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• LA Theatre Works, Sunday, September 21 at 10:00 pm, Nilo Cruz' Pulitzer Prize winning play "Anna in the Tropics," starring Jimmy Smits

  Posted by Donna Walker at Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM

  This poignant and poetic Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Nilo Cruz captures 1929 Florida at a time when cigars are still rolled by hand and lectors are employed to educate and entertain the workers. The arrival of a new lector is a cause for celebration. But when he reads aloud from Anna Karenina, he unwittingly becomes a catalyst in the lives of his avid listeners, for whom Tolstoy, the tropics, and the "American Dream" prove a volatile combination. Includes a conversation with actor Jimmy Smits.

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• Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show, Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 2:00 pm with guest filmmaker Jonathan Berman ("Commune," and "Calling All Earthlings"

  Posted by Donna Walker at Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM

  Documentary filmmaker Jonathan Berman talks about his film “Commune’ about the Black Bear Ranch Commune in Northern California in the '60s. Narrated by Peter Coyote (himself a commune member), it is screening at the Philosophical Research Society on Thurs., Sept 18. We'll also discuss his other movie "Calling All Earthings," about UFO contactee George Van Tassel, the creation of the Integratron, a Joshua Tree desert mystery dome inspired by Tesla, free energy, conspiracy, and alien help.

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• Pacifica Performance Showcase, Friday, 2:30 pm, with guests Ellen Geer (Theatricum Botanicum) and Michelle Jasso ("When You Speak Love: Kurt Weill in Songs & Letters")

  Posted by Donna Walker at Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM

  Host Donna Walker welcomes Ellen Geer (Artistic director of Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum) and Michelle Jasso who, along with Andrew Ceglio perform in Botanicum's "Under the Oaks" series on Sept. 18th their show "When You Speak Love: Kurt Weill in Songs & Letters," a celebration of the artistry of legendary composer Kurt Weill ("Three Penny Opera," "Lost in the Stars")

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• LA Theatre Works, Sunday, September 14 at 10:00 pm, John Logan's "Never the Sinner"

  Posted by Donna Walker at Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM

  Two boys commit a murder–not for gain, or out of passion–but just to experience the thrill. John Logan based his play on the infamous 1924 trial of Leopold and Loeb. Never the Sinner is their story, and the story of one of the most famous American lawyers and civil libertarians, Clarence Darrow. In the case of a lifetime, Darrow is called in to defend the monstrous and win freedom for the depraved. A Goodman Theatre co-production.

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