| Read More & Reply | | | 09/01/2009 - There are eerie things going down on Angel Street in Patrick Hamilton’s Victorian thriller, Gaslight. Mrs. Manningham (Corinne Shor) suspects she is losing her mind. Pictures disappear from the walls, bills get misplaced, and her favorite hair brush has been missing for months. Her husband, Mr. Manningham (John Cygan) accuses her of loosing or hiding the items. She cannot recollect doing any of these things, and fears that she will go mad just as her very own mother did. To make matters worse, ...... | NoHo Arts Dist. - GASLIGHT IS A GAS! @THEATRE WEST
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| Read More & Reply | | | 03/16/2009 - When Anna Borisovna (Julia Fletcher), editor and archivist for the Soviet Ministry of Information, is summoned to the office of the Director (Norman Snow), an epic battle of wits begins in John W. Lowell’s thought-provoking two hander, The Letters. In 1931, Russia’s Ministry of Information itself is a punch line. Anna’s job is to redact documents that compromise the ideals of the Soviet society. She is summoned to the office of the Director on the pretense that she is to be promoted. The two ...... | NoHo Arts Dist. - THE LETTERS REALLY DELIVERS AT THE NEWPLACE THEATRE IN NOHO
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| Read More & Reply | | | 04/17/2007 - The Andak Stage Company produced this delightful inspiring play at the “New Place Studio Theatre” in North Hollywood. If you want to feel special some evening, go there. It is absolutely charming, comfy elegant gold velvet chairs, a bookcase in the back and armchair viewing for all. I will try to write this review based on what I learned from our heroine last night, to let go of your will and follow your heart. The play is set in a museum in Leningrad in 1956. It is about a mother and daughte ...... | NoHo Arts Dist. - THE BAY AT NICE BY DAVID HARE
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| Read More & Reply | | | 10/26/2006 - NOHO – YOU’RE INVITED TO THE PROM! If you enjoy fine pop singing, and who doesn’t, then you’ll have a delightful time listening to four songbirds recreate hits of the 50’s and 60’s at The Marvelous Wonderettes. Act 1 takes place at a 1950’s high school prom where the four girls are the performers for their fellow seniors, and Act 2 takes place at the ten-year reunion, where the women are reunited to sing again. There are more than 30 favorites, like Lollipop, Mr. Sandman, It’s My Party, ...... | NoHo Arts Dist. - THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES
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| Read More & Reply | | | 10/09/2006 - “Having eyes, don't you see? Having ears, don't you hear? Don't you remember?” (Mark 8:18) Brian Friel’s play “Molly Sweeney” was performed to perfection last night at the Celtic Arts Center. Three characters tell the story of restoring sight to a blind woman. Two men, one woman, three minds,one heart. The men could see, but could they understand? Molly could not see, but yes, she understood. Susan McConnell from Tyrone, N. Ireland, plays the part of Molly, the heart in this play. She is s ...... | NoHo Arts Dist. - MOLLY SWEENEY at the CELTIC ARTS CENTER
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| Read More & Reply | | | 06/01/2006 - A pet shop in Manhattan is the scene for this silly comic thriller, written by Charles Ludlam, playing now through July 2nd at the Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre in NoHo. Almost from the start we know exactly who's going to do what to whom and why. The only mystery in the Artificial Jungle is, will they get away with it? Pam Levin, who played Roxanne in the performance I saw last weekend, I know as a publicist. I've gone to a number of shows she has represented. So I just had to go and s ...... | NoHo Arts Dist. - THE ARTIFICIAL JUNGLE at Lonny Chapman
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| Read More & Reply | | | 05/23/2006 - Thanks to all of you who came by our space at last weekend's NoHo festival and congratulations to all of the people who won prizes. We gave away lots of great prizes, met lots of nice people and had a lot of fun. The weather gods were even good enough to hold off the rain on Sunday until the festival ended and we were all packed up. My favorites: the chalk artists who were out on the asphalt all day both days creating temporary art; coffee at Indie Coffee and the Mona Lisa with the hand printed ...... | NoHo Arts Dist. - NOHO WRAP UP
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| Read More & Reply | | | 05/16/2006 - What is enthralling about going to the theatre? I called seven people, friends, to invite them to see this play. Two of them did not respond to my invitation, others were busy, one painting her bathroom walls, another going to a real estate seminar to learn how to buy condos in Texas without seeing them. Here is an opportunity, free, to see and experience life with a deeper perspective, to hear the passions of others, their loves, their pain, their journeys through life. And in live theater, we ...... | NoHo Arts Dist. - FIGHTING WORDS at the CELTIC ARTS CENTER
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| Read More & Reply | | | 05/10/2006 - What does pottery and photography have to do with: film slang, Anacapa Island, Shakespeare, the Ford Amphitheatre, trains, Latin cuisine, Placido Domingo and movie swag? Answer: they're all part of the Eye Spy LA givaway extravaganza at this year's NOHO Theatre & Arts Festival May 20-21. I wanted to show off the Eye Spy LA Metro posters and some of my other photos, so I've taken a booth at the festival with my pal Linda Mechanic of Peach Tree Pottery. I want you to come by and see us, so we'r ...... | NoHo Arts Dist. - EYE SPY LA at the NOHO FESTIVAL
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| Read More & Reply | | | 02/07/2006 - NO SECOND TRUMPET by William Weber at the Celtic Arts Center It is hard to watch the struggles against oppression, poverty and hunger. Why would you want to spend a Saturday night in a dirty little kitchen in Ireland in 1852 where the potatoes being peeled are rotten and “the tea” is really boiling water that you have to imagine is tea. But then, imagining is part of the gift and charm of the Irish people. Imagine, like Jimmy Dillon, that your brother in America died and left you his fortune, ...... | NoHo Arts Dist. - NO SECOND TRUMPET at the CELTIC ARTS CENTER
