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The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

135 N. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90012

The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is a theatre in Los Angeles, CA.

Upcoming Shows

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Mar 31 – Apr 4, 2027

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns for the fourth year of its exclusive Southern California residency at The Music Center, under the leadership of Daria L. and Eric J. Wallach Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack. The company will perform a mixed repertory of classic and...

The Sleeping Beauty

Jun 24 – Jun 27, 2027

The Joffrey Ballet presents the West Coast Premiere of The Sleeping Beauty, spectacularly reimagined by two-time Tony Award winner Christopher Wheeldon, OBE, and performed with a live orchestra to Tchaikovsky's score. The classic fairy tale follows Princess Aurora, whose...

Don Quixote

Jul 15 – Jul 18, 2027

Compañía Nacional de Danza returns to The Music Center after 20 years with the North American Premiere of Don Quixote, choreographed by José Carlos Martínez, currently dance director of the Paris Opera Ballet, and performed to live music by Ludwig Minkus. Based on Miguel de...

Articles

Review: THE OUTSIDERS at Hollywood Pantages Theatre

Review: THE OUTSIDERS at Hollywood Pantages Theatre

by Andrew Child · October 2, 2026

A musical about disenfranchised teenage boys in warring gangs in the middle of the twentieth century has an impossibly high standard to measure up against in the department of subject matter.…

Review: South Coast Repertory Presents A Revamped INTO THE WOODS

Review: South Coast Repertory Presents A Revamped INTO THE WOODS

by Michael Quintos · October 1, 2026

To celebrate the musical's 40th anniversary, South Coast Reportory recreates INTO THE WOODS with a decisively different approach, one that both entices and, at times, triggers an uneasy vibe (at first) that seems to have permeated out from the show's darker second half. Admittedly, something felt of…

Review: THE PETERSON SHOW at Echo Theatre Company

Review: THE PETERSON SHOW at Echo Theatre Company

by Harker Jones · October 1, 2026

There are no easy answers here, but playwright Janine Nabers raises many questions. What happens when something outside your control forever taints your legacy? How to separate art from artist? How to hold someone accountable even when you love them?…

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Roger Rocka's Dinner Theater

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Roger Rocka's Dinner Theater

by Edmund Whelan · September 30, 2026

When the US airspace shut down after the attacks of 9/11, what happened to the planes already on their way? Hit Broadway musical Come From Away, penned by Canadian composer-lyricist couple Irene Sankoff and David Hein, recounts the story.…

Review: SPIDER’S WEB at Group Rep At Lonny Chapman Theatre

Review: SPIDER’S WEB at Group Rep At Lonny Chapman Theatre

by Harker Jones · September 30, 2026

Agatha Christie is perhaps the most successful and prolific mystery writer in history. Nicknamed the Queen of Crime, she wrote 66 detective novels and 14 short-story collections, introducing the world to household-name detectives like Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot.…

Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Delights at La Mirada Theatre

Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Delights at La Mirada Theatre

by Michael Quintos · September 27, 2026

The brand new McCoy Rigby Entertainment production of the cheeky, macabre classic musical LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS—now on stage through October 11, 2026 at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts—is quite possibly the most eye-popping, delightfully entertaining iteration of the stage show yo…

Review: BEGIN AGAIN at the Old Globe Theatre

Review: BEGIN AGAIN at the Old Globe Theatre

by Evan Henerson · September 25, 2026

Director Loren Latarro’s production is smooth and lovely, ablaze in song and possessed of some choice bites of visual dazzle that give the production its dreaminess.…

Review: Krysta Rodriguez Makes OC Cabaret Debut at Segerstrom Center

Review: Krysta Rodriguez Makes OC Cabaret Debut at Segerstrom Center

by Michael Quintos · September 22, 2026

To kick-off the 2026-2027 run of their often Broadway-centric Cabaret Series, Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa tapped not only a proven Broadway star, but an OC native, too for a triumphant homecoming concert: Krysta Rodriguez. Marking her Center cabaret debut, Rodriguez performed to rap…

Past Shows

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The Music Center’s Spotlight Virtual Grand Finale

The Music Center’s Spotlight Virtual Grand Finale

May 22

The Music Center has named 14 Grand Prize finalists from nearly 1,500 applicants in The Music Centers 33rd annual Spotlight (Spotlight) program, a free nationally acclaimed arts training and scholarship program for Southern California teens. The Music Center re-imagined...

61ST ANNUAL L.A. COUNTY HOLIDAY CELEBRATION

61ST ANNUAL L.A. COUNTY HOLIDAY CELEBRATION

Dec 24

The 61st Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration takes on a vibrant new format for 2020.Filmed on location at both The Music Centers Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and Jerry Moss Plaza and at sites around Los Angeles County, the beloved three-hour showcase of 22 L.A.-based artists...

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