I'm opening this post on a sad note in reporting the death of AP Theatre Critic Mike Kuchwara. LAT Theatre Critic Charles McNulty remembers him HERE.
From LA Times' Culture Monster blog a week or so ago:
Exit another theater critic, enter a theater insider.
Those are the stage directions coming from KCRW-FM (89.9). The Santa Monica-based public radio outlet announced Friday that the curtain has closed on James C. Taylor's seven-year run of four-minute weekly reviews and commentaries in the Thursday afternoon "Theatre Talk" spot. Opening Tuesday at 4:44 p.m. is a new take on the stage, "Opening the Curtain on L.A. Theatre," with Anthony Byrnes.
The idea is to keep the focus strictly on the Los Angeles stage, rather than the wider view "Theatre Talk" would sometimes take, said Matt Holzman, a longtime KCRW staff member who recently became director of program development after Jennifer Ferro succeeded Ruth Seymour as general manager in February.
Full story HERE, and LA Observed has additional news about changes in KCRW's lineup HERE.
Speaking of critics, I highly recommend reading Tim Mangan's hilarious COLUMN from over the weekend.
LA Times' Patrick Goldstein makes some salient points about laying off long-time journalists and replacing them with lower-paid staff a his recent column about Variety's announcement...
...that it's promoted Justin Chang and Peter Debruge to the post of senior film critics.Read it in full HERE.
Got this a few weeks ago from Katherine Spiers:
Hi there,
... I've just joined a new wine blog as a contributor, so I'd love to be in the loop about wine events, new products, etc. THIS is the site
Reach her @gmail: katherinespiers
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