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Todd Martens
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‘Now is the time’: Bob Baker Marionette Theater to make Highland Park its forever home
The beloved troupe with thousands of handcrafted puppets — a saucy black cat in heels, a fish out of water that can't help but wiggle…
This L.A. play wants you to feel the story viscerally — by keeping you blindfolded
Stripping audiences of their sight, "Poe: Pulse & Pendulum" from Theater Obscura L.A. toys with the fear of anticipation, using light touch and scent to…
Cult play ‘5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche’ becomes an unhinged immersive experience in L.A.
Covering topics from anxieties due to war and a culture inhospitable to LGBTQ+ communities, the show, set in the late '50s, is a comedic metaphor…
Inside Knott’s Berry Farm, a tiny theater boasts rowdy shows and alums like Steve Martin
The historic Bird Cage Theatre, a place for vaudeville-style, fourth-wall-breaking shows, just reopened with a properly enclosed roof and air conditioning.
His portrait of MLK in a hoodie went viral. Now he shares a message in his Downtown Disney art
Former Imagineer Nikkolas Smith, a self-described "artivist," imbued his Legacy Tower in Downtown Disney with hidden meaning. It's a piece that nods to five Black…
Disney California Adventure turns 25. Will it ever not feel like a work in progress?
The pitch for the theme park was to show the Golden State as a romanticized destination, celebrating our people, our nature, our food and our…
At Catch One, a funk concert transports you to 1974 — and it’s immersive theater at its finest
'Brassroots District: LA '74' is part concert, part participatory theater. How it plays out is up to each audience member.
‘Ass power!’ Hundreds gather in L.A. to play a video game about donkeys and the resistance
The touring video game show "asses.masses" reached Los Angeles, and brought with it a crowd ready for action.