Ed Sullivan

In Omit the Logic, Richard Pryor Crucifies Himself, Again and Again

Derek DelGaudio and Helder Guimarães Created the Most Popular Show at the Magic Castle in Years. But They're Not Finished

Hollywood Museum Spotlights Women on TV, Including...a Naked Marilyn Monroe?

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Marilyn Monroe's Seven Never-Before-Seen Mostly Nude Photos Two extremely significant moonwalks took place on television. One occurred when Neil Armstrong took his first extraterrestrial steps. The other occurred when Michael Jackson walked backwar ... More >>

Allah-Las Release Their Sunny Self-Titled Debut Album Today

From Atlanta flower punks The Black Lips to Mississippi's Bass Drum of Death, the past five years have seen a tsunami-sized resurgence of lo-fi and neo-psychedelic sounds washing over the airwaves with sun-drenched lyrics. Although nothing particularly new, the retro garage revival -- birthed from ... More >>

Oh, Jackie

KDAY, the Gangsta Rap Oldies Station, Breaks New Ground by Playing Music From the Bad Old Days

Ramen Red Alert!: Menya-Iroha Coming to Gardena, Kotoya to West L.A.

If the recent boom of Japan-imported ramen chains in Southern California is the cross-cultural cousin of the 60's British Invasion -- which feels like a fair comparison lately -- then round up the screaming fangirls, because the Beatles have just landed in Los Angeles and Gardena's Murakai Market is ... More >>

Exclusive: Unearthed Photos of the Beatles in the Mid-'60s

In 1964, U.K. photographer Harry Benson was headed to Africa on assignment for the Daily Express when he got a call from his editor, saying the plans had changed. He was now going to Paris to photograph the Beatles. Benson was less than thrilled. "I thought of myself as a serious journalist," he say ... More >>

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 >>

L.A. Observed Preview

Thom Andersen and others present experimental nonfiction films about Los Angeles

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

Bob Dylan Turns 70

An L.A. Weekly birthday tribute

WE LOVE THEM/YEAH, YEAH, YEAH

THE SUN'LL COME OUT TO-MARROW

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

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

It Ain't All Confetti

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 >>

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 >>

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

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

Paul Stanley: Portrait of the Therapeutic Artist

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 >>

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

Mama’s boys

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

Out-of-control freaks

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

eLove, A Musical.Com/edy

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

Thystes' Feast, and more

eLove, a Musical.com/edy

How Deep Is Your Throat?

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

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

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 >>

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

Which quartet never had to answer questions about pissing onstage?

Sands of Time

Jazz picks around L.A.

Hairspray: Tame Waters

Hairspray isn’t exactly outré

Beatle . . . Mania

McCartney plays Amoeba

Beatles for Sale

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

Love, Magic and the Quest for a New Suit

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

Looking for Laughs in All the Wrong Places

Albert Brooks phones in the jokes

New Film Reviews

Richard Meltzer, Noise Boy

War Talk: Reserve Judgment

Daddy’s Girl