She performed with Lizzo and Titus Burgess and got hired for a Broadway musical, but then came COVID-19. Kyra Sims joins classical musicians from both coasts sharing their stories of struggl…
Corinne Olsen, a gig artist who's part of L.A.'s so-called Freeway Philharmonic, talks about the tough choices facing cash-strapped musicians. She's one of 11 voices from both coasts sharing…
Violinist Melissa Tong landed her dream job playing a Broadway musical when the pandemic became the ultimate showstopper. She's one of 11 classical musicians from both coasts sharing their s…
Originally meant for one or two outstanding singers, the inaugural Eva and Marc Stern Award will go to five opera singers facing pandemic closures.
The Fountain in East Hollywood will mount Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' acclaimed satire 'An Octoroon' on an outdoor stage. Target opening: June.
Center Theatre Group streams "The Gaze ... No Homo," a Larry Powell play examining the possibilities of Black queer work in white environments.
Daniel Fish, Culture Clash, Dael Orlandersmith, Richard Maxwell, Annie Dorsen and Lars Jan reveal much loss " but also see a way forward.
Farley will be reunited with his longtime mentor Darleen Callaghan, the school's new associate dean, to run the Trudl Zipper Dance Institute.
James Darrah has emerged as a key figure in the year of COVID-19, leading digital productions for companies in L.A., Boston and beyond.
Streaming this weekend: Matthew Bourne's "Romeo and Juliet," a Skirball conversation with artist Ai Weiwei, and Hammer Museum and L.A. Opera programs.
Gail Samuel, president of the Hollywood Bowl and chief operating officer of the L.A. Phil, will be the first female leader of the 140-year-old BSO.
S.F. Opera bets on spring to launch drive-in performances, including a new 'Barber of Seville.' But San Franciscans will have to cross the Golden Gate to see them.
The COVID-19 crisis is defeating America's greatest art museum.
REDCAT's digital production of 'Yorick, La Historia de Hamlet' miniaturizes Shakespeare's tragedy into an ingenious hourlong show.
Kris Andersson, star of 'Dixie's Happy Hour,' aims to bring much-needed cash to 21 pandemic-hit arts centers, including Segerstrom in Costa Mesa.
Heartbeat Opera's "Breathing Free" weaves music from Beethoven's "Fidelio," spirituals and works by Florence Price, Harry T. Burleigh and Anthony Davis.
The reading actor isn't a thing of the past, but a refined literary sensibility is valued less than social media savvy today.
The new L.A. Arts Recovery Fund initiated by the J. Paul Getty Trust will support small and medium-sized arts nonprofits.
As the Senate impeachment trial gets underway, Shakespeare's tragedy illuminates the politics of rebellion and the quest to maintain a grip on power.
Christopher Plummer, who portrayed Capt. Von Trapp in "The Sound of Music" and won an Oscar for "Beginners," died early Friday with his wife at his side.
Though the "virus hunter" is the only character onstage, "The Catastrophist" is actually a clever celebration of not just science but also the arts.
Streaming this weekend: sea shanties, border art, Anna Netrebko, Billy Porter and a Zoom talk with the California African American Museum.
Mike Kelley Foundation is giving $400,000 in grants to help small, pandemic-hit groups paying salaries, making rent and 'just keeping the lights on.'
Lin-Manuel Miranda, John Legend, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Dolly Parton lend their pandemic support to L.A.'s largest nonprofit theater.
Why doesn't Disney+'s filmed adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton" qualify for an Academy Award? It's all in the details.