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Four alumni of the LA Phil's Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA) program are traveling to Mexico City this week to participate in 'Encounters/Encuentros,' a four-day intensive art and citizenship workshop for young musicians from across the Americas.

The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica presents Bedlam, the acclaimed New York based theatre company, with a fresh kinetic look at two plays with four actors, playing 49 characters in William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw's most famous creations, side by side, Hamlet and Saint Joan, in

A reimagined, revitalized production of Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning playwright Neil Simon's classic Laughter on the 23rd Floor marks the final production in the nonprofit's 4-Play Inaugural Season.

Casting is set for the Playwrights' Arena production of "Bloodletting," which Center Theatre Group" is remounting at the Kirk Douglas Theatre as part of the second annual Block Party: Celebrating Los Angeles Theatre.

American baritone Nathan Gunn and pianist Julie Gunn, partners in life and often on stage, will make their debut at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in an evening of cabaret by iconic composers ranging from Leonard Bernstein and Cole Porter to Billy Joel and Tom Waits.

So many fans know Del Shores as a prolific playwright and screenwriter, and film director and producer they forget he's also a character actor.

The Verdi Chorus celebrates its 35th anniversary with its Spring 2018 concert The Force of Destiny for two performances only at the First United Methodist Church in Santa Monica on April 28 and 29 led by Founding Artistic Director Anne Marie Ketchum.

It can be a wonderful adventure to watch two people falling in love, particularly when they themselves don't realize it's happening.

" Damn Yankees, " the Broadway mega - hit and winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, slides into Claremont March 14 to open IVRT's 2018 season of plays and musicals at th the Candlelight Pavilion.

An early spring night is haunted by the sound of thunderstorm, over which roars the sound of a charging vehicle.

The Boys of Summer kick off 'Never-Ending 2018 Tour' at popular Northern California live music venue Silo's, 530 Main Street (in the heart of California's Wine Country), Friday, March 16.

Jeffrey Kahane makes his first appearance in his new role as Conductor Laureate of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) with the West Coast premiere of Pierre Jalbert's Violin Concerto, featuring LACO Concertmaster Margaret Batjer, on Saturday, March 17, 8 pm, at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, and Su

The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus' 40th Season Crescendo Gala Fundraiser - The highly-anticipated Crescendo Gala took place on Saturday, February 24, 2018, at The Fairmont San Francisco.

Violinist Simone Porter has been recognized as an emerging artist of impassioned energy, musical integrity and vibrant sound.

Revenant Stage Club presents Proof, David Auburn's Pulitzer-Prize/Tony Award-winning play about fathers and daughters, the nature of genius, and the power of love.

Curated by Performances a la Carte, Jazz 'n Paz is back with their spring intimate jazz series of three concerts with some of Los Angeles' finest jazz musicians.

The Music Center named 113 of Southern California's most talented high school students as semifinalists in The Music Center's 30th annual Spotlight (Spotlight) program, a free nationally-acclaimed scholarship and arts training program for teens.

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Celebration, under the artistic direction of Michael Matthews & Michael A.

Going on over three years of their witty, rowdy and hilarious monthly improv show, LPNSImprov takes the stage with MAKIN' A MOVIE: The MaD JaCKRaTS in The Mad Shake Your Shamrock Show on Sunday March 18th at 7:30pm at Theater 68 (5112 Lankershim Blvd.

Celebration, under the artistic direction of Michael Matthews & Michael A.

Following a critically acclaimed run in New Orleans, Keith Moon: The Real Me will arrive at the Hudson Theatre Mainstage in Hollywood on Friday, March 23 for a limited four-week engagement.

What does the story of Passover mean to eleven California women artists? A new group show at The Gallery@The Braid, home of Jewish Women's Theatre (JWT) in Santa Monica, answers that question through painting, sculpture, photography, textile design and ceramics, beginning on March 10.

In partnership with The Music Center of Los Angeles, more than 40 Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) Commercial Dance and Classical & Contemporary Dance students will receive instruction from Nicolas Blanc.

Theater's next generation of actors will come from all over the globe, to be certain, but one might find an impressive concentration of artists on the campus of the University of Southern California, where the list of candidates for the Master of Fine Arts in acting rivals any group to be found anyw