(1) HERB KATZ, a five-term City Councilmember and Mayor in 2007-2008, passed away January 7 after a long-term battle with cancer; he was 78. Mayor Ken Genser mourned Katz as “one of Santa Monica’s great […]

An aging, unpopular teacher reaches a crossroads at which life’s big questions stare him down en masse. The Browning Version,– Terence Rattigan’s 1949 play, follows English schoolmaster Andrew Crocker-Harris (an entirely breathtaking Bruce French) on […]

Editor-at-Large Mary Poppins, the world’s most famous nanny, has floated into town with her carpetbag full of fascinating tricks and has landed quite gracefully on the stage of the Ahmanson Theatre. This dazzling production, a […]

Editor-at-Large There’s a real treat awaiting theatre goers at The Ruskin Group Theatre. The latest production is a revival of John Patrick Shanley’s cockeyed romantic triangle involving two life-long friends, Aldo and Huey, both of […]

Editor-at-Large Considered one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature, and the most popular playwright of his day, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known by his stage name of Moliere, left behind an enduring body […]

Editor-at-Large Any time Artist Director Ron Sossi’s name is associated with a production, you can be sure you are in for a fasten-your-seat-belt evening of theatre at the famed Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, one of Los […]

Editor-at-Large  Paul Leaf’s Mutiny at Port Chicago, a world premiere play at the Ruskin Group Theatre, is a compelling story based on a little-known military disaster that took place in 1944 in San Francisco’s East […]

Editor-at-Large With helicopters hovering overhead and media trucks parked in front of the UCLA Medical Center covering the tragic passing of Michael Jackson, it was press night for the Atlantic Theater Production of Beau Willimon’s […]

Editor-at-Large Violence against women of all ages is a worldwide epidemic and to spotlight this problem, Deborah Kagan and Sacred Interiors are presenting the Obie Award-winning play, The Vagina Monologues, 8p.m. Friday, March 27 at […]

Editor-at-Large The Ruskin Group Theatre is one of Santa Monica’s treasures. A hotbed of activity under the leadership of Artistic Director John Ruskin and its energetic young producer Mike Myers, the theatre has been home […]