Thomas Paine was an idealist whose name defined him. An early, and extreme, egalitarian radical, he was crucial to the founding of America with his inspirational writings, but a pain
Puppetry is the art of pulling strings to animate inanimate objects. You could say this about City Garage's new production "Opheliamachine" as well as the Geffen&
What a great week for theatre! "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)" by Santa Monica Rep at the Promenade Playhouse is hilarious and brilliant — snarky but smart.
I am not acquainted with the works of the late playwright Eugene Ionesco. But that doesn't matter. The Romanian born writer ("Rhinoceros," "The Bald Soprano,
A short story by Chilean-born author Isabel Allende has been transformed into an opera that will have its world premiere in Santa Monica on Friday, May 17, as Los Angeles
A drama about the afterlife and its acolytes takes shape in "One White Crow" by Dale Griffiths Stamos.
A journalist, Tess (Jane Hajduk), whose adored and recently-deceased father
This week we have an inspirational documentary, Buster Keaton silent movies accompanied by a musical master on Wurlitzer organ, an all-male Benjamin Britten opera, and local stars onstage in a
I can't speak highly enough about "Heart of Darkness" at The Actors' Gang Theatre in Culver City.
A seven-year-long passion project of actor/adapter Brian