Fritz Coleman

100 Favorite Dishes: The Whole Menu

Over the past few months, you've watched us catalog our 100 Favorite Dishes. Catalog being a lovely term meaning eating our way across this town, well, even more than usual. And because we thought you might want a better way to access these, we've collected all one hundred into one piece, a menu if ... More >>

20: Lamb Dip at Philippe the Original

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 21: Lamb Dip at Philippe the Original. There are preferences in Los Angeles that speak volumes about a person: Dodgers or Angels? Lakers or Clippers ... More >>

Charity Comedy Night

Catholics Are Funny

BEST ICE PICK OF THE WEEK

Stage Raw: How Do Actors Do It?

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on My Penis, In and Out of TroubleHOW DO ACTORS DO IT? As told by Alan Mandell, who was among a dozen or so actors auditioning for the movie This Must Be the Place, starring Sean Penn. The role was for a man 94-years old. Mandell, being ... More >>

Stage Raw: James Gammon Memorial

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Opus, at the Fountain Theatre MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JAMES GAMMON: Sunday, August 22, 2 p.m. at the MET Theatre, 1089 N. Oxford Avenue in Hollywood. RSVP here Check back Monday night for reviews of: BOY'S LIFE, Howard Korder's 1988 ba ... More >>

Fritz Coleman Critic Silenced

Harbor CollegeDr. Renfrew​Define your terms, Fritz Coleman! That's more or less what L.A. Harbor College geography instructor Melanie Patton Renfrew has been hectoring the Channel 4 weatherman to do for more than a year through letters and emails. What's been particularly bugging her is Coleman's ... More >>

Sunny and Mild: Getting to Know Our Fair-Weather Friends of Local News

Or, how Ted Turner saved Dallas Raines from network hell

Theater

Theater Reviews

This week's pick, Beautiful City. Also The Chase Lounge, Jackson Frost and more

Theater Reviews

Including this week's pick, Tale of 2Cities: An American Joyride on Multiple Tracks

Weekend Theater Reviews

Reviews of What to Wear, Tonight at 11! and Sides: The Fear is Real

Stuck in a Winter Wonderland Traffic Jam

Bad News

L.A.'s Low-Definition TV Journalism