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| Read More & Reply | | | 01/23/2006 - DECEIT AT THE EL PORTAL. It is a dark and stormy night as Bruce Kimmel’s new play Deceit opens. The first spoken word is “shit.” Matters devolve over the course of an evening depicted almost in real time in a New York City apartment. There are bloody murders and plot twists. Gentlemen, you’ll have the pleasure of your female companion squirming and averting her eyes during the murder-in-the-tub scene. The mix of killing and revealed skin is as familiar as a teen horror movie, although you ...... | NoHo Arts Dist. - DECEIT AT THE EL PORTAL
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| Read More & Reply | | | 12/17/2005 - If you would like to bring home the Christmas spirit dancing in your heart and soul, cancel something on your schedule next week and ask the Celtic Arts Center to squeeze you in somehow for a magical one hour journey with the Irish Ebenezer Scrooge, Scruasha, in the play “Christmas O’Carol” written and adapted by Dan Conroy and Michael Sean McGuinness from the original Charles Dickens story “A Christmas Carol”. The play opens on a chilly winter night in Ireland when a traveler outside the ...... | NoHo Arts Dist. - CHRISTMAS O'CAROL
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| Read More & Reply | | | 10/10/2005 - My life is enriched after seeing “Dylan” last night at the Celtic Arts Center, a play by Sydney Michaels, directed by Barry Lynch. The drive over on clogged freeways is forgotten and diminished by the richness of the journey I was graced with in this tiny wonderful theater. The seats are warm and comfy and red, sit back and enjoy a full experience of the life of a poet. A tiny stage opens up with Dylan (Kevin Kearns) sitting on a bare rock, contemplating this planet earth beneath the stars. R ...... | NoHo Arts Dist. - DYLAN AT CELTIC ARTS CENTER
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| Read More & Reply | | | 07/16/2005 - Mike Hammari creates a non-existent television comedy-variety show in his Completely Not Valentine’s Day Show, playing weekends at The Eclectic Company Theatre. Hammari knows the format: there’s a mild monologue by Mike himself to open the show, then a couple written skits, a couple improv skits, a funny song that Mike sings, and the time-honored tradition of a non-humorous musical guest (like the 5th Dimension singing Wedding Bell Blues on Woody Allen’s comedy special, or the pop acts on SN ...... | NoHo Arts Dist. - Mike Hammari's Completely Not Valentine's Day Show - Review
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| Read More & Reply | | | 05/17/2005 - The annual Annual Noho Theatre and Arts Festival is one of the largest (if not the largest) of the arts festivals. The primary focus here is on theater and there are many of them in the area. In fact a highlight of this festival is the many free performances given at local theaters. The festival was bigger than ever this year. They added a midway and carnival rides plus the arts, crafts and performance stages. So which is it? Fashion Statement NoHo is a redevelopment district located at a pu ...... | NoHo Arts Dist. - The NoHo Arts District Annual Festival
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| Read More & Reply | | | 02/08/2005 - This weekend, I went to the opening (and world premier) of The Andak Stage Company's production of Dakin Matthew's The Savannah Option. When anticipating an evening of airy entertainment; a romantic comedy discussing Darwinian theory, the form of the English sonnet, and their relation to evolutionary psychology does not typically come to mind. However, The Savannah Option is absolutely captivating. In this two-character play, a Professor of Biology and a Lecturer of Poetry meet over meals as ca ...... | NoHo Arts Dist. - Pasta, Poetry and Evolution in NoHo
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| Read More & Reply | | | 10/05/2004 - Local artists create a gallery along Chandler Blvd east of the NoHo Arts District core in the San Fernando Valley. Very nice! Take a tour of the NoHo Arts District
Visit the NoHo Arts District website ...... | NoHo Arts Dist. - Artists Beautify the Streets
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| Read More & Reply | | | 05/27/2004 - Fresh news - it still has the shrink wrap on it - at the corner of Chandler and Lankershim - just outside the North Hollywood Red Line station. For some reason the MTA budgeted for art when constructing the Metro system, but didn't budget for any restrooms. With the exception of Union Station, all of the Red Line subway stations lack this necessary amenity. There are probably many reasons for that, but nevertheless, people, organic beings that they are, have certain needs. If you want to encour ...... | NoHo Arts Dist. - L.A. Toidy Story?
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| Read More & Reply | | | 05/20/2004 - Some of the artists did chalk paintings on the street during the day, later kids got their turn. Here are just some of the terrific artists I met while at the festival. Some of them have websites (click on their name - beneath their photo below) where you can go for more information. You can find information about all of the artists that exhibited on a special page at the NoHo Arts District web site. Kevin Hayes Betty Evans Diane Skowron and Clarissa Castillo ...... | NoHo Arts Dist. - Some of the Artists at the NoHo Festival
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| Read More & Reply | | | 05/20/2004 - The NoHo festival attracts a large crowd. They were expecting around 50,000 people - I don't know whether there were that many or not but there were quite a few people. There was a food and beer area, two stages with music, dance and other entertainments, and a Kids Kourt with art activities. Here are some more photos: Hands on art activities for the kids ...... | NoHo Arts Dist. - More Tales from NoHo
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| Read More & Reply | | | 05/18/2004 - Last weekend I experienced the 12th Annual NoHo Art Festival first hand from the inside. I decided to show some of my photos in the festival's "Fine Arts" area. This was the first time they had a separate fine arts area - and the first time I've ever participated at any kind of event like this. Supposedly this area was to showcase emerging artists. Hmmm.... The event expected these "emerging" artists to have a vendor sort of setup including CA reseller license. So I did a little research and fo ...... | NoHo Arts Dist. - Yo Ho NoHo a Vendor's Life for Me
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