Painting on a white face and slipping on a wig, BJJ (Matthew Hancock) transforms himself from a present-day Black playwright to a plantation owner from 1859. G...
As part of Vive Bailando and STEM From Dance’s collaboration, 20 underprivileged girls from Colombia were chosen to participate in a pilot program that taught ...
The Public’s latest audio play is the world-premiere production of Erika Dickerson-Despenza’s SHADOW/LAND. The play is the first installment of a 10-part...
Although I studied Shakespeare at the Globe in London, I never saw myself in a role like Romeo. Casting calls may ask for all identities, but at the end of the...
Rue Bennett (Zendaya) dawns her dad’s red sweater as she departs from a romantic fantasy with Jules (Hunter Shafer) to a close-to-empty diner to meet with Ali, her sponsor, on Christmas Eve. In the aftermath of an argument with Jules, she seeks comfort in Ali in part one of the series’ special episode, “Trouble Don’t Last Always.” As the episode progresses, we follow her journey to understand why she is there in the first place....
The city of angels takes a less heavenly depiction through Coco Jones’ eyes. The glitz and glamor are part of a façade, and the hustle of Hollywood isn’t like ...
Their naked bodies are skin to skin and bathed in amber in one frame and chilled in brightness in the other, but although Shia LaBeouf and Margaret Qualley are...
Grasping on to the gray metal bars of a jungle gym, Brianna Mims pitches her head forward and digs between her arms. She swings powerfully from one bracket to ...
I grabbed my dining room chair, latched it under my arm, and brought it to my bedroom. Then I changed out of my lounge wear and into something I’d sport on my ...
Steven Vargas is an arts and entertainment reporter with a focus on dance, race and art for social change. Working with such organizations as USC Arts in Action, Black Lives Matter LA, and Reform LA Jails Coalition on projects across Los Angeles, he also produced work for TheWrap, Dance Magazine and ET Live. His short doc, “Dancing at Home,” earned first place in the LA Press Club’s “Life in the Time of the Coronavirus Contest" in May, 2020. He recently served as managing editor and social media editor with USC Annenberg Media and is a multimedia editor and contributor for Ampersand LA. More at vargassteven.com
