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Theater Issue 2013: Why Be a Playwright in L.A.? Theater Issue 2013: Why Be a Playwright in L.A.?

Toward the end of the new, futuristic play The Nether, a female detective faces the man she's been investigating — a man who has created a sexually deviant virtual reality.… More >>

Alexander Woo, a Playwright Who Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the 'Idiot Box' Alexander Woo, a Playwright Who Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the 'Idiot Box'

Achieving an entirely plausible yet unorthodox version of "success" — at least for a playwright — Alexander Woo has settled comfortably into TV as a writer-producer. A graduate of the… More >>

What Is Art Good For? Two Plays Answer the Question What Is Art Good For? Two Plays Answer the Question

With the arts always the first programs to be budget-cut in school curricula, and with the cries of woe on editorial pages that we're not training enough mathematicians and scientists… More >>

Thom Mayne, Frank Gehry and the Band of L.A. Architects Who Changed Everything Thom Mayne, Frank Gehry and the Band of L.A. Architects Who Changed Everything

See also: Getty's Pacific Standard Time Series on L.A. Architecture: A Preview In 1979, architect Thom Mayne hosted 10 exhibits, one a week, in his own house, each featuring an emerging local… More >>

<em>The Nether</em>, Jennifer Haley's New Play at Kirk Douglas Theatre, Takes Place in a Virtual Reality of Sexual Fantasies The Nether, Jennifer Haley's New Play at Kirk Douglas Theatre, Takes Place in a Virtual Reality of Sexual Fantasies

Jennifer Haley sets much of her new play, The Nether, in an elaborate virtual reality — think Second Life, where you wander about as your chosen avatar, but a hyped-up… More >>

How Laura Owens' New Boyle Heights Exhibit Moves Painting Forward How Laura Owens' New Boyle Heights Exhibit Moves Painting Forward

What can paintings do? According to Laura Owens, they can be clocked and stretched, gridded and smeared, silkscreened with armies of cats and personal ads, representational and abstract, both a… More >>

Donald Freed's Play <em>Tomorrow</em> Interlinks Macbeth, George W. Bush and a Theatrical Dynasty Donald Freed's Play Tomorrow Interlinks Macbeth, George W. Bush and a Theatrical Dynasty

At the age of 80, Donald Freed is one of the oldest living American playwrights. A consequence of his age and his prolific output, Freed now offers a legacy of… More >>

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