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At Center Theatre Group and under the leadership of Managing Director/CEO Meghan Pressman, we believe theatre creates an extraordinary connection between artists and audiences that only starts on the stage. Theatre creates the energy that feeds a city, a culture, and a society. Theatre reflects the community it serves. As one of the nation’s most influential nonprofit theatre companies, we proudly continue our more than 50-year tradition of using the art of theatre to broaden horizons and illuminate new perspectives. We entertain. We create. We engage. We inspire. We put theatre at the center of it all.
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AMERICAN IDIOT Becomes Highest Grossing Musical at The Mark Taper Forum
by Blair Ingenthron - November 11, 2024
AMERICAN IDIOT has become the highest-grossing musical at the Mark Taper Forum. The production is set to play its final performance this weekend. Learn more here!...
Center Theatre Group Awarded Grant From S. Mark Taper Foundation
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 09, 2024
Center Theatre Group received a grant from the S. Mark Taper Foundation to support its community engagement and educational programs, enhancing access to the arts in Los Angeles. Learn more!...
Center Theatre Group Launches New Initiative CTG:FWD Featuring Special Events and Programming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 06, 2023
Center Theatre Group is launching a series of special events and programming at the Mark Taper Forum, the Kirk Douglas Theatre, and throughout the greater Los Angeles area....
Center Theatre Group Launches Partnership With Digital Ticketing Platform True Tickets
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 13, 2023
Center Theatre Group has inked a partnership with digital ticketing platform True Tickets, making it the company's first client in Los Angeles....
Center Theatre Group Selects CTG Leadership Circle Cohort 2023
by Stephi Wild - June 13, 2023
Center Theatre Group is continuing its mission to uplift, celebrate, and support early- and mid-career staff members at Los Angeles’ largest theatre company by selecting its newest cohort of employees who identify as BIPOC, as well as individuals from intersectional and marginalized identities. ...
Center Theatre Group to Hold Open Casting Call for OUR DEAR DEAD DRUG LORD
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 23, 2023
Center Theatre Group is hosting an open casting call for the four student members of the Dead Leaders Club and supporting roles in Alexis Scheer’s “Our Dear Dead Drug Lord” at Center Theatre Group / Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City playing August 20 through September 17, 2023....
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....
Center Theatre Group Presents Community Events To Celebrate 1776
by Stephi Wild - April 12, 2023
To celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of Los Angeles, nurture lifelong learning and human connection, and connect audiences with artists that are working at the highest levels of their own experience and craft, Center Theatre Group will host a variety of events tied to the direct-from-Broadway run...
Deborah Cox, Peppermint, Cheyenne Jackson & More Join Center Theatre Group's 2023 Gala
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 07, 2023
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!...
City of Los Angeles Proclaims March 15 TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992 Day
by Blair Ingenthron - March 11, 2023
The Los Angeles City Council honored Center Theatre Group on March 10, 2023 by proclaiming Wednesday, March 15, 2023 as “TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992” Day. Councilmembers Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Curren D. Price Jr., Heather Hutt, and Hugo Soto-Martinez presented the proclamation to Center Theatre Gr...
Past Shows
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (Ensemble Version)
3/8 - 4/16/2023
by Anna Deavere Smith Acclaimed as "an American masterpiece" (Newsweek), TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992 is a stunning new work of "documentary theatre" in which Anna ...
The Secret Garden
2/19 - 3/26/2023
The Secret Garden, a musical adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's novel, takes you on a journey of healing and self-discovery. The music and ...
Oklahoma!
9/13 - 10/16/2022
The Prom
8/9 - 9/11/2022
The Prom is a comedic musical with a heartwarming message, created by a talented team. The music was composed by Matthew Sklar, with lyrics by ...
Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and the Pool
7/27 - 8/28/2022
Dear Evan Hansen
6/29 - 7/31/2022
To T or Not to T?
6/25 - 7/10/2022
King James
6/1 - 7/3/2022
Come From Away
5/31 - 6/12/2022
book: David Hein and Irene Sankoff; lyrics: David Hein and Irene Sankoff; music: David Hein and Irene Sankoff; dir: Christopher Ashley. World Premiere...
Hadestown
4/26 - 5/29/2022
Tambo & Bones
5/1 - 5/29/2022
Blues for an Alabama Sky
4/6 - 5/8/2022
In a Depression-era Harlem apartment building, a close-knit group of friends has become a chosen family. New roommates Angel and Guy — a recently fired ...
The Lehman Trilogy
3/3 - 4/10/2022
Slave Play
2/9 - 3/13/2022
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
1/16 - 2/20/2022
Jamie New is 16 and lives on a council estate in Sheffield. Jamie doesn’t quite fit in. Jamie is terrified about the future. Jamie is ...
