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  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Davy Jones, Monkees' Frontman, Is Dead

    Singer-songwriter Davy Jones, best known for his stint in The Monkees, died today in his sleep at his home in Indiantown, Florida of a massive heart attack. He was 66 years old. While primarily associated with The Monkees and their eponymous television show, Jones enjoyed a solo career arguably more ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    January 19, 2012

    L.A. Observed Preview

    Thom Andersen and others present experimental nonfiction films about Los Angeles

  • Music

    January 19, 2012

    L.A. Woman Was the Doors' Bluesy Masterpiece, and Jim Morrison's Kiss-Off to L.A.

    Thom Andersen and others present experimental nonfiction films about Los Angeles

  • Music

    May 12, 2011

    Bob Dylan Turns 70

    An L.A. Weekly birthday tribute

  • Calendar

    February 10, 2011

    WE LOVE THEM/YEAH, YEAH, YEAH

    An L.A. Weekly birthday tribute

  • Calendar

    September 30, 2010

    THE SUN'LL COME OUT TO-MARROW

    An L.A. Weekly birthday tribute

  • Stage

    June 3, 2010

    Theater Reviews: It Ain't All Confetti, Tracers, Road to Saigon

    Also, Crimes of the Heart, The Maids, Skylight and more

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2010

    It Ain't All Confetti

    Also, Crimes of the Heart, The Maids, Skylight and more

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Stage Raw: Lease Subsidy Program Gets Another Lease

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT FEATURE ON BORN TO BE ALIVE and THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACELEASE SUBSIDY PROGRAM GETS ANOTHER LEASE A recommendation by L.A.'s Chief Administrative Officer Miguel Santana to restructure (eliminate) the city's Lease Subsidy Program for non- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Stage Raw: Tracers

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATRE LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT FEATURE ON AUDIENCESNEW REVIEW GO TRACERS ​ Photo courtesy of the Loft Ensemble Thirty years after its Los Angeles debut, writer John DiFusco's anti-war drama retains its relevance and power. Written collaboratively in the 1970s by DiFu ... More >>

  • Music

    March 25, 2010

    The T.A.M.I. Show: Santa Monica Rock City

    L.A.'s pre-Woodstock music summit, finally on DVD

  • Columns

    November 26, 2009

    Paul Stanley: Portrait of the Therapeutic Artist

    L.A.'s pre-Woodstock music summit, finally on DVD

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Silverlake Scene Girl Porn or New Bishop Allen Video?: YOU Be the Judge!

    To promote "True of False," the latest single from their months-old Grrr... album, Bishop Allen did what any clever bunch of average-looking, expensively-educated beardos from Brooklyn with Calexico-style horns and a stand-up drummer would do: draft your Bobbie-Gentry-lookalike girlfriend (now wife) ... More >>

  • Stage

    August 27, 2009

    Troubadour Theater Company’s Oedipus the King, Mama! and Chekhov’s The Seagull

    Mama’s boys

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2009

    Phil Spector Trial About to Resume

    From Criminal Courts Building, Dept. 106Pre-trial hearing. Doron Weinberg complaining about not being told yesterday that Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson was going to run 30 minutes past the closing hour of 4 p.m. with his closing rebuttal argument. Turns out Jackson had previously informed Ju ... 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 2, 2009

    Stage Raw: Phil Newby

    PHIL NEWBY A memorial service was held at Sacred Fools Theatre on Sunday for that company's young and beloved actor who was found in his apartment last week. More on Phil to come in the print edition one week week from Thursday. At your fingertips: This week's Theater Feature on Jim Leonard' ... More >>

  • Stage

    January 8, 2009

    Puppet Up! Uncensored: The Monthly TV-Stage Hybrid From Brian Henson

    Out-of-control freaks

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Stage Raw: New Troupes on the Block

    NEW TROUPES ON THE BLOCK Under the umbrella of Cornerstone Theatre Company, a new company called Teatro Jornalero Sin Fronteras (Day Laborer Theater Without Borders) launches at the Hollywood Community Job Center, 5669 De Longpre Avenue; December 20 at noon. The 15-member troupe will voice the s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2008

    Stage Raw: Babes in Toyland

    BABES IN TOYLAND is this week's Theater Pick. Writes Tom Provenzano: "While visions of nutcrackers and victorian misers dance through the yuletide entertainment listings, this production offers a delightful alternative. Forty kids, age 9 to 19 romp, through Alice Hammerstein-Mathias and William M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2008

    Stage Raw: Your Source for Free and Discount Theater Tickets

    FREE AND DISCOUNT THEATER TICKETS RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW Plays411 is offering FREE & Discount Tickets: You only pay $3.50 Service Fee, or Half-off where indicated. Advance Reservations only: Go to: plays411.com, then select the show, use Promo Code: "LETMEIN" (unless otherwise instructed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    Stage Raw: Leslie Jordan's Trip Down the Pink Carpet

    This Week's Theater Pick Leslie Jordan's Autobiographical Trip Down the Pink Carpet If a zest for life is infectious, there's probably no more delightful a carrier than Leslie Jordan. A diminutive stage, film, Emmy Award-winning TV actor, and fugitive from the Bible Belt, Jordan regales us ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    Stage Raw: Ivanov

