Loopholes - An Interview with Stan Rich

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

By Suzanne Birrell. Blame it on the IRS. Stan Rich actually started out working in Medicine and Finance. One of his early assignments was getting Space Monkeys from NASA to a research facility. From monkeys he moved into tax shelters for the Docs he ...

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Oscar's Hollywood

Posted By Oscar Arslanian

Get A Job! That's what the Silhouettes wailed on their 1957 R & B #1 record. Jobs, especially the lack of them, are a big time conversation in 2015. Yet, in Los Angeles County, Tourism and Hospitality is the fastest growing industry adding more ...

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From the Editor

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

It's Spring and the time for thoughts of love. We do love this time of year. Awards have been passed out and there's a brief lull between Spring break and the onslaught of summer visitors. We've rebounded from the Great Recession and many building ...

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Cinderella - Theatre Review

Posted By Jen Brown

By Jen Brown Constance Jewell Lopez as Fairy Godmother. Charleene Closshey as Cinderella. Photo credit: Dina Morrone. If you are looking for a wonderful afternoon of fun, laughter and sheer enjoyment - get yourself along to Theatre West, Cahuenga ...

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Prison Boxing - Theatre Review

Posted By Harrison Held

By Harrison Held. I recently attended a great new one woman show called Prison Boxing making it's world premiere at The Skylight Theatre Skylab on Vermont. It's a very good biographical show starring and written by the gifted and likable Leah Joki ...

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Newsies - Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

A Review by Suzanne Birrell. Original company, North American Tour of NEWSIES. ©Disney. Photo by Deen van Meer. (When they do this, the crowd goes wild!) Newsies stole our hearts when they opened the show last night in Los Angeles. But before you ...

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Out & About - Grammy & Oscar's

Posted By Susan Hornik

By Susan Hornik Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel with Greenleaf owner Jon Rollo. "I play music and day and all night long!" quipped singer Ryan Cabrera at the Distinctive Assets Grammy Gifting Lounge. " Lately I've listened to Sam Cooke, Frank ...

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Verdigris - Theatre Review

Posted By Harrison Held

Theatre Review by Harrison Held Jim Beaver (l.), Sheila Shaw, Adam Conger. Photo: Charlie Mount Lots of interesting and colorful characters in the play Verdigris which takes place in small town Oklahoma. Theatre West premiered Jim Beaver's terrific ...

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If You Can Get to Buffalo - Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

A review by Suzanne Birrell (l-r) Chase Cargill, Betsy Moore, Caitlin Teeley & Alex Wells If You Can Get to Buffalo by Trish Harnetiaux is a fine morsel of eclectic humor. Fast moving and funny, witty and thought provoking, If You Can get to ...

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Circles - Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

By Suzanne Birrell Lisa Harris and Blake Adams. Photo by Gina Long We are immediately brought into the downward spiral of relationship in Circles, a new play by Lisa Harris and playing at the Bootleg Theatre. The language is smartly convoluted from ...

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Hell Country, Florida

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

By Suzanne Birrell Photos by Chuck Jones (l-r) Chrissy Swinko, Rich Baker, Gillian Bellinger, Maya Estephanos It's an hour of laughter at Second City with their New Show. If you've ever been to Florida, or if you simply watch the news, this show will ...

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7 Redneck Cheerleaders- Theatre Review

Posted By Bill Garry

Review by Bill Garry Seven giant egos collide, conspire, and commiserate in a tenth anniversary staging of Louis Jacobs' " 7 Redneck Cheerleaders" from the Elephant Theatre Company. This production, updated with a few contemporary references in the ...

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Hollywood and Broadway - Theatre Review

Posted By Bill Garry

Review by Bill Garry Octavio Carlin, playwright-director-designer, has mined his love for the early years of show business to create " Hollywood and Broadway," an old-fashioned drawing room farce that is now on stage on Hollywood's Theatre Row. ...

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Alternate Endings - Theatre Review

Posted By Harrison Held

Theatre Review by Harrison Held I had the pleasure of recently seeing Skypilot Theatre Company's world premiere of Alternate Endings well written by senior playwright in residence, Jonathan Price. It is a great production and I highly recommend it. ...

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Out & About - Oscar Season!

Posted By Harrison Held

Out & About by Harrison Held Oscar season brings party and events where celebrities, nominees, and VIP's go to mingle and be seen. Presidential Chef Kurt Ehrlich, Karen Sharpe Kramer, Kat Kramer, Harrison Held & Roger Neal. Photo by Billy ...

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Dontrell, Who Kissed The Sea - Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

A review by Suzanne Birrell Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea written by Nathan Alan Davis is a masterful story presented in a style which embraces all cultures. The theme is universal - to connect with our ancestors. It is the story of a dream and the ...

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Pulp Shakespeare (or Bard Fiction) - Theatre Review

Posted By Harrison Held

A review by Harrison Held Pulp Shakespeare (or Bard Fiction) I really enjoyed this fast moving take on Quentin Tarantino's hit 90s film Pulp Fiction performed by an impressive & well trained cast at Theatre Asylum on Santa Monica Boulevard. This ...

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Jesus Christ Superstar - Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

Reviewed by Suzanne Birrell From the first chords back in the 1970's, Jesus Christ Superstar, penned by Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice, was a hit. And the current performance by the Doma Theatre Group reminds us why Jesus Christ Superstar is still ...

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Out & About

Posted By Susan Hornik

Now that awards season has kicked off, I've been a busy journalist attending numerous celebrity events around Hollywood. I was happy to see that in addition to gifting celebrities luxury swag and travel trips, gifting lounges like the Secret Room ...

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Reborning - Theatre Review

Posted By Jen Brown

By Jen Brown We don't live in a perfect world or lead perfect lives. We live, we die and in between, for a good portion of the time, we yearn. In "Reborning", the writer (Zayd Dohrn) focuses on a unique kind of yearning, the yearning (and suffering) ...

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