A Christmas Carol
11/30 - 1/2/2022
A Christmas Carol is an adaptation of Charles Dickens' most well-known story, in which Ebenezer Scrooge is a wealthy curmudgeon who believes that personal wealth ...
Love’s Labour’s Lost
1/14 - 4/14/2021
"Love's Labour's Lost" premieres Thursday, JANUARY 14 at 2 p.m. Pacific and is available on demand through APRIL 14, 2021. The lavish Stratford Festival film ...
Christa McAuliffe’s Eyes Were Blue
2/4 - 4/4/2021
Center Theatre Group's L.A. Writers' Workshop Festival: New Plays Forged in L.A. moves to the Digital Stage this season with a virtually produced reading of ...
The Gaze …
3/25
Center Theatre Group is presenting Larry Powell's "The Gaze ... No Homo," a satiric dramedy about the decolonization of the Black imagination which will be ...
Romeo and Juliet
12/10 - 3/8/2021
"Romeo and Juliet" premieres Thursday, DECEMBER 10 at 8 p.m. Pacific and is available on demand through MARCH 8, 2021. The lavish Stratford Festival film ...
The Stratford Festival's "Romeo and Juliet" premiered DECEMBER 10 and is available on demand through MARCH 8, 2021. The lavish Stratford Festival film is free ...
August: Osage County
12/9 - 2/7/2021
AUGUST: Osage County" premieres DECEMBER 9, 2020. The audio production is streamed free to the public and available on demand until FEBRUARY 7, 2021 at ...
Oedipus El Rey
11/13 - 1/20/2021
Oedipus El Rey" premieres Friday, NOVEMBER 13 at 5 p.m. Pacific and continuing on demand through JANUARY 20, 2021. Free to the public and will ...
Disgraced
11/11 - 1/10/2021
Center Theatre Group Digital Stage has announced their schedule for NOVEMBER 9 - NOVEMBER 15, 2020. "Disgraced" premieres NOVEMBER 11 at 12 p.m. Pacific. Audio ...
CTG Creative Collective members Steve Cuiffo, Trey Lyford and Geoff Sobelle bring "Elephant Room: Dust from the Stars" to Center Theatre Group's Digital Stage DECEMBER ...
Matthew Bourne's "The Car Man"
12/11 - 12/13/2020
Matthew Bourne's "The Car Man" premiering Friday, DECEMBER 11 at 8:00 p.m. and streaming Saturday, DECEMBER 12 at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sunday, DECEMBER ...
Electricidad
11/22
The premiere of the multicamera, virtually produced reading of Luis Alfaro's "Electricidad," has moved to NOVEMBER 22, 2020 at 5 p.m. Pacific. The modern adaptation ...
Matthew Bourne's "Swan Lake"
11/13 - 11/15/2020
Matthew Bourne's "Swan Lake," premiering Friday, NOVEMBER 13 at 8:00 p.m. Pacific and streaming Saturday, NOVEMBER 14 at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sunday, NOVEMBER ...
Until the Flood
11/15
"Until the Flood" premiering NOVEMBER 15 at 5 p.m. Pacific and then available on demand. Streamed free to the public at www.centertheatregroup.org/digitalstage/digital-stage/until-the-flood-streaming-on-all-arts/ "Until the Flood" ...
Disgraced
11/11
Center Theatre Group Digital Stage has announced their schedule for NOVEMBER 9 - NOVEMBER 15, 2020. "Disgraced" premieres NOVEMBER 11 at 12 p.m. Pacific. Audio ...
Valor
11/1 - 11/5/2020
Center Theatre Group's Education and Community Partnerships Department announced a special viewing party for "Valor," on Sunday, NOVEMBER 1 at 5 pm Pacific. Hosted by ...
Until the Flood
1/24 - 2/23/2020
Dael Orlandersmith Center Theatre Group...
Matthew Bourne?۪s ???Swan Lake?
12/3 - 1/5/2020
music: Tchaikovsky ; dir: Matthew Bourne ....
Swan Lake
12/3 - 1/5/2020
Ahmanson Theatre: Matthew Bourne;s "Swan Lake"...
Jitney
11/22 - 12/29/2019
August Wilson; dir: Ruben Santiago-Hudson....
The New One
10/23 - 11/24/2019
Mike Birbiglia; dir: Seth Barrish....
On Beckett
9/13 - 10/27/2019
Bill Irwin....
Latin History for Morons
9/5 - 10/20/2019
John Leguizamo; dir: Tony Taccone....
