Hollywood

Inside a dim New Orleans-style bar in Hollywood, dozens of strangers mingle under the thump of pop music while nursing complimentary cocktails.

But the lower-cost productions are raising concerns among Hollywood labor unions.

The show is having its Los Angeles premiere at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in a touring production that is smooth and smart.

The Hobbit Houses are one of Southern California’s finest examples of Storybook architecture, a fantasy style that fittingly emerged in L.A. in the 1920s around the start of Hollywood’s Golden Age.

At Hollywood Career College’s self-defense class, Gold demonstrated potential scenarios.