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Concert: ON BROADWAY (Smothers Theatre; Pepperdine, Malibu)
Broadway Stars Perform Musical Theatre Hits in Malibu Featuring the best songs from the current New York City theatre season and sung by Broadway stars with a live band, On Broadway is an unforgettable night of music. The show includes hits from long-running favorites like The Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, and The Book of…
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Jazz Preview: JAZZ AT NAZ (Feb. 5-19 at The Soraya in Northridge)
JAZZING UP THEIR GAME AT THE SORAYA The Soraya has long been at the epicenter of Jazz in LA’”from CSUN’s nationally respected Jazz studies program, to The Soraya’s stellar reputation for Jazz programming. This year, The Soraya dials up its investment in America’s one true original art form with its first annual, month-long jazz Festival Jazz…
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Theater: THE PLAY YOU WANT (The Road Theatre Company in North Hollywood)
NEW PLAY BY BERNARDO CUBRíA COMES TO THE ROAD The Road Theatre Company returns to live performances with three plays performing in repertory, beginning and re-opening with the world premiere of The Play That You Want, written by Bernardo Cubría and directed by Michael John Garcés. THE PLAY YOU WANT will begin previews on Tuesday,…
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Dance: THE EQUALITY OF NIGHT AND DAY: “First Glimpse” and “Upside Down” (Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE at Royce Hall)
CAP UCLA Presents The Equality of Night and Day: First Glimpse and Upside Down From Prolific Choreographer Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE Saturday, March 5 at 8 p.m. Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, Equality. Photo by Christopher George, courtesy of The Kennedy Center UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) presents award-winning choreographer Ronald K. Brown and his company EVIDENCE performing The Equality of Night…
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Upcoming Theater: DETAINED (World Premiere at the Fountain Theatre in Hollywood)
How do families stay together, even when they are kept apart? The Fountain Theatre presents a gripping new docudrama, a compilation of true stories that explores the rippling impact of mass deportations on families. # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # The world premiere of Detained, written by…
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Music Review: NATHALIE JOACHIM & PAMELA Z (Disney Hall)
A GRAND AVANT-GARDE EVENING ON GRAND AVENUE Tuesday of last week was a quiet night in downtown Los Angeles, January’s usual gloom conspiring with new waves of COVID statistics to keep people home. The sidewalks of Grand Avenue and its surrounding areas were just about empty. Still, the Walt Disney Concert Hall’s characteristic glint warded…
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Art Festival: FRIEZE LOS ANGELES (February 17-20, 2022)
In 2019, Frieze began an annual contemporary art fair in Los Angeles. Presented at Paramount Pictures Studios, Frieze Los Angeles joined Frieze New York, Frieze London and Frieze Masters on the international art world calendar, reflecting L.A.’s position as a global arts capital (as does the LA Art Show). And what a celebration of creativity it has been!…
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Theater Re-Opening: LA HABRA DEPOT THEATRE (Phantom Projects Theatre Group Gala)
Grammy Nominated Singer Aloe Blacc and Maya Jupiter to Open the New Phantom Projects Theatre at La Habra Depot The historic La Habra Depot Theatre under the new management of the Phantom Projects Theatre Group will re-open with a red-carpet gala benefit on January 29 at 5pm starring Orange County native and Grammy nominated singer/songwriter…
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Jazz Preview: THE PLAYBOY JAZZ FESTIVAL IS NOW THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL JAZZ FESTIVAL (LA Phil)
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES INITIAL LINEUP FOR 2022 HOLLYWOOD BOWL JAZZ FESTIVAL Beloved Festival Celebrates 42nd Year in 2022 Artists Slated to Appear Include The Roots, Gregory Porter, Tower of Power, Terri Lyne Carrington, Femi Kuti, Cory Wong, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, José James, Gerald Clayton, Azar Lawrence, Gordon Goodwin and more June 25–26, 2022,…
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Upcoming Music: SYMPHONIC ELLINGTON: NEW WORLD A-COMIN’ & SACRED CONCERTS (LA Phil/Thomas Wilkins)
DUKING IT OUT In 1943, Duke Ellington premiered two works about the experience of Black Americans’”one, Black, Brown, and Beige, traced their collective history and another, New World A-Coming, imagined a hopeful future. Ellington wrote about the latter in his biography, “I visualized this new world as a place in the distant future, where there would…
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Jazz Preview: DAVE BRUBECK CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION (Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa)