A Play Is a Poem
9/11 - 10/13/2019
Ethan Coen; dir: Neil Pepe. World Premiere...
"Indecent"
6/4 - 7/7/2019
Ahmanson Theatre: Paula Vogel; music: Lisa Gutkin, Aaron Halva; dir: Rebecca Taichman....
"Happy Days"
5/15 - 6/30/2019
Mark Taper Forum: Samuel Beckett; dir: James Bundy....
"From the Words and Writings of Dana H."
5/26 - 6/23/2019
Kirk Douglas Theatre: adapt: Lucas Hnath from Lucas Hnath; dir: Les Waters....
"Falsettos"
4/16 - 5/19/2019
Ahmanson Theatre: William Finn, James Lapine; lyrics: William Finn; music: William Finn; dir: James Lapine....
Block Party
3/7 - 4/28/2019
Kirk Douglas Theatre: TBD ; dir: TBD ....
"Lackawanna Blues"
3/5 - 4/21/2019
Mark Taper Forum: Ruben Santiago-Hudson; music: Bill Sims Jr.; dir: Ruben Santiago-Hudson....
Matthew Bourne’s “Cinderellaâ€
2/5 - 3/10/2019
Ahmanson Theatre: dir: Matthew Bourne....
“Linda Vistaâ€
1/9 - 2/17/2019
Mark Taper Forum: Tracy Letts; dir: Dexter Bullard....
???Valley of the Heart??
10/30 - 12/9/2018
Luis Valdez; dir: Luis Valdez....
???Dear Evan Hansen??
10/17 - 11/25/2018
book: Steven Levenson; lyrics: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul; music: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul; dir: Michael Greif....
???Quack??
10/21 - 11/18/2018
Eliza Clark; dir: Neel Keller. World Premiere...
???Sweat??
8/29 - 10/7/2018
Lynn Nottage; dir: Lisa Peterson....
The Humans
6/19 - 7/29/2018
Breaking with tradition, Erik Blake has brought his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter's apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside the ...
Water by the Spoonful
1/31 - 3/11/2018
Somewhere in Philadelphia, Elliot has returned from Iraq and is struggling to find his place in the world. Somewhere in a chat room, recovering addicts ...
Elliot, A Soldier??s Fugue
1/27 - 2/25/2018
Quiara Alegr?_a Hudes; dir: Shishir Kurup. Kirk Douglas Theatre:...
Bright Star
10/11 - 11/19/2017
Edie Brickell, Steve Martin; lyrics: Edie Brickell, Steve Martin; music: Edie Brickell, Steve Martin; dir: Walter Bobbie....
Head of Passes
9/13 - 10/22/2017
Tarell Alvin McCraney; dir: Tina Landau....
Big Night
9/3 - 10/1/2017
Paul Rudnick; dir: Walter Bobbie. World Premiere...
Matthew Bourne’s production of “The Red Shoes”
9/15 - 10/1/2017
music: Bernard Herrmann; dir: Matthew Bourne. American Premiere...
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
8/2 - 9/10/2017
Evening Standard, Mail on Sunday, Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Express, Independent, Daily Mail Winner of seven 2013 Olivier Awards, this highly- acclaimed National Theatre production embarks ...
Heisenberg
6/28 - 8/6/2017
Amidst the bustle of a crowded London train station, Georgie spots Alex, a much older man, and plants a kiss on his neck. This electric ...
King of the Yees
7/9 - 8/6/2017
Lauren Yee; dir: Joshua Kahan Brody. World Premiere...
Jersey Boys
5/16 - 6/24/2017
Jersey Boys takes you behind the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, a legendary group that rose from blue-collar New Jersey boys to ...
Block Party: Celebrating Los Angeles Theatre
4/14 - 5/21/2017
The Fiasco Theater Production of "Into the Woods"
4/4 - 5/14/2017
book: James Lapine; lyrics: Stephen Sondheim; music: Stephen Sondheim; dir: Noah Brody, Ben Steinfeld....
Fun Home
2/21 - 4/1/2017
Fun Home is a Tony Award-winning musical based on Alison Bechdel's 2006 graphic memoir of the same name. The musical features music by Jeanine Tesori ...
Good Grief
2/26 - 3/26/2017
Ngozi Anyanwu; dir: Patricia McGregor. Kirk Douglas Theatre:...
Adler & Gibb
1/17 - 1/29/2017
Tim Crouch; dir: Tim Crouch, Karl James, Andy Smith. Kirk Douglas Theatre:...
