June is PRIDE month and the LGBTQ community puts on parades, celebrations, workshops, and performances to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. This year’s Brown and Out Fest, at CASA 0101, brings to the stage a collection of 11 short plays that focus on the Los Angeles Latino Gay community. To be perfectly clear, the performances are for adults only. Don’t … [Read more...]
For Your Consideration – Emmys 2019 TV Shows You May Enjoy
Doug is a member of the Television Academy and every year we attend a series of events that feature a screening, Q & A and reception for shows up for Emmy consideration. The field has gotten so huge it’s overwhelming. It’s a party every night and I don’t have to cook dinner. I thought I’d feature a few of my favorites for Emmys 2019 consideration. Emmys 2019 Most of … [Read more...]
Sister Act at CASA 0101 – A Throwback Disco-Era Musical with Nuns
If you didn’t see the film Sister Act that came out in 1992 starring Whoopie Goldberg, then you can always see the musical on stage. An ambitious disco-style lounge singer, who calls herself Deloris Van Cartier, gets into a relationship with a married man thinking he’ll make her a star. She witnesses him murder one of his associates and goes into hiding for fear he’ll kill her … [Read more...]
In Defense of Green Book as Best Picture – Academy Awards 2019
Every year I attend an Oscar party with a bunch of my voice-over friends. We look forward to it every year because it’s about the only time we’re together in the same room. Before we arrive, most of us do research to guess who will win. We pay $5 for a ballot and the winners go home with cash. Even though most of the pundits predicted “Roma,” “Roma,” “Roma,” I knew in my gut it … [Read more...]
Struggle: A Documentary Film About a Brilliant and Forgotten Artist
In 2013, I wrote a blog post about a genius artist and sculptor I knew in the early 1980s. His name was Stanislav Szukalski. My post apparently popped up on Google and I was asked to do an interview for an upcoming documentary film about his life called "Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski." Two of the producers are George and Leonardo DiCaprio who also knew Mr. … [Read more...]
