Marc Stern News

Christopher Koelsch, the Sebastian Paul and Marybelle Musco President and CEO of LA Opera, has announced details for the company's 2026/27 season, which will launch on October 17, 2026.

Esa-Pekka Salonen will conduct the Colburn Orchestra in a special performance at UCLA's Royce Hall, featuring Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 and a world premiere.

Pittsburgh Public Theater is continuing to champion arts education and workforce development with a robust slate of programs designed to engage learners of all ages and backgrounds.

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills is announcing its 2025-2026 season led by performances of the Los Angeles premiere of the Atlantic Theater Company and Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway production of English by Sanaz Toossi (April 4 - 24, 2026).

LA Opera has announced details for the company's 40th anniversary season, which will launch on September 20, 2025. In his 20th season with the company—his final season as Music Director before becoming Conductor Laureate—James Conlon will conduct three of the five mainstage productions, with other mainstage performances led by Resident Conductor Lina González-Granados and by guest conductor Dalia Stasevska.

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (The Wallis) will hold The Wallis Delivers: A Benefit Evening to Support Wildfire Recovery on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at The Wallis, beginning at 6:00pm. The event is hosted by actor, producer, author, and activist Jane Fonda.  

HYPROV is returning with the 'Yes, It's Real” Tour, visiting 49 cities across North America beginning October 10 at the Hawaii Theatre Center in Honolulu.

Experience a staged reading of THE SMALLEST SOUND, IN THE SMALLEST SPACE at Lincoln Center on May 30th.

LA's Colburn School commences construction on its expansion project designed by renowned architect Gehry.

Learn who is taking part in CTG: The Gala 2024, featuring Lea Salonga and more. Learn how to purchase tickets.

James Conlon, Music Director of LA Opera since 2006, has announced that the 2025/26 season will be his final season as music director.

Colin Mochrie and Asad Mecci are taking HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis on the second leg of a 2023 North American tour, beginning in Clayton, North Carolina on September 7.

Center Theatre Group announces 'CTG: THE GALA 2024' featuring Matthew Bourne and Lea Salonga. Sir Matthew Bourne will be the inaugural artistic honoree at the gala event on Sunday, April 28, 2024.

LA Opera President and CEO Christopher Koelsch has announced details for the company's 39th season. Music Director James Conlon will conduct three of the five mainstage productions, with other mainstage performances led by Resident Conductor Lina González-Granados and by guest conductor Domingo Hindoyan.

This February and March, James Conlon directs and curates a series of performances and events across Los Angeles highlighting the music of William Grant Still and Alexander Zemlinsky around the momentous return of Conlon’s Recovered Voices initiative at LA Opera featuring the Los Angeles premiere of Still’s Highway 1, USA and the revival of Zemlinsky’s The Dwarf (Der Zwerg) from February 24 to March 17. 

Colin Mochrie and Asad Mecci are bringing their hit show HYPROV: IMPROV UNDER HYPNOSIS to CAA Theatre in April 2024. Don't miss this hilarious and mind-bending performance!

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts will present sweeping array of bold and diverse programming for the fall/winter of its 2023/2024 Season.

LA Opera has announced the 2023 recipients of the Eva and Marc Stern Artist Award: conductor Lina González-Granados and bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee.

Additional performers have joined the lineup for the 2023 Gala, “Light Up Los Angeles,” which is planned for April 15, 2023 at The Music Center. See who is starring, and learn how to purchase tickets!

Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre (Artistic Director Kira Simring) has announced their 2023 season, featuring a year of full productions, art exhibitions, developmental workshops, and over 30 resident artists.