Arts & Entertainment

Head for the Hills! Theatricum’s Summer Season is Upon Us!

Songs of love, laughter, and enchantment once again Reign in Theatricum’s magical outdoor setting. Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night opens Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum summer repertory season on Saturday June 1, followed on Sunday,…

The Magic Flute Enchants at SMC

The Santa Monica College Music Department presents SMC Opera Theatre in a performance of The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte), one of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s most popular operas. The production features the SMC…

Endgame Rewrites Its Own History

After the sour note of “Infinity War,” the Russo Brothers end this chapter on a high note. Eleven years and 21 films for one moment. For the actors in the Marvel Cinematic…

The Battle for Winterfell Victorious

An all-time episode clears the path for Game of Throne’s final episodes. To get a truly visceral reaction to Episode 3 of Game of Thrones, The Battle of Winterfell, my show notes…

TAC Presents Unflinching Portrayal of Sex Abuse

The Topanga Actors Company’s (TAC ) production of How I Learned to Drive was decades in the making. Since seeing the original production of Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer-prize winning drama in 1997, director…

Art Tour Shows Topanga at its Finest

Are family or friends coming to visit? Have them come the first weekend of June and show off Topanga artists in all their glory. The Topanga Artists Studio Tour runs June 1-2,…

Fundraiser Stars Wendie Malick, Dan Lauria in The Guys

On Saturday, May 18, Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum will present a one-time performance of The Guys, by Anne Nelson, starring Wendie Malick and Dan Lauria, in a tribute to our own first…