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Theater review: 'Ruined' at Geffen Playhouse
Culture MonsterThe brothel setting of Lynn Nottageâs Pulitzer Prize-winning âRuined,â the powerful and still horrifyingly topical drama that opened Wednesday at the Geffen Playhouse, is a sanctuary of sorts for the women employed there. Victims of the bloody... -
Monster Mash: New York City Opera's new leader; Nicole Kidman eyes Broadway return?
Culture Monster-- New leadership: Former tobacco executive Charles R. Wall is stepping in as chairman of New York City Opera, replacing Susan Baker, who has resigned. (Bloomberg) -- Rumor has it: Nicole Kidman is said to be returning to Broadway in...... -
Theater review: 'Misalliance' at South Coast Repertory
Culture MonsterLike their creator, George Bernard Shawâs characters are blessed with the gift of scintillating gab. Words rarely fail them as they volley ideas, play devilâs advocate, deal out paradoxes and indulge in ironic repartee. The talk that constitutes â... -
REDCAT announces lineup for first half of 2011
Culture MonsterThe Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater in downtown Los Angeles will announce its lineup for the first half of 2011 Thursday. The roster, featuring the usual mix of theater, art, music and film, will include programs dedicated to artist-composer George...... -
Jasper Johns is first studio artist in 34 years to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Culture MonsterObama to confer 2011 Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday; arts honorees are Yo-Yo Ma and Jasper Johns, the first visual artist to win since 1977.... -
Local theaters celebrate Tennessee Williams' 100th birthday with a trio of plays
Culture MonsterTennessee Williams, America's dramatist-poet of lost souls, would have turned 100 in March. Three local theaters are marking the occasion by giving audiences the chance to see some of his infrequently performed works, including his final full-length play.... -
Ben Stiller, Edie Falco headed to Broadway in revival of 'House of Blue Leaves'
Culture MonsterGaylord Focker and Nurse Jackie, together at last. Actors Ben Stiller and Edie Falco are said to be starring in an upcoming Broadway revival of John Guare's comedy "The House of Blue Leaves," according to a report in Variety. The...... -
Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79; legendary actress
Elizabeth Taylor, the glamorous queen of American movie stardom, whose achievements as an actress were often overshadowed by her rapturous looks and real-life dramas, has died. She was 79. Hospitalized six weeks ago for congestive heart failure, Taylor...Tags: U.S. Senate, Henry Kissinger, Montgomery Clift, Health and Safety at Work, Horse and Harness Racing
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Phylicia Rashad to direct L.A. production of 'A Raisin in the Sun'
Culture MonsterIn her numerous screen and stage roles, Phylicia Rashad has invariably brought a cutting intelligence and a razor-sharp sense of comic timing. In March, the actress will be working on the opposite side of the lights in the role of...... -
Eli Wallach: Portrait of a somewhat Methodical master
Culture MonsterEli Wallach will be presented with an honorary Oscar on Nov. 13, and though this award salutes his wide-ranging film career it will also serve more broadly as a reminder of his fine contribution to American acting. Wallach's work, whether...... -
Classic Hollywood: Film academy marks centenary of composer Alex North
Though Alex North ushered in a completely new sound in American film music, he wasn't a Young Turk when he arrived in Hollywood 60 years ago to pen the groundbreaking jazz-influenced score for "A Streetcar Named Desire."
He was nearly 40 at the time,...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Moscow (Russia), Elia Kazan, Cancer, Samuel Goldwyn
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One more act for the phantom of the playhouse?
The Pasadena Playhouse is back. After shutting its doors in February because of financial problems, the theater reopened Oct. 12 with the one-man play "FDR" starring Ed Asner.
But is the building's most enduring protagonist back as well?
Some say Gilmor...Tags: Ed Asner, Dustin Hoffman, Raymond Burr, Gene Hackman, Sally Struthers
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