From The Editor - Winter 2023

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

We've climbed back from the pandemic; three years ago, the world shut down. We're not quite out of the woods yet, but life is returning to normal-whatever that is. We're grateful for the Hollywood Partnership, the organization that is the caretaker ...

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From The Editor - Summer 2022

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

Now that it seems that we are through the worst of the pandemic and some degree of normalcy in our lives, the question is "What is normal?" If anyone had predicted that the entire country and world would be in such a turmoil, businesses closed and ...

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Untitled Baby Play

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

From the intricately sequenced first act as the audience is privy to the email exchange between the six friends as they attempt to plan a baby shower, you know that you're in for an interesting theatre experience. Cindy Lin's set design provides the ...

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CLASSIC COUPLES COUNSELING By Nyla Arslanian

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

Constance Mellors (l.), Joe Nassi, Barbara Mallory The live theatre experience is a mixed bag ranging from the most serious with plays delving into the darkest corners of human nature to the comedy of Neil Simon. Theatregoers delight in seeing the ...

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APARTMENT LIVING By Nyla Arslanian

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

Gabriel Leyva (as Alex) and Charrell Mack (as Cassandra) Playwrights' Arena and Skylight Theatre join forces to present the world premiere of APARTMENT LIVING set in Los Angeles during the pandemic with a cast of actors as diverse as our city. ...

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DETAINED - World Premiere

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

I always look forward to productions at The Fountain Theatre as I've come to expect to be taken some place I've never been before. They provide theatre that strives to take the audience on a journey of discovery. That was surely the case as the ...

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From The Editor - Winter 2021-22

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

I love anniversaries. Over the years Discover Hollywood has acknowledged many. Our first official magazine cover commemorated Hollywood's 100th anniversary of its founding in 1886. Since that time there have been many more celebrations. I imagine ...

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From the Editor - Summer 2021

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

As the old story goes "There must be a pony in here somewhere," as we are gradually becoming out of all that these past many months have brought us, the term introspection comes to mind. We've definitely had a lot of time to reflect, to question, ...

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From the Editor - Fall/Winter 2020

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

Dear Friends, For nearly 35 years, we've been producing Discover Hollywood and during that time have been through many changes both in ownership and in our everchanging community. It's no surprise to anyone that nothing really compares to the last ...

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From the Editor - Spring 2020

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

Such strange times we're in. As we go to press, we've been on lockdown for a month and it could be another month (or more!) before we are set free again. In planning for this issue, it was obvious that any date-sensitive information had to be cut, ...

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Editor's Letter - Winter 2020

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

How can the decades pass so quickly? Weren't we just wondering what havoc the millennial change would cause? It's good to recall that sometimes we get ourselves all worked up for nothing. Not a new decade is nothing; it reminds us that time marches ...

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Letter From the Editor

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

Fall definitely isn't the time when "everything gets back to normal" after summer vacations. Just as we think things are back in control, we launch into Halloween and Dia de los Muertos festivities. The back-to-back celebrations, one filled with ...

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Editor's Letter - Summer 2019

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

According to Los Angeles Tourism, we welcomed 50 million visitors to our city in 2018. Beginning in May we start to notice more visitors strolling along the Walk of Fame. It's reported that last year, there were about 25 million that came to ...

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From The Editor - Spring 2019

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

There's nothing quite so beautiful as a Southern Californian spring after a very rainy winter. A joy to behold. Wildflowers blanket the hillsides. We are renewed and refreshed. A wonderful time of new beginnings. New beginnings are in store for an ...

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From the Editor - Winter 2018

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

Winter is the season for non-stop celebration. The holidays seem to roll in like our Southern California storms (when we have a real rainy season). We save enough party to ring in the New Year and then we launch into Awards Season culminating with ...

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