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It's late December, when the events of the year are summed up and judged by the media, and why should I withhold praise? Every year has amazing theater in Los Angeles " sometimes a bit more,…
New York jazz stylings make their way to L.A. next year! The Blue Note Jazz Club is one of the most iconic and renowned jazz clubs in the world. Located in New York City, the relatively inti…
Musical theatre legend Sutton Foster (The Drowsy Chaperone, The Music Man) returns to the Ahmanson Theatre as Princess Winnifred in this beloved musical fairytale. Full of gloriously catc…
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The Blank Theatre is now seeking submissions from playwrights 19 years of age and younger for its 33rd Annual Young Playwri…
Tinsel merged with Tchaikovsky last Thursday evening when the talented Dorrance Dance troupe took to the Soraya stage to present Dorrance Dance: The Nutcracker Suite.
It was a fiesta of c…
Photo credit is Ashley Erikson.
Ah, it's that time of year again, when the holiday lights go up, the temperature dips to the perilous lows of seventy-five degrees and children everywhere…
Celebrate the holidays this year at The Soraya. Holiday Series at The Soraya offers an eclectic range of festive performances through Dec 19.
Above photo by Christopher Duggan.
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Gravity-defying mastery comes to SoCal in January. Segerstrom Center for the Arts is proud to present the extraordinary Chinese acrobatic group, The Peking Acrobats.
The Peking Acroba…
Yippee Ki-Yay, Father Christmas!Â
High above the city of L.A. a team of terrorists has seized a building, taken hostages, and declared war. One man has managed to escape. An off-duty …
Broadway in Hollywood is thrilled to announce that L.A.'s most popular musical " WICKED " will return to Los Angeles at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre for a limited nine-week run acros…
The Hammer Museum presents the 10th Edition of MoMA Contenders, The Museum of Modern Art's renowned series of influential, innovative films from the past 12 months.Â
This year's lineup…
One thing that sadly doesn't seem like it's about to change in America anytime soon is the country's love of guns. Whether it's the byproduct of decades of fearmongering politicians and Fox …
The boy are back in town in this riotous follow-up to 2018's 'Heavy Trip.'
Noon to Midnight: Field Recordings is a 12-hour festival featuring live performances and art installations activating every corner of the Walt Disney Concert Hall campus on November 16, 2024…
One of the things I most admire about the work of Stephen Sondheim is that he actively tried new things within the musical format. He certainly set himself technical challenges, such as tell…
According to actor Tom Hanks, the American Film Institute (AFI) is "one of the greatest institutions in the world." The deep love of cinema amongst the attendees and movie goers and the shar…
Burlesque meets Star Warsâ„¢ in this sexy, super-fun production now enjoying a return engagement at the elegant Montalbán Theatre on Vine in Hollywood. The energetic live show is now …
American French Film Festival"the largest French film festival in North America"recently concluded with the US premier of a lavish and visually stunning screen version of Alexandre Dumas' cl…
Looking for some family fun this holidays? At the Santa Monica Playhouse the Family Theatre Musical Matinee series presents the return of All About Santa, a heart-warming tale of love and ge…
The next Western Arts Alliance Conference will be in Los Angeles, September 2-5, 2025. Arts reporter Brian Sonia-Wallace went down to San Diego this year to scope out the conference before i…
Adolescence, passion, tragedy"the classic tale of Romeo and Juliet is brimming with all the elements of youthful exuberance and defiance. Rising stars Amina Edris and Duke Kim gloriously inh…
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is excited to introduce two new exhibitions: "Color in Motion," an immersive journey into the transformative power of color in film, curated by Jessica …
The BLOCtober free, outdoor Halloween movies continue at Alamo Drafthouse DTLA, located at 700 W. 7th Street Ste. U240 Los Angeles, CA 90017 213-217-9027
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Although new plays can be exciting and are crucial to the continuing vitality of theatre, I'm especially fond of older works, the more obscure the better. It's cheap time travel, immersing o…
Childlike in his innocence, but grotesque in form, mad scientist Dr. Frankenstein's bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty w…
