Blog Posts in December 2024


A CHRISTMAS CAROL - First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood Sanctuary Posted By Amanda Callas Reviewed by Amanda Callas A Christmas Carol is a beloved annual tradition at the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood through December 21st. The longest running Hollywood production of A Christmas Carol, this year marks the 55th anniversary of this ... Continue reading » Permalink
JUANITA MOORE STAR CEREMONY - Harrison Held's SceneAroundTown Posted By Harrison Held The Juanita Moore Star Ceremony and after party was terrific and heartwarming. It was one of the nicest Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremonies I've been to and well MC'd by Variety's Angelique Jackson one day before what would have been the Imitation of ... Continue reading » Permalink
HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS PARADE - Harrison Held's SceneAroundtown Posted By Harrison Held Harrison Held's SceneAroundTown... Hollywood! The exciting 92nd Anniversary of The Hollywood Christmas Parade supporting Marine Toys for Tots on the CW Network aired Saturday December 14 th. The universally loved and acclaimed parade featured 5,000 ... Continue reading » Permalink
ACT AS IF - Culver City Film Festival Posted By Michael Edwards Review by Michael Edwards Documentary director Noah Berlow's short "Act As If", showing at the Culver City Film Festival is at once a smart, piercingly clear rendering of the present day unhoused family crisis in Los Angeles. Less interested in ... Continue reading » Permalink
HOLIDAY EXPRESS FEST 2024 - Write Act Repertory at the Brickhouse Theatre Posted By Amalisha HuEck Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck Diving into another five original plays written by various writers, we enter into this year's festival of one acts filled with joy, peace, and light in this year's Holiday Express Fest 2024. Many interesting characters fill ... Continue reading » Permalink
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - Casa 0101 Theatre Posted By Amalisha HuEck Reviewed by Amalisha HuEck For 23 years, in the center of Boyle Heights community in East LA, an area of our city that many have never been to, hidden as a pearl in the shell, is Casa 0101 Theater. I must be honest; I did not expect anything special; ... Continue reading » Permalink
THE CIVIL TWILIGHT - Broadwater Studio Theatre Posted By Michael Edwards Reviewed by Michael Edwards The play The Civil TWILIGHT, is about time, and brilliantly so. Excellent storytelling aside, this Plays with People in association with The Road Theatre Company production of Shem Bitterman's play is just what audiences ... Continue reading » Permalink
IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT, TYLER PRICE! - Hudson Backstage Theatre Posted By Chris Cassone Review by Chris Cassone cc@chriscassone.com I was there. I saw a clever, colorful, youthful, current, and full-of-love musical with powerful chorale harmonizing, perfectly timed choreography, twenty-four engaging songs and a rock-star 14-year-old ... Continue reading » Permalink