Amelie, A New Musical
12/4 - 1/15/2017
book: Craig Lucas; lyrics: Daniel Messe, Nathan Tysen; music: Daniel Messe; dir: Pam MacKinnon....
Amelie, A New Musical
12/4 - 1/15/2017
book: Craig Lucas; lyrics: Daniel Messe, Nathan Tysen; music: Daniel Messe; dir: Pam MacKinnon....
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
11/9 - 12/18/2016
Maureen, a lonely spinster in her forties, lives with her diabolically manipulative mother Mag in an isolated cottage in a backwater village in the west ...
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
11/9 - 12/18/2016
Set in the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely ...
The Wholehearted
12/2 - 12/11/2016
Deborah Stein; dir: Suli Holum, Deborah Stein. World Premiere...
The Wholehearted
12/2 - 12/11/2016
Deborah Stein; dir: Suli Holum, Deborah Stein. World Premiere...
Vicuna
10/23 - 11/20/2016
Jon Robin Baitz; dir: Robert Egan. World Premiere...
Vicuna
10/23 - 11/20/2016
Jon Robin Baitz; dir: Robert Egan. World Premiere...
August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
8/31 - 10/16/2016
August Wilson; dir: Phylicia Rashad....
August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
8/31 - 10/16/2016
August Wilson; dir: Phylicia Rashad....
The Young Vic Production of
9/7 - 10/16/2016
Arthur Miller; dir: Ivo van Hove....
The Young Vic Production of
9/7 - 10/16/2016
Arthur Miller; dir: Ivo van Hove....
Grey Gardens
7/6 - 8/14/2016
book: Doug Wright; lyrics: Michael Korie; music: Scott Frankel; dir: Michael Wilson....
Grey Gardens
7/6 - 8/14/2016
book: Doug Wright; lyrics: Michael Korie; music: Scott Frankel; dir: Michael Wilson....
Disgraced
6/8 - 7/17/2016
Ayad Akhtar; dir: Kimberly Senior....
Disgraced
6/8 - 7/17/2016
Ayad Akhtar; dir: Kimberly Senior....
Titanic The Musical
5/14 - 6/26/2016
TITANIC begins -Prologue as Thomas Andrews, the architect of the great ship, pores over the blueprints of his design -In Every Age. The curtain then ...
Endgame
4/24 - 5/22/2016
Samuel Beckett; dir: Alan Mandell....
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
3/22 - 5/1/2016
book: Robert L. Freedman; lyrics: Robert L. Freedman, Steven Lutvak; music: Steven Lutvak; dir: Darko Tresnjak....
Women Laughing Alone with Salad
3/6 - 4/3/2016
Sheila Callaghan; dir: Kip Fagan....
The Bridges of Madison County
12/8 - 1/17/2016
book: Marsha Norman; lyrics: Jason Robert Brown; music: Jason Robert Brown; dir: Bartlett Sher....
Straight White Men
11/20 - 12/20/2015
When Ed and his three adult sons come together to celebrate Christmas, they enjoy cheerful trash-talking, pranks, and takeout Chinese. Then they confront a problem ...
Kansas City Choir Boy
10/15 - 11/8/2015
book: Todd Almond; music: Todd Almond; dir: Kevin Newbury....
The Sound of Music
9/20 - 10/31/2015
book: Russel Crouse, Howard Lindsay; lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II; music: Richard Rodgers; dir: Jack O'Brien....
The Object Lesson
9/4 - 10/4/2015
Geoff Sobelle; dir: David Neumann....
Girlfriend
7/12 - 8/9/2015
Nebraska, the 1990s. Two teenage boys—one a social outcast, the other the quintessential jock—explore a relationship during a summer of self-discovery between high school graduation ...
Matilda the Musical
5/29 - 7/12/2015
book: Dennis Kelly; lyrics: Tim Minchin; music: Tim Minchin; dir: Matthew Warchus....
How to Be a Rock Critic
6/17 - 6/28/2015
Jessica Blank, Erik Jensen; dir: Jessica Blank....
Throw Me on the Burnpile and Light Me Up
5/21 - 5/31/2015
Lucy Alibar; dir: Neel Keller....
Walking the Tightrope
5/2 - 5/3/2015
24th STreet Theatre introduces its new in-house company LAB24 with the West Coast premiere of British playwright Mike Kenny’s gentle, funny play. Young Esme arrives ...
Rogers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
3/17 - 4/26/2015
book: Douglas Carter Beane, Oscar Hammerstein II; lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II; music: Richard Rodgers; dir: Mark Brokaw....
Dame Edna and Barry Humphries: The Final Farewell Tour
1/24 - 3/15/2015
dir: Simon Phillips....
