Kirk Douglas

Quick Takes: 'Finding Dory' to set sail

2013-04-03 00:00:00

Disney is plunging back into familiar waters, announcing a November 2015 sequel to "Finding Nemo" titled "Finding Dory." Enthusiasts of the 2003 finned favorite will recall Dory as the friendly, slightly amnesiac tang voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, who'll...

'The Nether' at Kirk Douglas Theatre

2013-03-28 00:00:00

Imagine the most totalizing, endlessly compelling entertainment imaginable — would it be your greatest fantasy or darkest fear? "The Nether," a new play by Jennifer Haley, plays out like "Infinite Jest" as a crime drama, as well as a bit of a sci-fi...

Theater Review: Ethical quandaries buzz in 'The Nether'

2013-03-26 05:00:00

In the musical "Avenue Q," there's a happy-go-lucky song about a dirty little computer secret. It's called "The Internet Is for Porn." Theatergoers from the respectable middle class giggle helplessly throughout this number, but imagine how quickly the...

Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle announces winners for 2012

2013-03-18 22:45:00

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle named the winners of its annual awards on Monday for stage productions that opened last year. Sharing the honors for best production were the national tour of "The Book of Mormon" at the Pantages Theatre; "Cyrano" at...

Val Kilmer taking his offbeat Mark Twain show on the road

2013-03-15 06:45:00

Although it seems like Hal Holbrook has owned the role of Mark Twain�for decades, another actor has staked a theatrical claim to the white-haired novelist and wit. Val Kilmer has been working on "Citizen Twain," a solo play in which he plays the writer,...

Place your bets on these spring theater picks

2013-03-08 10:00:00

An American classic staged by a veteran actor, a musical farce to delight Anglophiles, and a reworking of a landmark 19th century drama are just a few of the more promising theater offerings this season. Predicting which will become a hit is always a...

Prince plays 'Fallon,' apparently smashes another dude's guitar

2013-03-02 09:25:00

Attention, rock stars: When Jimmy Fallon introduces you on his chat show as "one of the most legendary and influential musicians of all time," apparently you've got the run of the place. At least that's the message suggested by Prince's appearance...

Gloria Pall dies at 85; Voluptua character deemed too sexy for TV

2013-01-05 19:18:00

On a December night in 1954, Los Angeles met the woman it would soon deem too hot for television. After the success of Vampira, the glamorous ghoul of 1950s late-night TV, executives at KABC-TV (Channel 7) cast Gloria Pall, a showgirl and model, as...

2012 in review: Teamwork enlivens the theater world

2012-12-15 10:00:00

Could the theater artist of 2012 really be … Samuel Beckett? Well, the 1969 Nobel Prize winner had stiff competition this year from Anton Chekhov, dead for more than a hundred years but more alive than ever onstage. Chekhov's early play "Ivanov"...

What theater leaders are eager to see at others' venues

2012-12-29 06:00:00

Just because they run their own theater companies doesn't mean they can't look forward to what's ahead on other stages in 2013. We asked some of Los Angeles' theater community leaders what they resolve to see in the new year — at some place other...

L.A. area theaters hope to strike holiday gold

2012-12-01 06:00:00

"What was merry Christmas to Scrooge? Out upon merry Christmas! What good had it ever done to him?" — Charles Dickens, "A Christmas Carol." At the box office there is no "Bah! Humbug!" The recompense that two big Southern California theaters...

Marathon plays stand the test of time

2012-11-25 06:00:00

Call it "Long Day's Journey Into Intermission." Or maybe "Waiting ... and Waiting ... and Waiting for Godot." It is the marathon play or performance piece, the theatrical equivalent of the Tour de France or the nine-course prix fixe menu at the French...

Robert Joy is Sims and Brighid Fleming is Iris in "The Nether," Jennifer Haley's drama about virtual reality and responsibility at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.

2013-03-27 15:39:00

Captain Kirk Douglas, left, Mark Kelley and Black Thought of the Roots backstage at SXSW Presents Band Of Horses.

2013-03-08 00:00:00

Kirk Douglas and Raquel Welch 1978

2013-02-22 12:28:00