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• LA Theatre Works, Sunday, September 20 at 10:00 pm, "The Physicists" Starring Gregory Itzin, Harry Groener, and Bruce Davison

  Posted by Donna Walker at Tuesday, September 8, 2026 at 5:20 PM

  In Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s play, Johann Möbius, the world’s greatest physicist, is locked away in a madhouse along with two other scientists. Why? Because he is haunted by recurring visions of King Solomon, and the other two are convinced they are Einstein and Newton. But are these three actually mad? Or are they playing a murderous game with the world at stake? This darkly comic satire probes the cost of sanity among men of science and whether it is the mad who are the truly sane. Includes an interview with Richard Rhodes, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Making of the Atomic Bomb.

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• Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show, Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 2:00 pm with guest writer, comedian and founding member of The Groundlings Tracy Newman

  Posted by Donna Walker at Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM

  Phil and Ted welcome writer, director, producer, comedian, and singer-songwriter Tracy Newman, discussing the current state of TV for writers and producers. Her Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning television writing credits include Cheers, The Nanny, The Drew Carey Show, and Ellen. In 2001, Newman and her creative partner Jonathan Stark created the sitcom According to Jim, starring Jim Belushi. As a musician, she's the lead singer/songwriter of the folk band Tracy Newman and the Reinforcements. Tracy and her sister, SNL OG Laraine Newman, are founding members of the improvisational theater troupe The Groundlings. Tracy sings a song of hope. Plus! Firesign Theatre's classic, "Nick Danger Third Eye."
  

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• Pacifica Performance Showcase, Friday, September 4 at 2:30 pm, Guest Filmmaker John Scheinfeld on his latest film "Baseball: Beyond Belief"

  Posted by Donna Walker at Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 4:55 PM

  Host Donna Walker welcomes documentary filmmaker John Scheinfeld ("Herb Alpert Is...," "Sergio Mendes: In the Key of Joy," "The U.S. Versus John Lennon," "Chasing Trane", "What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat, and Tears?") to talk about his latest film celebrating America's past time, "Baseball: Beyond Belief" which examines baseball as a religious experience and how faith and baseball intertwine. Based on John Sexton's NY Times Bestseller, "Baseball as a Road to God, Seeing Beyond the Game," it features both religious experts as well as baseball all-stars including Hall of Fame manager and player Joe Torre. "Ya Gotta Believe!"

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• LA Theatre Works, Sunday, September 6 at 10:00 pm, Tennessee Williams' "The Rose Tattoo" Starring Mercedes Ruehl and Anthony LaPaglia

  Posted by Donna Walker at Tuesday, September 1, 2026 at 2:50 PM

  In the wake of World War II, a poor widow named Serafina lives with her only daughter Rosa in a Sicilian community on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast. As Rosa grows to maturity, Serafina is forced to reconcile the values of the New World with the deeply-held pain of her past. This L.A. Theatre Works recording reunites Mercedes Ruehl and Anthony LaPaglia, who starred in the 1995 Broadway production that earned a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play, and Drama Desk Awards for both actors.

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• Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show, Tuesday, Sept. 1 at 2:00 pm with radio icon and Hall of Fame inductee Shadoe Stevens

  Posted by Donna Walker at Tuesday, September 1, 2026 at 2:35 PM

  Actor, artist, legendary radio and TV personality Shadoe Stevens is a Radio Hall of Fame inductee. Shadoe was the brains behind the original KROQ, the cutting-edge progressive FM radio station in Los Angeles. In addition to a million other achievements, Shadoe is now behind the wild and innovative comedy of “Mental Radio.”

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• Remembering Bob Weir (1947–2026)

  Posted by Arnella Barbara at Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM

  Bob Weir, founding member of the Grateful Dead and a towering figure in American music, passed away on January 10, 2026. Arnella Barbara, host of Dark Star, Dead & Music on KPFK, shares a personal tribute reflecting on his life, his music, and what his passing means to Deadheads and listeners everywhere.

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