While residing in Los Angeles, actor and filmmaker Scott Coffey was bothered by the way entertainment industry hopefuls wander from audition to audition looking for a break. Read more...

For most working men today, even those in show business, getting ready for work does not include putting on a corset, a bum roll, a petticoat skirt and a bodice, followed by cross-gartered silk stockings. Read more...

From Méliès to Truffaut to Renoir, French film has traditionally set the standard for high-class, innovative world cinema. Some would place Bertrand Tavernier in that tradition. Read more...

Like all great superheroes, Earth’s Mightiest Comic Book Creator has spent his career fighting a nefarious arch nemesis. “My only problem really was time,” said Stan Lee, the legendary writer and creative force behind much of the Marvel Comics pantheon. Read more...

For visiting director of orchestral studies Neal Stulberg, tonight marks not only his first performance as the conductor of the UCLA Philharmonia, but also the beginning of an era of expanded opportunities for the long-running ensemble. Read more...

For many classic rock bands, it’s better to keep touring than burn out or fade away. Third-year philosophy student Greg Katz has seen many classic rockers in the past couple of years, including Paul McCartney, Simon and Garfunkel, and Crosby, Stills and Nash. Read more...

In the middle of “Open Window,” Susan, a psychology graduate student, quotes several lines from William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”: “I pitied thee, / Took pains to make thee speak, taught thee each hour / One thing or other: When thou didst not … know thine own meaning … I endow’d thy purposes / With words that made them known.” Such is the premise for the Pasadena Playhouse’s “Open Window,” a production that partners with Deaf West Theater to present an entirely deaf cast that communicates almost exclusively in sign language throughout the production. Read more...