 | Long Beach Opera - Long Beach - Presents:
In the Penal Colony by Philip Glass
4/25/2019 - 5/5/2019 (next performance: Thursday, 4/25/2019) Philip Glass’ opera, In The Penal Colony, is a Kafkaesque drama about the twilight of a barbaric world struggling to maintain order.
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 | Independent Shakespeare Co. - Los Angeles - Presents:
Julius Caesar
3/15/2019 - 5/11/2019 (next performance: Thursday, 4/25/2019) From the presenters of the Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival, join us indoors at the ISC Studio for Julius Caesar. Beginning on the Ides of March!
Part ghost story, part political murder thriller, ancient Rome comes to vivid life in ISC’s first ever mounting of one of the greatest hits of the Elizabethan stage. |
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 | Diversionary Theatre - san diego - Presents:
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
4/4/2019 - 5/5/2019 (next performance: Thursday, 4/25/2019) 20 years after its explosive debut that changed American theatre forever, this iconic queer rock musical comes to pulsating life for the first time on the Diversionary stage. |
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 | LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & McCOY RIGBY ENTERTAINMENT - La Mirada - Presents:
Singin’ In The Rain
4/19/2019 - 5/12/2019 (next performance: Wednesday, 4/24/2019) The “Greatest Movie Musical of All Time”
Each unforgettable scene, song and dance is accounted for, including the showstopping title number, complete with an onstage rainstorm! Knock-‘em-dead dance routines, hilarious situations, snappy dialogue, and a hit-parade score of Hollywood standards make SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN the perfect entertainment for any fan of the Golden Age of movie musicals! |
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 | Theatre Palisades - Pacific Palisdes - Presents:
Clybourne Park
3/29/2019 - 5/5/2019 (next performance: Friday, 4/26/2019) Pulitzer Prize winning family drama inspired by Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. Act One, set in 1959, shows nervous white community leaders trying to stop the sale of a home to a black family. Act 2, set in 2009, the same house, the same neighborhood, shows the now-predominantly African-American neighborhood battling to hold its ground in the face of white gentrification. |
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 | Chris Isaacson Presents - Hollywood - Presents:
Erich Bergen In Concert
4/24/2019 - 4/25/2019 (next performance: Wednesday, 4/24/2019) Returning to the concert stage in Los Angeles for the first time in over three years, the critically acclaimed actor and singer will perform at Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood for two nights only. The music director is Michael Orland ('American Idol'). |
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 | Wartburg College - Torrance - Presents:
Wartburg Choir Concert
Monday, 4/22/2019 The Wartburg Choir from Wartburg College, located in Waverly, IA will soon be touring the Southwest United States! Under the direction of Dr. Lee Nelson, the choir is excited to share the 2019 program 'We Will Rise.' |
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 | AAP - Food Samaritans - Palm Springs - Presents:
Evening Under the Stars Gala for AAP - Food Samaritans
Saturday, 5/4/2019 Evening Under the Stars Gala benefitting AAP - Food Samaritans. May 4 at the O'Donnell Golf Club.
Cocktails, Dining, and a brief awards presentation followed by dancing to "The Music of ABBA" by ARRIVAL from Sweden. |
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 | Antaeus Theatre Company - Glendale - Presents:
Diana of Dobson's
4/11/2019 - 6/3/2019 (next performance: Friday, 4/26/2019) This 1908 romantic comedy gets a rare revival in a partner-cast production from the acclaimed Antaeus Theatre Company. |
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 | UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music - Los Angeles - Presents:
Opera UCLA: Vocal Vision Awards 2019
Sunday, 4/28/2019 Opera UCLA is delighted to present the third bi-annual Vocal Vision Awards, a competition that provides scholarships to three of the school’s top voice students. |
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 | San Diego Ballet - Escondido - Presents:
Romance: En Pointe!
4/27/2019 - 4/28/2019 (next performance: Saturday, 4/27/2019) Poetry in motion!
