by Michael Quintos - February 20, 2026
Initially billed as a show that was 'lovingly ripped off' from the 1975 cult classic film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the Tony Award–winning 2005 Broadway musical comedy MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT™ gleefully gallops back onto the stage in a brand new production with its signature coconut-clack...
by Michael Quintos - February 17, 2026
Directed by James Vásquez with musical direction by Ryan O'Connell and choreography by Shani Talmor, this remarkably solid new production of the 1965 Tony Award winner boasts haunting visuals and superb performances from its assembled ensemble, led by a trio of excellent leads that offer three dist...
by Michael Quintos - February 10, 2026
Wildly surprising and deliciously savage, Yasmina Reza's machete-edged 2006 dark comedy GOD OF CARNAGE—here directed by Marco Barricelli and continues performances at OC's South Coast Repertory through March 21, 2026—has to be one of the most ferocious dissections of modern-day performative civi...
by Michael Quintos - February 05, 2026
In what is clearly proving to be the must-see stage production of the new year so far here in Southern California, McCoy Rigby Entertainment's stunning new production of the 1979 Tony Award-winning classic SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET—now playing a limited engagement at the La Mi...
by Michael Quintos - January 29, 2026
Adapted from Nicholas Sparks' ubiquitous 1996 novel (and its popular 2004 film iteration featuring Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling), THE NOTEBOOK - THE MUSICAL re-stages a generational love story into a quietly sweeping, memory-fractured stage romance that subtly promotes emotional accumulation over...
by Michael Quintos - January 18, 2026
If the longevity of a Broadway classic is judged by its ability to reflect both its historical significance and its present existence in popular culture, this new revival of THE WIZ is somehow caught somewhere between reverence and reinvention....
Past Shows
Lahav Shani leads a musical program of prayer, passion, and remembrance. The evening features IPO’s principal cellist Haran Meltzer performing Bruch’s Kol Nidrei and principal flutist Guy Eshed performing...
Audiences are in for a treat when the Vienna Philharmonic performs concert number two! Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the exuberant Symphony No. 4 by Schubert. Dvoák’s...
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Vienna Philharmonic and three-time Grammy Award-winner Yefim Bronfman in Beethoven’s gorgeously composed and beloved third piano concerto. Plus, a thrilling performance of...
Sir Antonio Pappano, Musical America's 2024 Conductor of the Year, leads a breathtaking program of lyrical might! Winner of the 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano...
In “Warabe,” Kodo looks to its classic repertoire and aesthetics from the ensemble’s early days. This production blends simple forms of taiko expression that celebrate...
Itzhak Perlman, reigning virtuoso of the violin, presents his collection of traditional klezmer music, In the Fiddler’s House. Released more than 25 years ago, the album...
PROGRAMThe Spirit of the SeasonA special evening awaits audiences with a performance by a cappella sensation, Voctave. Known for their harmonies and vocal versatility, the 11-member...
PROGRAMCOUNTERPOINT(Selections)TAO:Concerto for Piano and Chamber EnsembleGERSHWIN:Rhapsody in BlueWith its opening clarinet glissando, bluesy piano riffs, and syncopated rhythms, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue quickly became an American masterpiece and...
PROGRAM:TARTINI (arr. Kreisler): Sonata in G minor “Devil’s Trill” BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2 J.S. BACH: Partita No. 3 in E major for...
PROGRAM:Tania LEÓN: Raíces (Origins) SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor, Op. 77TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36Pre-concert lecture at 7pm, lecturer TBALed by principal conductor Edward...
PROGRAM:BEETHOVEN:Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, "Emperor"DVOÁK:Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World"Pre-concert lecture at 7pm by KUSC's Brian...
Friday, October 27, 2023, 8pmFEATURED PERFORMERS:Alexander Malofeev, pianoPROGRAM:HANDEL: Suite in B-flat major, HWV 434PURCELL: Ground in C minor, ZD 221Georg MUFFAT: Passacaglia in G minor from "Apparatus musico-organisticus"BACH-FEINBERG: Concerto for...
FEATURED PERFORMERSPablo Sáinz-Villegas, guitarIsabel Leonard, mezzo-sopranoPROGRAMBIZET: Près des remparts de SévillefromCarmenMOZART: Voi che sapetefromLe nozze di Figaro OFFENBACH: Tu n’es pas beau, tu n’es pas richefromLa PéricholeROSSINI: Canzonetta SpagnuolaTÁRREGA: Recuerdos de la Alhambra(solo...
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