“Mr. Show’s” Bob Odenkirk and David Cross are full of brilliant ideas, and now they’re taking them on the road. “You’re gonna get to see a solution to the problem of the mentally handicapped on death row,” he said of Friday’s performance at Royce Hall. Read more...

Last time we saw our dynamic duo, they were busy getting a tour of a major movie studio, only to find out that there are no great comedic stars left in movies. Read more...

Not everyone these days is comfortable cleaning the skeletons out of their closets ““ for instance the issues of homosexuality and AIDS can still be touchy. Read more...

In contrast to big-name bookstores, Take One! Film and Theater Books goes for the specialty market. Not only does it offer items related to the performing arts, but Take One! Read more...

Jason Webley described his own shows as “a lot of fun,” but based on his accounts of his shows he may be trying for the award for Understatement of the Year. Read more...

With its highly publicized on-set snafus of “Real World” proportions, it was a surprise that anything marketable came out of the HBO television series “Project Greenlight.” Nevertheless, as part of a grassroots campaign to promote the reprise of their screenplay competition, this time dubbed “Project Greenlight 2.0″ and to boost sales for the new DVD boxed set for the first season of “Project Greenlight,” LivePlanet and Miramax Films have chosen UCLA to screen the recently released independent flick, “Stolen Summer.” The film, which will have a free screening at the James Bridges Theater tonight at 7:30 p.m., was the product of amateur screenwriter, Peter Jones, winner of the first competition last year. Read more...

The banjo might remind you more of “The Beverly Hillbillies” theme song than eclectic rock music, but for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, well, it speaks of both. Read more...