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  • Theater: AN OCTOROON (Fountain Theatre Live)

    By Jim Allen | May 11, 2021
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    Casting is complete and rehearsals have begun for the  Los Angeles premiere of a radical, incendiary and subversively funny Obie award-winning play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Performances of  An Octoroon  will inaugurate the  new outdoor stage  at  The Fountain Theatre  on  June 18 after four public previews. Performances will continue through Sept. 19, 2021. Judith Moreland  directs Jacobs-Jenkins’s outrageous deconstruction of a moustache-twirling melodrama by…

  • Theater: A GOOD DAY AT AUSCHWITZ (L.A. Theatre Works)

    By John Todd | May 10, 2021
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    L.A. Theatre Works presents the  world premiere  of a new play based on an extraordinary true story. Produced as a  state-of-the-art audio theater recording, A Good Day at Auschwitz  by noted actor  Stephen Tobolowsky  (Groundhog Day, Deadwood, Silicon Valley, The Goldbergs) stars  Alan Mandell, a veteran of stage and film for over 75 years, as Abe, a man the playwright met at…

  • Theater: CHALK LINES (Chalk Repertory Theatre)

    By John Todd | May 10, 2021
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    Chalk Rep is launching  its new audio play series  Chalk Lines, five short plays using immersive audio storytelling which will bring to life unsung landmarks in Los Angeles City Council districts 8, 9, and 10 — including the Metro Expo Line, Leimert Park, Historic West Adams, and Exposition Park. Extending its signature site-specific style to the auditory…

  • Film: THE LANDMARK WESTWOOD (Reopens Friday May 14)

    By Tony Frankel | May 9, 2021
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    Landmark Theatres is set for the grand re-opening of the extensively renovated The Landmark Westwood Theatre on Friday, May 14, 2021 with Zack Snyder’s ARMY OF THE DEAD (Netflix, 147 min). Snyder will appear in person for a discussion following the 7:00 PM show with producers Deborah Snyder and Wes Coller and Snyder will introduce…

  • Events: THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL (Reopening Announcement)

    By Connor McCormick | May 8, 2021
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    The Hollywood Bowl is roaring back to life this summer, but first LA Phil hosts five free concerts for healthcare workers, first responders and essential workers in appreciation for all they have done for Los Angeles throughout the pandemic. There will be two performances by Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil (May 15 & 22)…

  • Theater: THE SHOT (starring Sharon Lawrence at Skylight)

    By Nia Liat | April 13, 2021
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    TAKE A SHOT Beginning Saturday, April 24 at 5pm (PDT) Robin Gerber’s THE SHOT, a story that reveals the well-kept secrets of American icon Katharine Graham who, before becoming the publisher of The Washington Post, endured the physical and emotional abuse of Phil Graham, the husband she loved and admired. Starring Sharon Lawrence, and directed…

  • Theater: DRAGÒN {THE RETURN OF THE DRAGON} (REDCAT)

    By Tony Frankel | April 4, 2021
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    On April 10 and 11, 2021, REDCAT, CalArts’ center for contemporary arts in downtown Los Angeles is presenting DRAGí“N (THE RETURN OF THE DRAGON), the newest work from internationally renowned  Chilean playwright and director Guillermo Calderón (see Stage and Cinema‘s review of Calderón’s Neva). Presented in Spanish with English subtitles, the story is about a group…

  • Theater Podcast: THE ZIP CODE PLAYS: LOS ANGELES (Season Two from Antaeus Theatre Company)

    By Lamont Washington | April 4, 2021
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    Antaeus Theatre Company  is gearing up for Season Two of  The Zip Code Plays: Los Angeles  with six original audio plays, each set in a different Southland zip code. Season Two is set to launch  May 20. This would be a good time to check out Season One, which is not only fascinating, but well-acted, wholly evocative, and extraordinarily…

  • Streaming Theater: SITTING AND TALKING (Laguna Playhouse)

    By Tom Chaits | April 4, 2021
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    Laguna Playhouse is presenting Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years) and Wendie Malick (Just Shoot Me) in the Southern California premiere of Sitting and Talking, which was created and written specifically for the zoom platform. Lia Romeo’s charming, deeply heartfelt play follows a man and woman in their 60s as they navigate the vulnerable, awkward, and…

  • Film: ROBIN FROHARDT’S PLASTIC BAG STORE: THE FILM (World Premiere from CAP UCLA)

    By Lamont Washington | March 30, 2021
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    UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance  presents for free the world premiere of Plastic Bag Store: The Film  on Thursday, April 22, 2021, at 7pm PT. This performance will be free to enjoy on  CAP UCLA. Created by award-winning Brooklyn-based artist, puppet designer and director Robin Frohardt,  The Plastic Bag Store  was conceived as an immersive installation and puppet-theater…

  • Theater: AN ILIAD (Live from the New Vic in Santa Barbara, Ensemble Theatre Company)

