Subject:

Oscar Wilde

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Ashley Huizenga on Sex, Starvation, and Art

    Our music feature this week focuses on Ashley Huizenga, an L.A. musician and performance artist known for her academic-minded -- and also quite flithy -- shows under the guise of her alter ego Actually Huizenga. Trained as a classical pianist, she creates epic '80s inspired dance scores that featur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Short Eyes, King of the Desert, The Lonesome West, and more New Stage Reviews . . .

    ​Miguel Pinero's 1970s prison play Short Eyes nabs this week's Pick of the Week.​ Good notices also for Martin McDonagh's The Lonesome West at Santa Monica's Ruskin Theatre Group; Rene Rivera's King of the Desert at Casa 0101 in East L.A.; and Molly Smith Metzer's new play, Elemeno Pea at South ... More >>

  • Stage

    June 30, 2011

    Oscar Wilde's Salome and a Pair of Plays by J.M. Barrie

    ​Miguel Pinero's 1970s prison play Short Eyes nabs this week's Pick of the Week.​ Good notices also for Martin McDonagh's The Lonesome West at Santa Monica's Ruskin Theatre Group; Rene Rivera's King of the Desert at Casa 0101 in East L.A.; and Molly Smith Metzer's new play, Elemeno Pea at South ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Stage Raw: Krunk-Fu Battle Battle

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS   Stage FEATURE on William Leavitt's Spectral Analysis Courtesy of East West PlayersKrunk-Fu Battle Battle​Though Mayank Keshaviah found thin patches in the new musical Krunk-Fu Battle Battle (book by Qui Nguyen, lyrics by Beau Sia and vocal ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 27, 2011

    AH, THE GLORY DAYS OF PREPPY ANGST

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS   Stage FEATURE on William Leavitt's Spectral Analysis Courtesy of East West PlayersKrunk-Fu Battle Battle​Though Mayank Keshaviah found thin patches in the new musical Krunk-Fu Battle Battle (book by Qui Nguyen, lyrics by Beau Sia and vocal ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 27, 2011

    The Importance of Being Earnest

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS   Stage FEATURE on William Leavitt's Spectral Analysis Courtesy of East West PlayersKrunk-Fu Battle Battle​Though Mayank Keshaviah found thin patches in the new musical Krunk-Fu Battle Battle (book by Qui Nguyen, lyrics by Beau Sia and vocal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Stage Raw: Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 & Over

    NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Circle Mirror Transformation and Me, As a PenguinCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSPUZZLER​Padraic Duffy's noir drama of East German Spies opens this weekend at Sacred Fools Theater Company. Photo by C.M. GonzalezFAIRY TALE THEATRE: 18 & OVERJ. Michael Feldman's ... More >>

  • Stage

    January 6, 2011

    Theater Reviews: Salome

    NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Circle Mirror Transformation and Me, As a PenguinCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSPUZZLER​Padraic Duffy's noir drama of East German Spies opens this weekend at Sacred Fools Theater Company. Photo by C.M. GonzalezFAIRY TALE THEATRE: 18 & OVERJ. Michael Feldman's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    Top 10 Foodie Words We Hate: Starting With Foodie, Part 2

    Flickr/WordRidden​ A few months ago we went off on the Top 10 Foodie Words We Hate, a post that generated a lot of feedback, for which we are grateful. It also, as you might expect, generated a lot of other words that are happily vilified by many of us who spend far more time, sadly, writing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Stage Raw: Bedroom Farce

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON LINDA PURL'S FESTIVALNEW REVIEW GO  BEDROOM FARCE ​Photo by Ron Sossi The title is apt, since the action occurs in three radically different bedrooms in a 1975 English suburb. Kate (blond and taffy-voiced Kate Hollinshead) an ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    October 1, 2009

    Francesca Gabbiani at Patrick Painter

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON LINDA PURL'S FESTIVALNEW REVIEW GO  BEDROOM FARCE ​Photo by Ron Sossi The title is apt, since the action occurs in three radically different bedrooms in a 1975 English suburb. Kate (blond and taffy-voiced Kate Hollinshead) an ... More >>

  • Stage

    September 10, 2009

    THEATER REVIEWS: HEYDRICH/HITLER/HOLOCAUST, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

    Also, GROSS INDECENCY: THE THREE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE and more

  • Stage

    August 20, 2009

    Theater Reviews: The Receptionist, Legally Blonde the Musical

    Also, Outside of the Box, Block Nine and more

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    The New Book "The Psychology of Wine" is Long on Rhetoric and (Thankfully) Short on Wine Criticism

    Consult Your Psychologist Before Drinking Chardonnay​​The Psychology of Wine: Truth and Beauty by the Glass by Evan and Brian Mitchell sounds like another book from wine experts telling us which wines to love--and which to scoff at. Sounds like exactly what we don't need, right? Taste bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Stage Raw: Pee Wee Forever?

