Murder, insanity, sex and a robotic monkey had the crowd standing in applause last night at the premiere of “Woyzeck,” which will run through Dec. 15 at the Freud Playhouse. Read more...

While many may only associate Yiddish culture with short catchphrases such as “putz” and “chutzpah,” a weeklong event starting next Friday, “The Art of Yiddish ““ A Tour de Force,” hopes to shed more light on the often forgotten culture and its history. Read more...

Though different in style, the Japanese and American cultures share an affinity that runs deeper than baseball and Pokemon. And though cartoons are rarely taken seriously in America, the merits of anime are starting to change perceptions as they make their way west. Read more...

Forbidden love and exorcism help marry Yiddish and Japanese traditions in a unique theatrical experiment that fuses two distinct cultures into one tale. As part of the UCLA Symposium on Israeli Theater, actors will demonstrate sequences from “The Dybbuk,” a Yiddish tale that uses Noh acting technique (traditional Japanese style of theater), staging and props. Read more...

Don’t be surprised to hear carols about inviting a goblin home for Christmas, or a song about enjoying the holidays in a tropical climate replacing the usual white Christmas fantasies this Saturday. Read more...

The hills may be alive with the sound of music, but the halls are bumping with a mix-tape of artists ranging from Sublime, Missy Elliott to Del Tha Funkee Homosapien. Read more...

Somewhere behind a dildo-obsessed vixen, a pair of secret agents, a hairy pedophile, a 117-year-old evil billionaire, and a narrator who’d rather be hitting the reefer, lies the crown to the kingdom of Athenius. Read more...