1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (803+ words) Lorne Michaels has been a public figure since he created "Saturday Night Live" a half-century ago. And he has managed to do it without really letting the public into his life. (Did you know he's married, with kids, and has…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (664+ words) A beloved Broadway classic will hop onto the stage this spring when Long Beach Playhouse presents "Harvey," opening Easter weekend on Saturday, April 4. Written by Mary Chase in the early 1940s and directed by Bob Fetes, "Harvey" is a warm, whimsical…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (517+ words) The Sierra Madre Playhouse is jumping into the Lunar New Year with several shows planned during a multiweek series that will touch on comedy, film, theater, dance and music. "With this particular series we wanted to touch on the different…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (768+ words) Opera has always loved rocks and hard places. From saints and spies to mothers and martyrs, the art form's truly memorable moments belong to characters facing impossible choices " and singing their way through them. This tradition takes on fresh urgency…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (627+ words) The Long Beach Playhouse's Mainstage Theater will dive headfirst into whodunit territory with Agatha Christie's "Go Back for Murder," which will run from Saturday, Jan. 10, to Feb. 7. Written by Christie herself in 1960 and directed by Philip Brickey, this ingenious and…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (625+ words) At International City Theatre, Kate Hamill's "Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson " Apt. 2 B" arrives with energy to spare. Director Amie Farrell frames her production as a "cheerful desecration" of Conan Doyle's originals, and her interview reflections show her intent to explore…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (841+ words) Few performers embody the word icon quite like Sandra Bernhard. For nearly five decades, she's blazed a trail as a comedian, actress, singer, author, and unapologetic cultural commentator. Now, Bernhard returns to the stage with her brand-new show "Shapes & Forms…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (560+ words) Kenneth Lonergan has a knack for taking ordinary people, plopping them into morally murky waters, and letting them swim " or sink" under the fluorescent glow of everyday life. His "Lobby Hero," now running in the Studio Theater at the Long…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago  (750+ words) In the cozy confines of the Garage Theatre in Long Beach, the air recently brimmed with enchantment " or perhaps, better said, bewitchment " with their inspired staging of Jen Silverman's play, "Witch." History has long rendered witches as dark figures of…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago  (341+ words) The Belly Laughs Comedy & Food Festival knew precisely what it was doing when it hosted a celebration of Asian American culture. Like most major celebrations, delicious food was a cornerstone of the two-day event hosted at the Peacock Theater and…...