All good things must come to an end, and Gustavo Dudamel’s epic exploration of Mahler’s symphonies with the LA Phil and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela — his hometown orchestra — is no exception.  The Los Angeles part of the Mahler project ends this Sunday, Feb. 5, with a performance of Mahler’s Ninth [...]

“Art,” the 1998 Tony Award winner for Best Drama, gets a smooth polish from nine-time Emmy Award-winning director David Lee in The Pasadena Playhouse’s current re-mount.
Playwright Yasmina Reza’s (who also wrote the 2009 Tony Award-winning “God of Carnage”) fast and witty repartee flows with ease from the mouths of the talented trio on stage — [...]

The 2011-2012 season of the LA Philharmonic continues on Thursday, Jan. 5, with the first of four concerts featuring pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet performing the Lizst Piano Concerto No. 2 in honor of the anniversary of the composer’s 200th birthday. Also on the program are the Hussite Overture by Dvorák and the Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3, [...]

About three-quarters of the way in, the musical “Fela!” delivers the emotional impact of a bellyflop. It’s the all-too-familiar horror story heard around the world: Big guys take advantage of little ones. Woman raped, man beaten, man killed, woman harassed and intimidated. It could be Laos, Lagos or Los Angeles. The rich and powerful bully [...]

Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre puts the play in the Bard’s plays with endless rambunctious energy and side-splitting physical humor — so much so, that you’ll feel as if no one could have more fun onstage with William Shakespeare’s comedies than this London-based troupe that performs at home in an authentic reproduction of the Bard’s 1599 playhouse. [...]

It may come as a surprise to some people, but Boise, Idaho, is a blossoming arts community. That’s where Trey McIntyre Project is based, and as dancer Brett Perry says, “It’s a really cool city, and we’re thrilled to be a part of it. It’s a community where we can get out and make a [...]

Finally, a musical you can bring your parents to! “Bring It On: The Musical” began its national tour at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre on Nov. 11. With a mixture of “Clueless” and “All About Eve,” a sprinkle of “Rent,” and a dash of “Flashdance” trickery, “BIO” dazzles, thrills, entertains multiple generations, and deals with [...]

LA Opera’s season has already begun, promising music lovers a trip around the world in the company of some fascinating characters, like Romeo and Juliet, Simon Boccanegra, Albert Herring and Eugene Onegin.
Things kicked off with Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin,” which continues through Oct. 9. This Romantic Russian opera, based on the classic verse novel of the [...]

Austrian composer Joseph Haydn’s walking stick (c. 1800), an afternoon dress by Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel (c. 1937), Mae West’s platform heels (c. 1945-50), and the “Peacock Dress” by Alexander McQueen (commissioned by FIDM in 2010) are among the varied objects covering more than 200 years of fashion history currently on display at the FIDM Museum [...]

Knowing full well the celebrity and genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and no doubt having seen Milos Forman’s “Amadeus,” it’s probably difficult to imagine a movie where Mozart is only a very minor character, no less one overshadowed by his older sibling. But that’s just what the intriguing and exquisitely composed “Mozart’s Sister” offers.
Writer, director [...]