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Dance: MAESTRO DE BARRA (Israel Galván, CAP UCLA Online)
UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) presents Israel Galván in Maestro de Barra on Saturday, March 6 at 7pm PT through CAP UCLA Online. This free performance was commissioned by CAP UCLA and is presented in association with UCSB’s Arts & Lectures and The Joyce Theater. During this past year, Galván has sought…
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Music: SOUND/STAGE SEASON 2 (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
We have the program for The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s second season of Sound/Stage, which begins today Friday, March 5, 2021, with new episodes released through June 25, 2021. With Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel acting as host, the free online series features new performances by the LA Phil; Common; gospel duo Mary Mary; opera…
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Theater: UNRAVELLED (Global Brain Health Institute / UC San Francisco / Trinity College Dublin)
Art, music and science intersect in UnRavelled, a new drama by award-winning, Los Angeles-based playwright Jake Broder (Louis & Keely Live at the Sahara) and directed by Nike Doukas (Pinter’s The Hothouse at Antaeus) is now playing on demand through April 30, 2021. Based on true events and incorporating research and interviews conducted by Broder as a Hellman Visiting Artist at UCSF’s Memory…
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Dance: AFTER IT HAPPENED (Invertigo Dance Theatre at The Ford)
THE FORD CONTINUES FREE ONLINE SERIES FROM THE FORD IN L.A. WITH INVERTIGO DANCE THEATRE Thursday, March 11, 2021, 6:30pm PT Set in the aftermath of a natural disaster, Invertigo Dance Theatre’s After It Happened – a story of trauma, hope, and healing — tells the story of a community rebuilding itself and searching for…
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L.A. Theater: 29th SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT (The Road Theatre Company in North Hollywood)
THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY 29th SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT The Road Theatre Company takes a sharp turn off the beaten path for their 2021 season. Pulling out of a year that turned many artistic avenues into dead ends, The Road is bringing some of Los Angeles’s best intimate theatre across the country and around the world in…
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Theater: ANOTHER DAY’S BEGUN – EXLORING THORNTON WILDER’S “OUR TOWN” (Pasadena Playhouse)
A celebration of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize winning play and Howard Sherman’s new book On March 11, 2021 at 6:30pm PT, Pasadena Playhouse presents the live streaming of Another Day’s Begun: Exploring Our Town on PlayhouseLive. Available on demand beginning March 12, this special event celebrates Our Town, the quintessential American play, with performances from previous cast members…
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Theater Review: HI, ARE YOU SINGLE? (Woolly Mammoth, IAMA)
JUDGING RYAN Ryan J. Haddad opens his autobiographical solo play Hi, Are You Single? with a funny, sexy, and sweetly awkward phone masturbation scene. His search for sex and intimacy as a queer man with cerebral palsy is by turns seductive and acerbic. And he is not coy about wanting to get laid. Haddad pushes…
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Theater: SPOTLIGHT SERIES (A Little New Music)
NOT SO LITTLE ANYMORE On February 2, 2021, A Little New Music continues its “Spotlight Series” with the music of multi-talented composer/lyricist Rob Rokicki of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (see our review). Co-hosted by ALNM co-producers Luke H. Klipp and Kila Packett, Rokicki, who has been a featured writer in three ALNM…
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Theater Review: BOLLYWOOD KITCHEN (Geffen Playhouse)
CURRY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CURRY About a week prior to virtually attending Bollywood Kitchen, Sri Rao’s inventive solo memoir and home cooking experience, a beautiful box arrives containing seven jars of curated Indian spices, a Bollywood popcorn kit, a chocolate chai affogato kit, basmati rice, coconut powder, recipe cards, and a shopping list…
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Dance/Film: DANCE CAMERA WEST DRIVE-IN (The Broad Stage at Santa Monica College Bundy Campus)
DANCE AT THE DRIVE-IN A unique drive-in experience showcasing the very best dance films from around the world is headed to the Santa Monica College Bundy Campus – East Parking Lot. Each film will make its World, United States and/or Los Angeles premiere. The Drive-In programs are a unique selection of top-ranked dance films of…
