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Essential Arts: Why Paul R. Williams archive is a game changer for architecture researchers

The Los Angeles Times 16 Jan 2021
The presidential inauguration is five days away and we’re counting down with a barrel of Jim Beam and comedian Leslie Jones’ Twitter feed. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, arts and urban design columnist at the Los Angeles Times, and I’m here with the week’s essential culture news — and vampiric biographies. What the Williams archive may reveal ... (Jeff Lorch).
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Theater review: Love puzzles? Think ‘Inside the Box’ with this virtual production

San Gabriel Valley Tribune 13 Oct 2020
If you love puzzles, you’re not alone. But you’ve probably been accustomed to solving them alone, even before COVID-19 isolation ... David Kwong stars in the Geffen Stayhouse production of “Inside the Box.” (Photo by Jeff Lorch) ... Each show is limited to 24 “participants” (can be two or three people per screen) ... Related Articles ... Rating. 4 stars.
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Newsletter: Essential Arts: Cruising the Sunset Strip with Ed Ruscha

The Los Angeles Times 10 Oct 2020
I am fully in the thrall of Netflix’s “Taco Chronicles,” aided and abetted by Javier Cabral’s wondrous piece of service journalism for L.A. Taco. a guide to all the spots in L.A. you can find the styles of tacos featured in the show. I’m Carolina A ... I may also have some essential culture news.. Take a little trip ... Advertisement ... Advertisement ... (Jeff Lorch).
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7 Southern California theaters offering virtual plays during the pandemic

Daily Bulletin 02 Oct 2020
Face it. Theater, in-person, with audiences cheek by jowl, won’t be back in the near future. At least we have our memories, mostly wonderful, involving a theater full of people laughing, gasping, sighing, weeping, sharing that communal experience ... In other words, we’re watching on a computer screen ... ‘In-Zoom’ ... When ... 1 ... 8. (Photo by Jeff Lorch).
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Chicago native Danny Gardner aims to change the game for Black crime fiction writers

Chicago Sun-Times 10 Sep 2020
Author and Washington Heights native Danny Gardner, a Def Comedy Jam alumnus, says he thinks the publishing industry doesn’t know what to do with fictional, Chicago-based Black characters. Jeff Lorch. The Pushcart Prize-nominated author launches his new book ‘Ace Boon Coon ... They told me Elliot Caprice wasn’t real ... Bronzeville Books ... They just don’t.
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Theater review: ‘The Present,’ staged on Zoom, is the perfect gift in the age of COVID-19

Orange County Register 19 May 2020
In now-olden times, going to the theater had a comfortably predictable pattern. Dress, drive, park, produce ID at the box office, mill, mingle. Present tickets at the door, visit the loo, find the seats, glance through the program ... Helder Guimarães stars in the Geffen Stayhouse production of “The Present.” (Photo by Jeff Lorch) ... Rating.
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‘Earthquakes in London’: Aftershock of an epic play about climate change

People's World 24 Feb 2020
It is an epic play that goes back and forth in time. This one is mainly for more daring theatergoers and environmentalists who take their drama and politics seriously. With the following caveat ... If Sarah is unfaithful, it is reflective of her marriage to the under-achieving Colin (Jeff Lorch), which is on the rocks ... Bravo! ... Fri. and Sat., and 2.00 p.m ... .
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Theater reviews: ‘Kinky Boots’ goes for the heart, ‘The Father’ goes for the gut, ‘Revenge ...

LA Daily News 18 Feb 2020
What makes a man a man, what makes a woman a woman, and where’s the line between our real selves and our shells? Three productions currently on the boards delve into these questions, each successfully in its own way. ‘Revenge Song... A Vampire Cowboys Creation” at the Geffen Playhouse through March 8. (Photo by Jeff Lorch) ... 14-20 ... 7-13.
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Essential Arts: L.A.'s art fairs are here. From Frieze to Felix, it’s #artmageddon

The Los Angeles Times 15 Feb 2020
So many Champagne cocktails, so little time. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s essential art fair insanity — and Weimar-era art!Essential image. “The Painter Otto Dix and his Wife Martha,” 1925-26, by August Sander ... Keep scrolling for deets!Frozen solid ... (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) ... (Jeff Lorch) ... Plus ... .
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Slow-motion fights and French raps? Welcome to Vampire Cowboys’ ‘Revenge Song’

The Los Angeles Times 13 Feb 2020
Wearing a patent leather romper, black fishnet stockings and what looks like a diamond-encrusted choker, Amy Kim Waschke saunters authoritatively across the stage. She tells the audience that this show is about Julie d’Aubigny — a name she doubts anyone here has heard ... Advertisement ... (Jeff Lorch) ... theatergoers ... (Jeff Lorch) ... (Jeff Lorch) ... (Jeff Lorch) ... .
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Theater review: Geffen Playhouse’s adaptation of ‘Key Largo,’ starring Andy Garcia, regales

Orange County Register 19 Nov 2019
(Photo by Jeff Lorch). Joely Fisher and Danny Pino appear in a scene from “Key Largo.” (Photo by Jeff Lorch) ... (Photo by Jeff Lorch). Andy Garcia and Rose McIver appear in a scene from “Key Largo.” (Photo by Jeff Lorch). From left, Danny Pino and Andy Garcia star in “Key Largo.” (Photo by Jeff Lorch).
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Essential Arts: Don’t blame L.A.'s philanthropy culture for LACMA’s stalled fundraising

The Los Angeles Times 17 Nov 2019
As our social season switches from #BabyShark to #BabyYoda, we’ve got one L.A. museum partially closed for construction and another shut down after a labor dispute. But there is still plenty happening in Southern California arts ... Miranda, who is taking a well-deserved vacation.Museum in limbo ... stereotype,” Knight insists ... Advertisement ... (Jeff Lorch) ... 24 ... .
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Review: Andy Garcia, on fire in ‘Key Largo,’ conquers our memories of Bogie and Bacall

The Los Angeles Times 16 Nov 2019
A stage version of the movie “Key Largo,” John Huston’s 1948 classic film noir starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Edward G. Robinson, is asking for trouble. To begin with, who can compete with the soul-weary charisma of Bogie and Bacall? ... This “Key Largo” never stalls for a moment. Advertisement ... (Jeff Lorch). Advertisement ... Tony Plana gives Mr ... .
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7 best things to do including L.A. Opera’s animated ‘Magic Flute’

The Los Angeles Times 13 Nov 2019
Our culture picks for the coming weekend include the return of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” to Los Angeles Opera, a stage adaptation of “Key Largo” starring Andy Garcia at the Geffen Playhouse, and Megan Hilty’s cabaret show at Segerstrom Center for the Arts ... Presented in German with English subtitles. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N ... 15 ... (Jeff Lorch) ... .
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Theater review: ‘The Thanksgiving Play’ aims high, hits low

LA Daily News 07 Nov 2019
Jeff Lorch). From left, Jeff Marlow, Alexandra Henrikson, and Noah Bean appear in “The Thanksgiving Play” at Geffen Playhouse. (Photo by Jeff Lorch) ... (Photo by Jeff Lorch). From left, Noah Bean, Alexandra Henrikson, Jeff Marlow, ... (Photo by Jeff Lorch) ... (Photo by Jeff Lorch).
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