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Regular participation in the arts improves cognition, lowers blood pressure and reduces stress, according to "Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Save Lives."
Director Knud Adams, one of the most sought after directors of new plays, brings his acclaimed productions of 'English' to the Wallis and "Primary Trust' to the Mark Taper Forum. Both plays…
Anna Handler, a rapidly rising young conductor, will be given the new title of conductor-in-residence for the next three seasons.
'The City of Compton: Then & Now,' an exhibition by Compton artist Fulton Leroy Washington " known as Mr. Wash " opened late last month. It's part of the formerly incarcerated artist's e…
As Arthur Miller's plays surge in popularity, 'Death of a Salesman' dismally disappoints at A Noise Within while 'The Price' thrives in the intimacy of Pacific Resident Theatre.
Center Theatre Group in its 2026"27 season will wrap August Wilson's Century Cycle with 'Fences,' plus stage some family-favorite shows.
Following two of the most brilliantly wacky operas of our time from Gerald Barry, the premiere of his 'Salome' promises to out-wacky the others.
The Pitzer College art exhibit "Atomic Dragons" speaks to the war in the Middle East in a way the artists never expected " and never wanted " it to.
Ins Choi's 'Kim Convenience,' the Toronto hit play that inspired a TV show, opens at the Ahmanson Theatre, refreshes a familiar immigrant family drama with warmth and gentle humor.
Stripping audiences of their sight, "Poe: Pulse & Pendulum" from Theater Obscura L.A. toys with the fear of anticipation, using light touch and scent to deliver its narrative.
Jackie Sibblies Drury's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Fairview" receives its L.A. premiere at the Matrix in a Rogue Machine production directed by Oz Scott.
As 'Spamalot' returns to the Hollywood Pantages, Eric Idle says of absurdist comedy, 'these are the sort of times when we need it.'
Elmer Rice's "The Adding Machine," an expressionist classic on automation and worker insecurity, speaks directly to an age in which livelihoods are threatened by AI innovation.
Covering topics from anxieties due to war and a culture inhospitable to LGBTQ+ communities, the show, set in the late '50s, is a comedic metaphor that resonates in 2026.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic 2026-27 season is the first without Gustavo Dudamel as music director but remains a visionary leader of the pack
The historic Bird Cage Theatre, a place for vaudeville-style, fourth-wall-breaking shows, just reopened with a properly enclosed roof and air conditioning.
Writer-performer Sara Porkalob continues her Dragon Cycle trilogy with the Los Angeles premiere of "Dragon Mama," the second installment of the family epic centered on Filipina mothers takin…
Choreographer Jacob Jonas' Stage 4 cancer diagnosis and subsequent battle back to health is reflected in the premiere of a trilogy of new work at BroadStage.
Daniel Radcliffe stars in the Broadway premiere of 'Every Brilliant Thing,' an interactive performance piece written by Duncan MacMillan and Jonny Donahoe that meditates on what makes life w…
After 20 years of bringing new contemporary dance to Los Angeles, Bodytraffic will cease operations in July. The unexpected news comes a little more than a year after the company received a …
Jean Davidson, the executive director of the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., is stepping down to take the top position at the Wallis Annenberg Center f…
Los Angeles Opera revives its Phelim McDermott production of Philip Glass' 'Akhnaten' with a new cast headed by countertenor John Holiday and with Dalia Stasevska conducting.
With her Electrical Box Theatre, about 6 feet tall and 3 feet deep, S.C. Mero set out to create an impromptu performance space for artists who no longer have an outlet in downtown L.A.
The tiny Public Assembly theater company is taking community theater to the next level by developing and performing three one-act plays per month. Seeing a show is the only prerequisite to s…
A Noise Within in Pasadena presents Shakespeare's 'Richard III' in a revival directed by Guillermo Cienguegos that stars Ann Noble as the tyrannical king.
