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Saturday, July 30 Last chance to see “The Last Word…,” Oren Safdie’s latest play about the clashing of generations. Protagonist Henry Grunwald is a Holocaust survivor who went on to have a career as a New York ad exec. In his retirement, he now hopes to finally fulfill his lifelong dream of writing a play, and places an ad for an assistant. Young playwright Len Artz, applies for the job, but a heated theoretical debate unfolds during the job interview. Runs through July 31. 8 p.m. (Fri. and Sat.), 5 p.m. (Sun.). Malibu Stage Company, 29243 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu. (310) 589-1998. |
 
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Sunday, July 31 The Chance Theater bids you “wilkommen” to Kander and Ebb’s “Cabaret.” The Tony Award-winning musical takes place in 1930s Berlin, juxtaposing the time’s tumultuous political state of affairs with the sexy, open lifestyle of the cabaret. The theater also offers special “cabaret seating” for those who want to be part of the show. 8 p.m. (Thurs.-Sat.), 2 p.m. (Sun.). $22-$35. 5552 E. La Palma Ave., Anaheim Hills. (714) 777-3033. |
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Monday, August 1 The craze has reached new proportions. Tonight, the Westside JCC presents… that’s right … “Harry and the Potters.” A two-brother duo performs original music based on the wildly popular book and movie series. Check it out if you’re a Potter-head, or even if you’re just into songs about “fast brooms, wizard chess and three-headed dogs.” 6:30 p.m. Free. 5870 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles. (323) 938-2531. |  
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Tuesday, August 2 Brian Herzlinger certainly wasn’t the only second-grader who fell in love with Drew Barrymore in “E.T.” But he’s probably the only one bent on getting a date with her 20 years later. The aspiring filmmaker from New Jersey did make his film. To find out if he fulfilled his other big aspiration, see his movie, “My Date With Drew,” at the Arclight tonight, then stick around for the Q and A that follows. 8 p.m. 6360 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood. Wednesday, August 3 Women look at our bodies, ourselves, in the Jan Baum Gallery’s latest exhibition, “Ladies With Figures: Figurative Paintings and Sculptures of Women by Women.” Among the 13 artists featured are Zhenya Gershman, who displays an evocative portrait of a girl, “Eva,” and Jilda Schwartz, whose “Miriam,” glazed ceramic bust peers out sadly. Runs through Aug. 20. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. (Tues.-Sat.). 170 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles. (323) 932-0170. Thursday, August 4 “The Aristocrats.” It’s apparently the funniest, filthiest joke you’ve never heard. This private joke, a sort of “secret handshake among comics,” is also now a movie. Comedians Penn Jillette (of Penn and Teller) and Paul Provenza have gotten more than 100 of their comedian friends, among them Whoopi Goldberg, Gilbert Gottfried, Sarah Silverman and Paul Reiser, to improvise their version of this obscenely dirty and hilarious joke on film. The result is this unrated but widely acclaimed movie. It opens this week. Arclight Cinemas, Hollywood; Mann Criterion 6, Santa Monica. (310) 395-1599. Friday, August 4 “Animal Crackers” and “Horse Feathers” kick off the two-weekend yuckfest at LACMA, as it presents “The Marx Brothers: 8 Classics.” The screening series continues tomorrow and next weekend, and includes eight of Groucho, Harpo, Zeppo and Chico’s best-loved works, some of them new prints. 7:30 p.m. $6-$9. 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles.
How Israeli academics are being shut out of the international academic world, and how UCLA professor Judea Pearl is fighting back. The novel is set in 1952 and centers on Jay deVenezia, a 23-year-old, six-foot-five-inch Italian Jew from the Bronx, and his older brother, Eric “Bud” deVenezia. “Bloody Murray,” whose first season is available on ChaiFlicks, stars Naomi Levov as Mo, better known as Murray, and Rotem Sela as her best friend and roommate, Dana. In addition to Best Feature Film, “The Wedding Entertainer” received nominations for Best Actor for Rand, Best Supporting Actor for Tal Friedman, Best Supporting Actress for Malky Goldman, Best Screenplay for Rand and Best Cinematography for Giora Bejach. Everyone has a direct stake in knowing that one of the most-cited evidentiary pillars in the international campaign against Israel is far shakier than its footnotes suggest. In this, the season of our renewal, I am proposing a transformational agenda for our Los Angeles Jewish community. Deliciously flaky and crispy with a satisfying creamy filling, these burekas are really easy to prepare. How Israeli Academics Are Being Shut Out of the International Academic World The pause isn’t the absence of action; it’s a sanctuary in time. It is a challenge for which various solutions have already been tried and failed. Most of all, it is a challenge that doesn’t seem to have any prospect of being addressed anytime soon in a way that leads to a final resolution. Presidential security machinations, like presidential vacation time and decorating budgets, often serve as partisan Rorschach tests: rivals mock, while supporters defend. It is about refusing to allow partisan loyalty to make us silent when our own community is threatened. Nowhere is it written you have to agree with every position taken by every candidate running as a member of your party. America needs the Jews as much as the Jews need America. Investigative journalist and bestselling author Gerald Posner offers a primer to debunk the “genocide” libel against Israel. Maximizing Jewish life, learning, practice and belonging remains nonnegotiable. However, when a halakhic ruling fails to achieve its purpose, we must reexamine the ruling. |
7 Days in The Arts
Last chance to see \"The Last Word...,\" Oren Safdie\'s latest play about the clashing of generations. Protagonist Henry Grunwald is a Holocaust survivor who went on to have a career as a New York ad exec.
