J. Scott Smith

Tony Award-winning actor/director Paul Sand is creating a limited-run show at what will be called the West End Theatre, transforming an enclosed observation deck at the end of the Santa Monica Pier into what will be a cabaret-style performing space. Inaugurating the theatre will be "Kurt Weill at the Cuttlefish Hotel" - a performance of a collection of the famed German composer's songs - that will open Friday, Dec. 6.