La La Land - Film Review

Posted By Joan Alperin

When I saw "Whiplash" I knew I was seeing the birth of a brilliant director and now with Damien Chazelle's latest film, "La La Land" he more than proves I was right. This flm is not only a beautiful homage to the musicals of long ago, but it's a ...

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When Jazz Had the Blues - Theatre Review

Posted By Joan Alperin

Billy Strayhorn (Frank Lawson) ever hear of him? Probably not. Well for one thing, he was the love of Lena Horne's (Michole Briana White) life and most importantly he co-wrote some of Duke Ellington's (Boise Holmes) hits. He also happened to be black ...

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Blood - Theatre Review

Posted By Bill Garry

Kabuki is a stylized form of Japanese dance and drama dating back to the 1600s. When, after World War II, Japan put Kabuki on global tour in an attempt to strengthen diplomatic relations, the word took on a new, cynical meaning: self-serving ...

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Bob's Holiday Office Party - Theatre Review

Posted By Joshua Kahn

Bob's Holiday Office Party makes its way to the Atwater Village Theatre for its 21st consecutive year of drunken revelry. I must admit that I'd never heard of this long-running show until seeing it, but now I'll be hard-pressed to forget. Most ...

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White Christmas - Theatre Review

Posted By Rachel Flanagan

If you are looking for a white Christmas in Los Angeles this holiday season, look no further than the Pantages Theatre. Directed and choreographed by Randy Skinner, the dazzling White Christmas returns for a one-week engagement this holiday season. ...

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Thrones! The Musical Parody - Theatre Review

Posted By Bekah Caden

by Bekah Caden Coming to Los Angeles after rave reviews out of Chicago and from across the pond, is Thrones! The Musical Parody. We begin with a group of friends getting together to watch the latest "Game of Thrones" episode when disaster strikes - ...

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Sleeping Beauty - Theatre Review

Posted By Jen Brown

They've done it again, Storybook Theatre have pulled it off and given us what we want and need - a dollop of warmth, a whole lot of loving and a major helping of FUN! I was more than happy to see this wonderful production for a second time and my ...

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Gardel's Tango - Theatre Review

Posted By Bill Garry

If you're a fan of 1940s MGM biopics shown late at night on AMC, you'll be a fan of Gardel's Tango, a new play (with music, of course) about composer, singer, and musical innovator Carlos Gardel. Gardel, who lived from 1890 to 1935, took Tango from ...

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Noturnal Animals - Film Review

Posted By Joan Alperin

Nocturnal Animals is a psychological thriller written and directed by Tom Ford and based on the 1993 novel Tony and Susan by Austin Wright. Ford has made only one other film, (also an adaptation) 2009's A Single Man. He comes from the world of ...

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Arrival - Film Review

Posted By Joan Alperin

Unfortunately, no one speaks their language. Arrival is based on Ted Chiang's Story of Your Life but I wouldn't read his short story until you see the film. When the movie begins, it is already established that aliens have landed on 12 different ...

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The Super Variety Match Bonus Round! - Theatre Review

Posted By Joshua Kahn

There are times when a piece of art so perfectly captures the national zeitgeist that it's hard to imagine it having nearly as strong an impact at any other point in time. Unfortunately, Rogue Machine's production of Deb Hiett's The Super Variety ...

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Siamese Sex Show: A Wild Wonderful Ride into a Dystopian Future

Posted By Joan Alperin

Siamese Sex Show, the musical is so good that I didn't want it to end. From the moment the show started, I knew I was about to experience something very original and extremely fun. I was not disappointed. The show starts with the very funny M.C. ...

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Indie Films November 18 - 24

Posted By Phil Sokoloff

ASPERGER'S ARE US, GOLDBRICKS IN BLOOM, ESTEROS BEGIN EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENTS AT ARENA CINELOUNGE HOLLYWOOD STARTING NOVEMBER 18 Arena Cinema Hollywood on Las Palmas Blvd. has changed its name to Arena Cinelounge Hollywood. Asperger's Are Us. ...

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Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Theatre Review 11/04/2016

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

A review by Suzanne Birrell. Photos by Joan Marcus. Hedwig and the Angry Inch opened at the Pantages Theatre and the crowd went wild- I m really wild. For those who haven't seen the show, Hedwig explains the his/her/his story in a mixture of personal ...

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Doctor Strange - Film Review 11/02/16

Posted By Joan Alperin

A film review by Joan Alperin. 'Doctor Strange' is absolutely wonderful and I loved every single second of it. The Doctor, played impeccable by Benedict Cumberbatch (who knew the dude could be so sexy?) is a different kind of superhero. Yes, he can ...

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Out & About with Susan Hornik 11/04/16

Posted By Susan Hornik

It's Fall and all the new hot TV series have premiered. Here's a look at what the broadcast network shows have a ton of buzz around them: CBS has ordered more episodes of Bull, Kevin Can Wait and MacGyver with each series having a very good chance of ...

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Unbound - Theatre Review - 11/02/16

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

A review by Suzanne Birrell. Chris Gardner and Laila Ayad in Unbound at Hudson Theatre The World Premiere of Unbound opened this week at the Hudson Theater in Hollywood. As the plot thickened and drama intensified and the audience progressively ...

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Oscar's Hollywood

Posted By Oscar Arslanian

Print Magazines. Are people still reading print magazines? A fact that is not bandied about in the exhilaration of the Internet is that magazine readership has actually risen during the past five years and over the past 15 years, almost corresponding ...

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Catbaret - Review

Posted By Rachel Flanagan

A review by Rachel Flanagan. By now the world has noticed that when you open up any of your social media accounts or browse almost any part of the Internet, you will likely come across news, photos and memes about cats. Cats have been an influential ...

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Indie Films November 11-17

Posted By Phil Sokoloff

DON'T LOOK DOWN, THE DRAMA CLUB, RAINBOW TIME, HARA KIRI BEGIN EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENTS AT ARENA CINELOUNGE HOLLYWOOD ON NOVEMBER 11 We're back on Las Palmas Blvd., and we've changed our name. We're officially and permanently Arena Cinelounge Hollywood. ...

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