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Concert Review: HERBIE HANCOCK & ESPERANZA SPALDING (The Hollywood Bowl)
The Hollywood Bowl’s Shortened Jazz Season Ends on a High Note! What a wonderful jazz fusion double-bill at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday, September 26 featuring four-time GRAMMY Award-winning bassist Esperanza Spalding accompanied by her long-time cohort, Argentinian Leo Genovese on keyboard, sax and accordion, opening up for the great pianist/composer, and one of the…
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Los Angeles Theater: SALVAGE (Revival at Hudson Mainstage Theatre in Hollywood)
A popular country-infused musical reviewed by Stage and Cinema is being remounted October 9, 2021, after two previews October 7-8 at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre in Hollywood. The revival of Salvage retains original cast members DAVID ATKINSON as Preacher and LEONARD EARL HOWZE as Johnson, plus two exciting additions, NATALIE LLERENA as Destiny and SAM O’BYRNE as Harley. Musical…
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Upcoming Concert: FANDANGO AT THE WALL (Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra at The Soraya)
The Soraya’s 10th Anniversary Gift to the Community – The First of Five Free Events Opens the 2021-22 Joy-Filled Season! Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Fandango at the Wall with Special Guests the Villalobos Brothers and the Conga Patria Son Jarocho Collective Opening Night Saturday, Oct 16 at 8pm The Soraya celebrates both its 10th Anniversary and Opening…
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Festival Preview: MÉXICO DE NOCHE (The Ford in L.A.)
OH, WHAT A NIGHT! México de Noche, which plays October 9, 2021, at The Ford (2580 Cahuenga Boulevard East) in L.A., explores the energetic and eclectic music of Mexican nightlife. Whether it’s listening over a romantic dinner to a special serenade by the iconic duo Pepe Martinez Jr. and Susie Garcia, or walking through a…
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Theater Opening: ASCENSION (Echo Theater Company)
Ascension is an interactive, sci-fi, futuristic cyber play Do you know about it? The Second Sun? It’s real. It’s going to take you home. The Echo Theater Company presents the world premiere of Ascension a sci-fi mystery thriller written by D.G. Watson and directed by Echo associate artistic director Ahmed Best. Performances take place on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays Oct. 6 through Nov. 18, 2021 at Atwater Village Theatre. One preview…
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Theater Opening: UNDER CONSTRUCTION READINGS (The Road Theatre Company)
North Hollywood’s The Road Theatre Company is back with in-person readings on its Magnolia stage. It’s been over 18 months since the theatre doors have been closed but The Road Theatre – led by Founding Artistic Director Taylor Gilbert, together with Sam Anderson, Artistic Director – is leading the charge with 2 weeks of new…
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Theater Review: THE SECRET WORLD OF DANNY LOPEZ (Two Roads Theater in Studio City)
WELCOME TO HIS SECRET WORLD OK, mini caveat: I am friends with Samuel Garza Bernstein, whose new one-man 70-minute show, The Secret World of Danny Lopez, opened last week at Two Roads Theater in Studio City. While I never tire of the ever fascinating Mr. Bernstein, the thought of another solo show written by and…
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Theater: STAND UP IF YOU’RE HERE TONIGHT (Vs. Theatre Company & Circle X Theatre Co. in Los Angeles)
“You’ve tried everything. Yoga. Acupuncture. Therapy. You floated in salt water in the pitch- black dark. You juiced, you cleansed, you journaled, you cut, you volunteered. You got a mattress that fitted itself to your fetal form. You ate only RINDS for three days and nights. You reached out, you looked within, You have tried. and yet here…
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Music Review: BEETHOVEN/SCHUMANN (Marta Gardolińska and Hélène Grimaud with the LA Phil at The Hollywood Bowl)
GARDOLIŃSKA SCORES A TEN WITH BEETHOVEN SEVEN The highly accessible and gloriously melodic Piano Concerto by Robert Schumann was one of my very first intros to classical music (the Romantic period to be precise) as a youngster. I became completely immersed and addicted — memorizing every phrase, tempo shift and nuance. It remains a favorite…
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Opera Review: LA CENERENTOLA (Pacific Opera Project at The Ford in Los Angeles)
WITTY CENERENTOLA POPS WITH CHARM After being starved of live opera in Los Angeles for more than a year and a half, there was no better way to celebrate its return to a stage than with the Pacific Opera Project’s splendid production of Rossini’s La Cenerentola. Rossini composed the opera when he was 25 years old,…
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Film Event: BLACK PANTHER IN CONCERT (Your Guide to Black Panther in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl)
