Archive for July, 2005
A Well Lit Place (Steve Wasserman and the LA Times Sunday Book Review)
By Tom Teicholz at 22 July, 2005, 10:10 am
How does one create a literary community in Los Angeles? It is true that on any given night, there are readings, slams and events at bookstores, bars and auditoriums all over town. Yet rarely does this coalesce into a sense of community, a literary life in Los Angeles.
Steve Wasserman, who is leaving the L.A. Times [...]
“History Happens” (David Hare’s “Stuff Happens”)
By Tom Teicholz at 8 July, 2005, 11:47 am
After the intermission, the lights start to dim. A lone woman is on stage. She waits for the audience to settle in. She is well dressed, well groomed. She begins: “For the Palestinians, there is no other context. We see everything in the context of Palestine.”
In the June 26 Los Angeles Times’ Art Notes, Don [...]
Heart to Hart
By Tom Teicholz at 1 July, 2005, 11:07 am
A few weeks ago, the Geffen Playhouse showcased a memorable special event: “Here’s to Life,” Kitty Carlisle Hart’s cabaret-style one-woman show, accompanied by her musical director, David Lewis.
Hart, 94, performed for a little over an hour, reminiscing and singing songs from some of her late friends such as Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, Oscar [...]