Sofie Royer Announces Album 'Harlequin'
by Michael Major - July 26, 2022 Harlequin is the new album by the multi-hyphenate artist and singer-songwriter Sofie Royer on Stones Throw. Harlequin showcases the Viennese—and former-Los Angeleno—musician’s passion for her native city’s opera and ballet traditions as well as the baroque lyricism of cabaret, medieval performances ...
Jeremy O. Harris Withdraws SLAVE PLAY from CTG Season of Disproportionately Male Playwrights; CTG Responds
by Nicole Rosky - October 05, 2021 Playwright Jeremy O. Harris' Tony-nominated Slave Play was set to arrive on the west coast next year as a part of Center Theatre Group's new season; however, the show may not run as planned. Harris writes in a tweet today that he is withdrawing the play from the season to make room for works from yo...
The Actors Fund and Thomas Safran & Associates Break Ground on Affordable Housing & Arts Center - The Hollywood Arts Collective
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 11, 2021 The Actors Fund and affordable housing developer Thomas Safran & Associates, broke ground on The Hollywood Arts Collective, a $120 million project that will include 151 units of affordable housing for artists, the Glorya Kaufman Theater, rehearsal studios, non-profit arts office space and a new home...
A Noise Within Announces New Board Members
by A.A. Cristi - July 01, 2021 A Noise Within, California's acclaimed classic theatre company, announces that four members of the Los Angeles community will join the ANW Board of Directors. Randi Tahara, Susan Toler Carr, Veralyn Jones, and Alan Blumenfeld bring a wide range of experience and expertise along with diverse perspect...
The Music Center And Levy Announce Partnership With Chef Ray Garcia
by A.A. Cristi - September 29, 2021 The Music Center and Levy announced a new partnership with acclaimed chef and native Angeleno Ray Garcia to create a new dining concept for the anchor restaurant space located in The Music Center's Walt Disney Concert Hall on Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles. Today's announcement marks the intro...
Grand Performances Announces Rafael González As Its New President & CEO
by A.A. Cristi - August 25, 2022 Grand Performances, the longest-running presenter of free concerts in downtown Los Angeles, today announced the appointment of Rafael González as President & CEO. Recognized as a leader in community development, strategic partnerships, and social impact, González served as Interim President and CEO ...
The Music Center Partners with Specialty Coffee House Sip & Sonder and Iconic Burger Joint Carney's
by A.A. Cristi - November 03, 2021 The Music Center today announced new partnerships with two well-known Los Angeles dining establishments as part of its plan to reimagine dining options on its campus. ...
The Music Center Enters Into Long-Term Agreement to Operate and Program Grand Park
by A.A. Cristi - July 01, 2021 The Music Center today announced it has entered into a new 30-year Operating Agreement with the County of Los Angeles for the operation, maintenance and programming of Grand Park, the 12-acre park that opened in 2012, bringing life and green space to the Civic Center....
Tyrone Davis Named Associate Artistic Director of Center Theatre Group
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 18, 2020 CTG is announcing the first step in an ongoing organizational shift with the addition of an existing staff member into the organization’s artistic staff and leadership team. Tyrone Davis will shift from the Education, Engagement and Community Partnerships Department into the Artistic Department. Dav...
Pellas Gallery to Host PunkMeTender Solo Show
by Stephi Wild - April 15, 2022 Pellas Gallery located on Newbury Street in Boston, MA today announced it will be hosting a solo show with artwork by PunkMeTender called Voyage d’Ulysse from April 29 - June 18, 2022. The show will exhibit a variety of pieces from the Parisian-turned-Angeleno artist’s repertoire of work including t...
REDCAT Announces Fall 2020 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 16, 2020 In this wildly unprecedented year, Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT), CalArts' center for contemporary arts in downtown Los Angeles, has announced its first-ever all-streaming and virtual season of experimentation, discovery, and lively civic discourse online this fall....
EXPORT QUALITY Based On True Stories Of Mail-Order Brides From The Philippines to be Presented at HERE Arts Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 13, 2023 EXPORT QUALITY is a limited run theatrical exploration based on true stories of mail-order brides from the Philippines. Directed by Sonoko Kawahara, this production presents a compelling narrative by Erica Miguel, Carolyn Antonio, and Dorotea Mendoza....
