arts and culture
‘Human Interest Story,’ playwright Stephen Sachs’s righteous rage against corporate heartlessness
February 24, 2020It’s truly amazing what magic can materialize on such a small, sparsely furnished stage, but the Fountain manages to do it every time.
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‘Earthquakes in London’: Aftershock of an epic play about climate change
February 24, 2020Overall, this heady, ambitious apocalyptic concoction is the type of theatrical Molotov cocktail we’ve come to expect one of L.A.’s leading theater companies to toss at its audience.
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‘Can’t Pay? Don’t Pay!’ a madcap anarcho-socialist direct action slapstick sitcom
February 21, 2020Pay! creates a heady anarchic concoction mixing loads of laughs and antics with a tumbler of leftwing politics, as Groucho Marx mingles with Karl Marx.
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Pan African Film & Arts Festival returns to L.A.
February 20, 2020One of the top ways to celebrate Black History Month—and the moviegoing experience in general—is to attend the Los Angeles-based 28th Annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival.
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‘The Father’: Alfred Molina in a meditation on dementia
February 18, 2020Today’s America seems to be suffering from people dominating the public sphere who appear to be experiencing mental diseases and self delusion and a complete, total lack of self awareness.
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