    The LATEST NEW REVIEWS are embedded in this week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, this week's STAGE FEATURE on Hair, at the Chance TheatrePEE WEE FOREVER?​Photo by Greg GormanNot quite "forever," but Stage Raw just learned that The Pee Wee Herman Show, originally slated for Nov. 8 - 29 at the ... More >>

  • Stage

    July 16, 2009

    THEATER REVIEWS: CARVED IN STONE, THE HOSTAGE, KILL ME DEADLY

    Also, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mutiny at Port Chicago, Nevermore, Wife Swappers and more.

  • Calendar

    July 16, 2009

    Carved in Stone

    Also, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mutiny at Port Chicago, Nevermore, Wife Swappers and more.

  • Stage

    May 7, 2009

    Hearts of Darkness: The 2009 Pacific Playwrights Festival

    Also, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mutiny at Port Chicago, Nevermore, Wife Swappers and more.

  • Calendar

    December 4, 2008

    The Little Dog Laughed

    Also, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mutiny at Port Chicago, Nevermore, Wife Swappers and more.

  • Stage

    December 4, 2008

    Theater Reviews: The Little Dog Laughed, Killing Game

    Also, The Love Talker, The Night Before Christmas and more

  • Calendar

    July 10, 2008

    Capsized Flotsam

    Also, The Love Talker, The Night Before Christmas and more

  • Calendar

    May 1, 2008

    The Importance of Being Earnest

    Also, The Love Talker, The Night Before Christmas and more

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2008

    Queen Christina Goes Roman

    Also, The Love Talker, The Night Before Christmas and more

  • Stage

    April 19, 2007

    Theater Reviews

    Including David Mamet's Squirrels and Why Marry?

  • Stage

    March 15, 2007

    Recoveries

    Tchaikovsky’s Fourth conducted by Stéphane Denève

  • Stage

    March 1, 2007

    Recovered Voices

    Resurrecting the music of composers affected by the Holocaust

  • LA Life

    November 2, 2006

    Gentlemen's Disagreement

    Putting the testosterone back in dandyism

  • Stage

    May 4, 2006

    Boy Snubs Girl, Girl Beheads Boy

    Al Pacino goes Wilde

  • Stage

    March 2, 2006

    Theater Reviews

    For March 3 - 9

  • Stage

    February 16, 2006

    Gibson Girls Gone Wild

    David Mamet’s tales of the unfair sex

  • Film+TV

    February 2, 2006

    New Film Reviews

    For the week of February 3 -10, 2006

  • Stage

    February 2, 2006

    New Theater Reviews

    For February 3 - 9, 2006

  • Stage

    January 26, 2006

    The Importance of Being Earnest

    For February 3 - 9, 2006

  • Stage

    January 26, 2006

    New Theater Reviews

    For February 3 - 9, 2006

  • News

    January 26, 2006

    Free James Frey!

    In defense of the post-truth memoir

  • News

    November 10, 2005

    Terminatable

    Beaten by unions and beset by Angelides, Arnold looks shaky for 2006

  • Stage

    October 13, 2005

    Happy Ever-Aftering

    Flipping off the classics

  • Calendar

    May 27, 2004

    A Poisonous Book

    Oscar Wilde’s debut novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • Art+Books

    April 29, 2004

    A Poisonous Book

    Oscar Wilde's debut novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • Stage

    October 24, 2002

    Sole Possessions

    Oscar Wilde's debut novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • Art+Books

    January 3, 2002

    10 Good Shows

    Oscar Wilde's debut novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • Music

    March 15, 2001

    Gentle Giant

    Oscar Wilde's debut novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • Calendar

    November 23, 2000

    A Letter From Oscar Wilde

    Oscar Wilde's debut novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • Art+Books

    October 28, 1999

    Masters of Deceit

    Oscar Wilde at the Hammer; J. Edgar Hoover at the ?

  • Film+TV

    June 24, 1999

    Taming Wilde

    Oliver Parker's snoozy Ideal Husband

  • Art+Books

    May 6, 1999

    My Vincent

    R.B. Kitaj on van Gogh

  • Film+TV

    November 12, 1998

    Ziggy Stardust Memories

    Todd Haynes' heady new film

  • Stage

    March 19, 1998

    Wilde and Wilder

    How our theater gave up the Big Time

  • News

    March 12, 1998

    The Importance of Being Iconoclastic

    How our theater gave up the Big Time

  • Stage

    February 19, 1998

    The Little Girl With a Big Head

    David Schweizer directs a new translation of Salome

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