Gary Spatz’s premier conservatory for young actors. By Keldine Hull  In 2005, the Playground began as a conservatory for young actors to learn the craft of acting, specifically on-camera for film and television, with three […]

The Mischief Theatre production of The Play That Goes Wrong, written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields, could be subtitled Laurel & Hardy meet the Marx Brothers and the Three Stooges with a […]

Jonas Never paints mural commemorating fellow Santa Monica High School alum By Keldine Hull Local artist Jonas Never painted a mural commemorating Santa Monica High School alum and Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, who […]

Stuber” is a hilarious experience. It’s crafted like the slapstick silent film comedies of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy and the Three Stooges, The premise is brilliant comedic juxtaposition, two polar opposite characters […]

What can you say about Anne Frank,  one of the most famous people of the last century, that hasn’t already been said? Her diary, “The Diary of Anne Frank,” contains the ruminations of a young […]

By Staff Writer On July 31, 2019 from 7-10 p.m. at 18th Street Arts Center’s new gallery space at 3026 Airport Avenue, California artists Postcommodity (Kade L. Twist and Cristóbal Martínez) and Guillermo Galindo will […]

Roger Kalia, who recently concluded a very successful first season as Music Director of Orchestra Santa Monica, is primed to lead the orchestra for another three years.  “This contract represents an absolute vote of confidence […]

“Yesterday”Rated PG-13116 MinutesReleased June 28 When I saw the ads for “Yesterday”, I was dubious that a movie based on a world where no one remembers the Beatles would make sense. I was wrong. This […]