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The Rite of Spring & common ground[s]

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 135 N Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The late Pina Bausch’s seminal work The Rite of Spring, one of dance theatre’s most significant works, takes the stage at The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion this February! Co-produced by the incredible Pina Bausch Foundation, École des Sables, and Sadler’s Wells, The Rite of Spring examines the notion of unyielding ritual when the sacrifice […]

Patti LuPone Don’t Monkey with Broadway

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

Spend an evening with a true Broadway legend as three-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone returns to Segerstrom Center with her acclaimed one-woman show. In Don’t Monkey with Broadway, LuPone explores - through indelible interpretations of classic Broadway show tunes by the likes of Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Jule Styne, Stephen Schwartz, Charles Strouse, Leonard […]

Valentine’s Day with The Righteous Brothers – Pacific Symphony

Pacific Symphony 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, United States

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame duo The Righteous Brothers topped the charts for four decades. Now, Bill Medley joins forces with one of the most versatile vocalists in America, Bucky Heard, to bring The Righteous Brothers back to the stage.  The Righteous Brothers  concert experience features a string of their biggest top-ten hits, including […]

The Puccini Duo: Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi – San Diego Civic Theatre

San Diego Civic Theatre 1100 3rd Ave, San Diego, CA, United States

The Puccini Duo, brings to life two great Puccini one-act operas. Suor Angelica tells the story of a woman (Marina Costa-Jackson) who bears a child out of wedlock and is sent to a convent for penance. The comic-opera Gianni Schicchi begins with the death of wealthy Florentine Buoso Donati, and his distraught family who are upset about being […]

Under a Baseball Sky – Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre

Cheryl and Harvey White Theatre 1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego, CA, United States

From JosĂ© Cruz González, author of American Mariachi, comes a Globe-commissioned story about baseball’s deep roots in the Mexican American community. When troublemaker Teo is put to work cleaning up a vacant lot belonging to his elderly neighbor, this unlikely pair forms a bond forged in history and America’s favorite pastime. Time varies per schedule, please […]

An Evening with Lucia Micarelli

broadstage 1310 11TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA, United States

Actress, violist, and vocalist Lucia Micarelli has performed as a featured soloist with Josh Groban, Chris Botti and Jethro Tull. She returns to the BroadStage for an evening of music, moving from classical to jazz to traditional fiddle music and Americana. Micarelli maps a thrilling evening of music, moving from classical to jazz to traditional fiddle […]

Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord – Kirk Douglas Theatre

Kirk Douglas Theatre 9820 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA, United States

Kristina Wong began sewing masks out of old bed sheets on her Hello Kitty sewing machine. Before long, she was leading the Auntie Sewing Squad, a work-from-home sweatshop of hundreds of volunteers—including children and her own mother—to fix the U.S. public health care system while in quarantine. A laugh-out-loud look at post-pandemic life. Times varies […]

Sunday Morning Music/Santa Monica: Dream with Me

broadstage 1310 11TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA, United States

Los Angeles-based soprano Julia Metzler, pianist Bernadene Blaha and violinist Roger Wilkie come together for a heartwarming Valentine’s program featuring works by Rachmaninoff, Zemlinsky, Bernstein, Massenet and Beethoven. Resident virtuoso Antonio Lysy rounds out the ensemble on cello. Dream with Me Let the music inspire you in this heartwarming Valentine’s program featuring works by Rachmaninoff, […]

California Connections – Pacific Symphony

Pacific Symphony 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, United States

California has been blessed with an abundance of great composers. The film industry has magnetized many European emigres to resettle in the Golden State. Composers MiklĂłs RĂłsza (Hungary) and Alexandre Tansman (Poland) were both Jewish and escaped Europe as the Second World War was brewing. They both benefitted from work in Hollywood. John Williams and […]

Choose Something Like a Star – L.A Master Chorale

Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Named after a poem by Robert Frost, this concert features music of aspiration and inspiration from Brahms and Schumann to Meredith Monk and Michael Abels. Featuring two world premieres, VOYAGER written by Matthew Brown and Alas de noche by Diana Syrse, along with extrodinary pieces from classic Brahms to contemporary Runestad, this program is about […]

Sunday in the Park with George |

Pasadena Playhouse 39 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA, United States

One of the most acclaimed musicals of all time, Sondheim’s most innovative and groundbreaking musical has rarely been produced in Los Angeles with the full-scale production it deserves—until now. Inventive, insightful, and in a class of its own, this ravishing, captivating masterpiece encapsulates the complexity of life—and the art of understanding it. Recipient of the […]

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