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MUSE/IQUE presents “Defiantly Joni” at the Taper

Once again, Artistic and Music Director of MUSE/IQUE Rachael Worby took us on a musical journey, tracing the life and career of artist Joni Mitchell. Renowned as a singer songwriter, Mitchell’s wistful...

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New York City Ballet – a celebrated return to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Back in Los Angeles for the first time in 22 years, New York City Ballet made a celebrated return to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion with two distinctly different mixed-repertory programs. Together, they...

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Dances With Films World Premiere Review: ‘Tender’

“Be careful what you wish for” is the adage that rings true in Adam Hoelzel's clever psychological drama.

Kurt Gardner

The Roots Picnic Experience at the Bowl – reviewed

The Roots Picnic Experience is now one of the Hollywood Bowl’s Greatest Summer Traditions Three summers ago, in 2024, I reviewed The Roots Picnic—an all-star celebration of hip-hop—and ended with...

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Sophocles’ “Antigone” set to resurrect historic Theosophy Hall DTLA

An emerging theater company, Bebelos Players, is breathing new life into the century-old Theosophy Hall with a new production of Sophocles’ timeless tragedy Antigone. The recently formed grassroots theater collective...

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Set sail for “Treasure Island” at Theatricum Botanicum

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MUSE/IQUE Celebrates a Fearless Original with “Defiantly Joni”

A powerful musical journey into the life, artistry, and influence of Joni Mitchell comes to the Mark Taper Forum this July This summer, MUSE/IQUE invites audiences to experience the story of one of music’s most...

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Shakespeare by the Sea Announces its 2026 Summer Season with a Powerful New Production of Macbeth

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Voices from the Fringe: Mandy Rubeli

Rubeli's play, 'Dinosaurs' encores at HFF26 before heading out to Edinburgh.

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PAC LA presents “Photography Meets Sculpture” with Eve Schillo

PAC LA Brings Photography and Sculpture Into Focus with Special Preview by LACMA Curator Eve Schillo The boundaries between photography and sculpture are more fluid than ever, and on June 10, art enthusiasts will have a...

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Ruskin presents “Grangeville” – reviewed

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Nick Jonas talks about starring in “Power Ballad”

In filmmaker John Carney’s new dramedy Power Ballad a struggling songwriter and a fading pop star (Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas) turn a chance meeting into a runaway hit song – but whose song is it really...

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Eboni Booth’s “Primary Trust” reviewed

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Fiery “Hell’s Kitchen” musical comes to the Pantages

The multi–Tony Award-nominated (with two wins) musical Hell’s Kitchen has arrived at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre with all the energy, heart, and musical fire one would expect from a production shaped by...

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Black Photography Art Talks at the Getty in June

Two upcoming literary Black photography art talk events are happening next weekend, on June 5 and 7, at the Getty Center that focus on race, science, health, history, and artistry. Pictured above: Come all the...

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Skirball’s Three New Exhibitions for Spring 2026

The Skirball’s three new spring exhibitions arrive not as a neatly unified curatorial statement, but as something far more compelling: a meditation on the many ways culture is made, inherited, challenged, and renewed...

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Poetry-Art Installation “If These Stalls Could Talk” opens at The Music Center

Newly installed Poet Laureate of Los Angeles Brian Sonia-Wallace today announced an art installation If These Stalls Could Talk, which will be available on Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center in Downtown Los Angeles...

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Live tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto

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Ionesco’s “Exit the King” at ANW

“Why was I born if it wasn’t forever?” In case anyone is ever in need of a reminder of their mortality, Eugène Ionesco’s 1962 play, Exit the King, has helpfully been provided to the world as a reminder. It’s a...

Terry Morgan

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MUSE/IQUE presents “Defiantly Joni” at the Taper

New York City Ballet – a celebrated return to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Dances With Films World Premiere Review: ‘Tender’

The Roots Picnic Experience at the Bowl – reviewed

This week's newest

Sophocles’ “Antigone” set to resurrect historic Theosophy Hall DTLA

Set sail for “Treasure Island” at Theatricum Botanicum

MUSE/IQUE Celebrates a Fearless Original with “Defiantly Joni”

Shakespeare by the Sea Announces its 2026 Summer Season with a Powerful New Production of Macbeth

Voices from the Fringe: Mandy Rubeli

PAC LA presents “Photography Meets Sculpture” with Eve Schillo

Ruskin presents “Grangeville” – reviewed

Nick Jonas talks about starring in “Power Ballad”

Eboni Booth’s “Primary Trust” reviewed

Fiery “Hell’s Kitchen” musical comes to the Pantages

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Black Photography Art Talks at the Getty in June

Skirball’s Three New Exhibitions for Spring 2026

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