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Message plays are a pillar of western theater. Our entire theatrical ecosystem is unthinkable without works such as Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House or Larry Krame…
Rock legend Stevie Nicks performed a powerful new song last night that wowed the live audience and brought the house down. The October 12th show, the third in Saturday Night Live's 50th seas…
Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly is a tragic opera in three acts, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. First performed in 1904, in this ill-fated love story we me…
The 2024-25 Season at The Soraya in Northridge is brimming with classical events, including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Emanuel Ax, the Israel Philharmonic, LA's own Colburn …
Drácula, the 1931 Spanish-language film, is a notable adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic novel. It was produced by Universal Pictures and released concurrently with the more famous Engli…
Regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music, Eric Clapton will perform with Jimmie Vaughan at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday, October 12, 2024 at 7:30 …
TAIKOPROJECTÂ was founded in 2000 in Los Angeles, California by a group of young, emerging taiko drummers led by Bryan Yamami and Masato Baba. The group continues to define a modern Americ…
This Hallowe'en you can experience the very first (unauthorized) film adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic gothic tale Dracula " complete with live organ accompaniment " of F. W. Murnau's chi…
Stephen Tobolowsky has appeared in 135 movies and on numerous TV shows, including series regular roles on The Goldbergs, The Loud House, Archer, One Day at a Time (the reboot), Sili…
AFI Fest presented by Canva is happening in Hollywood, at the classic TCL Chinese Theatre, from October 23-27, 2024.
Pictured above: Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in Maria. Cr. Pablo Lar…
By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes!
This portentous line is uttered by one of the three weird sisters in Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Coming to L.A. this October…
Thirty years ago, a group of gifted young pianists with a bent towards new music, gathered together to lick stamps. Led by the late pianist, scholar and Schoenberg associate Leonard Stein, t…
The team of researchers and art experts at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles have collaborated with officials in Türkiye to arrange the return of this valuable and historical object " rare ar…
The Spanish word ¡Pasaje! translates as 'passage' or 'crossing.'  It can also mean "fare", "ticket", "airfare", and even "scripture", "extract", "text", or "paragraph" in English.
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In my twenty-five years of theater reviewing, time and again when I find myself less enthusiastic about a show, ninety-nine percent of the time the culprit is the writing. One would think th…
Thornton Wilder's 1942 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Skin of Our Teeth, is an assuredly odd duck. It's eighty-two years old but still seems postmodern with its frequent fourth-wall breaki…
Los Angeles Opera kicks off their 2024-25 season with Giacomo Puccini's Madame Butterfly, starring Karah Son and Jonathan Tetelman, led by conductor James Conlon.
Performances will run Se…
The Future Sounds of Jazz Festival is happening at the BroadStage in Santa Monica on September 21, 2024. It promises to be a special day of jazz music curated by Stanley Clarke.Â
Begi…
Neil LaBute's new two-hander play drops us right into a date-in-progress. The pair have drunkenly staggered back to one of the couple's place to hang out after a night of drinking. "I'm not …
Nora is a mess. Played on stage by Alana Dietze, the 30-something baroque musicologist is embroiled in a steamy sexual relationship with a slightly older married man, Michael, played by J…
Music! Fiesta! Fun!
¡Viva! Disney and Pixar's "Coco" Returns to the El Capitan Theatre.
See the Mariachi Divas and Ballet Folklórico de Los Ãngeles LIVE on stage as you enter…
Torrance-Based Kala Koa Entertainment presents the 8th Annual Los Angeles International Ukulele Festival.
A Celebration of the Small Four-Stringed Wonder; Unique Family-Friendly Festival …
In my fifty-seven years of life, I've never seen this country so divided and tribalized. I think the media bears a lot of blame for this, referring to us as living in red or blue states and …
Center Theatre Group's summer hit stage production of Clue is now in its final weeks. You still have until Sunday August 25 to catch a show, with matinees on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, a…
The Santa Fe Opera 2024 season has a few performances remaining this year. Located at 301 Opera Dr, Santa Fe, New Mexico, this gorgeous live theater space is open air and elegantly beautiful…
