arts and culture
Take me to your reader: ‘Don Quixote,’ ‘Daily Worker’ for Florida’s cigarmakers
March 10, 2025The production has elements of proletarian theater and uses Brechtian techniques. Ybor City is also imaginatively staged in cinematic ways, incorporating projections of waves, the moon, musicians and more, plus a montage at the end.
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‘Alabaster’: The physical scars are healed now, but how about the spirit?
March 10, 2025I am beginning to believe the Fountain Theatre is constitutionally infallible. I can’t think of a play I’ve seen here that hasn’t met the highest standards of artistry.
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‘Queen of the Ring’ review: Exciting journey through turbulent history of women’s wrestling
March 7, 2025An epic rollercoaster ride through the journey of sports legend Mildred Burke.
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Heinrich Mann’s ‘The Loyal Subject’: A sharp analysis of power and submission
March 6, 2025Heinrich Mann, the elder brother of Thomas Mann, and in his own right one of the most significant German writers of the 20th century, died in exile in California 75 years ago, on March 11, 1950.
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Winners of the Los Angeles 2025 Progie Theater Awards are announced
March 5, 2025The Progie Theater Awards are the “un-Tony,” the people’s “alternative Tony Awards” that honor Los Angeles area plays and stage talents of conscience and consciousness.
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