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50 Most Ridiculous Vanity Plates in L.A.

Forget 140 characters: try eight! In a city full of networking self-promoters and wannabe celebs, it's no surprise that ridiculous vanity license plates abound. That little space on the back of your car represents a precursor to the away message and the Facebook status, albeit a near-permanent one. ... More >>

Stage Raw: Theatrification and Broadway 100

COMPREHENSVIE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Tim Crouch's The Author, and the Belarus Free Theatre L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS NOMINEESTHEATRIFICATION AND BROADWAY 100 ​Broadway and the Vaudeville circuit began in Los Angeles 100 years ago, in the downtown Historical Theater Di ... More >>

Dethroning West Hollywood's Martinets

Can five intriguing gay men upset the City Council's 26-year dynasty?

Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border

LA People 2009: Death Becomes Her — Gillian Shure

The queen of Hollywood splatterfests talks eviscerations and paper products

Election '08: Who Change What?

According to their new campaign ads, McCain and Palin, or, rather Palin and McCain are the new mavericks, the real agents of change. They'll clean up Washington with their maverick ways and outsider approaches. Uh huh. But they're no agents of change. Rather, they're alchemists, turning their hist ... More >>

Stage Raw

Please see below for comprehensive theater listings that replicate the global format found in the print edition, compiled by Derek Thomas. This new stage blog -- to be posted once a week -- is till in the works, Suggestions are welcome. A memorial service hosted by Madelaine Shaner was held at t ... More >>

Theater Listings

For the week of March 28-April 3

¡Ask a Mexican! Who Are These Masked Men?

"What’s the deal with men in masks in Mexico? From Subcomandante Marcos to El Santo, masked men seem to be a real fetish in Mexico. Am I supposed to be turned on?"

The Sundance Kids

For alumni of America’s most prestigious film festival, winning is less than half the battle

Gip and Gipperer

Roger’s Nest

So what keeps this cardinal from flying away?

Smoke-filled Churches

Invisble Man

Novelist Percival Everett on the wrong kind of success and his desire for anonymity

Endorsements: Part 2

Our recommendations in the April 10 Los Angeles city election

Beyond Good and Evil

To the utterly adorable ass-kicking superheroics of the Powerpuff Girls!