For six seasons, millions have tuned in to the popular MTV show "America's Best Dance Crew" for a night of competitive popping, locking and dropping. Read more...
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Five of 10 members of SAMACA, a dance crew that will be performing in the Hill’s Best Dance Crew competition, pose in their rehearsal studio.
From the moment "The Escort" begins, it is clear that Emmy Award-winning playwright Jane Anderson will take the audience past closed doors and the "do not disturb" signs. Read more...
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Billy Claven (Tadhg Murphy) is an orphaned, crippled boy who spends most of his time staring at cows and reading books on the island of Inishmaan off the Irish coast, where he lives with his two aunts. Read more...
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Bobby Gordon ripped open the box containing his new prop with excitement. He explained that his producer had just sent him the package while he pulled it out. Read more...
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Alumnus and L.A.-based performance artist Bobby Gordon will perform “Debbie Does My Dad,” a story about growing up as the son of a porn star, April 8 and 9 at the Highways Performance Space and Gallery.
Sunday, reporter Andrea Wang visited the Hammer Museum to learn about etiquette. She received a warm welcome from the Greeting Committee. [4:55]
"Long Story Short: Hammer Museum artist-in-resident Ana Prvacki's Greeting Committee introduces etiquette to attendees"The debate that surrounds taking the last slice of cheese in a party has haunted countless guests that have not been properly trained in the art of etiquette. Read more...
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Ana Prvacki (right), an L.A.-based artist, and her “Greeting Committee” will be welcoming patrons to the Hammer Museum lobby through Sunday.
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Just following the drowning death of Robbie, a talented dancer, "Burn This" opens in a cloud of emotion. Nicholas Martin's direction of Pulitzer Prize winner Lanford Wilson's play runs through May 1 at the Mark Taper Forum, where it had its world premiere nearly 25 years ago. Set in an airy bohemian New York loft apartment, the play focuses on the effects of the tragedy on those Robbie has left behind "“ his roommates, Larry (Brooks Ashmanskas) and Anna (Zabryna Guevara), the latter of which is also Robbie's grieving dance partner. While audiences never see beloved Robbie, Robbie's brother and supposed mirror image soon enters. Read more...
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Standing in nothing but robes and faux nudity suits with exaggerated body parts, the actors of "The Escort" bring sex to the forefront. Read more...
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Gabriel Sunday (left) and Polly Draper portray the characters Mathew and Rhona, respectively, in the production of “The Escort.” The show, by Emmy Award-winning writer Jane Anderson, is playing at the Geffen Playhouse through May 8.
(Courtesy: Michael Lamont)
