Hollywood Gothique

“Drama After Dark: A Night of the Macabre with Poe and Gorey” will offer enactments of horrifying tales by two masters of the form, Edgar Alan Poe and Edward Gorey. Unfortunately, the latest information at the Huntington LIbrary’s website is that the event is sold out; there is no wait list.
Description: A Night of the [...]

An operatic adaptation of David Cronenberg’s 1986 horror film THE FLY (a remake of the 1958 film starring Vincent Price and Al Hedison) - which will makes its debut on Wednesday at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris -will arrive in the  U.S. on Septembr 7 at the Los Angeles Opera. Cronenberg himself is directing [...]

Apaprently, there is going to be a tribute show dedicated to the late Maila Nurmi, otherwise known as horror hostes Vampira, who chilled the airwaves back in the 1950s. Here is the official info: The Steve Allen Theater presents The Vampira Show, a tribute to the legendary Vampira. Born Maila Nurmi, Vampira [...]

The Rocketz - joined by members of Moonlight Cruisers - will be performing live on St. Patrick’s Day at Spike’s in the suburb of Rosemead. In case I haven’t mentioned it lately, the Rocketz a are a cool punk-a-billy band that gave a killer performance at last years Knott’s Scary Farm, blasting out songs like [...]

Bear McCreary, who scores the sci-fi series BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, recently announced details for a live show at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood. The performance is scheduled for April 13.

McCreary previously performed live at the Mint in Los Angeles, back in 2006. He promises that the new show will be bigger and better:

This year’s show [...]

…at least not on Holywood Boulevard. I mention this because FilmRadar recently sent out a newsletter of Halloween events that listed the “world premiere” of the stage adaptation of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood. This event, of course, took place last year; we reviewed it [...]

Here’s another October event that nearly slipped through the cracks:
During this happy Halloween season, the Ethos Theatre Company is presenting Nuit Obscurite! An Evening at the Theatre du Grand Guignol.
In case you haven’t heard, the original Grand Guignol was a theatre in France that presented horribly violent melodramas of revenge and torture - sort of [...]

Aspiring Goth rockers, here’s an opportunity for you to perform live in front of an enthusiastic audience:

The American Cinematheque is providing an opportunity for Horror or Science Fiction Themed Acts to Perform at the GATHERING OF THE GHOULS on Saturday, August 18th from 7 - 9 PM.

 
For more information, please contact Bernadette De Joya - [...]

 
We try to focus on events in and around Hollywood (this is Hollywood Gothique, after all), but Orange County is close enough for most Los Angeles residents to make the drive if there’s something they really, really want to see. For those who have yet to see a live production of THE PHANTOM OF THE [...]

The LA Weekly gave a fairly positive review (you have to scroll downa a bit to find it) to the City Garage’s production of RHINOCEROS, Eugene Ionesco’s 1958 satire about a town’s population metamorphing into the titular animals:
In manner and acting approach, Troy Dunn’s lead character, Berenger, is out on his own, a soft-spoken method [...]

John Williams will be conducting selections of his scores for the HARRY POTER and STAR WARS this weekend.
There are two shows, on Friday, July 13, and Saturday, July 14. Both start at 8:30pm.
Personally, I’ve always felt the Williams is somewhat over-rated as a composer of films scores. Sure, he does great work, but sometimes I [...]