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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…
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…
