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Museum Preview: FAITHLESS ELECTORS AND THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE (Hammer Museum in Los Angeles on Zoom)
CAUSE YOU GOTTA HAVE FAITH Do members of the Electoral College have the right to be “faithless” and vote against the popular vote of the state they represent? In 2016 there were 10 such cases of “faithless electors” during the contentious and controversial election of Donald Trump. With the 2020 election just months away, the…
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Theater Feature: WEST ADAMS (Skylight Theatre)
GO WEST Playing for one performance only tomorrow, July 30, 2020, at 3pm PST, is Skylight presents their smash hit play West Adams, a story about the absurdity of racism. After the archival recording as it was performed before an audience at Skylight Theatre, join a guest panel — which will include the writer, director,…
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Theater Review: MARGIN OF ERROR (The Roustabouts)
CATCH THE VIRTUAL WORLD PREMIERE OF MARGIN OF ERROR As with many companies, San Diego’s The Roustabouts have had to restructure due to COVID-19. Now, they are presenting productions and readings in the virtual world. This week, they begin with their archival recording of the 2017 play, Will Cooper’s Margin of Error, a fast-moving drama…
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Opera Preview: WAGNER RING CYCLE (Audio-Stream, LA Opera)
MUSIC DIRECTOR JAMES CONLON AND LA OPERA’S 2010 WAGNER RING CYCLE TO BE AUDIO-STREAMED IN MARATHON BACK-TO-BACK WEBCAST OF ALL FOUR MUSIC DRAMAS, JULY 25 STARTING AT 8 A.M. PST Ten years after presenting Wagner’s epic tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen in its first complete staging produced in the city of Los Angeles, Music Director James…
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Theater Preview: UNDER 30 PLAYWRIGHTS LAB VIRTUAL SERIES (IAMA Theatre Company in Los Angeles)
LET’S GET HIP The great IAMA Theatre Company culminates its first annual, year-long residency for emerging, Los Angeles-based playwrights under the age of 30 with a four-day virtual reading series of six new works developed in the lab. The free series runs from July 23-26, 2020. Over the course of the past year, the six writers…
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Theater Preview: MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN (L.A. Theatre Works, starring Stacy Keach)
A FRESH FRANKENSTEIN STARRING STACY KEACH L.A. Theatre Works, the world’s leading producer of audio theater, has announced the release of its state-of-the-art audio recording of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. This new stage adaptation, written by the BBC’s Kate McAll, stars veteran stage actor Stacy Keach as “the creature,” with Adhir Kalyan (Arrested Development, Rules of Engagement) in the role of Dr. Victor Frankenstein. In…
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Music Preview: iPALPITI (23rd Annual Festival is now a Festival-at-Your-Home)
iPALPITI’S 23RD FESTIVAL IS NOW A FESTIVAL-AT-HOME Based in Los Angeles, iPalpiti Artists International is a non-profit organization formed to support, promote and develop the careers of exceptionally gifted young professional musicians, thus securing a future generation of artists who will pass on traditions of all time and carry classical music into the next century….
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Music Preview: YOLA NATIONAL AT HOME (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
BRING IT HOME The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association introduces YOLA National at Home, a series of open-source courses, masterclasses with LA Phil musicians, project-based learning, and keynote addresses from Gustavo Dudamel and Thomas Wilkins that will be offered from July 10-31, 2020, via Zoom and YouTube Live. YOLA National at Home was developed following the…
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Theater Preview: SAFE-DISTANCE DRIVE-IN CONCERT SERIES, RUBICON GOES RETRO (Rubicon Theatre at Ventura Fairgrounds)
RUBICON GOES RETRO! Safe-Distance Drive-In Series Kicks Off Drive-In Hits The first event of Rubicon Goes Retro, the company’s Safe-Distance Drive-In Theatre Concert Series is here! The swell series of live 75-minute concerts at the Ventura County Fairgrounds will have you viewers watching safely from the comfort of your cars. The concerts feature multimedia, lights,…
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TV Preview: GLOBAL GOAL: UNITE FOR OUR FUTURE — THE CONCERT (NBC)
Los Angeles Philharmonic, YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles) & special guest J’Nai Bridges join Gustavo Dudamel in Global Goal: Unite for Our Future – The Concert NBC, Saturday, June 27, 2020, 8PM International advocacy organization Global Citizen and the European Commission are partnering on Global Goal: Unite for Our Future’”The Concert, a globally televised and digitally…
