John Williams cut the ribbon on a new state-of-the-art performing arts center named for him at his alma mater, North Hollywood High School, where he honed his craft in the 1940s.
Williams, best known for his film work, has a parallel career in classical music. His concerto, haunted by the ghosts of jazz past, is premiering at Tanglewood.
Tamar-kali, who composed the music for Mudbound and Shirley, has a new project: an opera that you can watch online.
Deep in the heart of Texas, the Kronos Quartet reflects on race relations and social unrest with At War with Ourselves " 400 Years of You, by composer Michael Abels and poet Nikky Finney.
He co-wrote hit stage musicals, worked on James Bond scores including "Goldfinger" and composed music for the Hollywood film "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."
Recovered from a career-threatening injury, MiloÅ¡ Karadaglic has his sights set on two goals: finding the next great classical guitar concerto, and erasing the taboo of injuries among mus…
This isn't "High School Musical." No, the members of this young company " from 7-year-old moppets all the way up to assured 18-year-olds " say things like: "I think a lot of people can agree…
Terence Blanchard received his first Oscar nomination for the BlacKkKlansman score. The 56-year-old jazz trumpeter from New Orleans has been Spike Lee's right-hand composer since Jungle Feve…
"There's a little Bowie in all of us," says choreographer Dwight Rhoden, whose company will translate nine Bowie songs into contemporary dance at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Gender fluidi…
For Mahler's "Song of the Earth," the L.A. Phil is collaborating with the Chilean avante-garde theater company Teatrocinema, whose visual creations lend a new dimension to the music.
"The New Colossus," the Actors' Gang production centered on the stories of immigrants coming to America, has been extended through May 12. Directed and co-written by Tim Robbins, the company…
A play in which the cast acts out the real immigration stories of family and friends would seem to have "Trump" written all over it, but "The New Colossus" " the latest from the Actors' Gang…
If you were among the 175 million people who downloaded "Serial," the true-crime podcast phenomenon that went on to win a Peabody Award, the plinking piano chords in its theme song are proba…
Alex Lacamoire has hearing loss. But the Tony-winning music director of "Hamilton" wants you to know, he's no Beethoven. He's heard that you can see teeth marks on the wood inside Beethoven'…
The Alien films never produced a musical theme that infiltrated pop culture the way their spacefaring peers Star Wars or Star Trek did, but the scores did make a mark. Jerry Goldsmith's floa…
The crowd swelled inside the ornate Million Dollar Theatre in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday night for a screening of "Moonlight" with live musical accompaniment, fresh off the film's Go…
Alberto Arvelo is used to hiring composers to set music to his films. The Venezuelan director's most recent feature, "Libertador," employed none other than Gustavo Dudamel " in his debut fil…
Steve Martin isn't just a "comedian." His restless mind has led him into becoming a stand-up giant, a movie star, a screenwriter, a producer, a novelist, a songwriter, a banjoist, an art cur…
Imagine if you will: Arts supporters, dressed to the nines, gathered for a benefit in a grand old movie palace, listening to a chamber orchestra " and watching Disney cartoons. Last year, th…
Jess Thom has every reason to hate the theater. Thom has Tourette's syndrome, and her tics " randomly spoken words and muscle spasms " had kept her away from the hushed performance halls in …
When Hamid Rahmanian says, "I'm kind of like a bulldozer," the artist means the tenacious way he enters any new project " long work hours, "begging" for funding, camping in rehearsal spaces.…
As Thor Steingraber assesses the decision to build a 1,700-seat performing arts venue in Northridge, a word comes to mind: courageous. Filling all of those seats hasn't always been easy sinc…
It's fitting that Derek DelGaudio's new show began as an empty pair of brackets in the Geffen Playhouse's season preview catalog. The production, since christened "In & of Itself," is all ab…