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Fireworks! Live music! Starlight! Fresh air and good company… What's not to love about Summertime concerts at L.A.'s magnificent and elegant Hollywood Bowl amphitheater?
Los Angeles Ph…
I'll "X" your ex, if you pop my pop.
Patricia Highsmith created the now-common and devious story trope of the 'murder swap' for her first chilling novel, Strangers on a Train. Published …
Drink, dine and jive!
Intimate Jazz Club concerts are once again being presented by and at The Soraya in Northridge. Best of all, these events can be experienced in person or virtually.…
Now playing at the Pasadena Playhouse is the new production Kate, a one-person show performed by Kate Berlant.
The name KATE looms omnipresent over the whole theatre. The sign over the …
I find one-person shows one of the most difficult types of theatre to review, for several reasons. If the quality of the writing or performance isn't good, there may be nothing but negative …
Pina Bausch's ballet Rite of Spring is coming to The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion this February, interpreting the famous work as a battle of the sexes. Thrillingly, Bausch's icon…
To complement the Getty Museum's current exhibition of two nearly life-size 16th-century wood panel paintings Adam and Eve by leading German Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach …
"Beep! Bop!" German electro-pioneers Kraftwerk are returning to Walt Disney Concert Hall with nine live performances in May 2024.
Photo Credit: Peter Boettcher.
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This fictional autobiography is a searingly personal look at a bisexual actor who is searching for affection while struggling with body image.
It's characterized as a fictional autobiogra…
Yiannis Niarros impresses as a method actor who finds himself becoming unable to separate performance from real life in writer/director Antonis Tsonis's mesmerizing film.
If you don't delve too deep, 'Roadkill' is a fun '70s-style actioner.
Now playing at The Pantages in Hollywood, through January 2024, is dazzling stage show that features recreations of some of the most memorable songs of Michael Jackson's storied career. With…
Island music, elegant dancing and soulful food"the 2024 Southern California Slack Key Festival is returning to the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center on Sunday, January 14, 2024.
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An exciting new dance work captures the impact that the Northridge Earthquake had on the San Fernando Valley, three decades ago. The modern ballet will be performed by Diavolo, one of Los An…
Although no year in which the Mark Taper Forum is at least temporarily shuttered and the Kirk Douglas Theatre's programming is reduced can be said to be an entirely positive year for Los Ang…
When two boisterous dogs tear across the stage, you know you're in for an extraordinary theater experience, one that will plaster a grin on your face and elicit laughs from your belly.
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The first time I saw Samuel D. Hunter's A Permanent Image, seven years ago, I liked the performances but was underwhelmed by the play itself. Since then I've seen several more pieces of Hunt…
Dr. Seuss' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! The Musical will return to the Hollywood Pantages Theatre this WHOliday season for 17 performances only from December 6 " 17, 2023.
Dr. Seus…
Come and meet the greatest American you've never heard of when Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents writer/performer in his Hollywood Fringe hit show The Great Satan Speaks! An Eve…
This ambitious English horror anthology is sadly a big ol' lump of coal in your Christmas stocking.
Craft Contemporary presents Economics of Suffering: Part IV, the final installment in artist Linda Sibio's interdisciplinary project that combines intensely intricate drawings, paintings, pe…
Celebrating 100 Years of the Walt Disney Company, a special concert is happening at the Soraya on Saturday November 18, 2023, with two performances: one at 3PM and the other at 8PM.
Disne…
Based on the true-life exploits of a notorious serial killer, this outré film is definitely not for the weak of heart.
Three friends fight off the zombie apocalypse in Josh Monkarsh's amusing comedy " with Pam Grier!
One of the great pleasures of theater is seeing a revival of a classic play not only succeed on its own merits but also be relevant to modern times. Certain works such as The Crucible or Ene…