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L.A. Extras: GRAND PARK + THE MUSIC CENTER’S 4TH OF JULY BLOCK PARTY: HOME EDITION
THE PARTY CONTINUES Grand Park + The Music Center’s 4th of July Block Party Annual Event Will Televise Live on July 4, 2020 ABC7 (7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.) and LA 36 and The Music Center (8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.) Grand Park + The Music Center’s 4th of July Block Party: Home Edition Highlights: KABC-TV Broadcast Hosts Members of the…
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Events Preview: CAP UCLA’S 20-21 SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT (UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance)
UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance Reimagines a 2020–21 Season for COVID-19 Realities CAP UCLA Develops New Commissions and Opportunities to Support Artists Facing Uncertainty and Instability ____________________________________________________ UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA), a leading West Coast presenter dedicated to the advancement of the contemporary performing arts in all disciplines,…
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Theater Preview: THE BOY WHO DANCED ON AIR (Diversionary Theatre in San Diego)
THIS BOY WILL STREAM ON AIR Beginning July 6, 2020, San Diego’s Diversionary Theatre will be streaming the archival recording of their original hit production, The Boy Who Danced on Air, a soaring and heart-rending tale of two rural Afghan boys falling in love against the backdrop of a shattered country. The show moved to…
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Virtual Theater Preview: 3 WAY LOVVE (Hollywood Fringe)
LOVVE CONNECTION 3 Way Lovve is a modernized Shakespearean love tragedy with its lead character, Willie Kenwood aka Lovvespear, a talented street painter who is discovered by an art tycoon, Guy Kenwood, who adopts him in his late teens, molds him into a famous graphic artist and uses him as his secret paramour. Throughout his…
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Music Preview: DAVID RYAN HARRIS WITH FULL BAND (Streaming Live From the Hotel Café)
DAVID RYAN HARRIS WITH FULL BAND WEDNESDAY JUNE 24 AT 6PM PST With Covid-19 shuttering doors and disconnecting us from our friends and family, deep racial injustices finally and rightfully being brought to the forefront, and the world taking to the streets in protest for equality, the past several months have been enormously significant and…
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Theater Preview: BEETHOVEN — LIVE FROM FLORENCE (Hershey Felder)
BEETHOVEN TO APPEAR LIVE IN YOUR HOME Dramatizing Dr. Gerhard von Breuning’s factual memoir, Aus dem Schwarzspanierhaus (Out of the House of Black-Robed Spaniards, Beethoven’s last residence), Hershey Felder brought Ludwig van Beethoven to life on stage through the eyes of the Viennese Doctor Breuning who spent his boyhood by the Maestro’s side. Featuring some of…
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Theater Preview: DEAR ONE: LOVE & LONGING IN MID-CENTURY QUEER AMERICA (ONE Archives Foundation)
ONE TO CATCH Between 1953 and 1965, ONE Magazine, the first openly gay & lesbian periodical in the United States, received thousands of letters monthly from its readers. a great many of them isolated and in search of community. Now, playwright Josh Irving Gershick has compiled the voices of more than 40 distinct, mid-century Queer…
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Dance Preview: EBB & FLOW: CHINATOWN FESTIVAL (Heidi Duckler Dance at the Los Angeles State Historic Park)
GO TO FLOW L.A.-based dance company Heidi Duckler Dance (HDD) presents the fourth Ebb & Flow Festival, taking place at the Los Angeles State Historic Park for the second time, from June 27 – 30, 2020. Unlike past festivals which typically involve live performances and workshops, augmented reality is used this year to create a…
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Film Preview: FIRST PHYSICAL MOVIE THEATER OPENS IN LOS ANGELES (Arena Cinelounge on Sunset)
FIRST THEATER RE-OPENS IN LOS ANGELES TODAY Arena Cinelounge Sunset, Hollywood’s location for arthouse, genre, and independent cinema, will be the first physical movie theater in Los Angeles to re-open today, Friday, June 19, 2020 with special engagements of the classic and highly, highly recommended The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Babyteeth starring Ben Mendelsohn….
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Theater Preview: FREE STREAMS OF SIX PLAYS BY BLACK WRITERS (Los Angeles Theatre Works)
FREE STREAMS OF SIX PLAYS BY BLACK WRITERS L.A. Theatre Works, the world’s leading producer of audio theater, has chosen six titles by Black playwrights from its extensive collection of work to stream free on its website. The six plays, including A Huey P. Newton Story, written, directed and performed by Roger Guenveur Smith; Ceremonies in Dark Old Men by Lonne Elder…
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