Steve Allen

Disturbingly Funny

Carl Reiner on His New Memoir, Holding Steve Martin's Baby and His Love of Zooey Deschanel

See also: *10 Best Stand-Up Comedy Shows in L.A. *12 L.A. Comedy Acts to Watch in 2013 *5 Best Comedy Shows in L.A. This Week He tweets. He Tivos. He's excited about the video components included with the eBook version of his new, self-published memoir, I Remember Me. Carl Reiner may be 90, but the ... More >>

5 Best Comedy Shows in L.A. This Week, Including Mike Birbiglia's Latest Solo Show

Does anybody need a laugh? Thought so. 5. Celebrity: Part of Writers' Reading Series "Funny, needy people baring their souls for your amusement." With Cindy Chupak, Jeff Kahn, Terri Mintz, Jean Black, Debbie Jhoon, and Johnny Walker. Presented by Jill Soloway, Maggie Rowe and Andersen Gabrych. C ... More >>

Lizz With Two Zs, Not Liza With a Z (what a stupid fucking headline)

Lord of the Rings Parody Musical Fellowship! Returns to L.A., With Superfans

You might say that Fellowship! The Musical Parody of The Fellowship of the Ring has gone there and back again. After originating at NoHo's El Portal Theatre in 2004 and winning L.A. Weekly Theater Awards for Best Comedy Ensemble and Best Musical of 2005, Fellowship! played to great acclaim in San D ... More >>

Acting Drunk Is Not Like Being Drunk

The Third Annual Best Doorknockers Christmas Pageant Eve

Five Awesome Pop Culture Meccas Every Angeleno Should Know About, From Our Best of L.A. Issue

Our 300-page, 400-item, perfect-for-your-coffee-table Best of L.A. issue is on newsstands today, and it also comes with our very own (and very free) "Best of" app to tell you about all the Best of L.A. locations near wherever you are. To give you a preview, here are five kick-ass pop culture meccas ... More >>

The Real Mentalist

MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY BOY!

Marc Maron

A Cure for the Monday Funk

Brick's Picks: Safe Bet, Reptet

THE JOEL STORY

A CAVALCADE OF BROKEN DREAMS

Stage Raw: Mary Lynn Spreads Her Legs

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE ON IN THE HEIGHTSMARY LYNN SPREADS HER LEGS​Mary Lynn Rajskub in her new solo show,  Mary Lynn Spreads Her Legs is among the productions being reviewed over the holiday weekend. Photo courtesy of Steve Allen Theater. REDCA ... More >>

Brick's Picks: Bunny Bop

Hopping around with the Playboy Jazz Festival, the L.A. Jazz Quartet and Kim Richmond's Concert Jazz Orchestra

At the Tip of the Spear

Players on the fringe, making the future

TUNE IN, TURN ON, GO TO ISRAEL

Rock Picks: GZA, the Ettes, A.A. Bondy, Mose Allison

Also, the Kris Special, Jesse Sykes, Mamak Khadem and others

Eggshells: the Texas Hippie Love-in

Director Tobe Hooper’s long-lost debut feature returns

Meeting of Minds

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 >>

Stage Raw: Leonard Nimoy Treks into Local Theater History

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSThe latest NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Annette Bening in Medea at UCLAINTERVIEW with Medea's director, Lenka Udovicki, and UCLA's David SeftonLEONARD NIMOY TREKS INTO LOCAL THEATER HISTORY​Leonard Nimoy (right) in a 1953 production of Sholom Aleichem's It's Hard to Be ... More >>

BEST STEVE

GO LA: Dead Poets, Dead Writers and Denis Leary

Plus lots more to mourn and celebrate in town (not necessarily in that order), April 3-9

PLEASE, SIR, I WANT SOME GORE

Rock Picks: BLK JKS, Lambchop, Efterklang, Yelle

Also, Michael Gira, The Pretenders, Foreign Born, and others

Today in Photographs: December 22, 1941 & More

Not JapaneseHelen Chan pins Sun Lum with lapel badge identifying him as "Chinese," to avoid being rounded up with Japanese Americans who were being interred following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. (L.A. Times photo from UCLA Digital Collection)Turn page to see a well-attired Steve Allen picketting ... More >>

Rock Picks: AC/DC, Dressy Bessy, Meshell Ndegeocello

Also, the Submarines, Ruben Guevara, the Coup and more

Over the Weekend: "For the Glory of Steel" Competition Gets Medieval, Of Montreal Performs Palladium, Doo Dah Parade Queen Tryouts

The countdown to the Thanksgiving holiday may have begun but that doesn't mean L.A. has slowed down one bit. From Medieval reenactments in parking lots to flamboyant concerts to costumed queen competitions, this weekend was all about extravagant performances. Here's what we did and what you might ha ... More >>

Crom It Up Your Arsenal

Uke Alors!

Comedian Bruce McCulloch Fills Steve Allen Theater with Funny

By Chris Martins By the time headlining "Kids in the Hall" alum Bruce McCulloch took the stage on Saturday night, October 18, the Steve Allen Theater was filled up with funny—so much so that it'd have to spill into the street sooner or later. The small building was packed to the gills for McCullo ... More >>

Absinthe Makes the Head Go Floating

Drive In, Sit Out, Rock On

What to do in L.A., September 12-18

Drive Up, Tune In, Gross Out

Worst Cartoons Ever

The Kids In the 'Secret Show' Hall

CFIWest / Steve Allen Theater, Hollywood May 7 (l-r) Scott Thompson, Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch A line of comedy fans dozens deep snaked around the corner of Berendo and Hollywood Wednesday night - and not all of them made it in - for a secret late-show warmup from the Kids in the Hall, about to ... More >>

Everybody Do the Medulla Oblongata!

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Rock Picks: Detroit Cobras, Gore Gore Girls, MF Doom, Squeeze

For the week of August 9 – 16

The Dog Days of Spring

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Bombs, Bush & Baseball

Does Dr. Dolittle Talk to Zombies?

The God and Satan Show

L.A.’s newest home for metaphysical comedy

Last Chance for a Full Cincinnati*!

Outisde Looking In

Altar Cocker

Neil Simon's marriages of convenience; plus Steve Allen does Dickens

Artificial Intelligentsia

Five eggheads anticipate the computer