A powerful musical journey into the life, artistry, and influence of Joni Mitchell comes to the Mark Taper Forum this July This summer, MUSE/IQUE invites audiences to experience the story of…
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…