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ARTS REVIEW: 'ON THE SPECTRUM'
Love Balanced Between Inner & Outer Worlds In A Sharp & Sensitive Play
as an audience we are able to recognize that many of us struggle on our own spectrum with demons that are not visible because we “pass” for normal.
ARTS REVIEW: HEAP OF LIVIN'
Award Winning Cast Bring Parental Love, Loss & Great Performances
Playwright Elliot Shoenman has hit a universal subject. And with a first- rate cast, this fast-paced two-acter delivers not only an engaging evening of theater.
ARTS REVIEW: 'THE BLUE IRIS'
Review: Athol Fugard's Play Of Painful Memories & Political Ghosts
Under the able direction of Stephen Sachs, the problem is played out as a personal drama between two people who need each other.
ARTS REVIEW: 'THE IRISH CURSE' AT THE ODYSSEY THEATRE
A Full Frontal Comedy Dealing With A Small But Significant Issue
The Irish Curse is fast, funny, explosive... and the subject is newly exposed (not a pun). The subject, its parallels, it's metaphors offer serious discussion...
ARTS REVIEW: 'STONEFACE' AT SACRED FOOLS THEATER
French Stewart in the Captivating Rise & Fall & Rise of Silent Movie Star Buster Keaton
The poignant emotions that French Stewart managed to project—-albeit through that still, “stone” face--brought this reviewer to tears.
ARTS REVIEW: 'CYRANO'
Fountain Theater and Deaf West Partner for a Classic with a Difference
It’s a great rollicking evening of theater. And a must for anyone like me who has not been involved with “signing” and the remarkable Deaf West theater.
FILM REVIEW: 'FOOTNOTE' & 'A SEPARATION'
Israel & Iran Tackle Moral Issues In Two Engrossing Films
Wonderful that in harsh political times, two filmmakers are willing to tackle hard issues and present them with such appeal and emotional strength.
ARTS REVIEW: THE MAGIC BULLET THEORY
Sacred Fools Hits the Mark in Study of the Kennedy Assassination
'The Magic Bullet Theory' suggests that a muddle-headed, love-impaired assassin was hired not to kill but to miss his target with a warning shot…and he messed it up...
FILM COLUMN: 'THE MISFITS'
A Look Back at Marilyn Monroe's Dramatic Opus and Era
Into this sad world of washed-out cowboys comes Marilyn ... a sensitive girl who has been hurt and responds to their pain.
ARTS REVIEW: 'BUDDHA: A FANTASTIC JOURNEY'
Evan Brenner Expanding Minds at Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderfully entertaining 90 minutes, and a subject for introspection and conversation for…well...a period to be determined by the listener.
ARTS REVIEW: 'OUR TOWN' AT THE BROAD STAGE
Helen Hunt Plays Stage Manager in an American Classic
When the play begins, the lights are not lowered! You see the play in full intimate view of the entire audience. This is an 'Our Town' for our times.
TV REVIEW: 'THE WAY WE LIVE NOW'
BBC Does The Classics...and Surprise, It's Still Happening Today
It’s not only an English lesson in the form of a fascinating and entertaining four-part series, but Trollope gives a great lesson in human nature in a Victorian romp.
FILM INTERVIEW: JOHN HUNTER
Revolutionary Teacher Uses Unique Methods in 'World Peace & Other 4th Grade Achievements'
"If you see one good teacher, you know there is a mass of people that made that one teacher possible and makes that one result possible with one child..."
TV COLUMN: 'HUNG'
Thomas Jane's HBO Hit Goes Too Far, Hangs Too Low
Thomas Jane, just turn your naked butt around and be done with it. Go the full monty and call it not comedy but something else.
FILM REVIEW: 'TAKE SHELTER'
Boardwalk Empire's Michael Shannon Makes You Afraid -- Very Afraid
This is possibly you, in these really scary times of religion against religion, political party against party, powerful against powerless -- actual loss of shelter...
ARTS REVIEW: CIRQUE DU SOLEIL 'IRIS'
Hollywood Defies Gravity with Triple Delights: The Kodak, the Acrobats, and Danny Elfman
In Cirque du Soleil, you leave with the sense of the possible -- that man can cleverly twist and fly and climb…the sense that the impossible in life is amazingly doable.
TV REVIEW: MURDER MYSTERIES
Leave It to the Brits for Kicks & Sidekicks - Chief Inspectors Lynley, Barnaby & Foyle
American murder mysteries are bloody, violent, and the criminals vicious ... At the end of a good British mystery, the culprit is happy to confess...
TV REVIEW: 'DOC MARTIN' & 'JEYKLL'
Two Fine Doctors; Leave it to the Brits!
Perhaps lying in bed gorging myself with goodies and watching TV seems a self-indulgent replacement for actual living, but hey, that’s life in the 21st century.
ARTS REVIEW: 'BAKERSFIELD MIST' AT THE FOUNTAIN THEATRE
Dynamic Duo Wrestles with the Meaning of Art
The play concerns not only the question of what is the nature of “art” but the nature of the two lives dependent on the validation of this canvas.
LIFESTYLE COLUMN: THE OLD BROAD IN TIM BURTON'S WONDERLAND
Playing the "Age Card" to Meet 50 New People at the LACMA Exhibit Opening Party
I do not think that 'Lick Me' is intended for my demographic, but I have already asked for a review copy...