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From The Editor - Winter 2024 Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Feb. 8, 2024 This issue marks the completion of 85 issues. I'm proud of what we've accomplished through the years, sharing our corner of the world. The journey has been filled with countless stories and wonderful relationships. Michael Darling's story about the ... Continue reading » Permalink
From The Editor - Summer 2023 Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Aug. 8, 2023 Even though Hollywood celebrated its Centennial in 1987, it would be thirty-five years before the Hollywood today would turn 100 icon by icon. Each year more celebrations are added. We've hit the magic mark; you could say we've come of age. Count ... Continue reading » Permalink
From The Editor - Winter 2023 Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Feb. 1, 2023 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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
Mean Girls at The Pantages Hollywood Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Jan. 9, 2023 Reviewed by Nyla Arslanian Mean Girls, in spite of the title, as a show was like cotton candy, fun to eat and a really enjoyable experience, disappears as a lingering memory. Adapted from the 2004 movie, the addition of music to the mainly intact ... Continue reading » Permalink
LITTLE THEATRE by Justin Tanner Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Dec. 15, 2022 Reviewed by Nyla Arslanian It didn't take very long for the nostalgia to set in as Justin Tanner's Little Theatre unfolded. A superb ensemble performance based on the playwright's Los Angeles live theatre career. Jenny O'Hara delivers a performance ... Continue reading » Permalink
World Premiere "BABE" Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Sep. 27, 2022 Reviewed by Nyla Arslanian The Echo Theater Company's BABE aptly named, I'm guessing, for how women were referred to in the early days of the modern record business. Attending the play with my husband, a former record company executive, his take was ... Continue reading » Permalink
Jagged Little Pill at the Hollywood Pantages Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Sep. 22, 2022 With youthful exuberance, exciting choreography, Alanis Morissette songs plus a book that includes themes of contemporary life-drug problems, gender and racial issues, marital troubles, JAGGED LITTLE PILL is a show about angst in many forms. And yet ... Continue reading » Permalink
From The Editor - Summer 2022 Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Jul. 29, 2022 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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
Moulin Rouge! A Must See Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Jul. 11, 2022 Mouline Rouge! A Must See While the Nederlander Organization bills its town offerings as Broadway in Hollywood and the touring company productions to the "bookend" theatres-The Dolby and venerable Pantages, there is no doubt that Broadway is IN ... Continue reading » Permalink
Untitled Baby Play Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Jun. 8, 2022 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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
CLASSIC COUPLES COUNSELING By Nyla Arslanian Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Apr. 7, 2022 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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
APARTMENT LIVING By Nyla Arslanian Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Mar. 16, 2022 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. ... Continue reading » Permalink
DETAINED - World Premiere Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Mar. 3, 2022 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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
From The Editor - Winter 2021-22 Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Jan. 5, 2022 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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
Salvage Extends at Hudson Theatre's Mainstage Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Nov. 13, 2021 Salvage Extends at Hudson Theatre's Mainstage By Nyla Arslanian While I wouldn't dub Salvage a musical, aptly subtitled "a play with music" is an accurate description. What transpires in this 90-minute play is a heartfelt story of hopes and ... Continue reading » Permalink
The Children at The Fountain Theatre Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Nov. 11, 2021 Lily Knight and Ron Bottita in The Children at The Fountain Theatre Photo by Jenny Graham By Nyla Arslanian The Children opens at The Fountain Theatre Perhaps we've just taken it for granted for so long-that exquisite experience of what we call ... Continue reading » Permalink
My Fair Lady at the Hollywood Pantages Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Oct. 15, 2021 (center) Sam Simahk as Freddy Eynsford-Hill, Shereen Ahmed as Eliza Doolittle, Kevin Pariseau as Colonel Pickering and Leslie Alexander as Mrs. Higgins in Lerner & Loewe's MY FAIR LADY Photo by © Joan Marcus By Nyla Arslanian My Fair Lady held ... Continue reading » Permalink
Hamilton at the Hollywood Pantages Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Sep. 8, 2021 Jamael Westman and the company of Hamilton Photo by Joan Marcus By Nyla Arslanian What could be better after more than a year and a half of no musical theatre or the joy of entering the always a spectacular treat Pantages Theatre lobby, than a ... Continue reading » Permalink
From the Editor - Summer 2021 Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Jul. 5, 2021 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, ... Continue reading » Permalink
From the Editor - Fall/Winter 2020 Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Dec. 7, 2020 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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
From the Editor - Spring 2020 Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Apr. 27, 2020 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, ... Continue reading » Permalink
Editor's Letter - Winter 2020 Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Dec. 30, 2019 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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
Jesus Christ Superstar Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Oct. 31, 2019 By Nyla Arslanian All Photo Credits: Evan Zimmerman, MurphyMade You could call me a 50-year fan of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's work. It was the Jesus Christ Superstar album that introduced me to their music. And it was the music, first and ... Continue reading » Permalink
Letter From the Editor Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Oct. 2, 2019 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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
Editor's Letter - Summer 2019 Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Jul. 2, 2019 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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
From The Editor - Spring 2019 Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Apr. 4, 2019 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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
