All Blog Posts Tagged 'KirkDouglasTheatre' (15)

The Savage Satire of "Women Laughing Alone With Salad" at the Kirk Douglas Theater in Culver City

If you Google "Women Laughing Alone With Salad" you'll see that as far back as 2011, careful observers of commercial advertising have noted the prevalence of photographs of pretty young women, holding salad and smiling as if they had never had so much fun—an image that conflates salad with a near-hysterical level of self-realization and self-control.

Or as one commenter…

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Added by Scupine on March 17, 2016 at 6:00am — No Comments

New Play at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City Dares to Humanize “Straight White Men”

Early in “Straight White Men,” the very entertaining new play written and directed by Young Jean Lee at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, the play’s titular siblings chance upon the home-made board game their mother had made them play when they were children, called “Privilege.”

Crudely adapted from a cast-off Monopoly set, the game flips that game’s materialism…

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Added by Scupine on November 25, 2015 at 6:30am — No Comments

Rock Musical Based on Matthew Sweet's "Girlfriend" Opens at the Kirk Douglas in Culver City

Ok, this one is kind of crazy in a great way. If you're of a certain age (mine), you may well have fallen in love with a largely unheralded 1991 album by Matthew Sweet. The album is full of classic pop melodies (AllMusic cites "the Beatles, Big Star, Byrds, R.E.M., and Neil Young," and, uh, yeah) as well as soaring guitar leads from Sweet himself as well as guitar gods Robert…

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Added by Scupine on July 14, 2015 at 5:30am — No Comments

David Mamet's "Race" Opens at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City This Sunday

Let's see...David Mamet wrote a play called "Race," opening this Sunday, September 7 at 6:30, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. I wonder if it's going to push anyone's buttons... Here's description of the play: "Mamet tackles America’s most controversial subject in this provocative tale of sex, guilt and bold accusations. In “Race,” two lawyers find themselves defending a wealthy…

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Added by Scupine on September 5, 2014 at 6:00am — No Comments

New Season at Kirk Douglas Theatre Will Include David Mamet's "Race"

The Center Theatre Group (and artistic director Michael Richie) have announced the line-up for the 2014-2015 season at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. The new season, which begins July 13, 2014, and runs through August 9, 2015, will include:

  • David Mamet’s explosive Race
  • The Goodman Theatre’s world premiere production of Rebecca Gilman’s…
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Added by Scupine on June 25, 2014 at 6:30am — No Comments

"I'll Go On" at Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City Receiving Excellent Reviews

"I'll Go On," the new play at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City has received very positive notices overall. The one-man production brings together material from Samuel Beckett's trilogy of novels, "Molloy," "Malone Dies," and "The Unnameable." 

In the…

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Added by Scupine on January 21, 2014 at 6:30am — No Comments

'The Black Suits' at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City Receives Middling Reviews

The Black Suits -- the new garage-band musical at the Kirk Douglas Theatre co-written by Robert Emmett Maddock and composer Joe Iconis -- has received average reviews all around. 

In his review in the …

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Added by Scupine on November 7, 2013 at 6:00am — No Comments

Reviews Are In on The Nether, the New Play at Culver City's Kirk Douglas Theatre

The Nether, a new play by Jennifer Haley, premiered at the Kirk Douglas Theatre this past Sunday, March 24th. Winner of the 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the sci-fi play is described as what happens when "a young detective uncovers a disturbing brand of entertainment that blurs the boundaries between personal liberty and moral chaos, triggering a dark battle over…

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Added by Scupine on March 28, 2013 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Reviews are in on Elephant Room, the New Play at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City

Reviews are in on "Elephant Room," the new play at the Kirk Douglas Theatre through September 16, and for the most part the verdict is: GO! It's a night of sketch comedy and magic involving the exploits of Trey Lyford, Geoff Sobelle and Steve Cuiffo both subverting and honoring the most venerable magician tropes.

Calling the play the…

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Added by Scupine on September 6, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Additional Funding Will Ensure Culver City's Kirk Douglas Theatre Thrives

The Kirk Douglas Foundation has pledged additional funding to the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. The foundation announced this week that a total of $50 million would be split among four organizations, including St. Lawrence University (Douglas' alma mater), the Sinai Temple in Westwood, Harry's Haven Alzheimer's unit at the Motion Picture & Television Fund in…

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Added by Scupine on July 30, 2012 at 6:57pm — No Comments

Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City Announces Its 2012-13 Season Slate

The Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City has announced that it will host three world-premiere productions — Twist Your Dickens, The Nether and The Royale — in its 2012-13 season. A production of Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape starring John Hurt is also scheduled.

 

The full schedule will…

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Added by Scupine on June 15, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Where Am I in Culver City? Game 026

Every other friday, I'll post a picture of something in Culver City that is 'hiding in plain sight.'

This time, the question is: Do you know where in Culver CIty this stylish Culver City sign is? If you know, enter your response in the comments box of this post! I'll reveal the answer in two Fridays, when I post a new game.

Last time, I posted this…

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Added by Scupine on April 6, 2012 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

LA Times & LA Weekly Review "American Night" at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City

In the LA Weekly,Steven Leigh Morris reviews the new play at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose, by Richard Montoya and his sketch comedy troupe, Culture…

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Added by Scupine on March 21, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Los Angeles Times Review's 'A Raisin in the Sun' at Culver City's Kirk Douglas Theatre

Charles McNulty, on The Los Angeles Times blog, calls the new production of A Raisin in the Sun at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City "a clear-eyed, emotionally stirring rendition." Says…

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Added by Scupine on February 9, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Jazz Bakery Will Get a New Frank Gehry-designed 250-Seat Theater in Downtown Culver City

Thanks to an agreement ratified at this Monday's Culver City Council meeting, the Jazz Bakery will be returning to Culver City in a new Frank Gehry-designed, 250-seat theater at 9814 Washington Boulevard.

According to the agreement, the property was given to the Jazz Bakery at no cost, with the understanding that they will develop on the site according to plans the Jazz…

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Added by Scupine on January 30, 2012 at 8:47pm — No Comments

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