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Interview: Carla Ching on the World Premiere of her Play REVENGE PORN OR THE STORY OF A BODY
by Shari Barrett - September 23, 2022
Carla Ching is among the first three recipients to win the Los Angeles New Play Project Award, which supports playwriting and producing in smaller Los Angeles theaters. Her new play, Revenge Porn or the Story of a Body, opening September 23 at The Pico, directed by Bernardo Cubría for Ammunition Th...
Ammunition Theatre Company Presents Carla Ching's New Play
REVENGE PORN OR THE STORY OF A BODY
by Stephi Wild - September 23, 2022
Winner of the first Los Angeles New Play Project Award, Carla Ching's Revenge Porn or The Story of a Body” makes its world premiere on Friday, September 23, 2022 at The Pico. Directed by Bernardo Cubría for Ammunition Theatre Company where it was part of the 2021 Ammo Writers' Lab, the play takes...
Sofie Royer Releases New Track 'Klein-Marx'
by Michael Major - August 31, 2022
“Klein-Marx” is the latest track from the record, performed in Sofie’s native German, and released alongside a video by director Jasmin Baumgartner and Sofie. The song is named after the Klein-Marx bridge – or Klein-Marxer-Brücke – that Sofie passes regularly on the way to art school in h...
Grand Performances Announces Rafael González As Its New President & CEO
by A.A. Cristi - August 25, 2022
Grand Performances, the longest-running presenter of free concerts in downtown Los Angeles, today announced the appointment of Rafael González as President & CEO. Recognized as a leader in community development, strategic partnerships, and social impact, González served as Interim President and CE...
Sofie Royer Announces Album 'Harlequin'
by Michael Major - July 26, 2022
Harlequin is the new album by the multi-hyphenate artist and singer-songwriter Sofie Royer on Stones Throw. Harlequin showcases the Viennese—and former-Los Angeleno—musician’s passion for her native city’s opera and ballet traditions as well as the baroque lyricism of cabaret, medieval perfo...
The RCM Announces Spring/Summer Concerts Lineup
by A.A. Cristi - April 19, 2022
The RCM has announced its lineup of concerts from May through August, including Live Life Now, Live Music Again @ Koerner Hall, two formidable cellists with two formidable pianists in one weekend Sheku Kanneh Mason with Isata Kanneh Mason Gautier Capuçon with Jean-Yves Thibaudet/ Other classical co...
Pellas Gallery to Host PunkMeTender Solo Show
by Stephi Wild - April 15, 2022
Pellas Gallery located on Newbury Street in Boston, MA today announced it will be hosting a solo show with artwork by PunkMeTender called Voyage d’Ulysse from April 29 - June 18, 2022. The show will exhibit a variety of pieces from the Parisian-turned-Angeleno artist’s repertoire of work in...
Chandler Center for the Arts Announces Initial Shows for 2022/23 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 29, 2022
Chandler Center for the Arts has announced its initial shows for the 2022/23 Season. Advanced tickets are on sale to Members of the Chandler Center for the Arts ($50 and above) through April 28, with individual tickets going on sale on various dates in April and May....
LA Opera Announces Details Of 2022/23 Season
by Stephi Wild - February 07, 2022
Music Director James Conlon will conduct three mainstage productions and Colombian-American conductor Lina González-Granados will make her company debut as Resident Conductor, the first Latina to hold a high-ranking conducting position with a major U.S. opera company. ...
BWW Interview: Playwright/Director Sharon Yablon of A GARDEN OF TERRIBLE BLOOMS
by Shari Barrett - February 02, 2022
Interview with award-winning playwright/director Sharon Yablon whose love of surrealism, noir and the darker side of Los Angeles led to the creation of A GARDEN OF TERRIBLE BLOOMS, which offers a dreamlike tour of short plays led by characters through a city that is vanishing, even as they move thro...
The Music Center Names Shelby D. Boagni To New Position Of Senior Vice President Of People & Culture
by A.A. Cristi - January 07, 2022
The Music Center today announced that Shelby D. Boagni, SHRM-SCP will join the Los Angeles County performing arts center in a newly created role of senior vice president of people and culture. ...
