Akram Khan Company presents its final touring production, a journey through tradition imagined as an annual gathering where past and present converge. The work is performed by the internationally renowned dance company known for pushing the boundaries of contemporary dance.
The second entry in a horror film trilogy by Los Angeles-based artist duo Beck+Col receives a screening accompanied by live performance elements followed by a Q&A. Starting as a traditional slasher set in suburbia, the film takes a psychedelic turn when one of the victims...
This ambient chamber opera transforms one of the 20th century's most powerful literary documents into a gripping theatrical experience. It is the inaugural presentation of CAP UCLA's multi-year opera initiative Far Away, Here, which focuses on U.S. premieres of contemporary...
Experimental pop artist SPELLLING hosts a live composition built from new and unreleased material performed with musicians responding in real time. The performance offers a rare glimpse into the moment when songs are born.
This world premiere punk operetta was written by Kathy Acker and the Mekons and stars Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre), Alice Bag, and Adele Bertei. The work follows a group of girls pursuing their pirate dreams as a means of escaping oppressive social structures and...
Celebrated violinist Jennifer Koh and Grammy-nominated composer-pianist Vijay Iyer explore loss, healing, and celebration in this new musical work. The collaboration brings together two of contemporary classical music's most distinctive voices.
The pioneering Kronos Quartet performs an all-Glass program on Philip Glass' 90th birthday, honoring one of the defining composers of our time. The evening spans his string quartets and film scores for Mishima and Dracula, among other works.
Grammy-winning percussion quartet Sō Percussion joins forces with Helado Negro and Kate Stables (This Is the Kit) for an adventurous collaboration of songs. The program moves between bilingual electronic folk, Latin-influenced grooves, alt-folk, and unexpected instrumental...
Award-winning choreographer Shamel Pitts presents a work of magical realism told through and featuring the viewpoints of six women. The piece continues his ongoing research exploring Black embodiment, aliveness, and human connection.
Grammy-nominated Indian singer and flautist Varijashree Venugopal explores the musical inspirations that have shaped her 30-year journey. The performance blends South Indian Carnatic traditions with harmonies, synth soundscapes, and bass-driven experimentation.
Political and politically motivated, this quintet of characters offers a blistering two-hour presentation on how extremist religious views can warp minds, even that of intellectuals. It’s a smart, timely, and timeless script that is both illuminating and alarming.…
The world of Barry Edelstein’s high octane spin on MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at the Old Globe Theater is much of a much, containing much of just about everything...Of Shakespeare’s comedies, Edelstein’s cast, crew and musicians have worked awfully hard to make this merry.…
Based on characters in Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula: The Musical, with a score by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics/book by Christopher Hampton and Don Black, will no doubt attract fans of the genre and its well-known characters to see Justin Meyers bring his terrifyingly horrific yet totally mesmerizing im…
Like the playwright, several of these company members are themselves proud Topangans. Performing as they are in the center of town, in quite literally the House that Geer Built, you’ve got to figure that they have a nightly audience who will get all the hippy in-jokes.…
Puppet Up!'s motley crew of Jim Henson puppets are as raw and funny as you can get...if you're willing.…
Here are my interviews with director Melissa Chalsma, composer David Melville, and actor Carene Rose Mekertichyan on COMEDY OF ERRORS presented by Independent Shakespeare Company outdoors in Griffith Park this summer.…
All in all, Lakefront offers a very enjoyable two-hour romantic journey guaranteed to keep you laughing and rooting for these lost and lonely souls looking for their soulmate.…
Focusing on four lonely people in Southern California, it dramatizes the ever-shifting facets of our relationships as we struggle to be vulnerable and honest with others and ourselves.…
Beautifully and tenderly directed by Matthew McCray, this ferociously performed and often visually hypnotic intimate production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical is such a pleasant surprise, instantly becoming one of Chance Theater's most piercingly emotional new musicals it has ever produc…
Applause has too much heart and is simply too much fun to be bogged down by its shortcomings, so audiences should take advantage of catching this gem while they can.…
Future Visions is a celebration of emerging YoungArts filmmakers, showcasing their artistry in storytelling through a series of short films. Hosted by Academy Award-winner Tarell Alvin McCraney, the event features works by Paulis Cofresi, Tangier Dortch, Nathan Ginter, Thomas...
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Good Night, Oscar North Coast Repertory (9/16-10/11) |
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6 Out of 10 Theatre 68 (8/20-8/20) |
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Catch Me If You Can Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age The Soraya (10/11-10/11) |
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John Lloyd Young Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/21-8/22) |
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Love, Loss and What I Wore Sawyer's Playhouse (8/08-8/30) |
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Melt : The Play The Marilyn Theatre at the Lee Strasberg Institute (9/24-10/02) |
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Our Man in Santiago by Mark Wilding Odyssey Theatre Ensemble (9/10-9/20) |
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Closing Costs Gil Cates Theater (3/31-5/02) |
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What the Constitution Means to Me George Nakano Theatre (1/08-1/10) |
