Troy

Three People Laughed for Six Hours Straight at LACMA on Saturday. And It Was Mesmerizing

I suppose your first thought on walking into a cyclone might be "what the ----?" Or it might be nothing at all. You might be so overwhelmed at trying to orient yourself that your brain snaps into some other mode of consciousness. Spanish artist La Ribot's six-hour performance Laughing Hole performed ... More >>

The Industrious Revolution

Mary Poppins, Moliere, 12 Angry Men and a Japanese Swordfight Play in This Week's New Theater Reviews

A bucket full of enthusiastic reviews this week, starting with the Pick of the Week, Sweet Thursday, Pacific Resident Theatre's stage adaptation of the novel by John Steinbeck. Also garnering good notices: Neo Ensemble Theatre's Epic Proportions, Moliere's The Fools at Santa Monica Playhouse, also i ... More >>

Shaman in a Felt Fedora

Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including Malibu in 3-D

This week's list includes an awkward, bearded voyeur in West Hollywood, a picture of a white horse in a Chinatown basement and stereoscopic images of made-up archeology in Crenshaw. 5. Underground Malibu in 3-D The name "Malibu" comes from "Humaliwo," a word the Chumash Native American people used ... More >>

Alfonso Ribeiro's 'Carlton Dance' Flash Mob Attempts Record (For Dorkiest Moves): VIDEO

Updated at the bottom with crowd estimates. First posted at 5:30 a.m. Alfonso Ribeiro of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air might do the nerdiest, preppiest dance of all time. But that didn't stop hundreds if not thousands of followers from joining him yesterday at Universal CityWalk and other locales in ... More >>

Reality Bites: The Ultimate Sellout?

Irony behind celebrating the movie as an indie classic

SITI Company's Trojan Women (After Euripides) at the Getty Villa

OUTFEST 2011: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Preview

Stage Raw: Somewhere, Over the Radar

COMPLETE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE : A Case for Small Theater​The Groundings' Crazy Uncle Joe Show has a one-night only tenth anniversary performance (Wed., June 22, 8 p.m.) featuring (pending cast availability) Kristen Wiig, Kevin Nealon, Maya Rudolph, Michael Sheen, Will ... More >>

USC Students Have More Sex Than UCLA Rivals, According to OkCupid

John Martinez PavligaWoot-woot: USC slaps UCLA, again.​USC Trojans. With a name like that, it figures that the young men and woman of Troy are claiming yet another victory over crosstown rival UCLA. Yep, Trojans have more sex than Bruins. Duh. Trojans were practically made for sex. That USC ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Saturday Night: Ludos, Buzzcocks, Joy Division

Timothy Norris​KCRW BROADCAST #109 for Saturday, April 9. Fanatics! If you notice, our show tonight does all it can to evade all classification. Perhaps the single song that embodies the idea behind the overall is track two, our Ludus. Check that arrangement! That's what tonight's show is all ... More >>

Troy Jackson, a.k.a. Streetball Player 'Escalade,' Dies in L.A. During NBA All-Star Weekend

YouTubeTroy 'Escalade' Jackson.​Troy "Escalade" Jackson, a prominent figure on the "streetball" circuit and brother of former Knicks player Mark Jackson, died in his sleep, reportedly at an L.A. hotel room during NBA All-Star Weekend. The cause of death was still under investigation. NBA lum ... More >>

David L. Ray's Caught

Gay mirage

Caught

Theater Reviews: Caught, The Santaland Diaries, Julia

Also, Remembering the Ladies, Cyrano de Bergerac and more

Stage Raw: Caught

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS and OPENINGS THIS WEEKSTAGE FEATURE on Vieux Carre at REDCATNEW REVIEW GO CAUGHT ​Photo by Michael LamontIn the aftermath of Proposition 8 passing in November 2008, one of the regrets of those who fought valiantly for gay marriage and against the p ... More >>