The Music Center Partners with Specialty Coffee House Sip & Sonder and Iconic Burger Joint Carney's
by A.A. Cristi - November 03, 2021
The Music Center today announced new partnerships with two well-known Los Angeles dining establishments as part of its plan to reimagine dining options on its campus. ...
Roxane Gay, Ty Defoe, Raja Feather Kelly & More to be Feature in Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Inaugural Quills Fest
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 02, 2021
Oregon Shakespeare Festival, in partnership with Artizen and Museum of Other Realities, will present the first-ever Quills Fest, an annual two-day immersive digital festival at the intersection of live theatre and Extended Reality....
New Opera West Announces 2021/22 Season
by BWW Staff - November 02, 2021
New Opera West has announced its lineup for the 2021/22 season. Learn more about the full lineup here!...
SLAVE PLAY Reinstated to Center Theatre Group's 2021- 2022 Season
by A.A. Cristi - October 12, 2021
Playwright Jeremy O. Harris' has announced that his Tony-nominated hit Slave Play will once again arrive on the west coast next year as a part of Center Theatre Group's new season....
Jeremy O. Harris Withdraws SLAVE PLAY from CTG Season of Disproportionately Male Playwrights; CTG Responds
by Nicole Rosky - October 05, 2021
Playwright Jeremy O. Harris' Tony-nominated Slave Play was set to arrive on the west coast next year as a part of Center Theatre Group's new season; however, the show may not run as planned. Harris writes in a tweet today that he is withdrawing the play from the season to make room for works from y...
The Music Center And Levy Announce Partnership With Chef Ray Garcia
by A.A. Cristi - September 29, 2021
The Music Center and Levy announced a new partnership with acclaimed chef and native Angeleno Ray Garcia to create a new dining concept for the anchor restaurant space located in The Music Center's Walt Disney Concert Hall on Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles. Today's announcement marks the intro...
Beck Announced At The Ford, September 28
by A.A. Cristi - September 16, 2021
On Tuesday, September 28, the born-and-raised Angeleno will bring decades of hits to The Ford’s stage for one special night. ...
BWW Interview: Multi-Medium Writer Gary Goldstein, Now Published Novelist
by Gil Kaan - August 26, 2021
A working writer in stage, screen and newsprint, Gary Goldstein just had his first novel The Last Birthday Party published and available to all. Gary managed to carve out some time from prepping his upcoming Book Soup podcast to answer a few of my queries....
The Music Center Launches Summer SoundWaves
by A.A. Cristi - July 29, 2021
Summertime fun continues as The Music Center launches The Music Center's Summer SoundWaves, a new outdoor music series that will take place on its Jerry Moss Plaza on two Saturday nights, August 21 and September 4, 2021. ...
The Music Center Enters Into Long-Term Agreement to Operate and Program Grand Park
by A.A. Cristi - July 01, 2021
The Music Center today announced it has entered into a new 30-year Operating Agreement with the County of Los Angeles for the operation, maintenance and programming of Grand Park, the 12-acre park that opened in 2012, bringing life and green space to the Civic Center....
A Noise Within Announces New Board Members
by A.A. Cristi - July 01, 2021
A Noise Within, California's acclaimed classic theatre company, announces that four members of the Los Angeles community will join the ANW Board of Directors. Randi Tahara, Susan Toler Carr, Veralyn Jones, and Alan Blumenfeld bring a wide range of experience and expertise along with diverse p...
Dramatists Guild Announces 2021 Horton Foote Award Recipients
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 04, 2021
The Dramatists Guild of America has announced they will present the 2021 Horton Foote Playwriting Award to five amazing playwrights – Carla Ching, Kia Corthron, Aleshea Harris, Donja R. Love, and Mfoniso Udofia - at the Dramatists Guild’s awards presentations later this summer. ...
The Music Center and Dublab Select 71 Films as Top Submissions From A QUIET SCENE: L.A.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 17, 2021
The Music Center and non-profit radio station dublab announced today the 71 “Best Films” and “Official Selections” awardees of A Quiet Scene: L.A., a free film competition and screening initiative that was launched in January 2021....
4th Annual Garry Marshall Theatre New Works Festival Seeks Submissions
by Stephi Wild - March 17, 2021
Garry Marshall Theatre (GMT) is now accepting submissions for its fourth annual New Works Festival to be held virtually September 24-26, 2021....
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