Beginning Jan. 31, the recently renovated Geffen Playhouse in Westwood will provide its audiences with a rare opportunity. The L.A. premiere of “Boston Marriage,” written and directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, will feature three critically acclaimed actresses known principally for their work on film who are taking a turn on the stage ““ Rebecca Pidgeon, Alicia Silverstone and Mary Steenburgen. Read more...

By the time you read this, the lineup for the 2006 Coachella Festival may or may not have been announced. For many people, myself included, this is the equivalent of Christmas. Read more...

Despite being called Israel’s greatest singer, Chava Alberstein never expected her childhood dream to make her the voice of the country. “It is a mystery how I was able to reach this success. Read more...

On the list of things I will never voluntarily do in my life, death comes first. Performance art is second and “Brokeback Mountain” sex comes in third, not that there’s anything wrong with it. Read more...

Many students are heading north for the winter quarter. The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television is offering new courses that have been designed for, and are available to, non-film students. Read more...

In popular culture, terms are tossed around like musicians bouncing from one town to the next in an effort to get their voices heard. When something new appears, the public often feels a need to assign a label to it to come to terms with something it can’t immediately explain. Read more...

I. in my mist-swathed dreams, i am driving, blindfolded by horizontal gravity to the glow of my sputnik’s disparate love and though i am pulled headlong ““ i feel at once the swarming rushes of air falling towards the surface, abandoning me, leaving me behind. Read more...