Entertainment
Experience Santa Monica's dynamic entertainment scene through our comprehensive coverage. From the iconic Santa Monica Pier to Third Street Promenade performances, we spotlight the events, venues, and performers bringing life to our coastal city. Stay current with local music shows, theater productions, film screenings, and seasonal festivities that make our community vibrant. Our reporting covers both major attractions and hidden gems, featuring upcoming events, artist interviews, and venue highlights throughout Santa Monica. Whether you're planning a night out or seeking family-friendly activities, trust Santa Monica Daily Press to be your essential guide to local entertainment.
Pacific Park expected to sell for $34M
SM PIER — Popular Santa Monica attraction Pacific Park is set to be sold for $34 million, with final approval...
Read more‘Spoken from the Heart’
Strong women are what we need today. It takes a strong woman to stand beside a man who has the...
Read moreNot normal, just spectacular
Take the intense drama of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest," add the unique unmelody of a Stephen Sondheim-ish score, and set...
Read moreExodus from Germany brings exiles and émigrés
“I am not an émigré, I am an exile,” playwright Bertolt Brecht insisted, and he proved his point by returning...
Read more‘The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind’
Most people think that as a person ages the brain stops learning new things. But that is just not true....
Read moreA summer hotel in an autumn garden
The upper-class voice of Lillian Hellman rings across the elegantly furnished living room of a summer hotel on the Gulf Coast. She’s not...
Read more‘The Little Flower’ truly gets her two scents worth
Everybody loves Therese Marie, the sweet little old lady who is “The Little Flower of East Orange.” So how come...
Read moreA trivial evening of trivia
“War,” according to its hype, is a feisty comedy about war, but it’s no “M*A*S*H.” And it isn’t about war....
Read more‘Sonia Sotomayor: The True American Dream’
She is our 111th Supreme Court justice. Her name is Sonia Sotomayor. But other than that, what do we know...
Read moreA witch in time just as fine
There are certain witches that everyone remembers. The trio in “Macbeth" brewed toil and trouble in a steaming cauldron. Elizabeth...
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