Ozomatli to Perform with USC Trojan Marching Band at Notre Dame Game Halftime this Saturday

Ozomatli and USC meet on Saturday​Two L.A. music institutions will come together during Saturday's USC home game vs. Notre Dame. During halftime, Latin rap/pop/rock nine-piece Ozomatli will perform with the 315-piece the Spirit of Troy marching band. As rare of an honor as this is -- other US ... More >>

Theater Reviews: Something to Crow About, Waiting fr Lefty and more

Stage Raw: Waiting for Lefty

NEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on Neighbors, at the MatrixNEW REVIEW GO WAITING FOR LEFTY ​Photo by Thomas MikuszThis dynamic 1935 one-act launched the career of playwright Clifford Odets, became an important social document, and solidified the reputation of the Group Theatre. Seeing it now, ... More >>

Rotten Families

Movie Reviews: Food, Inc., Imagine That, Moon

Also, The Art of Being Straight, The Taking of Pelham 123 and more

Today in Photographs: June 8, 1976

Jane Fonda and husband Tom Hayden, with their son Troy, en route to vote near their home in Santa Monica in the California primary. Hayden had challenged incumbent Democratic Senator John V. Tunney but lost. Tunney was defeated the following November by Republican candidate S.I. Hayakawa.LA Times/UC ... More >>

Movie Reviews: The Great Buck Howard, Perestroika, Knowing, Sin Nombre

Also, Explicit Ills, Virtual JFK and more

Boi From Troy Rose Bowl Headline Beats L.A. Times'

The gay, USC-themed blog known as the Boi from Troy decisively trounced today's L.A. Times when it came to headlining the Trojans' impressive 34-24 Rose Bowl victory over Penn State. "Friday Morning QB: Three-Pete Edition" quipped BFT's blogger, alluding to the third consecutive Rose Bowl title ... More >>

Agamemnon

Movie Reviews: Kung Fu Panda, Mongol, Mother of Tears

Also, The Go-Getter, Trying to Get Good and more

Invasion of the Minnesota Normals

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Week Day 4: Searching For the Elusive Identity of the "Ghetto Cowboy"

I actually own this on CD-single, which is either keeping it real, or keeping it really retarded. From the first moments of the reel, one can immediately infer that the film is going to be of quality. Why? The stamp of quality from Mo' Thugs Family Features. Like the ill-fated male fortunetelle ... More >>

Rock Picks: Finland Station, M.I.A., Feist, Suzanne Vega

For the week of Nov. 9-15

Reviews of Paradise Lost, Bob & Ed's Discount Enlightenment Warehouse

Also this week's pick, Limonade Tous les Jours

Theater Reviews

Including The Heiress, The Berlin Blues, and this week's pick, 1 to 10?

Theater Reviews

Including Sugar Plum Fairy, Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants and this week's pick, Mabou Mines Dollhouse

Mabou Mines Dollhouse and Weekend Theater Reviews

Including Sandra Tsing Loh's Sugar Plum Fairy, Sister Act and Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants

Theater Reviews

August Wilson's Fences, Buddy and this week's pick, Because They Have No Words

Because They Have No Words

This week's theater pick. Also reviews of Fences and This is Our Youth

Greek Love

Charles L. Mee’s Agamemnon, and Sarah Ruhl’s Demeter in the City

Terminal Viscosity

It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I smell poo

The Summer: No Bummer

Thank God for big expensive favors

Bad Girls

Women critics in sexually retro America

Mississippi Madness

Mississippi Madness

Hidden City: Looking for Hugo

Petty Connections

Why the Greeks still fly

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

The Howl of Virgil Whitman

(with apologies to everyone)

Dream Weaver

Director Ron Sossi on Kenneth Cavander's compendium of ancient Greek plays

A Funky Epiphany

Bitter truths from the Crack Emcee

The Art of the Blockbuster

"Van Gogh's Van Goghs"