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"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…
Celebrating 41 years of connecting California artists, collectors and the community, Laguna Art Museum promises a uniquely California experience with their annual fundraising art auction, ha…
Haunting melodies and magical staging brings a beloved children's book to life; The Secret Garden musical is now playing at the Ahmanson Theatre in DTLA. This breathtaking show runs through …
Hinotori: The Wings of Phoenix
Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 3pm; Tickets start at $36.00 available here.
From the press release:
Experience a thrilling, high-energy, and explosive i…
LA Theatre Week, a two-week-long celebration of the performing arts, will be happening from March 13 to 26, 2023. With tickets to more than 75 productions starting at just $20.00, audiences …
To celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of Los Angeles, nurture lifelong learning and human connection, and connect audiences with artists that are working at the highest levels of their own…
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents the Sing For Hope production of THE LAST SORCERER (LE DERNIER SORCIER, 1867), a World Premiere 155 years in the making, o…
Stephen Sondheim revolutionized musical theater. He took his initial mastery of the classic tuner (from shows such as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, West Side Story and Gyps…
An intimate theater experience held in a Beverly Hills mansion? It doesn't get any more L.A. than that.
In fact, Kelby Keenan and her co-producer Ashley Cole have been staging these…
Paula Vogel's play How I Learned to Drive won her a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1998. The play tells the story of a woman nicknamed Li'l Bit as she comes to terms with a relationship with he…
Winner of the award for "Best Web Project" at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival (HRIFF) Iron Nest of the Moon makes its world premier on Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023 at 6PM at the Regal…
The story of passionate activists seeking to legalize marijuana all around the country is told in this absorbing documentary.
From the initial resounding and deeply primal notes of the first song, "Circle of Life," to the final triumphant strains, this acclaimed musical resonates with joy and celebration. Disney's …
Plays in which family secrets are tragically revealed are nothing new " Oedipus and his mom were shocking audiences back as far as 429 BCE. In the U.S., the 500 lb. gorilla of this genre wou…
Free event! Theatre 40 presents The Rosenberg Case on February 22nd.
It's 1953, and soon after Julius and Ethel Rosenberg have been executed for spying against the United States, their…
The first time I saw a play by Will Eno was about 15 years ago, by Circle X Theatre Company of The Flu Season. It was an excellent production in many ways, but there was one scene in which a…
New public programs announced by Laguna Art Museum in celebration of its Tenth Annual Art & Nature Festival " including innovative workshops, panel discussions, nature excursions and imm…
The Soraya presents the best in Classical, best in Jazz, best Hecho en Las Américas, and best of Broadway this year with their dazzling line-up of concerts.
Enjoy a new season of a range…
Over its 20 year history, Boston Court has programmed more than 60 theatre productions, including 37 world premieres, more than 300 eclectic music concerts, more than 75 new play readings, a…
French pianist Hélène Grimaud celebrates contemporary Ukrainian composer Valentyn Silvestrov, pairing his music with none other than Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The restless and r…
Fifty years ago this month, Evelyn Rudie and Chris De Carlo (pictured left) assumed their posts as Co-Artistic Directors of Santa Monica Playhouse. Under their stewardship, the now sixty-thr…
Mean Girls is a coming-of-age stage musical with music by Jeff Richmond, lyrics by Nell Benjamin, and book by Tina Fey, it's directed by Casey Nicholaw. Opening this week at the Pantages The…
Production photos by Jeff Lorch.
Memory plays are a tricky proposition. Hew strictly to the truth and the story may not be dramatic enough; indulge in creative license and literal-minded …
You're invited to come to Downtown L.A. (or to tune in via TV or radio) for a slate of extraordinary holiday-themed performances featuring colorful costumes and global sounds from Africa, Ch…
Beloved Star Warsâ„¢ characters and themes have been given a burlesque makeover, and the resulting live spectacular is as hilarious and amazing as it sounds!
Now playing in Hollywood …
