The New York Times reports a new trend for men marrying "up" — women who earn more than their grooms. The economic realities of the past 30... More >>
BROADS! At retirement community Millennium Manor, four mature and feisty gals have formed a singing group called the Broads, and perform in an... More >>
Does it really need to be said? There's a commonplace in our reality-TV talk-show Culture of Confession that dancing around an unspoken truth with... More >>
THE BALLAD OF EMMETT TILL Shirley Jo Finney directs a vivacious five-person ensemble in Ifa Bayeza's choreopoem based on the life and death of the... More >>
If you drive through the San Gabriel Mountains, where radio reception is already dodgy, set the dial on the scan mode. Every three seconds or so,... More >>
Nominated for four Academy Awards — for Apollo 13, The Truman Show (for which he received a Golden Globe), Pollock and The Hours — and... More >>
THE ANTARCTIC CHRONICLES In his documentary Encounters at the End of the World, Werner Herzog described the denizens of Antarctica's McMurdo... More >>
The best of our theater in 99 seats (or fewer) in the calendar year of 2009 is recognized for the 31st year at the L.A. Weekly Theater Awards,... More >>
GO COUSIN BETTE Drawn from Balzac’s La Comèdie humaine, playwright Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation revolves around a cunning... More >>
Financial woes finally caught up to one of area's most esteemed midsize nonprofit theaters, the Pasadena Playhouse, which announced that it is... More >>
GO EXILES Playwright Carlos Lacamara's drama puts a powerful human face on the Mariel boat lift, Fidel Castro's mean joke of 1980, when... More >>
Love Me Tender, Love Me Harsh
The New York Times reports a new trend for men marrying "up" — women who earn more than their grooms. The economic realities of the past 30 years have… More >>
Konstantin Bojanov at Otero Plassart
If you've spent any time looking at contemporary art over the last 15 years, you've likely seen the impressive handiwork of Konstantin Bojanov, but until now, you probably haven't had… More >>
Theater Reviews: Cave Quest, Lobby Hero, Broads!, Wirehead
BROADS! At retirement community Millennium Manor, four mature and feisty gals have formed a singing group called the Broads, and perform in an annual variety show — which we're seeing.… More >>
Understating the Obvious
Does it really need to be said? There's a commonplace in our reality-TV talk-show Culture of Confession that dancing around an unspoken truth with repartee is really the art of… More >>
Locals Only
There seems to be a rising tide of regionalism in the L.A. art scene, or at least a renewed interest in examining the city's cultural history, maybe because — as… More >>
Theater Reviews: The Ballad of Emmett Till, Dual Citizens, The Subject Was Roses
THE BALLAD OF EMMETT TILL Shirley Jo Finney directs a vivacious five-person ensemble in Ifa Bayeza's choreopoem based on the life and death of the 14-year-old black child from Chicago,… More >>
Kathryn Andrews, Heather Cook, Lesley Vance, Lisa Williamson at David Kordansky Gallery
With such variety of work, one may initially perceive this show's connective tissue as simply the stats of those included: four young women artists, all based in Los Angeles, and… More >>
Echo Chambers
If you drive through the San Gabriel Mountains, where radio reception is already dodgy, set the dial on the scan mode. Every three seconds or so, you'll get a new… More >>
Ed Harris: Local Boy Makes Good
Nominated for four Academy Awards — for Apollo 13, The Truman Show (for which he received a Golden Globe), Pollock and The Hours — and an Emmy (Empire Falls), Ed… More >>
THE ANTARCTIC CHRONICLES In his documentary Encounters at the End of the World, Werner Herzog described the denizens of Antarctica's McMurdo Station as wanderers who tumbled down to the South… More >>