    IVANOV Ivanov Photo Credit: Thomas Aurin Berlin's Volksbühne presents its U.S. premiere of Chekhov's Ivanov at UCLA's Freud Playhouse tonight and Satruday at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 7 p.m. Click here for more information. FOURPLAY @ BOSTON COURT The Pasadena theater hosts readings of four new ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2008

    Stage Raw: Cocks of the Walk

    COCKS OF THE WALK The same people who brought us Naked Boys Singing are at it again -- this time showing considerable more restraint with a musical revue subtly named Hangin' Out -- described as "a celebration of the human body . . . exploring different aspects of nudity in song and dance." Now ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2008

    Stage Raw: The Little Dog Laughed

    >NEW REVIEW THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED As Gertrude Stein once put it (but not about this play), "It's almost about something, and then it's just not." Douglas Carter Beane's comedy brings with it the New York cast that put the play on the map, and secured Julie White a Tony for her role as a Holly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2008

    Stage Raw: Lodestone Says Goodnight and Good Luck

    Check back here Monday after noon for the upcoming weekend's NEW THEATER REVIEWS of The Little Dog Laughed, Douglas Carter Beane's comedy about being oneself in Hollywood and elsewhere, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre; Deborah Pryor's mystical Appalachian one-act The Love Talker at Son of Semele Ens ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2008

    Stage Raw: Critic-O-Meter

    CRITIC-O-METER In case you're wondering what Rob Kendt has been up to in New York City, since leaving his post as editor of Back Stage West, first look no further than his byline - now Rob Weinert-Kendt. That's what a wedding can do. He's also been having bowls of matzoh ball soup at the Polish ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2008

    Stage Raw: One Sucker's Lament

    Woyzeck Photo by Andrew Rothenberg >NEW REVIEW THEATER PICK WOYZECK 19th Century German playwright Georg Büchner's an unfinished horror story of the common man crushed by military and medical machines, has been fodder for myriad adaptations throughout the last century, and there's no sign of ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 20, 2008

    eLove, A Musical.Com/edy

    Woyzeck Photo by Andrew Rothenberg >NEW REVIEW THEATER PICK WOYZECK 19th Century German playwright Georg Büchner's an unfinished horror story of the common man crushed by military and medical machines, has been fodder for myriad adaptations throughout the last century, and there's no sign of ... More >>

  • Stage

    November 20, 2008

    New Theater Reviews: The School of Night, The Joy Luck Club

    Thystes' Feast, and more

  • Calendar

    November 20, 2008

    eLove, a Musical.com/edy

    Thystes' Feast, and more

  • LA Life

    October 16, 2008

    How Deep Is Your Throat?

    What to do in L.A., October 17-23

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2008

    For the Love of Dog, Don't Say "Life of Reilly"

    What to do in L.A., October 17-23

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2008

    Rolling Stones, Scorsese and Black Girls

    "Black girls just want to get fucked all night I just don't have that much jam" I just want to put that out there because it's a funny, mean, maybe even important line. It's the very antithesis of the Beach Boys' categorization of females in "California Girls," and it's proof that at least into th ... More >>

  • Music

    February 14, 2008

    The Black Lips vs. the Beatles: With Love From Them to You

    Which quartet never had to answer questions about pissing onstage?

  • Music

    December 20, 2007

    Sands of Time

    Jazz picks around L.A.

  • Music

    December 13, 2007

    Dewey Cox, Uncut

    As his biopic hits the theaters, the hard walkin’ musician looks back: “It’s been a beautiful ride.” An L.A. Weekly exclusive

  • Film+TV

    July 19, 2007

    Hairspray: Tame Waters

    Hairspray isn’t exactly outré

  • Columns

    July 5, 2007

    Beatle . . . Mania

    McCartney plays Amoeba

  • News

    August 10, 2006

    Beatles for Sale

    After two decades, L.A.’s beloved Breakfast With the Beatles to be replaced with infomercial

  • Music

    March 2, 2006

    Love, Magic and the Quest for a New Suit

    The 88 sound like teen spirit but smell like a rock band

  • Film+TV

    January 19, 2006

    Looking for Laughs in All the Wrong Places

    Albert Brooks phones in the jokes

  • Film+TV

    January 19, 2006

    New Film Reviews

    Albert Brooks phones in the jokes

  • Art+Books

    October 17, 2002

    The Talented Mr. Ridley

    The author, screenwriter and radio commentator keeps his feet on the ground -- and his laptop at the ready

  • News

    June 20, 2002

    Richard Meltzer, Noise Boy

    The author, screenwriter and radio commentator keeps his feet on the ground -- and his laptop at the ready

  • Columns

    June 6, 2002

    War Talk: Reserve Judgment

    The author, screenwriter and radio commentator keeps his feet on the ground -- and his laptop at the ready

  • Calendar

    September 2, 1999

    Daddy’s Girl

    The author, screenwriter and radio commentator keeps his feet on the ground -- and his laptop at the ready

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