Snehal Desai Named Center Theatre Group Artistic Director
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 14, 2023 Snehal Desai will become the next artistic director of Los Angeles’ Center Theatre Group, joining Managing Director / CEO Meghan Pressman to lead one of the nation’s largest theatre organizations....
Roxane Gay, Ty Defoe, Raja Feather Kelly & More to be Feature in Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Inaugural Quills Fest
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 02, 2021 Oregon Shakespeare Festival, in partnership with Artizen and Museum of Other Realities, will present the first-ever Quills Fest, an annual two-day immersive digital festival at the intersection of live theatre and Extended Reality....
Video: Circle The Earth Releases Official Music Video for 'Stuck In The Middle'
by Josh Sharpe - September 17, 2024 Female-fronted, multicultural band Circle The Earth, who stretch the boundaries of rock with funk swagger, jazz fluidity, and pop universality, has released the official music video for their newest single “Stuck In The Middle.”...
The Music Center Names Shelby D. Boagni To New Position Of Senior Vice President Of People & Culture
by A.A. Cristi - January 07, 2022 The Music Center today announced that Shelby D. Boagni, SHRM-SCP will join the Los Angeles County performing arts center in a newly created role of senior vice president of people and culture. ...
Beck Announced At The Ford, September 28
by A.A. Cristi - September 16, 2021 On Tuesday, September 28, the born-and-raised Angeleno will bring decades of hits to The Ford’s stage for one special night. ...
THE RIGHT TO CABARET Comes to the Green Room 42
by Stephi Wild - October 06, 2023 Hosted by three charismatic cabaret connoisseurs from the City of Angles –Alexis Fae Gach, MaryJo Mundy (Mundy on Tuesdays at the Gardenia), and Hillary Rollins, The Right to Cabaret will play one show at The Green Room 42 on Saturday, November 4th at 7PM. Learn more about the upcoming event here!...
The Actors Fund and Thomas Safran & Associates Break Ground on Affordable Housing & Arts Center - The Hollywood Arts Collective
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 11, 2021 The Actors Fund and affordable housing developer Thomas Safran & Associates, broke ground on The Hollywood Arts Collective, a $120 million project that will include 151 units of affordable housing for artists, the Glorya Kaufman Theater, rehearsal studios, non-profit arts office space and a new home...
AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' to Open Ebony Repertory Theatre 15th Anniversary Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 29, 2023 Ebony Repertory Theatre will present the Tony Award-winning musical AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ as its 15th Anniversary Season Opening Production. ...
Los Angeles Philharmonic Unveils 2024-25 Season Featuring Leslie Odom, Jr., Itzhak Perlman & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 05, 2024 Los Angeles Philharmonic has revealed details of the 2024/25 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Learn more about the season and see how to purchase tickets....
BWW Interview: Playwright/Director Sharon Yablon of A GARDEN OF TERRIBLE BLOOMS
by Shari Barrett - February 02, 2022 Interview with award-winning playwright/director Sharon Yablon whose love of surrealism, noir and the darker side of Los Angeles led to the creation of A GARDEN OF TERRIBLE BLOOMS, which offers a dreamlike tour of short plays led by characters through a city that is vanishing, even as they move thro...
Interview: Wren T. Brown's Perpetually Behaving with ERT & AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'
by Gil Kaan - April 25, 2023 Ebony Repertory Theatre (ERT) will begin their 15th anniversary season with the Tony Award winning Ain’t Misbehavin’ opening May 4, 2023. ERT’s producing artistic director Wren T. Brown directs the cast of Yvette Cason, Wilkie Ferguson III, Connie Jackson, Marty Austin Lamar and Natalie Wachen. Wre...
Beck Announced At The Ford, September 28
by A.A. Cristi - September 16, 2021 On Tuesday, September 28, the born-and-raised Angeleno will bring decades of hits to The Ford’s stage for one special night. ...
Jeremy O. Harris Withdraws SLAVE PLAY from CTG Season of Disproportionately Male Playwrights; CTG Responds
by Nicole Rosky - October 05, 2021 Playwright Jeremy O. Harris' Tony-nominated Slave Play was set to arrive on the west coast next year as a part of Center Theatre Group's new season; however, the show may not run as planned. Harris writes in a tweet today that he is withdrawing the play from the season to make room for works from yo... |