Ashes to ashes
For an actress who “never had the drive to do whatever makes you stand out, star-wise,” Barbara Tarbuck sure has managed to carve out a... Read more →
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Politics is not a pretty picture
If you want to watch the demise of a once-promising politician, “Weiner” is the documentary for you. And if you want to know how the heck we got... Read more →
The illusion of perception
How do you talk about a show based on illusion without spoiling the surprises? “In & Of Itself,” a new show by illusionist Derek DelGaudio... Read more →
The Venice Legacy
On Tuesday, I paid homage to “Moses at 90.” That's Ed Moses, an early member of the West Coast “Cool School” whose work first was shown in... Read more →
Master class in Samuel Beckett
Three actors over 80, a fourth in his late 60s … who says there are no quality stage roles for senior citizens these days? I'm talking about... Read more →
A Muslim and A Jew Walk Into a Bakery
Are you as sick of news about politics, terrorism and global destruction as I am? Take yourself out for a laugh to see “Dough,” a whole different... Read more →
Picture of a positive outcome
S. Beth Atkin is one of those renaissance women you read about in novels - but this Santa Monica resident is not fictional. A graduate of Barnard... Read more →
Family Adventures at The Broad Stage
Circa's "Carnival of the Animals" from Australia and The Box Brothers from Holland are bringing their wondrous family entertainments to Santa Monica... Read more →
The Guardian Mural
A mural serves as public art. But for artist Francisco Letelier, the “Guardian” mural he's painting on the south wall of the American Red Cross... Read more →
Serious theatre and murderous mayhem
For more than ten years Lisa Dwan has blackened the bottom half of her face, put on a blindfold, put in earplugs and manacled her wrists to a piece... Read more →
Art fling and a funny Bean
I stopped into the Spring Fling at Bergamot Art Station this past Saturday for a tiny sampling of all that this unique gallery complex has to offer.... Read more →
A Week of Women’s Writing
This week I've seen three theatre productions written by women. The Jewish Women's Theatre's latest production, “The Blessing of a Broken Heart”... Read more →
You bet your life
In 2014 I went to the massive, impossibly sprawling Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland (reporting on some of it here). To find the gems in the... Read more →
Tempest tossed and stringed inventions
“Tempest Redux” reimagines one of Shakespeare's most beloved and complex plays, now onstage at The Odyssey Theatre in West Los Angeles. John... Read more →
Sharon Lawrence: Star actress, gracious environmentalist
Quick: Who's the first celebrity you think of when you say “environmentalist” — Ed Begley, Jr.? Leonardo DiCaprio? Brad Pitt? These answers... Read more →
