Saxophone virtuoso and widely lauded bandleader Kamasi Washington introduced hip-hop audiences to the lineage of spiritual jazz and hard bop with 2015s The Epic and 2018s Heaven and Earth, heralded as some of the best music of the 2010s by The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Vice, Stereogum, and many more. An artist whose multidisciplinary work has garnered him Grammy and Emmy nominations, spots at Sundance Film Festival and the Whitney Biennial, and the inaugural American Music Prize, hes been called one of todays more popular musicians of any kind, as well as an ambassador for Los Angeless thriving scene by The New York Times. Earl Sweatshirt is the virtuosic byproduct of Los Angeles fertile ground, where hip-hop sowed its seeds and historic cultural movements were born. The prodigiously gifted writer, lyricist, and producer grew from the zeitgeist from which contemporary collectives in hip-hop today were predicated. And while most movements become fleeting as soon as they arrive, Earl pushed forward, documented his growth and self-discovery on record, and cemented himself as one of the foremost culturally relevant MCs in the gameone who never strayed too far away from his Los Angeles beat-scene roots. His debut album Doris arrived in 2013 and introduced the world to a more realized vision than his seminal mixtape Earl, which was released three years prior when he was just 16 years old. He followed Doris with the critically lauded I Dont Like Shit, I Dont Go Outside in 2015, further exploring the depth of his technical dexterity with more swagger than he had on prior releases. Three years later, in 2018, he released Some Rap Songs, the tightly wrought album that found a more self-aware and mature Earl present in his reflections on being in the public eye since he was a teenager, coupled with his reconciling with the death of his father. Enter Feet of Clay, the conceptual 2019 project that continues the written narrative of Earls life in todays societal landscape and worldview in real time.
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The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association has announced its 2021 summer season at the Hollywood Bowl, marking its long-awaited return to the iconic venue following the cancellation of its 2020 summer season. Following the latest public health and reopening guidelines from Los Angeles County, the LA Phil will offer more than 50 performances.
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FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Sally Field Performing Arts Center (6/1 - 6/9) | ||
Jelly's Last Jam
Pasadena Playhouse (5/29 - 6/23) | ||
space exploration because SPACE EXPLORATION because sPaCe eXpLoRaTiOn!!!
Madnani Theater (6/10 - 6/30)
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Change The Game
McCadden (6/9 - 6/16) NEW MUSICAL
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FRIDA-Stroke of Passion- IMMERSIVE
CASA 0101 theater (5/31 - 6/9) LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN
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Project 24- Short Play Festival
The Actor’s Group (TAG Studio) (6/7 - 6/9) | ||
Tootsie The Musical
Desert Theatreworks (3/7 - 3/30) | ||
Aleichem Sholom – the Wit and Wisdom of Sholom Aleichem
The Other Space at Santa Monica Playhouse (6/8 - 6/23) | ||
(In)tolerant
Jaxx Theatre (6/11 - 6/23) | ||
The Cookout featuring Hot Coffee & Series Finale
The Broadwater Second Stage (1/26 - 10/25) | ||
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