The Arts

News and comments about the arts. Mostly theatre.

Heddatron: A Play with Robots: Heddatron is a one-act of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler with a mixed cast of humans and robots. Here’s a snippet from a review: Much is forgiven when someone — or something — is cute. That goes for “Heddatron,” an amusing, if…; Continue reading entry #3586

The Entire Text of David Mamet’s Oleanna: David Mamet’s Oleanna is a fascinating, controversial play about sexual politics. It was also turned into a film starring William H. Macy and Debra Eisenstadt, which I haven’t seen. Last night, while searching for a particular quote from the play,…; Continue reading entry #3579

Dancing to Little Earthquakes: Last night, Travis and I were talking about dance. He observed that there was a particularly thriving dance community in Los Angeles. We speculated on why this was, and one of us joked that, because of all the seismic activity,…; Continue reading entry #3575

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