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Theater: DRAGÒN {THE RETURN OF THE DRAGON} (REDCAT)
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…
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Theater Podcast: THE ZIP CODE PLAYS: LOS ANGELES (Season Two from Antaeus Theatre Company)
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…
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Streaming Theater: SITTING AND TALKING (Laguna Playhouse)
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…
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Film: ROBIN FROHARDT’S PLASTIC BAG STORE: THE FILM (World Premiere from CAP UCLA)
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…
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Theater: AN ILIAD (Live from the New Vic in Santa Barbara, Ensemble Theatre Company)
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…
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Music: ASTOR PIAZZOLLA AT 100; CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S SMILE (Violinist Philippe Quint)
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…
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Opera: COVID FAN TUTTE (Pacific Opera Project)
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…
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Theater: MONOLOFT SLAM (Loft Ensemble)
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…
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Museum: ART BREAK: THE POLITICS OF LABOR (Getty)
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…
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Music Concert: THE CALIFORNIA SOUND (GMCLA)
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 &…
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Music: STRAVINSKY: ‘A SOLDIER’S TALE’; BOULOGNE: VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 9; Pí„RT: ‘FRATRES’ (LACO CLOSE QUARTERS)
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’…
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Theater: AN OCTOROON (Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles)
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…
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Theater: FROM NUMBER TO NAME (East West Players)
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…
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Theater: HARLEM DUET (Coronado Playhouse in San Diego)
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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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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