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New Original Works No. 21 at REDCAT
In its 21st iteration of the New Original Works three-weekend festival of world premiere creations in dance, music, theater and the media arts, the...
LA Opera presents Romeo and Juliet
LA Opera presents an original production of Charles Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet, onstage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Nov. 2 to 23. Two...
Music Reviews: The Colburn Orchestra and the Pasadena Symphony
On an otherwise slow Saturday in Los Angeles (not really — it was game two of the World Series!), two orchestras that were not the Los Angeles...
Theater Review: August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson at A Noise Within
With August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, A Noise Within brings us a perfect ghost story for fall. This must-see production, directed by...
Pasadena Symphony launches season with new Music Director Brett Mitchell
Pasadena Symphony launches its 2024-25 season and a new era under Music Director Brett Mitchell — only the sixth music director to...
Piano Spheres’ 30th anniversary season
To celebrate its landmark 30th anniversary season, Piano Spheres presents ‘30 for 30,’ a special initiative that will commission 30 composers...
A Noise Within presents August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson
On the heels of critically acclaimed A Noise Within productions of Gem of the Ocean, Seven Guitars, Radio...
Topanga Film Festival brings Senegalese dance to LA
In its 19th iteration at Froggy’s, a family-friendly seafood watering hole above Malibu, the Topanga Film Festival takes residence this Thursday,...
LACO launches its 2024/25 Orchestral Series with bass-baritone Dashon Burton
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s 2024/25 Orchestral Series launches with TRAILBLAZERS: MARTÍN + BRAHMS + BURTON, featuring Music Director Jaime...
The London Philharmonic Orchestra with Randall Goosby at The Soraya
On Thursday night, you didn’t have to go to London to hear the London Philharmonic Orchestra. You didn’t even have to go to Walt Disney Concert...
A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham at the Carpenter Center
Returning to the Richard and Karen Carpenter Center on the campus of Cal State Long Beach for its fourth appearance, A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham will...
‘The Dance Floor Will Heal You’: CAP UCLA presents Jay Carlon’s ‘Wake’
Bringing concert dance onto the nightclub floor, the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA is presenting “Wake” for only one show, this...
LA Opera presents a cinematic Madame Butterfly
Puccini’s Madame Butterfly can never disappoint. It’s simply a masterpiece with exquisite music and one of the best tragic love stories....
Classical Nights at The Soraya
The Soraya presents two Classical Nights this fall featuring the London Philharmonic Orchestra and American violinist Randall Goosby in October and...