Bringing the beauty of classical ballet front and center, excerpts from ROMEO et JULIET, DON QUIXOTE, GISELLE, and more, highlight the dance in its most expressive and eloquent form. A “must” for ballet lovers and first timers as well. |
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 | Inland Pacific Ballet - Claremont - Presents:
The Little Mermaid - Inland Pacific Ballet
4/27/2019 - 4/28/2019 (next performance: Saturday, 4/27/2019) Audiences of all ages delight in Hans Christian Anderson’s story as it comes to life in Inland Pacific Ballet’s The Little Mermaid.
Critics called this enchanting ballet “…visually stunning…an underwater Lion King,” where puppetry and dancing combine to create a magical ocean world.” |
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 | Garry Marshall Theatre - Burbank - Presents:
The Root Beer Bandits
4/5/2019 - 4/28/2019 (next performance: Friday, 4/26/2019) Treat the family to an old-fashioned slapstick musical comedy, plum full of original songs and colorful dances, set against the shimmering wild west, back when folks were pannin' for gold! Hold on to yer hats, 'cuz laughs are sure to be aplenty in this high-paced vaudevillian show for all ages. |
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 | La Sierra University - Riverside - Presents:
Choral & Concerto Concert
Saturday, 4/27/2019 La Sierra University will present a concert on Saturday, April 27 showcasing the university chorale, chamber singers, Loma Linda Sanctuary Choir, and the university orchestra. |
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 | USC Thornton School of Music - Glendale - Presents:
USC Thornton Chamber Singers and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra: Mozart's Requiem
Saturday, 4/27/2019 The USC Thornton Chamber Singers join forces with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Jamie Martín, for an intimate weekend of performances of Mozart's timeless Requiem. Featured soloists include Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano Sarah Shafer, soprano Thomas Cooley, tenor and Dashon Burton, bass- baritone. |
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 | Odyssey Theatre Ensemble - Los Angeles - Presents:
Faith Healer
3/23/2019 - 5/12/2019 (next performance: Friday, 4/26/2019) Brian Friel’s mysterious, humorous and unforgettable work about the life and times of an itinerant Irish healer. |
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 | Lara Ganz & Rene Rodman - Los Angeles - Presents:
Newsies
4/26/2019 - 4/28/2019 (next performance: Friday, 4/26/2019) The rousing tale of Jack Kelly and his band of newsboys, also known as "newsies", who rally across New York City to strike against unfair conditions and fight for what's right!
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 | Brockus Project Studios - Los Angeles - Presents:
Los Angeles Dance Festival Fringe
4/26/2019 - 4/28/2019 (next performance: Friday, 4/26/2019) LADF Fringe showcases experimental, developing choreographers and companies, as well as student or youth groups. |
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 | UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music - Los Angeles - Presents:
UCLA Philharmonia
Thursday, 4/25/2019 UCLA doctoral student conductor Stephen Karr conducts his final DMA lecture/recital with UCLA Philharmonia, featuring the virtuosic suite from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme by Richard Strauss. |
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 | Lamplighters Community Theatre - La Mesa - Presents:
"Nine" the musical
4/19/2019 - 5/19/2019 (next performance: Friday, 4/26/2019) SYNOPSIS: Based on 8½, Italian director Federico Fellini's comic masterpiece of autobiographical filmmaking, Maury Yeston's sultry and enchanting musical follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini as he prepares his latest picture and balances the numerous women in his life. |
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 | Cal State University Fullerton - Fullerton - Presents:
Lysistrata
4/12/2019 - 5/5/2019 (next performance: Thursday, 4/25/2019) "Fun, lighthearted and successfully adapted to modern day times." - Yorkshire Post, United Kingdom
This timely, political comedy centers on an Athenian housewife who calls for the women of Greece to help end the Peloponnesian War. |
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 | Vanguard University Theatre Department - Costa Mesa - Presents:
Around the World in 80 Days
4/12/2019 - 4/28/2019 (next performance: Thursday, 4/25/2019) A hilarious farce taking audiences on the trip of a lifetime.
