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Patrick Stewart, the classically trained stage actor, has died.
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Now that the Hollywood Fringe is formally underway, after a week of preview performances, there are, of course, way too many productions up and running to catch more than a small fraction. So how to pick which ones to go see? Well, there's the random crapshoot method. Or you can find out which shows other people have already seen and what they think of them. So far, we've seen five shows selected by random crapshoot. And here's what we think of them, in a roughly descending order of preference.
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Steve Connell and Sekou Andrews in 'The Word Begins' (photo courtesy of Signature Theatre). The RADAR LA International Festival of Contemporary Theatre is the fruit of the combined efforts of the Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC), the folks from Public Theatre's Under the Radar Festival, and the Roy & Edna Disney/ CalArts Theatre (REDCAT). This year's RADAR LA prominently showcases works that obscure the traditional parameters of theatre. Indulgences for both the eyes and...
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We've got a new edition of the Channel Zero podcast up for you featuring our full interview with "Men of a Certain Age" co-creator and showrunner Mike Royce. "Men of a Certain Age" is the must-watch show of the night with some great performances you won't want to miss. --- Also check out The Hollywood Reporter's video panel of comedic actresses.
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Marc Maron's podcast, "WTF with Marc Maron," has become a hugely influential juggernaut that is breaking it's way into broadcast radio and maybe even television. We interview Marc Maron who has brought his many talents (stand-up comedian, writer, interviewer, TV host, broadcaster, musician, cat wrangler) to bear to create the most consistently interesting hour of audio to your ears twice a week from Los Angeles for the last 2 years.
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Descendents, Guided by Voices, Death From Above 1979 and Broken Social Scene are among the dozens of acts performing at FYF Fest on September 3 in downtown L.A. The one-day festival is moving from the L.A. State Historical Park near Chinatown to City Hall -- or more specifically the streets outside City Hall at 1st and Main.
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(Photo by nicadlr via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) Mötley Crüe will heed the call of the motherland as they rock the 2011 Sunset Strip Music Festival (SSMF), taking place August 18 through August 20, announced organizers. Mötley Crüe, this year's Elmer Valentine Award honoree, will share the spandex'd spotlight of the 3-day fest with Public Enemy, Bush, Matt & Kim and more than 50 other bands (check the lineup for new...
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In recent weeks, we've covered our fair share of festivals. This Father's Day, make room for the daddy of them all: the Los Angeles Film Festival. It's an epic reminder that LA is the best movie city in the world, as Hollywood industry, independent film makers & reel fans come together for a ten day celebration of all things cinema.
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Sam Anderson and Corryn Cummins in 'Blackbird' (photo by John Flynn). David Harrower's taboo exploring drama, Blackbird, is currently at Rogue Machine. This single scene one act depicts a tension wracked meeting between Una and Ray, 15 years after their pedophilic sexual affair when Una was still a child. Throughout the course of the plot, the characters of Harrower's script slowly reveal opposing emotional complexities that are both ugly and compelling in nature. Blackbird...
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Photo by DominusVobiscum via Flickr After searching for investors for decades, Debbie Reynolds is giving up her dream of opening a permanent museum for the more than 5000 pieces of iconic Hollywood memorabilia she's collected. Her artifacts will be auctioned from the Paley Center in Beverly Hills where they are currently on display, according to the LA Times. There's Marilyn Monroe's white halter "subway" dress from 1955's "The Seven Year Itch," Claudette Colbert's gold-lamé...
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Tonight in LA the Annenberg Beach House presents a site-specific dance performance; the Standard in Downtown LA showcases film works by Australian director Daniel Askill; ALOUD at the Central Library holds a discussion on media, arts and activism; and NewFilmmakers LA holds its monthly screening series of short films at Sunset Gower Studios.
