Star Rating: 3 out of 5 Starring Tyler Labine, of “Reaper” fame, the predictable funny show offers a far-fetched story where three orphaned kids make their way to Tucson, where their father happens to have a fully-stocked, all-expenses-paid house that they move in to. Their mother is out of the picture and their father is serving a prison sentence for embezzlement. To avoid falling into the foster care system, they hire Ron Snuffkin (Labine) to pose as their dad. Labine’s… Read more

Star rating: 4 out of 5 The door leading from the street opened into a small cramped room with about seven chairs on the corresponding wall. There was a shelf alongside the opposite wall with bottled water, candy and a jar for donations. A few feet ahead was a modest table and chair and beyond it, my entry to the pleasant surprise about to engross me for the next two hours. The living room setting produced Rachel, an attractive, well-kept,… Read more

If what you’re looking for in a stage production is impeccable acting, fantastic stage settings and flawless blocking, then CSUN’s production of the “Vagina Monologues” is not for you. However, if dialogue meant to shake your core and make you reconsider any preconceived notions about the strength of a woman, then the CSUN chapter of V-Day accomplished just that. The play ran for three nights starting Thursday, Feb. 18, and ending on Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Plaza Del Sol…. Read more

Star rating: 4 out of 5 Dance Theater of Harlem took a new approach to ballet, an idea fairly familiar to them. From its start through Arthur Mitchell, DTH has always looked for ways to make their choreography and school unique while staying true to classical ballet technique. Somehow, they found that middle ground and made ballet an accessible art in America. The same can be held true for their Interactive Performances, as they call them. On Feb. 2, DTH… Read more

Another stereotypical teenage movie — this time a coming-of-age tale about a girl from a small Texas town who is misunderstood with her emo-like style, her affinity for 80’s Christian metal bands and her forced participation in debutante beauty pageants. Throw in some roller skates, a rink and a few elbows and you have “Whip It.” Drew Barrymore makes her directorial debut in the teenage dramedy, which opens in theaters Oct. 2. Starring Ellen Page (“Juno”) as Bliss Cavendar, “Whip… Read more