Edythe L. Broad

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Family Strife and Sexual Taboos in Machu Picchu, Texas

Family trauma drama Machu Picchu, Texas (pictured above) grabs our Pick of the Week this week. Good reviews also for Noel Coward's Fallen Angels at the Pasadena Playhouse and David Henry Hwang's Chinglish at South Coast Rep. For all New Theater Reviews, and this weekend's comprehensive listing ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Jane Kaczmarek in The Snake Can

Kathryn Graf's new comedy about women slipping into middle-age, The Snake Can, is this week's pick of the week. Also a nod for Cathy Rigby reprising her decades-long performance in Peter Pan. See below for all the latest New Theater Reviews, and this week's comprehensive stage listings. Also, two s ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Dostoevsky's Notes From Underground

Nods this week for Laguna Playhouse's production of Neil Simon's Chapter Two and Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground at Zombie Joe's Underground in North Hollywood. For the latest new reviews and comprehensive stage listings, see below. Tanna Frederick and Robert Standley star in N. Richard Nash's T ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Solo Show About Pioneering Actress Hattie McDaniel

Our critic Lovell Estell was entranced by Vickilyn Reynolds' performance in a show based on the life of Hattie McDaniel, Hattie -- What I Need You To Know. For all the latest New Theater Reviews, and comprehensive stage listings, see below.This week's Stage Feature takes a look a three shows th ... More >>

Hey, L.A. Press Club — Bite Me!

Broad Museum Construction Cam: Watch L.A. Blow $52M on Billionaire's Parking Garage, in Real Time!

Slow is beautiful.​GOD, you must be wondering. WHY CAN'T THE BROAD MUSEUM BE DONE ALREADY, so I can get my FREAKING INTELLECT ON? Well, young connoisseur of finer things, we regret to inform you that construction on Eli Broad's much-anticipated downtown palace won't be completed until an unfo ... More >>

L.A. County Board Okay's Possible Broad Museum Downtown

Eli and Edythe Broad.​The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a plan to house Eli Broad's art collection at a museum that would be part of the Grand Avenue Project downtown. The board's okay was the third of four approvals needed for the museum to be built ... More >>

Broad Museum One Step Closer To Downtown

​ A museum to house Eli and Edythe Broad's significant modern art collection moved one step closer to a downtown location Friday, as the City Council approved a plan to make it part of the luxury hotel and condo Grand Avenue Project. Councilwoman Jan Parry said construction could begin as soo ... More >>

Beverly Hills Pulls Out Of Competition To Host Broad Art Museum ... Sort Of

Eli and Edythe Broad.​The city of Beverly Hills this week sent a letter to Eli Broad notifying the billionaire developer and art collector that it is pulling its proposed site from consideration for a museum that would house his art collection. "The Beverly Hills City Council has confirmed t ... More >>

Downtown Gets Into Mix For Broad Museum

Eli and Edythe Broad.​In news first reported by blogdowntown, a third possible location for billionaire Eli Broad's proposed museum has cropped up indeed -- downtown Los Angeles. While Santa Monica was busy claiming it almost had a deal to host the museum wrapped up and Beverly Hills was rep ... More >>

Beverly Hills In 'Bidding War' With Santa Monica Over Broad Museum

The Broad FoundationEli and Edythe Broad.​While we told you recently that Santa Monica was reported to be close to wrapping up a deal to have Eli Broad's much anticipated museum open in the beach-side city, Beverly Hills is saying not fast: The Beverly Hills City Council is considering buying ... More >>

Santa Monica Closing Deal For Broad Museum, According To Report

The Broad FoundationEli and Edythe Broad.​The city of Santa Monica is wrapping up a deal to bring billionaire Eli Broad's long-planned contemporary art museum to the seaside town, city officials told the Santa Monica Daily Press. The location would be a 2.5-acre, city-owned lot near the Civic ... More >>

L.A. Billionaire Eli Broad Lands in ArtReview Top Ten

Los Angeles billionaire Eli Broad has a knack for getting ranked.The Broad FoundationEli and Edythe Broad​Whether it's as one of the richest men in the world, one of the richest men in L.A., one of the of this country's most influential and generous philanthropists, or, in this case, one of the mo ... More >>

Stage Raw: The Laramie Project Ten Years Later

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLATEST NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Parade at the TaperINTERVIEW with Pieter-Dirk Uys and Charlize TheronTHE DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF​Photo courtesy of Ipenema Theater Troupe and the Electric Lodge TheatreCheck back here Monday afternoon for reviews of Moliere's The ... More >>

GO LA: Louis C.K., Cupcakes for AIDS Research and Jokes for Old Jews

Plus various other events to help you forget this cruel world, March 27-April 2

Brother -- Can You Help an Old Jew?

Cracked Egg: BCAM's Inaugural Show

Hello ... Wrong

LACMA + BCAM = A FUTURE

The not-so-little engine that could

The New York Century

It's no sensation