Judaism’s Big Moment at the Oscars

By Abe Fried-Tanzer
Published on February 26, 2013

Mar. 9-15

By Ryan Torok
Published on March 8, 2012

“SHATNER’S WORLD: WE JUST LIVE IN IT ...”
He’s been a starship captain, a hard-boiled cop and high-powered attorney. William Shatner’s career and his willingness to poke fun at himself has culminated in this one-man show, which just wrapped on Broadway. Through anecdotes, jokes and songs, the 80-year-old renaissance man traces his career, starting with his beginnings as a classically trained Shakespearean actor. Sat. 8 p.m. $40-$105. Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles. (323) 468-1770. shatnersworld.com.

Shatner brings his ‘World’ to L.A.

Published on March 1, 2012

William Shatner has audiences leaping to their feet and cheering. These are not aging Trekkers at the latest “Star Trek” convention, but theater-goers at New York’s Music Box Theater responding to his one-person show, “Shatner’s World: We Just Live in It ...” The octogenarian actor’s latest project has him recounting stories from his professional and personal life, remembering as far back as his childhood in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Jewish immigrant parents.

Anaheim hosts first Comic Con

By Adam Wills
Published on April 15, 2010

Howard Stern to broker Trek peace talks?

By Adam Wills
Published on October 16, 2009

Nimoy retiring Spock ears?

By Adam Wills
Published on September 8, 2009

The Shat calls out HP

By Adam Wills
Published on August 2, 2009

Shatner poetry slams Palin on ‘Tonight Show’

By Adam Wills
Published on July 28, 2009

This Week in Shat: Gay marriage smackdown

By Adam Wills
Published on October 31, 2008

This Week in Shat

By Adam Wills
Published on October 3, 2008

Set a place for Shatner at the seder

By Tom Teicholz
Published on April 17, 2008

William Shatner is God. And Pharaoh. And Moses, too.

Just in time for Passover, the Jewish Music Group (a division of Shout Factory) has released "Exodus: An Oratorio in Three Parts," performed by the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. It is conducted by David Itkin, who created and composed the Oratorio, sung by baritone Paul Rowe and includes dramatic readings from the Bible and from the haggadah, spoken by none other than Shatner.

7 Days in The Arts

Published on March 16, 2006

Tonight’s Writers Guild 2006 Screen Laurel Award goes to “that member of the guild who ... has advanced the literature of the motion picture through the years....” This year, that guy is writer-director Lawrence Kasdan, responsible for “The Empire Strikes Back,” “Return of the Jedi” and “The Big Chill,” to name but a few.