    By Tony Frankel | March 26, 2021
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    A HOMER RUN The 90-minute one-act play An Iliad is a stunning marvel. This retelling of the famous epic  The Iliad, attributed to the ancient Greek poet Homer, is not a straight reading of The Iliad. This variation, adapted by Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson, mixes excerpts from the poem with modern interjections, a few of…

  • Music: ASTOR PIAZZOLLA AT 100; CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S SMILE (Violinist Philippe Quint)

    By Connor McCormick | March 25, 2021
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    Philippe Quint returns to the stage in April to present two of his signature curated multimedia shows in California, streamed online. On  Tuesday April 6, 2021 at 7pm PT, the Philharmonic Society of Orange County presents the world premiere of violinist ’s newest multimedia show, Astor Piazzolla at 100: A Musical Portrait  with pianist  Jun Cho.  Quint’s narration leads…

  • Opera: COVID FAN TUTTE (Pacific Opera Project)

    By Connor McCormick | March 22, 2021
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    On  Friday, March 26, 2021 at 5:30pm PT,  Pacific Opera Project  (POP) presents a free livestream of their very funny and entertaining  COVID fan tutte,  a revolutionary production of Mozart’s  Cosi fan tutte  that premiered in a live, drive-in format in Camarillo, California in November 2020. Livestreams of previous productions are also on-line (consider making a donation to this awesome crew). COVID…

  • Theater: MONOLOFT SLAM (Loft Ensemble)

    By Nia Liat | March 20, 2021
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    NORTH HOLLYWOOD’S LOFT ENSEMBLE ANNOUNCES MonoLOFT SLAM   Loft Ensemble, located in the heart of the NoHo Arts District, has announced  MonoLOFT Slam,  a slate of monologues that are produced, directed, and performed by Loft company members. The videos are now available on the company’s website — more will be added in the coming weeks. When Coronavirus…

  • Museum: ART BREAK: THE POLITICS OF LABOR (Getty)

    By Nia Liat | March 18, 2021
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    BREAK AWAY FROM THE EVERYDAY WITH THE GETTY’S NEWEST PROGRAMStature #8, 2020, Rodrigo Valenzuela. Photograveur. Courtesy of and  © Rodrigo Valenzuela First in the series in Art Break: The Politics of Labor Friday, March 26, 2021 12:00 p.m. PT Art Break, a new online program series, offers unique perspectives on the Getty collections. Take a…

  • Music Concert: THE CALIFORNIA SOUND (GMCLA)

    By Connor McCormick | March 18, 2021
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    On Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 8pm, almost a year after it was to perform a program titled The California Sound  onstage at Alex Theatre in Glendale, The Gay Mens’ Chorus of Los Angeles will stream a love letter to California and its musical heritage. The concert features 90 GMCLA members led by Music Director &…

  • Music: STRAVINSKY: ‘A SOLDIER’S TALE’; BOULOGNE: VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 9; Pí„RT: ‘FRATRES’ (LACO CLOSE QUARTERS)

    By Tony Frankel | March 13, 2021
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    Tonight, March 12, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s lauded groundbreaking digital CLOSE QUARTERS interdisciplinary digital series that melds musical and visual arts continues with a new production of Stravinsky’s  L’Histoire du soldat (The Soldier’s Tale), conducted by Music Director  Jaime Martí­n,  featuring the Robey Theatre Company’s  Ben Guillory  (Narrator),  William Warren  (Devil) and  Julio Hanson (Soldier) and filtered through the dream-like nostalgia of 1940s’…

  • Theater: AN OCTOROON (Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles)

    By Lamont Washington | March 10, 2021
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    L.A. premiere of An Octoroon  by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will launch outdoor performances at Fountain Theatre The Los Angeles premiere  of  An Octoroon  by  Branden Jacobs-Jenkins  will inaugurate the new outdoor stage at the  Fountain Theatre  later this spring.  Judith Moreland will direct. Winner of the Obie Award for Best American Play, Jacobs-Jenkins’ landmark play has earned ecstatic reviews nationwide. The New York Times  hailed it…

  • Theater: FROM NUMBER TO NAME (East West Players)

    By Nia Liat | March 10, 2021
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    East West Players (EWP), the nation’s longest-running professional theater of color and the largest producing organization of Asian American artistic work, is presenting From Number to Name, a world premiere two night event devised and directed by powerhouse artist, activist and elected political representative  K’‹ristina Wong’‹  (pictures below)  on Saturday, April 10 at 7 PT and Sunday, April…

  • Theater: HARLEM DUET (Coronado Playhouse in San Diego)

    By Tom Chaits | March 9, 2021
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    CORONADO PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS HARLEM DUET Coronado Playhouse: A San Diego tradition for 75 years, is presenting Harlem Duet, the critically acclaimed play by Djanet Sears, streaming on-demand from March 19-April 18, 2021. Harlem Duet received Canada’s highest literary honor for dramatic writing, the Governor General’s Literary Award, in 1998. That year it also received the…

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