Celebrated Hollywood stars will take the stage opposite "the country's youngest Shakespeare troupe" at a Los Angeles Drama Club (LADC) gala fundraiser, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014. Joining the chil…
Theatre West presents WestFest 2014, their annual festival of new and developing works"a celebration of the best of the Theatre West workshops. The festival will run from November 14"Dece…
TOMORROW ONLY!  A special Dia de los Muertos celebration! Louie Cruz Beltran and his Latin Jazz Orchestra will headline 24th STreet Theatre's free, annual Dia de los Muertos block pa…
The inimitable conductor and music director Jiřà BÄ›lohlávek leads this eminently historic orchestra through an inspiring evening of Anton Dvořák's profoundly moving mast…
Anyone interested in photography will be pleased to learn of this pop-art photo exhibition being presented next week for two days only in Los Angeles. Prior to this major auction, Sotheby's …
Now playing at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts is a charming puppet show that is super sweet as well as instructive. The Man Who Planted Trees  " from Scotland's Pu…
Astonishing. Breathtaking. Exhilarating. There probably are not enough superlatives in the English language to describe the The Australian Ballet company's stunning rendition of Swan Lake, n…
Joyful & exuberant " Isango Ensemble's afrobeat version of Mozart's fairytale opera The Magic Flute is a unique and beautiful experience. You will probably have never experienced anythin…
Hello fellow #LAThtr goers! Here is an intro and link to my newest theater review for the critical website Stage Raw — which contains the latest arts and theater coverage from o…
There are lots of fun shows coming up this month at Rockwell: Table & Stage, that intimate supper and performance venue in Los Feliz. (See full list below.) You might want to head ove…
This Friday, one of the world's most distinguished orchestras, the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO), is coming to Los Angeles " specifically to the Valley. Led by Vladimir Jurowski, its p…
David Fincher's newest movie is another adaptation of a bestselling novel " this time adapted by the novelist herself, Gillian Flynn. Gone Girl is a chilling thriller that is well worth the …
Sometimes it's so much fun to live in LA. Where else can you hear actor/performer/musician Jeff Goldblum gracing the stage with his jazz outfit, the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, every Wednesda…
A sweet play that captures an era that feels so far away, so long gone, Horton Foote's American masterpiece The Trip to Bountiful is a theatrical treat. Set in the 40s, the gentle story focu…
 “For me, the audience is a huge part of a concert.” " Angélique Kidjo. Grammy-winning African songstress Angélique Kidjo and acclaimed Brooklyn-based world beat octet Red B…
The J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Research Institute, and Performa have commissioned a new piece by avant-garde choreographer Yvonne Rainer (American, born. 1934). On October 3 and 4, 2014…
ONE NIGHT ONLY! The Eclectic Company Theatre presents An Eclectic Open Mic Night, produced by Meghan McConnell. Get up and do your thing at Mix Tape, whatever your performing specialty is. E…
A terrible play, and depressing as well, playwright Jordan Harrison's Marjorie Prime is set in a not-too-distant future and imagines a world where sophisticated robots have been fashioned as…
Ann Noble gives a magnificent performance in Edward Albee's absurd drama The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?, now playing at the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Davidson/Valentini Theatre. Ostensibly a st…
A model and a rocker create a tranquil setting in Toluca Lake to anchor their family. In the heart of charming Toluca Lake, at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, lies a refined, tasteful, tradit…
Hello opera and #LAThtr fans! Here is an intro and link to our first opera review for the critical website Stage Raw — which contains the latest arts and theater coverage from o…
The paths of three loner characters intersect in Rajiv Joseph's Animals Out of Paper, a bittersweet dramedy now being presented by East West Players in their Little Tokyo theater in Downtown…
A slight plot is merely a framework for David Mamet's talky and sordid play Race. A partnership comprised of a paralegal assistant and two lawyers " one black, one white " discuss a case the…
Hey there fellow #LAThtr goers! Here is an intro and link to my newest theater review for the critical website Stage Raw — which contains the latest arts and theater coverage from our …
There’s a spot in the middle of one of the large exhibition rooms at LACMA where, if you stand and turn in 360 degrees, your eyes will drink in a glorious riot of color and shapes. Now…