World premiere plays by relatively unknown young playwrights can be risky and it was with some trepidation that I entered the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater at the Geffen Playhouse to attend, or as it turns out, be enveloped by “Black Cypress Bayou” by Kristen Adele
The buzz of creation, collaboration and discovery in the air this week is almost palpable as Los Angeles gets set to serve as the epicenter of the contemporary art world with the joint openings of Frieze Los Angeles and Felix Art Fair.
Awards season is upon us once again with the culmination of the Oscars on March 10 at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.
We’re all on the never-ending treadmill of television, and that’s just with the mainstream streaming channels, for the most part. Blink and you’re behind, with the treadmill going at 10 mph and you falling off the back at 5 mph. More and more and more,
My mouth is still watering from this sumptuous film, directed and written lovingly by Tran Anh Hung, based on the novel “The Life and Passion of Dodin Bouffant, Gourmet” by Marcel Rouff.
Director Nikolaj Arcel dreams in technicolor and sees life on a grand scale, a David Lean film on a minuscule budget.
The month of February is action-packed with celebratory opportunities that include the Lunar New Year, Valentine’s Day and the Presidents Day long weekend, plus it is a Leap Year, so we will gain an extra day.
There’s so much out there, it’s a Sisyphean task to keep current.
“Driving Madeleine” is a gift to all of us, old and young.
Class, before we begin with chemistry there is an important lesson to be learned about adapting bestsellers.
