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Laguna Playhouse, in association with Gare St. Lazare, Ireland and the Rubicon Theatre Company, presents the rolling Southern California premiere of The Realistic Joneses by Will Eno.
Th…
     PATRICK GALVINAPR 28, 8PM Music Style: Classical  Bay Area violinist Patrick Galvin makes his live Boston Court debut with a program of works for solo violin by …
The Soraya's resident dance company, Ballet BC, returns for its second season. This time, the Canadian troupe previews two new creations"permitting Soraya patrons to be the very first to …
Brash and brassy, Hollywood movie star Ava Gardner was no delicate flower. The screen legend lived a wild life and was known for her romances and marriages to many high-profile luminaries as…
Toyer is a 'cat and mouse' psychological thriller that addresses humanity's vast ability to manipulate one another, our moral lawlessness, our wondrous gift for lying and the awful power …
The reasons that a piece of art works in one format but not so well in another are many and varied. In a time in which seemingly everything is being turned into a musical, and every animated…
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The newest show in the Family Theatre Musical Series for Kids 2 to 102 returns to Santa Monica Playhouse this April, playing Saturdays at 2:00pm and Sundays at 12:…
Somewhere in the near future, a family is about to spend their Sunday together as strong winds and torrential rains rage outside. Meanwhile, three filmmakers journey to the edge of the earth…
Evoking mythography and ancestry, Ashwini Ramaswamy's Let the Crows Come uses the metaphor of crows as messengers for the living and guides for the departed. The Indian dance form Bhar…
Celebrating Rachmaninoff 150, firebrand pianist Conrad Tao explores Rachmaninoff's work and influence on American Music.
Conrad Tao is shaping the future of classical music through his r…
A superb voice will grace the stage of The Soraya in Northridge later this month. Lea Salonga is a powerhouse performer who is best known for her Disney-animated roles, having sung the title…
This is a rewarding documentary with an approach takes the genre in unique directions.
The 1992 Los Angeles Uprising, known more colloquially as the "L.A. riots," happened almost 31 years ago. Anna Deavere Smith's play about it, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, premiered in 1994 a…
This absorbing documentary paints a portrait of a visual artist whose creativity and quest for truth is boundless.
This impressive debut by an Argentinian filmmaker is a joy to watch.
Plays concerning the supernatural or people attempting to communicate with the departed have been with us for a while, from Noël Coward's comical Blithe Spirit to Prince Gomolvilas' excel…
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Segerstrom Center for the Arts is ecstatic to present a series of three events to pay homage and celebrate International Women's Month.
The month will kick off…
Hula has been a part of Indigenous Hawaiian culture for hundreds of years. Hula was a way of passing along knowledge from generation to generation. Over the past two centuries, hula has tran…
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Greenway Arts Alliance (Whitney Weston and Pierson Blaetz, Co-Founders and Co-Artistic Directors), in association with Da Poetry Lounge (DPL), presentsÂ�…
Optometry's songwriters, March Adstrum &Â John Tejada. Photo credit Simone Ling.
John Tejada and March Adstrum unveil their new band: Optometry. Pictured above " album art by Simone…
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From the Stage Raw site:
"On Monday night, April 17, 2023 from 7-10 pm, Stage Raw will likely host its first awards/co…
Riding the coattails of his 80th birthday, contemporary artist and painter Marco Sassone will launch his inspirational memoir American Journey: My Life in Art, in which Sassone candidly chro…
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After opening its season with the critically acclaimed production of drama, "Other Desert Cities," Theatre Palisades will be amusing its audience with the laugh o…
As the beloved Disney animated feature film Aladdin celebrates its 30th Anniversary, The Soraya offers a trio of Disney favorites this Spring.
March 25: Disney in Concert: Aladdin, 30th …
"Have fun making art and doing it in the world."
Barbara T. Smith
Only an established artist has the luxury of making a statement like this… Barbara T. Smith is a conceptual and perform…
