Thursday, April 30

The bullet train to Broadway

The Twentieth Century Limited, one of the fastest trains of the 1930s, could make the journey direct from Chicago to New York in 16 hours. Unfortunately for passenger Oscar Jaffey, a once fantastic theater director, this means that he has only 16 hours left to regain his reign over Broadway in the Reprise! Read more...


Scorsese talks about

In “Gangs of New York,” Bill the Butcher (Daniel Day-Lewis) gives a monologue about how the spectacle of violence maintains the social order, an idea which informs much of Scorsese’s film work. Read more...




Mia Doi Todd presents novel Cali sound

It is hard to imagine that other than the sunny melodies and psychadelics that embody the standard “California sound” there is a lesser-known style of music that just as deservedly calls the Golden State its home. Read more...


Screenscenes

“A Guy Thing” Starring Jason Lee, Julia Stiles, Selma Blair Directed by Chris Koch Like a train wreck happening in slow motion, “A Guy Thing” is another one of those drawn-out movies where the conclusion is painfully predictable, yet the filmmakers decided to take their sweet time getting there. Read more...


Taking artistic liberty!

The Los Angeles-based BOTHarts theater company, including writer and actor Chris Wells, is fighting to keep “Liberty!” alive in the city of angels. “Liberty!,” a one-act play, turned ensemble production, written by Wells and performed by BOTHarts, opens Jan. Read more...