Your guide to Black Panther in Concert Step 1: Have your rideshare drop you off in Lot B Step 2: Or drive yourself and park on-site Step 3: Find your seats Step 4: Applaud the orchestra Step 5: Cheer for victory! See Black Panther in a somewhat larger format than the above — with live orchestra —…
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Theater Opening: it’s alive, IT’S ALIVE! (Odyssey Theatre)
Odyssey Theatre presents 4 performances of John Fleck’s it’s alive, IT’S ALIVE! a musical cabaret special event-in-progress We’re deconstructing again. Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents an entertaining and provoking musical cabaret-style special event, conceived and performed by legendary performance artist John Fleck (Blacktop Highway, Mad Women, NEA Four). it’s alive, IT’S ALIVE! gets four work-in-progress performances on Sept. 18, Sept. 25, Oct. 2 and Oct. 9 in advance of a full-fledged opening…
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Theater: ENCORE PERFORMANCES (HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS)
Congratulations to these award winners of the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Here are their encore performances. TransSetter. Winner of the Encore Producers Award. Written and performed by Veronica Carey Matthews. Directed by Jessica Lynn Johnson. After a series of self-inflicted tragedies, a Hollywood dreamer has to go back to basics and figure out some life truths. Out…
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Dance: RESOUND (Leela Dance Collective in Los Angeles)
A 5-Day Celebration of Kathak Dance Reverberating through the Streets of Los Angeles Get ready. ReSound is bringing kathak dance from the courts of Medieval India to the streets of L.A., featuring a 5-day celebration of free performances and $10 workshops to educate and inspire audiences of all ages. The public is invited to experience…
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Concert Hall: THE SORAYA’S 2021-22 SEASON (Northridge, CA)
Handily one of our greatest performance venues, The Soraya just keeps getting better with its programming. And as a 10th Anniversary Gift to the Community, there will be Five Free Events to kick off a spectacular season. Members at any level secure guaranteed seating to all Free concerts. Non-member reservations (limit 4 per household) will be taken…
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Theater opening: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Fremont Centre Theatre)
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST OPENS TONIGHT AT FREMONT CENTRE THEATRE Performed for live audiences at Fremont Centre Theatre, it will also be livestreamed, so there will be that option for online audiences as well. The Importance of Being Earnest is the most popular of the comedies written by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). Set in London and in…
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Music Concert: MARIACHI ARCOIRIS DE LOS ANGELES (World’s First Queer Mariachi Band at The Wallis in Beverly Hills)
The Wallis’s Summer @ The Wallis Presents Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles, the world’s first queer mariachi band, presents sounds and rhythms from south of the border in back-to-back performances on Thursday and Friday, August 26 and 27, 2021, 8 pm, on the outdoor stage at The Wallis in Beverly Hills….
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Dance Opening: ALONZO KING LINES BALLET | BALLETX | PARSONS DANCE COMPANY (Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa)
SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTS 2021 DANCE PERFORMANCES ALONZO KING LINES BALLET BALLETX PARSONS DANCE COMPANY Segerstrom Center for the Arts’ 2021 Dance performances begin next month at Segerstrom Hall with three of the most innovative North American dance companies. From modern dance to contemporary ballet, the Center will host an extraordinary range of performances…
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Virtual Theater Review: WE LIVE ON (Actors’ Gang)
WE LIVE ON Based on HARD TIMES by STUDS TERKEL With additional text by Tim Robbins and The Cast Directed by TIM ROBBINS Music Director – David Robbins Music performed by Cameron Dye Cars waiting in long lines for food. People being evicted and their possessions being repossessed. Tent cities of the homeless and destitute rising up in places they had not been…
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Theater: RON ATHEY / ACEPHALOUS MONSTER (REDCAT)
A MONSTER ARTIST Better get tickets NOW. The influential performance artist and provocateur Ron Athey is coming to L.A.’s REDCAT Aug. 26 to 28, 2021 to present the Los Angeles premiere of Acephalous Monster, a performance with projections, readings, lectures, appropriated text and sound. Largely inspired by the secret society of Acéphale, Andre Masson’s design of…
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