City Council Greenlights Measures to Boost Hollywood Production in LA

www.hollywoodreporter.com: The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday voted to greenlight proposals aimed at improving filming conditions in the city as a room packed with Hollywood workers and union representatives erupted in applause.

'Here Lies Love': David Byrne and Taper Director on the Show Reaching L.A.

variety.com: Fascism has arrived and settled into Los Angeles. And before you say “Tell us something we don’t already know,” this refers to the opening on this coast of “Here Lies Love,” the David Byrne-created musical about the Philippines’ dictatorial First Lady, Imelda Marcos, now getting its L.A. premiere at the Mark Taper Forum. A whole different set of audiences is being posed with the musical question: Do disco balls and martial law mix?

Kristen Stewart Just Saved This Historic Theatre in Los Angeles

mymodernmet.com: Nearly two years ago, the historic Highland Theatre in Los Angeles shut its doors less than a week before its 100th anniversary, unable to bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic. The space, which was designed by noted architect Lewis Arthur Smith and once hosted vaudeville performances, was all but abandoned and dilapidated—until Kristen Stewart swooped in.

There’s a reason to get to LAX early: the airport’s concert series

LAist: In my time going to shows in and around L.A., I’ve seen DJ sets all over — in parks, backyards, Thai restaurants, quinceañera venues, plus a few other spots I’m not going to blow up here. But despite being a big Brian Eno fan, seeing a show at an airport was completely new for me, even though LAX puts on concerts and DJ sets about once every couple weeks as part of their “LAX Presents” performance series.

Kerry Washington Pushed to Shoot ’Imperfect Women’ in Los Angeles

www.hollywoodreporter.com: Washington, Elisabeth Moss and Kate Mara teamed on Tuesday to debut a first-look at Imperfect Women during Apple TV’s press day at Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar. The trio joined showrunner, creator and executive producer Annie Weisman, who moderated their panel in front of 300 journalists, influencers and content creators, in what marked the first lengthy chat about the eight-episode series.

David Lynch Club Silencio Nightclub Frieze LA Takeover: Dates, Details

www.rollingstone.com: The first iteration of Club Silencio appeared in Lynch’s seminal 2001 film, Mulholland Drive, where both the fictional nightclub and the word (Spanish for “silence”) played a pivotal role in the plot. Lynch eventually decided to re-create the club in real life, opening the doors to Silencio in Paris’s 2nd arrondissement in 2011.

Los Angeles' Hold on Hollywood Is Slipping

www.hollywoodreporter.com: There’s not enough work. And especially not enough work to afford to live in Los Angeles. More often than not, it seems, that’s what people hear when the topic turns to Hollywood’s film and TV production in the industry’s home base over the past couple of years.

Can't Hardly Wait Stage Musical Will Get Industry Reading in Los Angeles

Playbill: The in-development stage musical adaptation of cult-favorite film Can't Hardly Wait will get an invitation-only industry reading in Los Angeles November 21 at the Los Angeles LGBT Center. Kate Sullivan will direct.

NOW PLAYING: Poe-Etique: An Immersive Experience

by NoPro Newswire | Sep, 2025 | No Proscenium: Elysian Valley plays home this Spooky Season to Skiptown Productions’ Poe-Etique, an immersive experience which takes elements of Edgar Allen Poe’s famous stories and draws them together in an evening long show.

The Immersive 5 with The Ministry of Peculiarities | by Noah J Nelson

by Noah J Nelson | Aug, 2022 | No Proscenium: East of Los Angeles, in an unassuming strip mall just off of Route 66 one can find a portal to the strange: The Ministry of Peculiarities. In the brief time that the Ministry has been revealed to the public, the Ministry’s Hope End experience has developed the reputation for being one of the best escape games in Southern California.

Cinerama Technology Is Owned By Pacific Theatres - What Happens to It?

Variety: Angelenos are still processing their grief about the closure of the ArcLight theaters. Pacific Theatres announced on Monday that it would close all of its locations, which include the ArcLight Hollywood and the historic Cinerama Dome. Not as well known is that the theater chain also owns the Cinerama technology.