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Preview: FILMS.DANCE (Jacob Jonas Dance Company with The Soraya, The Wallis, Los Angeles, and The Harris, Chicago)
CONNECTING ALL CORNERS OF THE WORLD Here comes Films.Dance, an extremely ambitious and most promising global project from one of the hottest leaders in dance. This stunningly shot series exists at the intersection of music composition, dance choreography, visual arts, fashion, and film. So while the curtain is down, L.A.-based Jacob Jonas The Company is…
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Film Festival: FILM MAUDIT 2.0 (Highways Performance Space)
APPLAUDING MAUDIT Starting tomorrow January 12, 2021, and running through January 24, you’ll find online for free a treasure trove showcase of genre-driven cinema at the Second Annual Film Maudit festival, 2.0, inspired by the legendary artist Jean Cocteau’s 1949 festival, Festival Du Film Maudit, which celebrated a group of films that were sadly overlooked…
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Music Preview: DARKNESS SOUNDING (Wild Up’s Winter Festival; Your House, Their Houses, & Locations Around L.A. & Joshua Tree)
HELLO, DARKNESS SOUNDING, MY OLD FRIEND The 2021 installment of Wild Up‘s winter festival, Darkness Sounding (January 15 – February 14, 2021), demonstrates the creative ingenuity for which the L.A.-based new music collective is known. Each winter Wild Up embarks on a new venture, a series set against the darkest days of the year. Last year’s Darkness Sounding pointed…
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Theater Review: THE FUTURE (Geffen Playhouse)
I HOPE THE FUTURE IS MORE EXCITING THAN THIS The Geffen Playhouse is forging ahead as Geffen Stayhouse, offering another magic show disguised as theater. Following the phenomenal success of The Present, the Geffen has now mounted a fairly similar one-man-show written and performed by master illusionist Helder Guimarí£es. While theaters around the country have…
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Theater Preview: THE WINTER WARLOCKDOWN TROUBIE HOLIDAY PARTY (Troubadour Theater Company)
FORGET YOUR TROUBLES WITH THE TROUBIES The holiday season simply wouldn’t be the same without the Troubies so they’re bringing you an experience second only to being tightly packed in a theater – being tightly packed in tiny boxes on a computer screen! Featuring Troubies from around the country, this family-friendly, vaudeville-esque variety-style celebration is…
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Theater Preview: STORAGE RUN (Rogue Artists Ensemble)
STORAGE RUN = VIRTUAL FUN Pee-Wee’s Playhouse meets Choose Your Own Adventure meets classic holiday fare in this new, interactive holiday experience from Rogue Artists Ensemble, one of the cleverest and most inventive theater companies nationwide. The Rogues create “Hyper-theater”: original, immersive, multi-dimensional experiences that celebrate the complexity and diversity of Los Angeles. Thankfully, virtual…
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Theater Preview: INTERVIEWING MISS DAVIS (Fountain Theatre’s End-of-Year Party and Playreading)
FOUNTAIN THEATRE’S VIRTUAL END-OF-YEAR PARTY: PLAYREADING ABOUT BETTE DAVIS; HOLIDAY CHEER; AND GAMES Settle in with your favorite beverage on Saturday, Dec. 19 at 5pm PT / 8pm ET when the Fountain Theatre winds up 2020 and its monthly Saturday Matinee series with an Old Hollywood-themed holiday party filled with joy, games, and ’” of course ’” an online playreading….
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Theater Preview: MAKING FRIENDS (IAMA Theatre Company)
LOOK FORWARD IN ANGER Wait a minute! Hold on! A one-man play by an angry gay man to be performed by an angry gay man in a show written by an angry gay man? I’m shocked! Shocked, I tell you. In fact, just the thought of such a thing makes me so angry that I’ve…
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Preview: DAI 2.0 (Livestream Theater Event on December 3)
DAI 2.0 Originally scheduled to premiere Off-Broadway at the 14th Street Y in NYC, Iris Bahr’s funny and moving new solo work, DAI 2.0, is the sequel to her award winning solo show, DAI (enough), in which she portrayed 10 different characters in a Tel Aviv café moments before a suicide bomber enters. DAI had…
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MUSIC PREVIEW: CMS: FRONT ROW (Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and The Soraya)
FROM NEW YORK TO L.A. TO THE WORLD The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) created a new digital initiative this year so that local chamber music venues could bring its digital chamber music concerts, CMS: FRONT ROW, to audiences around the country. Yes, it was created in the age of COVID, but now local presenters can stay in touch with their audiences while…
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