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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…
 Arthur Miller is often described as one of the moral arbiters of twentieth-century American theater, a writer whose works frequently wrestled with how capitalism, corruption and self-de…
MUSE/IQUEÂ honors the late Quincy Jones in performances entitled Quincy's World The New Founding Father of American Music, conducted by Artistic and Music Director Rachael Worby,March 5-8,…
Los Angeles Ballet announces its 2025/2026 season Season 20 marks a major milestone, honoring the Company's 20th anniversary. LAB holds the distinction of being the longest-operating profess…
By taking part in the American Alliance of Museums' Annual Survey of Museum-Goers, you can help museums of all types across the country as well! At the Skirball Cultural Center they care dee…
An ill-shaped wretch no sane person would want to gain power. A habitual liar who will say absolutely anything to get ahead. A monster who uses people to get what he wants and then immediate…
Writing, at the best of times, is a tricky proposition. Some authors claim that they can't stop writing, that it's a function like breathing to them, whereas other scribes do everything in t…
LA Phil presents Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thriller Vertigo in concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Saturday, March 21, 2026 at 8PM. Alfred Hitchcock's classic drama is made all…
Six beloved animated cinema classics will make their return to the big screen at the El Capitan Theatre for limited engagements. Select Disney treasures, such as "Muppet Treasure Isla…
Los Angeles Opera has unveiled its 2026"27 season, marking a new chapter for the company as it welcomes Domingo Hindoyan as its incoming Richard Seaver Music Director following the retiremen…
Attune 1.0 is a free public art experience scheduled for February 14, 2026 (Valentine's Day) running approximately 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and presented by NXT Art Foundation in partnership w…
California-based dance company, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, makes its Soraya debut on February 21 with one of their most noteworthy creations set to the work of jazz prodigy Alice Coltrane.…
Jazz at Naz 2026 Builds Momentum as Festival Heads Into Final Weeks Widely considered one of the best winter jazz festivals on the West Coast, the fifth annual Jazz at Naz festival is enteri…
L.A.'s oldest non-profit professional theater company, Company of Angels, announces the world premiere of Red Harlem, a new play based on true events from the Great Depression, when the Sovi…
The internationally acclaimed Compagnie Hervé Koubi makes its long-awaited Los Angeles Premiere at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. For three nights only, February 19, 2…
Sweeney Todd is my favorite musical. I've seen it onstage several times, watched the film, enjoyed a cast recording (Cerveris/LuPone), and loved the Angela Lansbury/George Hearn version bles…
Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles (PAC LA), with the support of Eastman Museum Los Angeles, presents Women Curators, the final event in its Year of the Woman series, on Monday, March 2, …
When I first read about the subject of Robert Axelrod's Lifeline, I thought it was going to be about the stress of working at a suicide hotline center and was expecting it to be a very depre…
The Monkey's Paw story trope remains one of the most adaptable and enduring narrative devices in literature and film. Its core premise revolves around an object (originally an actual mummifi…
The 30 Minutes or Less Festival returns this week with a high‑energy lineup of bold, compact performances designed to captivate both seasoned theatergoers and curious newcomers. Runni…
The Chromolume Theatre has announced its 2026 season of musicals at The Zephyr on Melrose in Los Angeles. Themed as a season of identify and expression, it will kick off in March with The Co…
