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One performance only! This coming Saturday, May 16, at 7:30pm, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents Bang on a Can All-Stars in a powerful live tribute, Ryuichi Sakamo…
The atomic age, the space race, the prospective colonization of the moon—the post-war years of the mid-Twentieth Century ushered in a thrilling era, shimmering with the promise of inter…
OperaFest LA is back! Continuing the collaborative celebration of opera across Los Angeles with numerous linked events. First launched in 2024 alongside the OPERA America Conference and Worl…
Shared reality is a concept I was just introduced to last week, when I was one of the lucky few to be invited to a preview of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone at Cosm LA. The experien…
A new stage production exploring the personal side of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King (pictured above) is preparing for a special live audience recording later this month in Lo…
Tickets are now on sale for Japanese rock star Yoshiki’s two classical concerts this summer at The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall on July 16 and 17, 2026. Purchase tickets her…
Coming to the Getty Center museum in May/June are three upcoming – free – film screenings that will focus on a variety of artists and their work. The Getty Center has announced the exc…
You are invited to relive the magic of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in an entirely new way – via Shared Reality. The first of the beloved original Harry Potter movies is comin…
LA Opera’s revival production of Falstaff opened last Saturday night to a rapturous audience, proving to be a successful, high-energy showpiece for the talented company. Falstaff is a late…
Thousands of hands built this place. Opening to the public on May 4th is the LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries. Designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, and twenty years in the making, t…
An engaging and moving story about identity, courage and acceptance, Latino Theater Company's technically innovative new play Level Up! is a wonderfully entertaining experience for all ag…
Nominees for the fifth annual OCTG Theatre Awards were officially announced. Winners will be revealed at the awards ceremony on Monday, May 11, 2026, at the Samueli Theater at Segerstrom Cen…
Segerstrom Center for the Arts Marks 40 Years with Expanded Latino Arts Initiative and Names Arturo O'Farrill Inaugural Artist-in-Residence As it celebrates its 40th anniversary, Segerstrom …
 MONUMENTS is a major, two-venue contemporary art exhibition running through May 3, 2026, at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA and The Brick in Los Angeles. It explores the history and rec…
The 33rd Annual Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival (LAWTF) will take place March 26"29, 2026, bringing four days of powerful storytelling to stages across Los Angeles. This year's theme, "…
The 2025/2026 season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center resumes this month with the return of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater"the company's exclusive SoCal residency for…
The Pulitzer-prize winning play by Jackie Sibblies Drury, Fairview, made its LA premier last night at Rogue Machine Theatre. While this is clearly a play where the less you know about it the…
 Coming soon to the Cavern Club Celebrity Theater is The Passion of Love Connie. It's the greatest story ever told and Love Connie is telling it the only way she can, through mime, dance…
The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC), Southern California's preeminent organization of professional theatre critics and journalists, is pleased to announce the Finalists for it…
A delightful new album of lyrical lullabies, Baby Animal Serenades is now available on all streaming platforms. The artist Aster Rosa has already been enjoying success over the past few y…
Euripides (c. 480 BCE " c. 406 BCE) was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, alongside Sophocles and Aeschylus. Writing during the height of Athenian cultural and political…
~~~ Ballet Hispánico Brings the Passion of Latino Culture to the Stage with CARMEN.maquia For more than five decades, Ballet Hispánico has brought communities together through the powe…
~~~ One of the most thrilling aspects of my career as a reporter and critic is getting to interact with the artistic community and discover new art. I was incredibly excited to see the new w…
   ~~~ Disconnected Returns " Bigger, Bolder, and More Urgent Than Ever What began as a daring artistic experiment in Irvine is now taking center stage at one of Orange County's …
~~~ California-based dance company Alonzo King LINES Ballet made a radiant and deeply resonant debut at Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, February 21, wi…
