George Wendt, who died Tuesday, will be most remembered for his character on ‘Cheers,’ whom he played straight and without affectation.
Yann Martel’s 2002 novel, also made into a 2012 Ang Lee film, gets a stage adaptation that is wondrously dreamy and profound. As the tale’s shipwrecked teen, Taha Mandviwala is mesmerizing.
Jane Fonda lends her dazzling narration to Rufus Wainwright’s enveloping ‘Dream Requiem,’ which provides some spiritual enhancement to L.A. Opera’s flashy ‘Ainadamar,’ centered on the execution of Federico Garcia Lorca.
Tim Robinson, the star of “I Think You Should Leave,” gets fixated on Paul Rudd as his too-cool potential BFF in a film that could be called “I Loathe You, Man.”
Chloë Sevigny and Alex Wolff play Vice-style journalists in Amalia Ulman’s latest social satire, a take on “Eat, Pray, Love” in which no one learns a thing.
Mara Brock Akil’s adaptation of the 1975 YA novel follows a pair of Los Angeles teenagers, played by Lovie Simone and Michael Cooper Jr., as they fall in love.