Chavez Ravine
1/27 - 3/1/2015
Culture Clash ; dir: Lisa Peterson....
TBA
12/9 - 1/18/2015
Imaginists Theatre Collective: -...
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
4/22 - 6/1/2014
adapt: Deidre L. Murray, Suzan-Lori Parks; book: Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward; lyrics: Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward; music: George Gershwin; dir: Diane ...
Harmony
3/4 - 4/13/2014
Ahmanson Theatre: book: Bruce Sussman; lyrics: Bruce Sussman; music: Barry Manilow; dir: Tony Speciale....
Gate Theatre production of I'll Go On
1/10 - 2/9/2014
Kirk Douglas Theatre: adapt: Gerry Dukes, Barry McGovern from Samuel Beckett; dir: Colm...
Peter and the Starcatcher
12/3 - 1/12/2014
Tony-winning Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. ...
The Second City's A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens!
12/8 - 12/29/2013
Kirk Douglas Theatre: Peter Gwinn, Bobby Mort; dir: Marc Warzecha....
Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty
11/21 - 12/1/2013
Ahmanson Theatre: dir: Matthew Bourne....
The Black Suits
10/27 - 11/24/2013
Kirk Douglas Theatre: Joe Iconis, Robert Maddock; lyrics: Joe Iconis; music: Joe Iconis; dir: John Simpkins....
The Sunshine Boys
9/24 - 11/3/2013
One of the most highly anticipated events of the season will be the union of Guthrie dream team Raye Birk (Faith Healer, Third) and Peter ...
Rodney King
9/14 - 10/6/2013
- Roger Guenveur Smith; dir: Roger Guenveur Smith....
St. Jude
9/14 - 10/6/2013
Luis Alfaro; dir: Robert Egan....
Uncle Ho to Uncle Sam
9/14 - 10/6/2013
Trieu Tran; dir: Robert Egan....
THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
5/21 - 6/30/2013
THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS is the thrilling final collaboration by musical theatre giants John Kander and Fred Ebb ( CHICAGO , CABARET ) and features a book ...
The Royale
4/28 - 6/2/2013
Kirk Douglas Theatre: - Marco Ramirez; dir: Daniel Aukin....
Fela!
4/25 - 5/5/2013
Ahmanson Theatre: - Bill Jones, Jim Lewis; lyrics: Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Jim Lewis; music: Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Aaron Johnson, Jordan McLean; dir: Bill T. Jones....
End of the Rainbow
3/12 - 4/21/2013
Ahmanson Theatre: - Peter Quilter; dir: Terry Johnson....
The Nether
3/19 - 4/14/2013
Kirk Douglas Theatre: - Jennifer Haley; dir: Neel Keller....
Anything Goes
11/27 - 1/6/2013
Ahmanson Theatre: - Guy Bolton, Russel Crouse, Timothy Crouse, Howard Lindsay, John Weidman, P.G. Wodehouse; lyrics: Cole Porter; music: Cole Porter; dir: Kathleen Marshall....
The Donmar Warehouse Production of "Red"
8/1 - 9/9/2012
National Theatre of Great Britain production of
6/13 - 7/22/2012
The Convert
4/17 - 5/13/2012
American Idiot
3/13 - 4/22/2012
The Night Watcher
11/17 - 12/18/2011
Two-time Obie award-winner and Tony Award® nominee Charlayne Woodard makes the stage her stomping grounds. In this luminous romp, the subject is motherhood. And no ...
I've Never Been So Happy
10/6 - 10/23/2011
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Wish You Were Here
South Coast Repertory's Julianne Argyros Stage (1/12 - 2/2) | |
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RACHMANINOFF AND THE TSAR
South Coast Repertory (2/19 - 3/2) | |
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FARM HALL by Katherine Moar
Promenade Playhouse (1/10 - 1/26) NEW PLAY | |
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Cody Fry with Orchestra
Walt Disney Concert Hall (1/10 - 1/10) | |
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Batiashvili Plays Beethoven
Walt Disney Concert Hall (1/3 - 1/5) | |
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New Year's Eve with D-Nice & Friends
Walt Disney Concert Hall (12/31 - 12/31) | |
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Carlos Simon’s Gospel Mass with Dudamel
Walt Disney Concert Hall (4/17 - 4/17) | |
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Boston Ballet
The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (6/26 - 6/29) | |
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LA Phil Etudes with John Adams
Walt Disney Concert Hall (1/28 - 1/28) | |
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Jesus Christ Superstar
Coachella Valley Repertory (3/12 - 3/12) | |
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The Diary of Anne Frank
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts (2/19 - 2/20) | |
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