As The World Turns: State of Hollywood or State of Flux Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Jan. 17, 2019 By Nyla Arslanian Crossroads of The World Photo by Raphael Williams In his sixth State of Hollywood address today, Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell unveiled a sweeping new Heart of Hollywood initiative designed to address pressing needs in the ... Continue reading » Permalink
From the Editor - Winter 2018 Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Dec. 21, 2018 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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
Editor's Letter - Fall 2018 Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Oct. 2, 2018 Although you can see splashes of color on some of our trees, fall is Southern California usually means warm weather and Santa Ana winds. It's also the advent of the holiday season ushered in by Halloween and Dia De Los Muertos populated with ... Continue reading » Permalink
Letter from the Editor Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Jul. 5, 2018 In addition to providing information for visitors and residents to discover the unique culture and lore of Hollywood, our publication is the "magazine for people who love Hollywood." What exactly does that mean? There's no doubt that we cram a lot of ... Continue reading » Permalink
Letter From The Editor Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Apr. 4, 2018 Spring is busting out all over. Thankfully, we've had a little rain and our hillsides show it. Enjoy it while we can, another dry summer is on its way. Historically we've always had our highs and lows as far as rainfall. One of the reasons Hollywood ... Continue reading » Permalink
Letter from the Editor Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Jan. 2, 2018 Some say that Southern California has no seasons, but that's not quite true. Yes, we're fortunate to have one of the world's best climates occasionally interspersed with rain, fire and the dreaded Santa Anas. We also have awards season. That zany ... Continue reading » Permalink
Letter from the Editor Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Oct. 6, 2017 Whether you are a loyal reader or this is the first issue you've ever seen, you are important to us. Years ago, when we first began promoting all the good things about Hollywood, we surveyed people who were visiting for the first time. That's when we ... Continue reading » Permalink
From the Editor Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Jun. 29, 2017 Summertime and the livin' is easy. That may be true for the true South, but it's also vacation time and there's always an influx of visitors that our summer travel plans don't match. Rachel Flanagan's article about the Hollywood Sign points out what ... Continue reading » Permalink
From The Editor Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Apr. 1, 2017 We all love Spring, the time of new beginnings and renewal-even Californians who are happy to be drying out after a long-awaited wet winter. Our hills are green and flowers are everywhere, even the desert is in bloom. We certainly do need a lift ... Continue reading » Permalink
From The Editor Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Dec. 21, 2016 Everything is topsy-turvy these days, post-election drama and the usual holiday scramble are making our lives even more hectic. Add to this Hollywood's Awards Season and the mood is electric. In the midst of all this, we take a pause to acknowledge ... Continue reading » Permalink
From The Editor Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Sep. 27, 2016 Fall is here and as our visitors go home, thousands of students arrive or return to school. The air is electric, filled with dreams and possibilities. Venerable Los Angeles City College (LACC) is this year's focus for our Education Issue with its ... Continue reading » Permalink
From the Editor Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Jun. 30, 2016 On our summer cover, the Muses of Music, Dance and Drama, a sculpture created by George Stanley whose "Oscar" is passed out each year, graces the entrance to the Hollywood Bowl an overlooked artistic treasure we pass as we speed along Highland ... Continue reading » Permalink
From the Editor Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Mar. 30, 2016 Although the deluge may arrive with April flowers, it seems that El Nino was a bust at least in Southern California. Thankfully, northern reservoirs are filling and the High Sierra snowpack will guarantee that we won't dry up and blow away any time ... Continue reading » Permalink
From the Editor Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Dec. 22, 2015 The holiday season and beginning of a new year is a time for reflection and expression of love through gift giving and celebration. This year the season seems to have more relevance than ever. The world as we know it is changing in ways that are hard ... Continue reading » Permalink
From the Editor Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Oct. 12, 2015 Can someone tell me why there's always the "good news and bad news"? There was good news for our businesses with summer tourism up but not so good for traffic or for our hillside neighbors who were inundated with visitors armed with GPS and smart ... Continue reading » Permalink
From the Editor Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Jun. 25, 2015 We're heading into what promises to be another record-breaking visitor season. Hillside residents are still plagued with issues regarding people who want to get "up close and personal" to see the famed Hollywood Sign. So, if you're a visitor, please ... Continue reading » Permalink
From the Editor Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Apr. 1, 2015 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 ... Continue reading » Permalink
From the Editor Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Dec. 16, 2014 Isn't it amazing that the holidays come every year and always catch everyone by surprise-or is it just me? Don't get me wrong, I love this time of year especially the Thanksgiving kickoff. Heading into the season in the spirit of gratitude is the ... Continue reading » Permalink
From The Editor Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Sep. 19, 2014 What is it about fall that makes it such a delightful time of the year? New beginnings as a new school year is launched, or the fun of creating a costume and all that goes into making Halloween a zany occasion and not scary even with all the ghosts ... Continue reading » Permalink
From The Editor Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Jul. 10, 2014 By the calendar, summer has definitely arrived, but this year the term "endless summer" really resonates as we've had an unprecedented warm winter. We're bracing for a warm and very dry season but don't expect dry if you visit Universal this summer. ... Continue reading » Permalink
From the Editor Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Jan. 3, 2014 Beginning with a star-studded parade along Hollywood's famous boulevards-Hollywood and Sunset- and contining into the first week of January, the holidays in Hollywood are always a grand occasion. While some places mark the seasons with colorful ... Continue reading » Permalink
From the Editor Posted By Nyla Arslanian - Jul. 16, 2013 Beginning the end of May, we begin seeing the gradual increase in visitors in and around our famous boulevard. It's always my dream that they come prepared to experience the realities of our urban core. Hollywood is not an easy place and "laid back" ... Continue reading » Permalink \| Comments(0)