Dave Brubeck Centennial Celebration With the Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra,The Brubeck Brothers Quartet,and Dianne Reeves at Segerstrom Feb. 4 2020 marked the Centennial Year of jazz giant Dave Brubeck. Celebrating his life and legacy, Dave’s sons Chris and Dan Brubeck, who performed and recorded with their father since the 1970s, have been presenting a centennial celebration with…
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Music Preview: JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS (SCFTA, Costa Mesa; The Soraya, Northridge)
Wynton Marsalis has received a plethora of awards from numerous countries, committees and academies for his talents and contributions to the world as a musician, arranger, composer, and cultural ambassador. In 2009, he received the Insignia Chevalier of the Legion of Honor from France; it’s the equivalent of attaining knighthood in the UK. French Ambassador Pierre Vimont…
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Theater Opening: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (Greenway Court)
SONDHEIM’S A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC OPENS FEBRUARY 4 AT GREENWAY COURT THEATRE Some 50 years after its birth, A Little Night Music feels like it’s always been here. Wisely and warmly, composer Stephen Sondheim and writer Hugh Wheeler compassionately anatomize three mismatched turn-of-the-century couples. They’re midsummer fools of love caught in the spell of one of…
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Cabaret Opening: TWO LOST SOULS (Jane Lynch & Kate Flannery)
HAVE A NIGHT OUT WITH A COUPLE OF BROADS Emmy Award-winning singer/actor Jane Lynch (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” ”Glee”) and Kate Flannery (“The Office”) return to the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts with their hilarious cabaret show, Two Lost Souls, on Thursday, January 20, 2022, at 7:30 pm. Putting their one-of-a-kind spin on…
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Film Festival: FILM MAUDIT 2.0 (Highways Performance Space)
FILM MAUDIT 2.0 FESTIVAL starts January 12 through January 23, 2022 The third edition of Film Maudit 2.0, a showcase and celebration of new and some classic outré, unusual and startling films takes places January 12-23, 2022 at Highways, the legendary L.A. Performance Space and Gallery. This year, Film Maudit 2.0 features over 100 works of cinema from 23…
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Concerts/Events: LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (2022 Winter & Spring Line-up)
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts is offering some unforgettable experiences and extraordinary entertainment this coming year in its newly-renovated theatre, including THE POINTER SISTERS, THE FOUR TOPS, THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS, THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA, THE BENNY GOODMAN TRIBUTE ORCHESTRA featuring THE FOUR FRESHMEN, a jazz celebration of THE ALLMAN BROTHERS, songs &…
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Recommended Theater: MARVIN’S ROOM (Actors Co-op)
MARVIN’S ROOM COMES TO ACTORS CO-OP The Award-winning Actors Co-op Theatre Company proudly presents Marvin’s Room, winner of the 1991-1992 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play. The audience never sees Marvin, the title character in Marvin’s Room. He’s an old man ravaged by cancer and senility, living in a dark room in his Florida home. His…
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Art Preview: LA ART SHOW (Los Angeles Convention Center)
LA ART SHOW RETURNS IN JANUARY, 2022 WITH ENVIRONMENTALLY FOCUSED PROGRAMMING Los Angeles’s Longest-Running Art Show Is Back With Returning Favorites and New Programming January 19, 2022 – January 23, 2022 Los Angeles Convention Center South Hall 1201 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015 The LA Art Show, the most comprehensive international contemporary art…
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Film Screening: BYE BYE BIRDIE (Ann-Marget & Bobby Rydell in person at The Montalban in Hollywood)
HELLO, BIRDIE! THE FILM BYE BYE BIRDIE PLAYS AT THE MONTALBAN IN L.A. ON FEBRUARY 14, 2022; ANN-MARGRET AND BOBBY RYDELL TO APPEAR IN PERSON Cinelounge Theatres and Cleopatra Records will present a special screening of the classic hit musical Bye Bye Birdie at The Montalban, 1615 N. Vine St., Hollywood, CA 90028 on Monday February 14, 2022…
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Theater Openings: THE PLAY YOU WANT; BRIGHT HALF LIFE; BELOVED (Road Theatre Company in Repertory)
THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY returns to live performances with three plays performing in rep. The world premiere of THE PLAY YOU WANT, written by Bernardo Cubria and directed by Michael John Garcés; the Los Angeles premiere of BRIGHT HALF LIFE, written by Pulitzer Prize-nominee Tanya Barfield and directed by Amy K. Harmon; and the world…
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