Saturday, April 4, 2026
Nominees for the fifth annual OCTG Theatre Awards were officially announced. Winners will be revealed at the awards ceremony on Monday, May 11, 2026, at the Samueli Theater at Segerstrom Cen…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:06PMMonday, March 30, 2026
Segerstrom Center for the Arts Marks 40 Years with Expanded Latino Arts Initiative and Names Arturo O’Farrill Inaugural Artist-in-Residence As it celebrates its 40th anniversary, Segerstro…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:18PMMonday, March 23, 2026
MONUMENTS is a major, two-venue contemporary art exhibition running through May 3, 2026, at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA and The Brick in Los Angeles. It explores the history and recen…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:54PMThe 33rd Annual Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival (LAWTF) will take place March 26–29, 2026, bringing four days of powerful storytelling to stages across Los Angeles. This year’s th…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:02PMTuesday, March 17, 2026
The 2025/2026 season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center resumes this month with the return of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater—the company’s exclusive SoCal residency…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:06PMSunday, March 15, 2026
The Pulitzer-prize winning play by Jackie Sibblies Drury, Fairview, made its LA premier last night at Rogue Machine Theatre. While this is clearly a play where the less you know about it the…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:24PM Coming soon to the Cavern Club Celebrity Theater is The Passion of Love Connie. It’s the greatest story ever told and Love Connie is telling it the only way she can, through mime, dance…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:12PMThursday, March 12, 2026
The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC), Southern California’s preeminent organization of professional theatre critics and journalists, is pleased to announce the Finalists for its …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:36PMTuesday, March 10, 2026
A delightful new album of lyrical lullabies, Baby Animal Serenades is now available on all streaming platforms. The artist Aster Rosa has already been enjoying success over the past few yea…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:31PMMonday, March 9, 2026
Euripides (c. 480 BCE – c. 406 BCE) was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, alongside Sophocles and Aeschylus. Writing during the height of Athenian cultural and politic…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:12PMFriday, March 6, 2026
~~~ Ballet Hispánico Brings the Passion of Latino Culture to the Stage with CARMEN.maquia For more than five decades, Ballet Hispánico has brought communities together through the power of…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:48PMThursday, March 5, 2026
~~~ One of the most thrilling aspects of my career as a reporter and critic is getting to interact with the artistic community and discover new art. I was incredibly excited to see the new w…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:31PMTuesday, March 3, 2026
~~~ Disconnected Returns — Bigger, Bolder, and More Urgent Than Ever What began as a daring artistic experiment in Irvine is now taking center stage at one of Orange County’s mo…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:18PM~~~ California-based dance company Alonzo King LINES Ballet made a radiant and deeply resonant debut at Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, February 21, wi…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:12PMMonday, February 23, 2026
MUSE/IQUE honors the late Quincy Jones in performances entitled Quincy’s World The New Founding Father of American Music, conducted by Artistic and Music Director Rachael Worby,March 5-8,…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:24PMTuesday, February 17, 2026
Los Angeles Ballet announces its 2025/2026 season Season 20 marks a major milestone, honoring the Company’s 20th anniversary. LAB holds the distinction of being the longest-operating profe…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:42PMBy taking part in the American Alliance of Museums’ Annual Survey of Museum-Goers, you can help museums of all types across the country as well! At the Skirball Cultural Center they care d…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:42PMSaturday, February 14, 2026
LA Phil presents Alfred Hitchcock’s psychological thriller Vertigo in concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Saturday, March 21, 2026 at 8PM. Alfred Hitchcock’s classic drama is made…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:48PMSix beloved animated cinema classics will make their return to the big screen at the El Capitan Theatre for limited engagements. Select Disney treasures, such as “Muppet Treasure Island…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:36PMTuesday, February 10, 2026
Los Angeles Opera has unveiled its 2026–27 season, marking a new chapter for the company as it welcomes Domingo Hindoyan as its incoming Richard Seaver Music Director following the retirem…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 11:06PMAttune 1.0 is a free public art experience scheduled for February 14, 2026 (Valentine’s Day) running approximately 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and presented by NXT Art Foundation in partnership…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:01PMSunday, February 8, 2026
California-based dance company, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, makes its Soraya debut on February 21 with one of their most noteworthy creations set to the work of jazz prodigy Alice Coltrane. …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 11:12PMJazz at Naz 2026 Builds Momentum as Festival Heads Into Final Weeks Widely considered one of the best winter jazz festivals on the West Coast, the fifth annual Jazz at Naz festival is enteri…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:54PMSaturday, February 7, 2026
L.A.’s oldest non-profit professional theater company, Company of Angels, announces the world premiere of Red Harlem, a new play based on true events from the Great Depression, when the So…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:18PMThursday, February 5, 2026
The internationally acclaimed Compagnie Hervé Koubi makes its long-awaited Los Angeles Premiere at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. For three nights only, February 19, 2…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:36PMFriday, January 30, 2026
Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles (PAC LA), with the support of Eastman Museum Los Angeles, presents Women Curators, the final event in its Year of the Woman series, on Monday, March 2, …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:24PMTuesday, January 27, 2026
The Monkey’s Paw story trope remains one of the most adaptable and enduring narrative devices in literature and film. Its core premise revolves around an object (originally an actual mummi…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:42PMTuesday, January 13, 2026
The Chromolume Theatre has announced its 2026 season of musicals at The Zephyr on Melrose in Los Angeles. Themed as a season of identify and expression, it will kick off in March with The Co…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:32PMThe 30 Minutes or Less Festival returns this week with a high‑energy lineup of bold, compact performances designed to captivate both seasoned theatergoers and curious newcomers. Running Ja…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:32PMOn February 10, 2026, LA Opera will present a recital showcasing Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez. One of the most celebrated singers of our time, Mr. Flórez is hailed for his fearless voc…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:32PMTuesday, January 6, 2026
Wishing all my loyal subscribers & readers a Happy New Year! May it be a productive, prosperous and happy one for you all. Warm regards from Pauline at ArtsBeatLA.
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