Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Select highlights of The Soraya‘s 2025-26 season have been announced. Last week, on the occasion of The Soraya’s anniversary, Executive and Artistic Director Thor Steingraber announced s…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 11:54PMDrink, dine and jive!
Intimate Jazz Club concerts are once again being presented by and at The Soraya in Northridge for their annual Jazz at Naz Festival.
Jazz at Naz returns for it…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:42PMLightning-paced, funny and exhilarating, the action comedy Back in Action marks Cameron Diaz’s much-anticipated return to the big screen after a nine-year hiatus.
Here, Diaz teams up on…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:24PMFrom the archives.
Here is my interview with actor Andy Garcia, obtained in Los Angeles, and first published in October, 1995.
Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead is a 1995 Ameri…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:36PMThe epic poem Beowulf is being presented as a solo performance with a twist – reimagining the famous verses as a cautionary tale. FEAST. will have its West Coast premiere for a five-week…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:06PMSunday, February 2, 2025
From the archives.
Here is my interview with artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel and actor Jeffrey Wright, obtained at the Venice Biennale and first published in October, 1996.
Walk…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:48PMTwo performances remain for Memoryhouse, a haunting modern ballet now at The Wallis in Beverly Hills.
On Saturday February 1, 2025 there will be a Talkback and Audience Q&A immediate…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:12PMTuesday, January 28, 2025
In honor of Black History Month, enjoy a free recital at the California African American Museum on Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 7pm.
Former LA Opera Young Artist Alaysha Fox takes the…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:54PMCenter Theatre Group has announced its Spring 2025 CTG:FWD programming, featuring a thrilling lineup of theatrical and musical programs. Two productions will be staged at the Kirk Douglas T…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:48PMThe Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival will take place March 27- March 30, 2025. The overall theme of the Festival this year is STRONGER TOGETHER.
The Los Angeles…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:48PMTuesday, January 21, 2025
A new opera about an American family wrongfully imprisoned in 1942 and the power of collective resistance to injustice, The Camp, is making its world premier in late February / early March a…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:18PMThe 12th Annual California Women’s Film Festival is happening, taking place from February 14—16, 2025, at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks.
Find the schedule and purchase ticket…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:42PMSunday, January 12, 2025
The Centre for the Less Good Idea, Johannesburg—headed by co-founders William Kentridge and Bronwyn Lace—presents Three Less Good Ideas in Los Angeles this February.
During their…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:32PMWednesday, January 1, 2025
Southern California’s landmark arts event Pacific Standard Time—now PST ART—returned in September 2024 with more than 70 exhibitions from museums and other institutions across the regi…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:48PMThursday, December 19, 2024
New York jazz stylings make their way to L.A. next year! The Blue Note Jazz Club is one of the most iconic and renowned jazz clubs in the world. Located in New York City, the relatively inti…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:48PMMonday, December 16, 2024
Musical theatre legend Sutton Foster (The Drowsy Chaperone, The Music Man) returns to the Ahmanson Theatre as Princess Winnifred in this beloved musical fairytale. Full of gloriously catchy…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:02PMSharpen your pens! Boot up your computers! Flex your fingers!!
The Blank Theatre is now seeking submissions from playwrights 19 years of age and younger for its 33rd Annual Young Playwri…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:12PMSunday, December 15, 2024
Tinsel merged with Tchaikovsky last Thursday evening when the talented Dorrance Dance troupe took to the Soraya stage to present Dorrance Dance: The Nutcracker Suite.
It was a fiesta of c…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:54PMThursday, December 5, 2024
Celebrate the holidays this year at The Soraya. Holiday Series at The Soraya offers an eclectic range of festive performances through Dec 19.
Above photo by Christopher Duggan.
Photo:…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:32AMMonday, December 2, 2024
Gravity-defying mastery comes to SoCal in January. Segerstrom Center for the Arts is proud to present the extraordinary Chinese acrobatic group, The Peking Acrobats.
The Peking Acrobats…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:36PMYippee Ki-Yay, Father Christmas!
High above the city of L.A. a team of terrorists has seized a building, taken hostages, and declared war. One man has managed to escape. An off-duty co…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:36PMBroadway in Hollywood is thrilled to announce that L.A.’s most popular musical – WICKED – will return to Los Angeles at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre for a limited nine-week run acr…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:24PMSaturday, November 30, 2024
The Hammer Museum presents the 10th Edition of MoMA Contenders, The Museum of Modern Art’s renowned series of influential, innovative films from the past 12 months.
This year’s line…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:48PMFriday, November 15, 2024
Noon to Midnight: Field Recordings is a 12-hour festival featuring live performances and art installations activating every corner of the Walt Disney Concert Hall campus on November 16, 2024…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 01:54PMFriday, November 8, 2024
According to actor Tom Hanks, the American Film Institute (AFI) is “one of the greatest institutions in the world.” The deep love of cinema amongst the attendees and movie goers and the …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:42PMBurlesque meets Star Wars™ in this sexy, super-fun production now enjoying a return engagement at the elegant Montalbán Theatre on Vine in Hollywood. The energetic live show is now playin…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:42PMAmerican French Film Festival—the largest French film festival in North America—recently concluded with the US premier of a lavish and visually stunning screen version of Alexandre Dumas…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:42PMTuesday, November 5, 2024
Looking for some family fun this holidays? At the Santa Monica Playhouse the Family Theatre Musical Matinee series presents the return of All About Santa, a heart-warming tale of love and ge…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 01:42AMSunday, November 3, 2024
Adolescence, passion, tragedy—the classic tale of Romeo and Juliet is brimming with all the elements of youthful exuberance and defiance. Rising stars Amina Edris and Duke Kim gloriously i…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:02PMMonday, October 21, 2024
The BLOCtober free, outdoor Halloween movies continue at Alamo Drafthouse DTLA, located at 700 W. 7th Street Ste. U240 Los Angeles, CA 90017 213-217-9027
First-run features
Final�…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:18PMThe Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is excited to introduce two new exhibitions: “Color in Motion,” an immersive journey into the transformative power of color in film, curated by Jess…
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