Stampeding elephants! Raging typhoons! Runaway trains! Unabashedly slapstick! Hold onto your seats for the original amazing race! Join fearless adventurer, Phileas Fogg, and his faithful manservant as they race to beat the clock! |
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 | Coachella Valley Symphony - Palm Desert - Presents:
"Under the Streetlamp"
Saturday, 4/27/2019 UNDER THE STREETLAMP will play Palm Desert for one night only, April 27th, as part of a special concert event at The McCallum Theatre with the Coachella Valley Symphony conducted by Maestro John Mario.
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 | REDCAT - Los Angeles - Presents:
John Kelly: Time No Line
4/25/2019 - 4/27/2019 (next performance: Thursday, 4/25/2019) “John Kelly is a downtown–New York legend, an unclassifiable performer who has embodied figures...a Renaissance man like Jean Cocteau.” —Village Voice
“A queer Renaissance rebel who’s spent more than 40 years dazzling audiences as a dancer, visual artist, singer, composer, raconteur, theater-maker and drag icon.”
—TIME OUT, New York |
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 | Hollywood Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles - Presents:
Fiddler On The Roof
4/16/2019 - 5/5/2019 (next performance: Tuesday, 4/23/2019) A beloved theatrical classic from Tony Award-winner Joseph Stein, and Pulitzer Prize-winners Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is directed by Tony Award-winner Bartlett Sher (South Pacific, The King and I) choreographed by the acclaimed Israeli choreographer Hofesh Shechter inspired by the original choreography of Jerome Robbins and has musical direction by Ted Sperling. |
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 | The Old Globe - San Diego - Presents:
They Promised Her the Moon
4/6/2019 - 5/5/2019 (next performance: Tuesday, 4/23/2019) In 1960 the famed “Mercury Seven” trained at NASA to become the first American astronauts. But they weren’t alone. Thirteen women also underwent the same rigorous psychological and physical testing. The first woman to be tested, Jerrie Cobb, even out-performed her male counterparts. But while Alan Shepard and John Glenn went on to become household names, Ms. Cobb never got that chance. |
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 | Actors Co-op - Hollywood - Presents:
Steel Magnolias
3/22/2019 - 5/5/2019 (next performance: Saturday, 4/27/2019) The award-winning Actors Co-op presents Robert Harling’s STEEL MAGNOLIAS, directed by Cameron Watson, produced by Lauren Thompson, March 22 through May 5, at Actors Co-op David Schall Theatre in Hollywood.
Set in a small town beauty salon in Louisiana, STEEL MAGNOLIAS celebrates the bond of friendship between six women in the midst of life’s challenges. |
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 | The Geffen Playhouse - Los Angeles - Presents:
The Niceties
4/9/2019 - 5/12/2019 (next performance: Tuesday, 4/23/2019) The Niceties
Written by Eleanor Burgess
Directed by Kimberly Senior
Featuring Lisa Banes & Jordan Boatman
Two brilliant women meet their match.
