Wednesday, May 12, 2021
L.A. Opera moves its outdoor "Oedipus Rex" into the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, making it the first major L.A. arts group to stage an indoor show.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:15AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Angélique Kidjo, Wayne Shorter, Esperanza Spalding and Frank Gehry power artistic partnerships shaping a new direction, the Santa Monica company says.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:51PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Center Theatre Group will reopen after 20 months of pandemic closure. The lineup includes 'Dear Evan Hansen,' 'Hadestown,' 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie.'
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:49PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 8, 2021
What will the first shows at the Music Center look like? Imagine family pods, outdoors, with masks. Lineup includes ABT, Paul Taylor and Alonzo King.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:03PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 7, 2021
The gift from Terri and Jerry Kohl will help L.A. Opera stage its first major production since the pandemic began: an outdoor show coming in summer.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:46PM[SHARE]Long-shuttered theater companies, music groups and others were shocked Tuesday by plans for full reopening by mid-June. How realistic is the timeline?
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:47AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 6, 2021
The 46-year-old theater association collapses after more than 50 members pull out. Critics say Ovation Awards mistakes reflect long-standing problems.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:37AM[SHARE]Friday, April 2, 2021
Ovation Award organizers mistake nominee Jully Lee for a different Asian actor. In protest, the city's largest theaters pull out of the L.A. Stage Alliance.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:44AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Newly issued guidelines make live theater and music possible in pop-up outdoor venues beginning April 1. Here's what that will look like.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:50PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 25, 2021
Theaters and other arts groups big and small scramble to make COVID-safe plans, but in many cases the rules are still murky.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:09AM[SHARE]Saturday, March 13, 2021
Indoor theater will remain closed even as counties move from red to orange to yellow tier, and the state spells out capacity limits for outdoor stages.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:08AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 11, 2021
She performed with Lizzo and Titus Burgess and got hired for a Broadway musical, but then came COVID-19. Kyra Sims joins classical musicians from both coasts sharing their stories of struggl…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:39PM[SHARE]Corinne Olsen, a gig artist who's part of L.A.'s so-called Freeway Philharmonic, talks about the tough choices facing cash-strapped musicians. She's one of 11 voices from both coasts sharing…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:39PM[SHARE]Violinist Melissa Tong landed her dream job playing a Broadway musical when the pandemic became the ultimate showstopper. She's one of 11 classical musicians from both coasts sharing their s…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:39PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 9, 2021
The Fountain in East Hollywood will mount Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' acclaimed satire 'An Octoroon' on an outdoor stage. Target opening: June.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:55PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 18, 2021
Gail Samuel, president of the Hollywood Bowl and chief operating officer of the L.A. Phil, will be the first female leader of the 140-year-old BSO.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 17, 2021
S.F. Opera bets on spring to launch drive-in performances, including a new 'Barber of Seville.' But San Franciscans will have to cross the Golden Gate to see them.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:26AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 11, 2021
Kris Andersson, star of 'Dixie's Happy Hour,' aims to bring much-needed cash to 21 pandemic-hit arts centers, including Segerstrom in Costa Mesa.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:14AM[SHARE]Friday, February 5, 2021
Lin-Manuel Miranda, John Legend, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Dolly Parton lend their pandemic support to L.A.'s largest nonprofit theater.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:29PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 13, 2021
The Fountain in East Hollywood gets city permission to turn its parking lot into an outdoor theater with distanced seating for up to 84 people.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:08AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 12, 2019
When Ali Stroker rolled onstage in her wheelchair to accept the Tony Award for featured actress in a musical, audiences at home went bananas. As Ado Annie in director Daniel Fish's revival o…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:05AM[SHARE]Rachel Chavkin was glad to win the Tony Award for best director of a musical for "Hadestown" at the Tony Awards on Sunday night, but made it clear that she was profoundly unhappy about the l…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:05AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 15, 2019
A playwright exploring the Asian American experience and a film and video artist who addresses the representation of Puerto Ricans in culture are among the five people who will receive $75,0…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:35PM[SHARE]Friday, May 3, 2019
"What the Constitution Means to Me," Heidi Schreck's Tony Award-nominated play that has Broadway buzzing, will come to Los Angeles as part of the 2019-20 season lineup at the Mark Taper Foru…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:44AM[SHARE]Monday, April 8, 2019
Center Theatre Group announced Monday that Meghan Pressman will be its next managing director and CEO, making her the first female managing director in the nonprofit company's 52-year histor…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 4, 2019
Gary Hayashi thought that if he could just get close enough to God, he would be cured. Hayashi was not like other men he knew at church, and he certainly wasn't like his older brother, whom …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, April 1, 2019
Disney's "The Little Mermaid" live concert is set to return to the Hollywood Bowl next month just in time for the film's 30th anniversary, with Lea Michele as golden-voiced mermaid Ariel, Ch…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM[SHARE]Friday, March 1, 2019
"Once on This Island," the underdog Tony Award winner last year for best musical revival, will lend some Caribbean sunshine to the 2019-20 Ahmanson Theatre season to be announced Friday by C…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 28, 2019
Lakers star LeBron James and his impact on the city of Cleveland during his run with the Cavaliers will be the subject of the new play "King James," written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PM[SHARE]Monday, February 25, 2019
The Oscars may be over, but the Dolby Theatre is just getting started. For the first time, the 3,400-seat home of the Academy Awards will host a full slate of touring Broadway productions, i…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 14, 2019
Nudity in "Linda Vista" at the Mark Taper Forum is so abundant, actors can hear the audience gasp when it begins. Lead actresses Cora Chantal Thuy and Cora Vander Broek, director Dexter Bull…
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