollywood Extravaganza, celebrating the legends of Our Fair City, In a style mixing radio and vaudeville. The Galler ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Stage Raw: Wuthering "Heights"

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE ON THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGEWUTHERING "HEIGHTS"​Lin-Manuel Miranda stars in his own Broadway hit, In The Heights, now at the Pantages. Photo by Joan Marcus "Wuthering" actually means windy not withering. Though the former is preval ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Stage Raw: The Other Festivals

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCurrent STAGE FEATURE on Anton Chekhov's 150th Birthday BashTHE OTHER FESTIVALS Running concurrently with the Hollywood Fringe (June 17-27) is Arts Olympus (June 17-20) on board the Queen Mary in Long Beach. AO includes a contemporary Russian exhib ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Lieber & Stoller Sign Copies of Their Autobiography at Book Soup: Five Essential Songs

    Tonight at Book Soup legendary LA born songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller will sign copies of their new book, Hound Dog: The Leiber & Stoller Autobiography. In this week's print edition, writer David Cotner runs down the deal: Responsible for some of the truly great pop songs of the 20th ce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    Stage Raw: The Rehearsal

    AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, THIS COMING WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, this week's INTERVIEW with playwright Richard GreenbergTHE REHEARSAL is this week's Theater PickThe Rehearsal Photo by Craig SchwartzNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK In French dramatist Jean Anouilh's scintillating 1958 play, The Re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    Stage Raw: The Seafarer

    AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS  NEW REVIEW: THE SEAFARER at the Geffen PlayhouseJohn Mahoney and Andrew Connolly in The Seafarer Photo by Michael LamontNEW REVIEW GO THE SEAFARER If you're seeking innovation in the theater, look elsewhere. Conor McPherson's I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Stage Raw: Land of the Tigers

    CLICK HERE FOR COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLAND OF THE TIGERS IS THIS WEEK'S PICKLand of the Tigers Photo by Jon Beauregard Noises OnCool Cats and Hot ActorsAct 1 of the Burglars of Hamm's hilarious and thought provoking comedy, Land of the Tigers, outlandishly crosses Cats with Planet of the Ape ... More >>

  • Stage

    March 26, 2009

    Musicals Currently Playing in L.A.

    CLICK HERE FOR COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLAND OF THE TIGERS IS THIS WEEK'S PICKLand of the Tigers Photo by Jon Beauregard Noises OnCool Cats and Hot ActorsAct 1 of the Burglars of Hamm's hilarious and thought provoking comedy, Land of the Tigers, outlandishly crosses Cats with Planet of the Ape ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Stage Raw: Photograph 51

    THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY AWARDS, HOSTED BY JAKE BRODER AND VANESSA CLAIRE SMITH (OF LOUIS & KEELY: LIVE AT THE SAHARA) IS HAPPENING  AT THE EL REY ONE WEEK FROM TODAY, MONDAY NIGHT MARCH 30. DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 P.M.,  AND NO IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO RSVP OR BUY TICKETS.BRODER AND SMITH ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Stage Raw: Grease

    L.A.DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS TONIGHT AT EL PORTALL.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT AT THE EL REYPURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES GREASE at the PantagesGrease Photo by Joan MarcusNEW REVIEW GREASE Born of NBC's re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    Stage Raw: Before Kirk Douglas Forgets

    PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH AT THE EL REY; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES. BEFORE I FORGETKirk Douglas in Before I Forget. Photo by Craig Schwartz The gift in Kirk Douglas' one-man show, Before I Forget,  that opened over the weekend in the theater name ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2009

    Stage Raw: Getting Physical

    DRACULADracula is this week's Pick. See review by pressing the Continue Reading tab at the bottom of this section. (All New Reviews are embedded within the Comprehensive Theater Listings.) Photo by Michael Lamont GETTING PHYSICAL Two bills of physical comedy are being performed at Sacred Fool ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    Stage Raw: Bohemian Cowboy

    BOHEMIAN COWBOY is this week's Pick of the Week Crossing the Center Line A father heads into the desert, never to return By Steven Leigh MorrisThe original title of Raymond King Shurtz's one-man show was The Gospel of Irony ― which would have been a particularly ironic title, had it stuck, s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    Stage Raw: Film

    FILM is this week's Pick of the Week. Photo by Darrett Sanders Failing Better The Absurdists' convention Local playwright Patrick McGowan's new play, Film, has no right to be as good as it is. The central character is the late theater director Alan Schneider (Bill Robens) -- known for stagi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    Stage Raw: Candida

    CANDIDA Candida at the Colony Theatre is this week's Pick. Photo by Michael Lamont. At your fingertips: The 30th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards NOMINEES.Tickets for nominee's guests and for the general public can now be purchased via  http://tinyurl.com/theaterawardsReviewed this we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Stage Raw: Monsters and Prodigies

    Reviewed this week: Pippin at the Mark Taper Forum; Jack Chandlers' new comedy-mystery, Murder on the Bounding Main, at Sierra Madre Playhouse; a dance-rock fusion, Vibrating Sun, at Unknown Theatre; Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble's staging fof Macbeth; Echo One-Act Festival at Stage 52; Furious Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2009

    Stage Raw: Unpronouncable

    THEATER AWARDS UPDATE Here is the complete list of NOMINEES for the 30th annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards, being held Monday, March 30 at the El Rey. Admission for nominees is free; nominee RSVPs are now being accepted at (310) 574-7208. Tickets for guests and members of the public go on sale ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 7, 2008

    Howlin' Blues and Dirty Dogs

    THEATER AWARDS UPDATE Here is the complete list of NOMINEES for the 30th annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards, being held Monday, March 30 at the El Rey. Admission for nominees is free; nominee RSVPs are now being accepted at (310) 574-7208. Tickets for guests and members of the public go on sale ... More >>

  • Stage

    August 7, 2008

    Theater Reviews: Gulls, Mrs. Warren's Profession, Howlin' Blues and Dirty Dogs

    Also Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer and more

  • Calendar

    August 7, 2008

    Howlin' Blues & Dirty Dogs

    Also Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer and more

  • Music

    April 17, 2008

    Ash Grove: The Other Side of Melrose

    Think the "freak folk" movement is a new conceit?

  • Music

    December 13, 2007

    Rock Picks: RZA, Etta James, Zola Moon, Tori Amos, The Monolators

    For the week of December 14 - 20

  • Art+Books

    February 13, 2003

    Black Like Me

    Eminem, Elvis and Greg Tate’s Everything but the Burden

  • News

    January 24, 2002

    Letters

    Eminem, Elvis and Greg Tate’s Everything but the Burden

  • Music

    May 31, 2001

    Heathen Angel

    The gospel according to Simon Stokes

  • Music

    April 19, 2001

    Nasty Gal

    The gospel according to Simon Stokes

  • Music

    November 12, 1998

    Corridos Prohibidos

    Los Tigres del Norte, Idolos del Pueblo

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