The internationally acclaimed Compagnie Hervé Koubi makes its long-awaited Los Angeles Premiere at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. For three nights only, February 19, 20, and 21, 2026, the...
Sweeney Todd is my favorite musical. I’ve seen it onstage several times, watched the film, enjoyed a cast recording (Cerveris/LuPone), and loved the Angela Lansbury/George Hearn version blessedly preserved on...
Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles (PAC LA), with the support of Eastman Museum Los Angeles, presents Women Curators, the final event in its Year of the Woman series, on Monday, March 2, 2026, at 7:00pm...
When I first read about the subject of Robert Axelrod’s Lifeline, I thought it was going to be about the stress of working at a suicide hotline center and was expecting it to be a very depressing experience...
The Monkey’s Paw story trope remains one of the most adaptable and enduring narrative devices in literature and film. Its core premise revolves around an object (originally an actual mummified monkey’s paw) that...
The Chromolume Theatre has announced its 2026 season of musicals at The Zephyr on Melrose in Los Angeles. Themed as a season of identify and expression, it will kick off in March with The Color Purple, the powerful...
Following a triple extended engagement in New York, a box office record-breaking two-week run in Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, and a six-week London run—which Dame Judi Dench called ‘Spectacular’—Tony Award-nominated...
In Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus, the stage is set for a riveting rivalry between two composers: Antonio Salieri, the court’s celebrated musician, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the vulgar prodigy whose brilliance threatens...
Terry Morgan gives a wrap up of the best theatre productions of the past year. There was a nice mix of shows in 2025, from a huge play that ran for months to tiny productions that rewarded the lucky few who saw...
When a play rolls into town promoting itself as the most Tony Award-nominated play in history, and the winner of Best Play and other awards, it creates high expectations. Which is fine, especially when those claims are...
Those clowns of The Troubadour Theater Company are back with their wacky antics, returning to the stage with one of their most explosive Holiday productions, Die Heart: The Director’s Cut. The comedy musical live show...
Wordless Music and Sister Midnight, in collaboration with KCRW, announce a year-long series of screenings with live film scores featuring four landmark A24 titles, presented as a singular convergence of cinema...
The Los Angeles and Off-Broadway New York sensation, described as a one-of-a-kind, cult hit stage show, Santasia is a hilarious sketch comedy and musical combo that embraces the iconic moments of the Christmas season...
Vive la France! Possibly one of the most romantic and beloved operas of all time, Giacomo Puccini’s grand Parisian romance La Bohème is once again given the classic treatment in LA Opera’s revival production...
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