Helen Hunt

L.A. Theater 2013: A Preview

10 Most Memorable L.A. Theater Moments of 2012

Helen Hunt in Our Town at the Broad Stage

Top 10 Plays We Want to See in 2012

The venerable "best bets for the new year" critic's post always carries with it the uncertain odor of the racetrack tout. Even the seeming sure things -- the NYC-anointed, blue-chip transfers of Broadway hits -- are too often diminished by dispiriting changes in the cast or production design that ca ... More >>

Soul Surfer

The venerable "best bets for the new year" critic's post always carries with it the uncertain odor of the racetrack tout. Even the seeming sure things -- the NYC-anointed, blue-chip transfers of Broadway hits -- are too often diminished by dispiriting changes in the cast or production design that ca ... More >>

Every Day

The venerable "best bets for the new year" critic's post always carries with it the uncertain odor of the racetrack tout. Even the seeming sure things -- the NYC-anointed, blue-chip transfers of Broadway hits -- are too often diminished by dispiriting changes in the cast or production design that ca ... More >>

Stage Raw: Diva on the Verge

The COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS feature will return next weekNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Helen Hunt and Tom Irwin in Much Ado NEW REVIEW GO DIVA ON THE VERGE ​ Photo courtesy of the Odyssey TheatreIn her compelling one-woman show, soprano Julia Migenes, who has sung more leading roles ... More >>

Stage Raw: John Ferraro (1946-2010)

The COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS feature will return next weekNEW THEATER REVIEWS and OPENINGS THIS WEEKSTAGE FEATURE on Helen Hunt and Tom Irwin in Much AdoJOHN FERRARO​If you've been lucky enough to see Two Headed Dog's grimy, Beckettian clown show (Clowntown City Limits) -- about a trio of un ... More >>

Helen Hunt and Lyle Lovett Do Much Ado

Shakespeare, uncorked

Stage Raw: Much Ado

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Vieux Carre at REDCATMUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING ​Helen Hunt and Tom Irwin are featured in Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles' production of Much Ado About Nothing, which opens Sunday at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. Check back late Monday/ ... More >>

WHO'S YOUR FIBBER?

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Vieux Carre at REDCATMUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING ​Helen Hunt and Tom Irwin are featured in Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles' production of Much Ado About Nothing, which opens Sunday at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. Check back late Monday/ ... More >>

Michelle Obama's Night Out in L.A.: Malia and Sasha Meet the Jonas Brothers

Dream come true for Malia, and indirect reference to Sarah Palin from Michelle, who says her husband is "not afraid of smart people."

Queer Town: The Obama Pool Report

Rather than watch the Republican National Convention or the U.S. Open in tennis, I covered Michelle Obama's visit to Los Angeles on Wednesday night as a "pool reporter." A pool reporter is someone who's chosen by a political campaign to cover an event that would otherwise be closed to the press. I ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Body of War, Four Minutes, Shotgun

Plus, Baby Mama, Deception and other April 25 releases

New Film Reviews

For the week of February 3 -10, 2006

The Full Wilkinson

With three new films about to hit theaters, the British character actor finds himself ever more at home in America

Working-Class Hearts

The local heroes, fools and vagabonds of HBO’s Empire Falls

Scarlet Fever

Johansson smolders on the edge of stardom

Cool Times

Hanging with the actor kids at the Oakwood Apartments

Hell in Manhattan

Hanging with the actor kids at the Oakwood Apartments

Repo Men

Silent Bob and the Woodster

Techno Prisoners

Silent Bob and the Woodster

She Shtups To Conquer

Why is Hollywood so full of whores?

Oscar Fever in the Oval Office

Why is Hollywood so full of whores?

In a Lonely Place

Steven Soderbergh's Traffic, plus Cast Away,The House of Mirth and The Family Man

Turn the Channel

Why those striking actors just can’t get respect — or a contract

Def Hef

Why those striking actors just can’t get respect — or a contract