In this “barnburner of a play” (The Washington Post), two extraordinary women square off in a high-stakes academic debate over race, reputation and who gets the final word on how American history is written. |
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 | CSUN Department of Music - Northridge - Presents:
Two of "L.A.'s Finest"
Tuesday, 4/23/2019 Gala Finale Concert
Completing the Year-Long Celebration of the
CSUN Bands’ 60th Anniversary Season
A festive concert featuring two of "L.A.'s Finest" Bands:
The CSUN Wind Ensemble and The LAPD Band. |
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 | The Old Globe - San Diego - Presents:
Life After
3/22/2019 - 4/28/2019 (next performance: Tuesday, 4/23/2019) Grieving the recent loss of her famous father, 16-year-old Alice begins to question the events surrounding his death and sets out to uncover what really happened on the night that changed her family forever. Britta Johnson’s Life After is a bittersweet, witty, and life-affirming new musical that explores the mess and beauty of loss and love. |
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 | Modern Men: Coachella Valley Men's Chorus - Palm Springs - Presents:
Believe: The Music of Cher
4/27/2019 - 4/28/2019 (next performance: Saturday, 4/27/2019) Modern Men: Coachella Valley Men's Chorus presents Believe: The Music of Cher! Come hear the Valley's best men's chorus, 80 voices strong, present the best of Cher - 21 iconic - hits from "I Got You Babe" to "Dancing Queen". Directed by Dr. Stan Hill. And, as usual, the men of the chorus will add their own fabulous touches to make it an evening of fun and delight! |
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 | USC Thornton School of Music - Los Angeles - Presents:
Chamber Music Festival: Wind & Percussion
Monday, 4/22/2019 As part of a four-day festival, USC Thornton’s Winds & Percussion students present an afternoon of chamber music under the direction of Kristy Morrell. |
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 | USC Thornton School of Music - Los Angeles - Presents:
Classical Guitar Masterclass with Pepe Romero
Monday, 4/22/2019 Classical guitar master and Thornton faculty member Pepe Romero offers an up-close glimpse into his renowned artistry in three masterclasses. |
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 | Global Musical Bridges - West Hollywood - Presents:
Pianist Vladimir Khomyakov in Solo Recital
Sunday, 4/28/2019 The City of West Hollywood and Global Musical Bridges present:
180-year Anniversary of Modest Mussorgsky
Russian pianist Vladimir Khomyakov in solo recital
Program:
Mussorgsky - "Pictures at an Exhibition"
Tchaikovsky - "Dumka" Op.59
Stravinsky - Three Movements from "Petrushka" |
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 | Athenaeum Music and Arts Library - La Jolla - Presents:
Athenaeum Mini-Concert featuring pianist Tina Chong
Monday, 4/22/2019 Tina Chong will be performing on piano for this noon mini-concert.
Pianist Tina Chong hails from Banff, Canada and is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Since her orchestral debut at the age of nine, Tina has appeared as a guest soloist with orchestras throughout the world. |
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 | Temecula Presents - Temecula - Presents:
The Rising (Bruce Springsteen Tribute)
Thursday, 4/25/2019 Performing songs spanning the nearly five decades of Bruce Springsteen’s catalogue from Greetings From Asbury Park through Springsteen’s 2012 release Wrecking Ball, they deliver each song with the same power, heart, and soul as the original band. C’mon up to The Rising – the House-Rocking, Earth-Shaking, Heart-Stopping, tribute to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. |
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 | USC Thornton School of Music - Los Angeles - Presents:
Popular Music: First-Year Showcase
Wednesday, 4/24/2019 Patrice Rushen and Andy Abad lead first-year Popular Music students in an exploration of the foundations of their craft. |
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 | Morgan-Wixson Theatre - Santa Monica - Presents:
Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None"
5/4/2019 - 5/26/2019 (next performance: Saturday, 5/4/2019) A classic whodunit from the Queen of Crime, based on her book which is one of the best-selling novels ever. Marooned at a lonely resort, each guest has a dark secret to hide and all fear dark shadows from their wicked past. Isolated and trapped, one by one they start to die. Time Magazine called it “one of the most ingenious thrillers in many a day.” Recommended for ages 12 and up. |
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 | UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music - Los Angeles - Presents:
In Remembrance: Classical Music by Armenian Composers
Tuesday, 4/23/2019 The UCLA Armenian Music Ensemble brings Armenia’s rich musical history to life with a program featuring exquisite chamber music by Komitas Vardapet and compositions by Aram Khachaturian, Edward Mirzoian, and Alan Hovhaness. |
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 | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels - Los Angeles - Presents:
Organ Recital at the Cathedral - Free
2/6/2019 - 1/8/2020 (next performance: Wednesday, 4/24/2019) Experience organists from around the Archdiocese, as they play on the Cathedral's acclaimed forty-two ton organ, which has the power to make the Cathedral vibrate, enabling the assembly to not only hear the music, but also feel it, making the experience all the more powerful, emotionally, as well as physically.
Check Cathedral website to confirm performances |
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