Wednesday, June 16, 2021
The billionaire philanthropist donated $2.7 billion to 286 arts, educational and social justice organizations. Here are some of the SoCal recipients.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:28PMWednesday, May 19, 2021
Melanie Andrews is the artistic director of Inner City Shakespeare, a growing network for Black and Latino performers to make it in entertainment.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:55PMThursday, May 6, 2021
Cornerstone in L.A. and Oregon Shakespeare Festival pair up with BIPOC artists to launch the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation program.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:19AMSaturday, May 1, 2021
It's where pros train for music videos, and where amateurs go for a creative outlet. The pandemic knocked them down, but dance studios aren't giving up.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:38AMFriday, March 12, 2021
We asked readers working in healthcare to send us art they've made in the pandemic. See their paintings, hyper-real dollhouse furniture, toast art, cookie decorating and more.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:45PMWednesday, March 10, 2021
Originally meant for one or two outstanding singers, the inaugural Eva and Marc Stern Award will go to five opera singers facing pandemic closures.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:15PMWednesday, February 24, 2021
Farley will be reunited with his longtime mentor Darleen Callaghan, the school's new associate dean, to run the Trudl Zipper Dance Institute.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:02PMThursday, February 11, 2021
Heartbeat Opera's "Breathing Free" weaves music from Beethoven's "Fidelio," spirituals and works by Florence Price, Harry T. Burleigh and Anthony Davis.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:14AMMonday, January 25, 2021
As artist in residence at L.A. Opera, Thomas will curate programming, perform a leading role each season and run two training programs for young artists.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:40PMSaturday, January 16, 2021
The Mellon Foundation grants nearly $1 million to Lula Washington Dance Theatre, part of an effort to correct systemic inequality in arts funding.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:49AMWednesday, June 12, 2019
André De Shields capped a 50-year acting career by scoring his first Tony Award on Sunday night, winning best featured actor in a musical for his role as Hermes in “Hadestown.” It’s b…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 09:06AMAndré De Shields capped a 50-year acting career by scoring his first Tony Award on Sunday, winning best featured actor in a musical for his role as Hermes in “Hadestown.” It’s been a …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:05AMSaturday, May 18, 2019
In the opening vignette of Sean Dorsey’s latest work, “Boys in Trouble,” the choreographer performs a gentle solo within the confines of a single spotlight. As he dances, his recorded …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:05AMWednesday, May 15, 2019
On Friday the 33 students who make up the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance’s inaugural class will graduate. More than 60% of them will leave USC employed, said Jodie Gates, the school’…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:35PMThursday, May 9, 2019
It was the summer of 1963 when photographer Kwame Brathwaite captured a protest over Wigs Parisian, a white-owned wig shop that opened on Harlem’s 125th Street near the Apollo Theater. One…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:50PMFriday, May 3, 2019
John E. Pizzini’s first attempt at college didn’t end as planned. At Michigan State University he studied engineering — a path his father pushed him to pursue — and he hated it. Abou…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:44AMMonday, April 22, 2019
The Broad Stage in Santa Monica will announce on Monday that it has hired a new artistic and executive director, Rob Bailis, who comes from Cal Performances at UC Berkeley. Bailis, who succe…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMWednesday, April 17, 2019
“Night of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event” was a celebration of Merce Cunningham on what would have been the 100th birthday of one the most pioneering and influential choreographers in con…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:45PMThursday, March 21, 2019
Ballet, street dance theater, Mexican folk — there are enough offerings this spring to satisfy any dance lover’s taste. Ford Theatres has a particularly strong lineup, kicking off spring…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:00AMWednesday, March 20, 2019
Micaela Taylor thought the accolades might come by the time she was 30. But at 25, the choreographer and dancer is already watching the recognition grow — fast — for her unique style of …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMTuesday, March 19, 2019
Veteran stage director Nataki Garrett has been named the sixth artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the company announced Tuesday, making her the first person of color to ho…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:15PMThursday, March 7, 2019
On a rainy night, about 250 people gathered in Malibu for the final California performance of the noted New York contemporary-ballet company Jessica Lang Dance. But the company’s founder a…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:25PMThursday, June 21, 2018
Ella Turenne stepped onto a small Hollywood stage singing the early-2000s hit by neo-soul singer India Arie, “I Am Not My Hair.” The song was a fitting introduction to her one-woman show…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:10PMFriday, December 16, 2016
Al Pacino will star in a production of Dotson Rader’s “God Looked Away” at the Pasadena Playhouse in February, the theater said Friday. The Oscar winner is no stranger to theater, hav…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:20PM 
