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Free Outdoor Shakespeare Returns to Southern California, Bringing World-Class Theatre Under the Stars for Families and Arts Lovers Shakespeare by the Sea (SBTS), one of Southern California�…
Rubeli's play, 'Dinosaurs' encores at HFF26 before heading out to Edinburgh.
PAC LA Brings Photography and Sculpture Into Focus with Special Preview by LACMA Curator Eve Schillo The boundaries between photography and sculpture are more fluid than ever, and on June 10…
The world seems to be suffering an empathy shortage lately, or at the very least the lack of that quality in our current leaders. Worse, there is an impression in some parts of society that …
In filmmaker John Carney’s new dramedy Power Ballad a struggling songwriter and a fading pop star (Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas) turn a chance meeting into a runaway hit song – but whose son…
One never knows where inspiration will strike. Eboni Booth’s play, Primary Trust, is partly set in a tiki bar that is its protagonist’s favorite place on Earth. Although the story is …
The multi–Tony Award-nominated (with two wins) musical Hell’s Kitchen has arrived at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre with all the energy, heart, and musical fire one would expect from a p…
Two upcoming literary Black photography art talk events are happening next weekend, on June 5 and 7, at the Getty Center that focus on race, science, health, history, and artistry. Pictur…
The Skirball’s three new spring exhibitions arrive not as a neatly unified curatorial statement, but as something far more compelling: a meditation on the many ways culture is made, inheri…
Newly installed Poet Laureate of Los Angeles Brian Sonia-Wallace today announced an art installation If These Stalls Could Talk, which will be available on Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Cent…
“Why was I born if it wasn’t forever?” In case anyone is ever in need of a reminder of their mortality, Eugène Ionesco’s 1962 play, Exit the King, has helpfully been provided to …
One performance only! This coming Saturday, May 16, at 7:30pm, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents Bang on a Can All-Stars in a powerful live tribute, Ryuichi Sakamo…
The atomic age, the space race, the prospective colonization of the moon—the post-war years of the mid-Twentieth Century ushered in a thrilling era, shimmering with the promise of inter…
OperaFest LA is back! Continuing the collaborative celebration of opera across Los Angeles with numerous linked events. First launched in 2024 alongside the OPERA America Conference and Worl…
Shared reality is a concept I was just introduced to last week, when I was one of the lucky few to be invited to a preview of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone at Cosm LA. The experien…
A new stage production exploring the personal side of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King (pictured above) is preparing for a special live audience recording later this month in Lo…
Tickets are now on sale for Japanese rock star Yoshiki’s two classical concerts this summer at The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall on July 16 and 17, 2026. Purchase tickets her…
Coming to the Getty Center museum in May/June are three upcoming – free – film screenings that will focus on a variety of artists and their work. The Getty Center has announced the exc…
A mashup of multiple genres, this intriguing but sometimes confusing film about earthling/alien love could use more of a linear structure.
You are invited to relive the magic of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in an entirely new way – via Shared Reality. The first of the beloved original Harry Potter movies is comin…
The phrase “for want of a horse” is most commonly attributed to Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack from 1758, describing the cascading effect of how the absence of one small…
LA Opera’s revival production of Falstaff opened last Saturday night to a rapturous audience, proving to be a successful, high-energy showpiece for the talented company. Falstaff is a late…
I am a longtime fan of Tom Jacobson’s theatrical work. I think he’s one of Los Angeles’ best playwrights, and he has been for decades. He’s equally at home with structurally and them…
Thousands of hands built this place. Opening to the public on May 4th is the LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries. Designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, and twenty years in the making, t…
These days, when I read that a particular play has won the Pulitzer Prize, I unfairly become a bit more dubious of that work's quality. The same applies to the Tony awards " I've just seen s…
An engaging and moving story about identity, courage and acceptance, Latino Theater Company's technically innovative new play Level Up! is a wonderfully entertaining experience for all ag…
Some parts of the world seem to provide more fertile soil in which plays can grow. Ireland and New York have been especially fruitful, providing O'Neill, Miller, McPherson and McDonagh with …
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…
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, Segerstrom …
It seems puzzling to me why the Taper is currently housing a musical (Here Lies Love), while the much bigger Ahmanson is showcasing Kim's Convenience, which is essentially a small comedy/dra…
 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 rec…
The 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 theme, "…
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 for…
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…
 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…
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 it…
Theater encompasses every type of theme, from dealing with any number of adversities to how to sell more meat pies, but here's one you don't encounter very often " how does the brain create …
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 y…
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 political…
~~~ 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 powe…
~~~ 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…
   ~~~ 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 …
~~~ 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…
 Arthur Miller is often described as one of the moral arbiters of twentieth-century American theater, a writer whose works frequently wrestled with how capitalism, corruption and self-de…
MUSE/IQUEÂ 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,…
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 profess…
By 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 dee…
An ill-shaped wretch no sane person would want to gain power. A habitual liar who will say absolutely anything to get ahead. A monster who uses people to get what he wants and then immediate…
Writing, at the best of times, is a tricky proposition. Some authors claim that they can't stop writing, that it's a function like breathing to them, whereas other scribes do everything in t…
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 all…
