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  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Cannes Film Festival: The Korean Woody Allen, and an Iranian Game-Changer

    After operating at maybe 75 percent of its potential for almost its first full week, on Sunday the Cannes Film Festival kicked into full auteurist gear, with the premieres of three formally audacious new works from three contemporary international art film stars: Michael Haneke's Amour (which we alr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Top 10 Live Music Venues in L.A.: The Complete List

    Timothy Norris​California knows how to party. -"California Love" It's the unofficial state motto. But not only do we know how, we know where. Los Angeles is home to a wide spectrum of live music venues, from the teeniest Echo Park hole-in-the-wall only you and five friends know, to grand ol' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Top Ten Best Live Music Venues in L.A.: #10 - #6

    Timothy Norris​California knows how to party. -"California Love" It's the unofficial state motto. But not only do we know how, we know where. Los Angeles is home to a wide spectrum of live music venues, from the teeniest Echo Park hole-in-the-wall only you and five friends know, to grand ol' ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 26, 2011

    The House of Ella

    Timothy Norris​California knows how to party. -"California Love" It's the unofficial state motto. But not only do we know how, we know where. Los Angeles is home to a wide spectrum of live music venues, from the teeniest Echo Park hole-in-the-wall only you and five friends know, to grand ol' ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 25, 2010

    Uptown Downtown

    Timothy Norris​California knows how to party. -"California Love" It's the unofficial state motto. But not only do we know how, we know where. Los Angeles is home to a wide spectrum of live music venues, from the teeniest Echo Park hole-in-the-wall only you and five friends know, to grand ol' ... More >>

  • Stage

    November 25, 2010

    Theater Reviews: Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, Looking for Paul, The Night of the Tribades

    Also, The Sunset Limited, Uptown Downtown and more

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Stage Raw: NET Microfest L.A.

    NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Randy Newman's Harps and Angels, and NET's L.A. Micro-festUPTOWN DOWNTOWN​Leslie Uggams stars in her bio-cabaret at the Pasadena Playhouse. For a review of this and all shows seen over the weekend, press the More tab at the bottom of this page. Photo by Jim CoxN ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    October 28, 2010

    Marilyn in Fragments

    Reappraising a sex symbol, with help from her own writings

  • Music

    October 14, 2010

    Do Not Adjust Your iPod

    Sleigh Bells, the band everyone's talking about, is meant to sound messed up. Roll with it

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    "Passing Time": Hank Jones, 1918-2010

    Hank Jones, jazz pianist who started performing at age 13 in Pontiac, Michigan. Hank Jones, brother of drummer Elvin Jones and trumpeter Thad Jones. Hank Jones, who turned down offers to join the bands of Charile "Bird" Parker and then Miles Davis, because he didn't think he was good enough. Hank ... More >>

  • Music

    December 24, 2009

    Brick's Picks: Holiday in Blue

    Hank Jones, jazz pianist who started performing at age 13 in Pontiac, Michigan. Hank Jones, brother of drummer Elvin Jones and trumpeter Thad Jones. Hank Jones, who turned down offers to join the bands of Charile "Bird" Parker and then Miles Davis, because he didn't think he was good enough. Hank ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Stage Raw: Getting Intimate With Michael Kearns

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Rachel Rosenthal at 83MICHAEL KEARNS GETS INTIMATE​L.A. Weekly's 2007 "Queen of the Angels" Michael Kearns performs his solo performance piece, Intimacies, at the drkrm Gallery and Performance Space in Eagle Rock, 2121 San Fernando ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    Stage Raw: Rachel Rosenthal at 83

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLATEST NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Poland, where theater is hipRACHEL ROSENTHAL AT 83 ​The Rachel Rosenthal Company (founded in 1989) is throwing a fundraiser to help celebrate the performance artist's 83rd birthday, past achievements and the upcoming publication o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    Stage Raw: L.A. shows NYC-bound

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLATEST THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Leonard Nimoy and Company of AngelsL.A. SHOWS HEADING EAST ​SoulArt Productions presentation of Alex Lyras' The Common Air - a nominee in last year's L.A. Weekly Theatre Awards solo performance award for its 2008 run at the Asylu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    Stage Raw: As You Like It

    THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso see this week's STAGE FEATURE on Polish theater unmaskedNEW REVIEW GO AS YOU LIKE ITAs You Like It Photo courtesy of Aquila TheatreSummer is in full heat across the Southland, which brings out amphitheater producti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2009

