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New plays under construction! Come and see the next star playwrights' works in action! Continuing at the Road Theatre Under Construction 4 SlamFest is running from February 11th " February 2…
Jazz, Classical and more " discover the array of musicians coming to Boston Court Pasadena. More info here.
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Performance dates have been extended thanks to popular demand!
"I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter," based on the #1 New York Times bestselling novel, by National Book Awards Finalist…
George Méliès was a French magician, actor, and film director who pioneered many technical and narrative innovations in the early days of cinema. He is widely regarded as one of the fir…
Pina Bausch's ballet Rite of Spring was staged at The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion with performances over four nights, February 8-11, 2024.
More than thirty dancers from 13 Af…
"A sad tale's best for winter," Shakespeare has one of his characters opine in his penultimate work, The Winter's Tale, an odd duck of a play that's mostly been overshadowed by his final one…
Well deserving of the Slamdance audience award, this intimate film is a tribute to brotherly love.
CicLAvia has partnered with Los Angeles Ale Works to kick off the 2024 season and launch a beer collaboration with a West Coast IPA affectionately named seek-la-VEE-ah. This vent…
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.
The Los Angeles Ph…
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…
