Sarah A. Spitz - SMDP (Page 28)

Falling into theatre season

Here's a version of Chekhov you've never seen before and won't see again. The innovative Impro Theatre presents "Chekhov Unscripted" in repertory

By Sarah A. Spitz

/ 19 Sep 2012

Movie magic

I wasn't sure what I was in for when I went to see "Elephant Room" at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. It's

By Sarah A. Spitz

/ 29 Aug 2012

Poppins play a ‘rare gift’

With all due respect to my parents, I may have been a deprived child because I never saw the Disney film "Mary Poppins," nor did I read the

By Sarah A. Spitz

/ 20 Aug 2012

Capturing nature’s beauty

I recently toured the photo exhibit "SkyScapes" at Annenberg Community Beach House with curator Bruria Finkel. The photography is spectacular and inspiring, proving that nature often offers the

By Sarah A. Spitz

/ 26 Jul 2012

Mid-summer roundup

The big events around town include ¬ìWar Horse¬î at the Ahmanson Theatre and ¬ìThe Exorcist¬î at Geffen Playhouse. But much of note takes place in smaller venues.

By Sarah A. Spitz

/ 19 Jul 2012

There¬ís no way to put this delicately: ¬ìThe Irish Curse¬î by Martin Casella, at West L.A.¬ís venerated Odyssey Theatre, is about grief over the size of a particular part of the male anatomy and its effect on men¬ís lives.

By Sarah A. Spitz

/ 12 Jul 2012

Bach, Cage back to back

If John Cage had not been born with his name, he would have had to invent it. It serves as a reminder of all the conventions he was trying to break free of in his music, his spirituality and his life.

By Sarah A. Spitz

/ 4 Jul 2012

Give them a hand

You might think that a play hinging on the essential nature of language would pose a challenge for deaf artists. But ¬ìCyrano,¬î a world premiere collaboration between The Fountain Theatre and Deaf West Theatre, has been extended twice, more than doubling the length of its initial run.

By Sarah A. Spitz

/ 28 Jun 2012

Sexy sirens and comedic kings

When I was a UCLA undergrad studying literature in the 1970s, the feminist movement was in full flower across the cultural spectrum. Women protested at New York¬ís Museum of Modern Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art about the lack of female artists in their collections.

By Sarah A. Spitz

/ 21 Jun 2012

Theatre on the ¬ëFringe¬í

The Hollywood Fringe Festival, an annual celebration of independently produced emerging arts across all genres, is premiering new music, film, theatre and other performance events in multiple conventional and unorthodox venues from June 14 through June 24.

By Sarah A. Spitz

/ 14 Jun 2012

L.A. Zoo has something new

Every year, students in Lincoln Middle School’s seventh grade life science class take a field trip to the Los Angeles Zoo. They’re lucky to have a teacher like Bob Seymour.

By Sarah A. Spitz

/ 24 May 2012

They love Los Angeles

Los Angeles is misunderstood. Paraphrasing Woody Allen, it’s dismissed as having no culture except for yogurt, or simply dissed as La La Land, paparazzi paradise, a city without a center — and the list goes on.

By Sarah A. Spitz

/ 17 May 2012