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Theatre to See in L.A. This Week, Including Broadway's Scottsboro Boys at the Ahmanson

Kander & Ebb's musical The Scottsboro Boys, a Broadway-import minstrel show about Jim Crow, rolled into the Ahmanson and grabbed this week's pick. Good notices also for Zayd Dohrn's immigration saga Long Way Go Down at the Art of Acting Studio, and for the silly Aussie import Priscilla Queen of ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Richard III In Overdrive

Zombie Joe's Underground and director Denise Devin turn Shakespeare's Richard III into an enthralling one-hour redux, says critic Jenny Lower. The production is this week's pick of the week. For all the latest new theater reviews, and comprehensive theater listings, see below. Beauty to be found in ... More >>

Blaak Heat Shujaa: Desert Rockers

Paris is considered one of the most romantic cities in the world. But guitarist/vocalist Thomas Bellier and bassist Antoine Morel-Vulliez -- co-founders of psych-rock outfit Blaak Heat Shujaa -- had no problems high-tailing it out of there for Los Angeles in 2010. "Paris is the most fucking borin ... More >>

From Child Soldiers to the History of the Razzie Awards: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage Friday, April 12 Starting at 7 p.m. at the Downtown Independent is Movies and Music: Pavilion and Sam Prekop. Coming from the South by Southwest film festival's Emerging Visions category is Pavilion, a part-documentary, part-autobiographical film from Tim ... More >>

Food Tank Launches: A New Think Tank on Food Systems

The brand-new Food Tank is not an irritating aquarium-themed seafood restaurant concept or a shoot-em-up flick set in a cafeteria. It's a think tank about food, though the matters the organization hopes to tackle won't be so mundane as the search for palatable application for the world's glut of tr ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Jeff Goldblum as a Writing Teacher

Starting this week, we will now include our listings of all ongoing shows, below the new reviews, to help make it easier for you to decide which shows to see this week.The writing of neurologist Oliver Sacks has inspired a new work at Theatre @ Boston Court in Pasadena -- Kathryn Walat's Creation. S ... More >>

The Book of Mormon

The Book of Mormon Review: Yes, It Has Cursing, But It Also Has Heart

That Broadway might have found its salvation in a religious satire written by some of the raunchiest theater creators of the past 15 years is ironic. But for all the sly winks and outright punches thrown, The Book of Mormon -- written by Robert Lopez of Avenue Q and Trey Parker and Matt Stone of Sou ... More >>

Mac Lethal Gives Away the Chick-fil-A Recipe

See also: *These Five Rappers, Like Frank Ocean, Should Boycott Chick-fil-A *The Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2012 Thus Far Chick-fil-A's CEO Dan Cathy turned his chicken chain into to a political lightning rod by insinuating same-sex marriage would be "inviting God's judgment on our nation." It's inspi ... More >>

30 Other Ways to Succeed on YouTube

After you've read our YouTube issue on the secrets to online video stardom, check out 30 other ways to succeed on YouTube:

Summer Reading List: New Food Beverage Books For The Family

The upside of June gloom: It's the perfect excuse to check a few titles off the kids' summer reading list and to get started on your own. After all, the sunburns and 100 degree days will be waiting in July and August. Here are some of our favorite recently released food and drink book recommendati ... More >>

Los Angeles Film Festival 2012: Documentaries

Trayvon Martin Gets the Shepard Fairey Treatment in Ebony Magazine

It was only a matter of time before L.A. street artist (turned international graphic-design star and Obama portraiteer) Shepard Fairey took on Trayvon. We're actually surprised it didn't happen sooner. Though there remains the sporadic rally cry for the young black Florida teen's murderer to be bro ... More >>

Bree Olsen, Former Porn Star, Gets Nearly Naked For 'Kony 2012'

Despite video-maker Jason Russell's nude melt-down last week, the "Kony 2012" juggernaut shows few signs of stopping. Russell is said to have gone raving nude in the streets as a result of a critical backlash that argued his viral video is a fundraising tool for his Christian organization. Well, no ... More >>

Jason Russell's Naked Flip-Out Will Not See Charges Filed

No charges would be recommended in the case of Jason Russell, the creator of the viral and, arguably, somewhat discredited "Kony 2012" video, San Diego police tell the Weekly. And it's quite possible he's back on the streets. Our police source says no case would be forwarded by cops to the local Di ... More >>

Jason Russell, Invisible Children Co-Founder, Reportedly Detained for Public Masturbation, Vandalizing Cars in Underwear

Updated on second page with exclusive details from the San Diego PD. (Correction: Russell wasn't arrested, only detained. Headline has been changed.) Also, Invisible Children responds. According to NBC San Diego, cops caught the "storyteller and dreamer" behind the Kony 2012 campaign running around ... More >>

'Kony 2012' Goes Hollywood: Celebrity Photog Tyler Shields Writes 'Stop Kony' in His Own Blood

On the second day of the absurdly viral #StopKony campaign, Hollywood jumped on board. Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Oprah and the rest Tweeted a 30-minute documentary produced by non-profit organization Invisible Children to millions of followers -- making the hip, clickable Joseph Kony awareness drive ... More >>

Open Mike Eagle Talks Uganda, the Indie Rap Illuminati, and the Republican Primaries

​See also: Open Mike Eagle Unapologetically Talks About "Art Rap" Over the last two years,

Who's Your Daddy?

