Lou Spisto News

Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles will celebrate LGBT Pride Month with the Los Angeles premiere of Disney PRIDE in Concert, a show that features 200 Chorus members performing nearly 50 classic Disney songs with a 25-piece orchestra and stunning video projections.

Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles will celebrate Women’s History Month with I’m with Her featuring Special Guest Artist, Tony Award nominee Mary Bridget Davies (Broadway’s and Pasadena Playhouse’s A Night with Janis Joplin). GMCLA’s Music Director & Conductor Ernest H. Harrison conducts the second concert of GMCLA’s Season 44.

Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles has announced R&B and pop artist Shanice as Guest Artist for A Motown Holiday, which kicks off GMCLA’s Season 44.

Pasadena Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Danny Feldman announced the latest news for the theater’s upcoming six-month-long celebration of the works and impact of Stephen Sondheim January 26 through June 11, 2023. 

Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles has  announced a major grant from the Perenchio Foundation, one of the largest and most significant institutions supporting the arts community in this region. The $348,000, three-year operating grant recognizes GMCLA's organizational success of the last several years, and GMCLA's 44-year history of music and service.

Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles has announced its Season 44, which celebrates Motown, women, and the music of Disney.

Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles has announcef its extraordinary Season 44, which celebrates Motown, women, and the music of Disney. GMCLA is thrilled to return to Glendale's Alex Theatre for the first two concerts of the season, starting with an all-new wintertime tradition: A Motown Holiday, featuring beloved hit songs from Motown legends.

Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles announced today that its season will conclude with A Salute to Sondheim, featuring special guest artist John Holiday (NBC’s The Voice and Matthew Aucoin’s Eurydice at The Metropolitan Opera).

GMCLA's next long-anticipated event, QUEEN of the night, featuring the greatest hits from the critically acclaimed legendary rock band Queen, mixed with opera and high-energy dance numbers performed by the Chorus, live, in-person at UCLA Royce Hall on Saturday, April 2 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, April 3 at 2:00 p.m. To find out more about the production, I spoke with GMCLA Executive Director & Producer Lou Spisto about the creation of this special event concert

Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA) announced today that “America’s Got Talent” breakout star Brian Justin Crum (Broadway’s Wicked and Next to Normal) and LA Opera’s rising star Alaysha Fox (LA Opera’s Aida) will be special guest stars for QUEEN of the night, featuring the greatest hits from the critically acclaimed, legendary band Queen.

Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles will present QUEEN of the night, featuring the greatest hits from the critically acclaimed legendary band Queen. This long-awaited rock extravaganza is mixed with opera and high-energy dance numbers performed by the Chorus.

Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA) proudly presents A HOLIDAY HOMECOMING, marking its return to live, in-person concerts after a two-year pandemic hiatus. This Los Angeles holiday tradition kicks off GMCLA’s Season 43 at UCLA’s Royce Hall for two concerts only: Saturday, December 11 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, December 12 at 2:00 p.m.

Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles has announced its new season line-up today, and the return to live, in-person concerts after a nearly two-year pandemic halt.

Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA) will hold its fundraiser GMCLA’s GALA 2021 August 14, 2021. The GALA will be streamed live from the Toluca Lake home of GMCLA Board Members Greg Weaver and Haig Youredjian, with a limited number of donors attending. Hosted by Kalen Allen, the GALA will be honoring Dr. Jerry Abraham with GMCLA’s annual Voice Award. Had the chance to query Greg on his history with GMCLA.

On Saturday, March 20 at 8:00 pm, almost a year after it was to perform a program titled The California Sound onstage at Alex Theatre in Glendale, GMCLA will stream this love letter to California and its musical heritage.

As people across the globe join together to express their love and concern for our planet on Earth Day, members of Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles, led by Music Director & Conductor, Ernest H. Harrison, have created a virtual performance of EARTH SONG, by renowned USC composer, Dr. Frank Ticheli.

Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles' recent performance on The Film Independent Spirit Awards of Gay Spirit Song, viewed over 7 million times online, has just been released in a new Dance version. GMCLA's new Music Director & Conductor Ernest H. Harrison and thirty GMCLA members went back into the studio to work with the song's original composer Greg O'Connor along with GMCLA member Quinn Coleman and the Perry Twins, known for some of the best dance tracks in clubs today, to create this version as a fundraiser for GMCLA: gmcla.com/gayspirit. 

Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA), one of the country's longest-running and largest LGBTQ arts organizations, announced today that Ernest H. Harrison, a conductor, singer, and educator, has been appointed Music Director & Conductor.  

Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA), one of the country's longest-running and largest LGBTQ arts organizations, today announced its SEASON 41 Concerts, to be held at the Alex Theatre in Glendale and Walt Disney Concert Hall.    

We are super excited about this episode! Lara and Will are joined in studio with 567 Broadway creator and friend of the pod Joseph Corella to discuss Will and Joseph's night at the Hollywood Bowl seeing opening night of the star studded three-day run of Into The Woods.