Friday, January 6, 2023
Fifty years ago this month, Evelyn Rudie and Chris De Carlo (pictured left) assumed their posts as Co-Artistic Directors of Santa Monica Playhouse. Under their stewardship, the now sixty-thr…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:01PMWednesday, January 4, 2023
Mean Girls is a coming-of-age stage musical with music by Jeff Richmond, lyrics by Nell Benjamin, and book by Tina Fey, it’s directed by Casey Nicholaw. Opening this week at the Pantages T…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMSunday, December 11, 2022
You’re invited to come to Downtown L.A. (or to tune in via TV or radio) for a slate of extraordinary holiday-themed performances featuring colorful costumes and global sounds from Africa, …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:18PMSaturday, December 10, 2022
Beloved Star Wars™ characters and themes have been given a burlesque makeover, and the resulting live spectacular is as hilarious and amazing as it sounds!
Now playing in Hollywood at t…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:48PMMonday, December 5, 2022
Heavenly voices! Combining the winter solstice, Christmas and New Year’s themes, the Pasadena Chorale is proud to present the first concert of its 2022-2023 season, the L.A. premiere of …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:48PMFriday, November 25, 2022
Announcing an exciting new release for all film enthusiasts!
In celebration of Sony Pictures Classics’ 30-year anniversary, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is proud to bring eleven of …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:32PMWednesday, November 23, 2022
The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s 2022 DECK THE HALL holiday concerts feature 15 performances from December 3-31, 2022 with star-studded vocalists, blockbuster movie screenings performed with…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:36PMThe holidays are upon us!! ‘Tis the season for The Music Center to spread joy to thousands of Angelenos and visitors for the holidays.
L.A.’s premier performing arts organization, …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:36PMPromising to be one Holiday stage show you’ll definitely FALL for (haha – geddit?!) L.A’s beloved Troubies are presenting the world premiere of Die Heart at the Colony Theatre in Burba…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:32PMMonday, November 14, 2022
Storybook Theatre’s award-winning musical is a retelling of the beloved fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood. This live show offers opportunities for audience participation as Little Red R…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:12PMMonday, November 7, 2022
Making its world premiere, a family-friendly one-act musical brimming with empowering messages and role models is now playing at the Colony Theatre in Burbank.
Inspired by an ancient Arme…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:42PMSunday, November 6, 2022
The retro-styled, shabby chic Sassafras Saloon on Vine, with its New Orleans vibe and cluttered decor, has been transformed into a mythic hotel location—the Hotel Dion—for this immersive…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:36PMWednesday, November 2, 2022
This interview was first published in October, 2011.
New on the scene is quirky young actor Miles Teller, who last year immediately gained notice in his first feature film, Rabbit Hole (2…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:36AMMonday, October 31, 2022
Creative theatre director, noted for his unique contemporary stagings of classical and contemporary operas and plays, Peter Sellars is to direct the Los Angeles Philharmonic performances of …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:02PMTuesday, October 25, 2022
The oldest surviving book of the Americas, Códice Maya de México, is now on view at the Getty Center.
This exhibition is presented in Spanish and English. Esta exhibición se presenta …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:03PMThursday, October 20, 2022
Geffen Playhouse presents The Inheritance, performing now through November 27, 2022.
You can read Terry Morgan’s review here.
The Inheritance is a play by Matthew Lopez that is insp…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:37PMMonday, October 17, 2022
Now playing at the Garry Marshall Theatre in Toluca Lake is a fabulous, family-friendly musical based on the classic fairy tale Cinderella. A re-staging of their original 2008 production, Ci…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:25PMWednesday, September 28, 2022
A vibrant celebration of Black women artists in collaboration and community, the Rock My Soul Festival celebrates both historical and present-day collaborations between supportive women arti…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:55PMTuesday, September 27, 2022
Coming to the Bowl in October is a night that’s set to rock the venue. Headliners the Yeah Yeah Yeahs will be backed by support sets from Japanese Breakfast and The Linda Lindas.
Ph…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:07PMWednesday, September 21, 2022
The Art of Moviemaking: The Wizard of Oz and Director’s Inspiration: Spike Lee, both part of the Academy Museum of Motion Picture’s acclaimed Stories of Cinema exhibition, will close…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:13PMAlanis Morissette changed the world with her ground-breaking album Jagged Little Pill, released in 1995, when she was only 21 years old. It marks an astonishing debut for the Canadian-Americ…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:13PMFollowing the roaring success of his Beatles tribute Pepperland, Mark Morris teams up again with musical collaborator Ethan Iverson (The Bad Plus) for The Look of Love, a wistful and heart…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:03PMA new play commissioned and produced by CalArts Center for New Performance (CNP) has been chose to launch its 20th anniversary season, commencing on Thursday, September 29, 2022.
You�…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:55PMViola Davis dominates the screen, leading an equally powerful ensemble cast in the historical drama The Woman King. Stocky and stacked, her formidable and intense presence is riveting to wat…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:55PMTuesday, September 20, 2022
Supreme entertainer Harry Connick, Jr., is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States, with 16 million in certified sales throughout his illustrious career.…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:37AMFriday, September 16, 2022
Such a cute play, eliciting some fantastic belly laughs – what a cast, what a script!
A delightful piece of whimsy is now playing at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks, on Saturdays …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:43PMSunday, September 11, 2022
Norwegian playwright Henrik Johan Ibsen’s creaky old play Ghosts gets a slight updating and a marvelous staging at The Odyssey. The production, brilliantly cast and directed by Bart DeLor…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:25PMA bold mélange of dance, music, prose and sound—with an olfactory experience thrown into the mix—promises to be a unique theatrical experience. Set to be staged in Downtown LA over thre…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:07PMThursday, September 1, 2022
Wynton Marsalis—the acclaimed performer, composer, educator, bandleader, and nine-time Grammy winner—strides across all genres to create a body of work that places him among the world’…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:33PMFriday, August 26, 2022
“History is Written by Victors.” This pithy quote frequently gets attributed to world leader Winston Churchill, but its origins are not certain. The quote implies that history is not gr…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:18PMGRAMMYⓇ-winning pianist/composer Hiromi is considered one of today’s most popular jazz musicians.
Hiromi will be joined by the extraordinary string quartet PUBLIQuartet to form The …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:12PM 