Hosea Nova, Who's Your Daddy? and More New Theater Reviews

​High praise this week for "Robert Reimer's nutcase of a play," Hosea Nova: A Jealous and Violent Man (this week's Pick of the Week) at Zombie Joe's Underground in North Hollywood, and for writer-performer Johnny O'Callaghan's Who's Your Daddy, at the Victory Theatre Center, in Burbank. ​For all ... More >>

Cookbook Review: Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams The Ice Cream Recipe You Really Want

​Like so many things in life, the glorious rules of the Pastry Kitchen -- always use chilled butter in a pie crust, always temper egg yolks into a hot liquid -- are made to be precisely and respectfully learned. And subsequently broken. When it comes to ice cream, no one has perhaps done mor ... More >>

Bouncing Cats

Henry Rollins Column: Rollins' Predictions for 2011 (Protip: It Gets Better)

Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins!​[The one and only Henry Rollins contributes a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every week and make sure to tune in to Henr ... More >>

Henry Rollins: Out of Africa and Into the Land of Acting Without a Script (with Cameo Appearance by Princess Leia and His Favorite Dylan Song)

Timothy NorrisHenry Rollins' Weird Record Academy for the Open of Ears: Last night at the Echoplex​ [For more exclusive shots from Henry Rollins' event last night, see Timothy Norris' slideshow 'Henry Rollins @ The Echoplex'.] I am back from Africa. That was a long haul. From Entebbe, Uganda ... More >>

Henry Rollins Column: Live from "The Obama Resort," Avoiding Malaria At All Costs

Maura Lanahan​ [The one and only Henry Rollins contributes a column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every Friday and make sure to tune in to Henry's KCRW radio show every Saturday evening, ... More >>

Henry Rollins Column: The Sudanese Referendum And Not Really Going Rogue

Maura Lanahan​ [The one and only Henry Rollins contributes a column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every Friday and make sure to tune in to Henry's KCRW radio show every Saturday evening, ... More >>

The Rain Makes LA More Analog Than Digital: Henry Rollins on the Weather, Alyssa Milano's Charity Work (Yes, Alyssa Milano) and Shaking Booker T's Hand

Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins!​[The one and only Henry Rollins will be contributing a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every Friday and make sure to tune ... More >>

The Last of The Hills

Remembering what Spencer said to Brody about Lauren, and all that crazy drama

Video Feast: New Clips from Foreign Born, Nite Jewel Dam-Funk, We Are The World, and Edward Sharpe

In honor of, err, it being Thursday, West Coast Sound has rounded up a spate of newly released videos from around the L.A. underground -- and the Ugandan one as well, as the first clip illustrates. Need a feel-good moment? Look no further than this video, which shows the Gulu Widows Group of Ugand ... More >>

Stage Raw: Getting Intimate With Michael Kearns

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Rachel Rosenthal at 83MICHAEL KEARNS GETS INTIMATE​L.A. Weekly's 2007 "Queen of the Angels" Michael Kearns performs his solo performance piece, Intimacies, at the drkrm Gallery and Performance Space in Eagle Rock, 2121 San Fernando ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Land of the Lost, My Life in Ruins, Pressure Cooker

Also, Corked!, Downloading Nancy and more

The Trial of the Catonsville Nine

AFI Fest: Not Over Till We Say So

Our guide to films premiering in fest's final weekend

Dances With Films: All Independent, All the Time

In its 11th year, fest stays true to its mission

David Hinnebusch

The outsider

2007 in the Rearview Mirror

Whoops, there goes another theater year

Film Reviews: Choking Man, Fred Claus, P2, Steal a Pencil for Me

The Death of Africa

One man’s war, fought by children

Weekend Theater Reviews

Including Altar Boyz, Bent, Kimberly Akimbo and more

Absolute Power

The rise and fall of The Last King of Scotland

70 Million and Counting

The clash of politics and morality in The Age of AIDS

The End of Species

The startling Darwin’s Nightmare assesses the new world disorder

Taking the Hypocrite’s Oath

Among the Wretched

Geoff Dyer on Ryszard Kapuscinski

Queen of Hearts, Queen of Spades

Sorvino in Triumph of Love, Bullock in Murder by Numbers

Style and Substance

Ruling Passions

The Virus Fights Back

I Would Prefer Commando Units to Bombing Raids