    Stage Raw: Clowntown City Limits

    THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK CLOWNTOWN CITY LIMITSPhoto by Ed RachlesImagine a personable, grimy, makeup-smeared, cigar-chomping guy in a tank top, not unlike Tommy Lee Jones, playing cards outdoors on the porch of some tra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    Stage Raw: Pigs' Life (St. Joan of the Slaughterhouses)

    THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THE COMING WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK ST JOAN OF THE SLAUGHTERHOUSESPhoto by Vitor MartinsFor a lucid analysis of the malfunctioning global financial markets, one could do worse than Bertolt Brecht. And it's hard to imagine doi ... 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

    April 13, 2009

    Stage Raw: Stick Fly

    AT YOUR FINGERTIPS: THE WEEKEND'S NEW THEATER REVIEWS EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS COMING WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSand this week's THEATER FEATURE: an Off-Broadway roundupReviewed this week: the world premiere of Richard Greenberg's Our Mother's Brief Affair at South Coast Rep; the west coast ... 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

    Song and Angst: The Rise (and Fall?) of the New, Dark L.A. Musical

    “Dark times engender dark works — not just in musical theater but in all art”

  • Calendar

    March 26, 2009

    Louis & Keely: Live at the Sahara

    “Dark times engender dark works — not just in musical theater but in all art”

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2009

    Louis & Keely at the Geffen

    TIME IS RUNNING OUT, SEATING IS LIMITED:  PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH; NOMINEES, RSVP AT (310) 574-7208, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO. DRESS FOR A 1958 LOUNGE ACT.At your fingertips: This week's THEATER FEATURE on Jon Stewart, Jim Cramer and Fr ... 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 >>

  • Calendar

    November 27, 2008

    Big-Band Deal

    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

    August 25, 2008

    Outside Lands Day 3-We Have a Winner

    Ted DiBiase knows a winner when he sees one. That's how he earned the nickname "The Million Dollar Man" when those Cash Money clowns were still learning to ice their first teeth. And rest assured, Teddy B. would've inevitably proclaimed Day 3 of Outside Lands, the winner of the match, even if he wo ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    August 21, 2008

    Movie Reviews: The Rocker, The House Bunny, Death Race

    Also, America the Beautiful, The Longshots and more

  • LA Life

    February 28, 2008

    Special-Educational and Culturally Sensitive Edition!

    What to do in L.A., Feb. 29-March 6

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2008

    Saluting the First Lady of Song

    What to do in L.A., Feb. 29-March 6

  • Music

    April 26, 2007

    Spreading Good Vibes

    The Nick Mancini Collective and more

  • LA Life

    February 8, 2007

    Sweet Val-en-tine (Bump, Bump Bahhh!)

    What to do in Los Angeles this week

  • Stage

    August 24, 2006

    Sex, God and Little Armenians

    Generational divides, from Hollywood to NYC

  • News

    June 15, 2006

    The Circle Game

    ’70s girls inspired by Joni get their day in the sun via a new compilation

  • Calendar

    October 6, 2005

    Bowled Over

    My own private culture clash

  • Film+TV

    July 1, 2004

    True to You in My Fashion

    De-Lovely tiptoes around its promiscuous subject

  • Music

    June 17, 2004

    Fullness

    Gerald Wilson, big bands and the rewards of non-suicide

  • Columns

    January 22, 2004

    Stripping Lessons

    Gerald Wilson, big bands and the rewards of non-suicide

  • Stage

    December 18, 2003

    All That Jazz

    Talking about my generation

  • Music

    June 20, 2002

    The Jazz Singer

    Nnenna Freelon’s soul call

  • Music

    November 15, 2001

    Redemption Song

    Jason Pierce on Spiritualized space

  • Music

    February 15, 2001

    The Misfits

    Jason Pierce on Spiritualized space

  • Eat+Drink

    January 4, 2001

    Someone’s in the Kitchen

    Jason Pierce on Spiritualized space

  • Columns

    November 23, 2000

    Escape From New Bushland

    Jason Pierce on Spiritualized space

  • Stage

    October 12, 2000

    The Moon and the Stars

    Jason Pierce on Spiritualized space

  • Stage

    August 26, 1999

    Frigid Eyre, Cool Duke

    The bizarre alchemy of musicals

  • Music

    May 27, 1999

    Princess Power

    Les Nubians: Black and white in color

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