Indian cooking, murder mystery and magic at Geffen Playhouse

Los Angeles Times: On the heels of its wildly successful interactive magic and storytelling show “The Present,” the Geffen Playhouse is expected to announce Tuesday the next slate of online productions in its popular Geffen Stayhouse series, including a follow-up magic show called “The Future.”

Pandemic Pushes Los Angeles Production Down 54%

Variety: The COVID-19 pandemic pushed down location production in the Los Angeles area by 54%, FilmLA reported on Wednesday.

The permitting agency’s data showed 4,199 shoot days from July through September. Reality TV was up 10.3% to 1,159 shoot days, while commercials slid 41.2% to 782 days. Paul Audley, longtime president of FilmLA, said production is poised for a moderate recovery during the current quarter.

Center Theatre Group counters COVID with a new Digital Stage

Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles’ largest nonprofit theater company, Center Theatre Group, said at the end of March that it hoped to stage live performances by fall at all three of its venues: the Ahmanson, the Mark Taper Forum and the Kirk Douglas. But by mid-June, the company said it would have to lay off more than half of its staff and remain dark until April 2021.

Marking Meaning In ‘Fire Season’ (Q&A)

by No Proscenium | Sep, 2020 | No Proscenium: The Guide To Everything Immersive: Capital W is one of Los Angeles’ premiere immersive theatre companies, having first made their mark with the award winning Hamlet-Mobile in the early days of the immersive renaissance in LA and have gone on to produce envelope pushing work in Southland and Denver.

COVID layoffs hit half of the Center Theatre Group staff

Los Angeles Times: Less than three months after announcing its stages would have to remain dark through April, Center Theatre Group confirmed Friday that COVID-19 closures have forced the company to lay off 91 previously furloughed employees, a mix of full- and part-timers who account for 53% of its workforce.

L.A.'s Satellite Club Closes for Good, Says 'Indie Venues Are Screwed'

Variety: L.A.’s Satellite club — a mainstay of the Silver Lake music scene for 25 years that has hosted major acts like Lady Gaga, Beck, the White Stripes and the Foo Fighters — is closed for good, its owners announced Friday.

Shut down since March 12 due to the pandemic, the nightspot has already removed its stage and is being transformed into a sit-down restaurant, because of the dim chances of live music returning any time soon, the club revealed in social media posts.

L.A. History of Open-Air Theaters

At This Stage: John Steven McGroarty (1862-1944), born and educated in Pennsylvania, moved to Los Angeles in 1901, having already established himself as a lawyer, a city administrator and a corporate executive with a mining company. So naturally, upon settling in LA, he took up poetry, playwriting and journalism, becoming a columnist with the LA Times. In 1909, McGroarty edited the LA Times centenary edition. His growing interest in local history led him to script The Mission Play (1911), a three-hour pageant on the history of the California Missions, chronicling their founding in 1769 through secularization in 1834, ending with their “final ruin” in 1847.

Los Angeles mayor says large gatherings like concerts and sporting events may not come back until 2021

CNNPolitics: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday large gatherings like sporting events or concerts may not resume in the city before 2021 as the US grapples with mitigating the novel coronavirus pandemic.
"It's difficult to imagine us getting together in the thousands anytime soon, so I think we should be prepared for that this year," Garcetti told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation Room."

Review Roundup: Were the Critics Enchanted By INTO THE WOODS at the Hollywood Bowl?

www.broadwayworld.com: The star-studded cast features Skylar Astin as the Baker; Sierra Boggess as Cinderella; Chris Carmack as Rapunzel's Prince; Anthony Crivello as the Mysterious Man; Sutton Foster as the Baker's wife; Tamyra Gray as Granny and Cinderella's Mother; Edward Hibbert as the Narrator; Gaten Matarazzo as Jack; Edelyn Okano as Cinderella's Stepmother; Patina Miller as the Witch; Cheyenne Jackson as Cinderella's Prince and the Wolf; Hailey Kilgore as Rapunzel; Rebecca Spencer as Jack's Mother; and Shanice Williams as Little Red Riding Hood.