“Direct from Death Row: The Scottsboro Boys” The Fountain Theatre (323) 663-1525 Through Nov. 10 Controversial historical dramas are difficult to stage in small theaters, especially when the topic of the dramatization is a heinous event. Read more...

They don’t make summer like they used to. I remember the buzz of summer from my youth. The days when all I did was run amok, go swimming, and watch summer movies. Read more...

In contrast to big-name bookstores, Take One! Film and Theater Books goes for the specialty market. Not only does it offer items related to the performing arts, but Take One! Read more...

Jason Webley described his own shows as “a lot of fun,” but based on his accounts of his shows he may be trying for the award for Understatement of the Year. Read more...

With its highly publicized on-set snafus of “Real World” proportions, it was a surprise that anything marketable came out of the HBO television series “Project Greenlight.” Nevertheless, as part of a grassroots campaign to promote the reprise of their screenplay competition, this time dubbed “Project Greenlight 2.0″ and to boost sales for the new DVD boxed set for the first season of “Project Greenlight,” LivePlanet and Miramax Films have chosen UCLA to screen the recently released independent flick, “Stolen Summer.” The film, which will have a free screening at the James Bridges Theater tonight at 7:30 p.m., was the product of amateur screenwriter, Peter Jones, winner of the first competition last year. Read more...

The banjo might remind you more of “The Beverly Hillbillies” theme song than eclectic rock music, but for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, well, it speaks of both. Read more...

Ahh, it’s my favorite time of year again. For all the little kids, that time of year would be Christmas as they rush down to the living room to pounce on their presents with glee and inspect them like swarthy antique appraisers. Read more...