 | Papazian Hirsch Productions - North Hollywood - Presents: Love Among the Ruins 10/6/2023 - 10/29/2023 (next performance: Friday, 10/6/2023) The hilarious romantic courtroom classic Love Among the Ruins, adapted from the Peabody and multi-Emmy Award winning ABC Theatre Presentation starring Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier, is greater than ever. |  |
| American Contemporary Ballet - Los Angeles - Presents: ACB Presents The Rite & Burlesque 10/6/2023 - 10/28/2023 (next performance: Friday, 10/6/2023) The season's best horror film isn't a film.
A young woman chosen for sacrifice, a score that caused a Paris riot, a burlesque show that leaves more to the imagination than you may be prepared for, and a finale that defies description. Or did you have other Halloween plans?
Don’t miss ACB’s Halloween double feature.
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 | Oceanside Theatre Company - Oceanside - Presents: Welcome to Sleepy Hollow 10/6/2023 - 10/29/2023 (next performance: Friday, 10/6/2023) A hauntingly Romantic musical thriller |  |
 | LA Phil - Los Angeles - Presents: Stravinsky and Shostakovich with Dudamel 10/6/2023 - 10/8/2023 (next performance: Friday, 10/6/2023) Dudamel leads The Firebird and Villa-Lobos’ mystical Uirapuru, and Sheku Kanneh-Mason weaves magic of his own with Shostakovich. |  |
 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts - Costa Mesa - Presents: Calder Quartet & Timo Andres Friday, 10/6/2023 World Premiere of Timo Andres Piano Quintet
Commissioned for the Segerstrom Center Chamber Series by Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting |  |
 | Desert Ensemble Theatre - Palm Springs - Presents: Singing With the Desert Stars 2 Friday, 10/6/2023 One night only! Benefit performance for arts education!
"Singing With the Desert Stars" is an exciting evening of food, drink and song. During the show, seven "Star Coaches" will perform and will mentor seven "Star Contestants" in performing a song with style and verve. You, the audience, get to choose the winner!
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 | Palm Canyon Theatre - Palm Springs - Presents: Palm Canyon Theatre 9/15/2023 - 11/5/2023 (next performance: Friday, 10/6/2023) Brigadoon
Sept 15 - 24, 2023
Steel Magnolias
Oct 6 - 15, 2023
RENT
Oct 27 - Nov 12, 2023 |  |
 | San Diego Symphony - San Diego - Presents: Carnegie Hall Preview: Weilerstein Plays DVORÁK Saturday, 10/7/2023 Rafael Payare, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
CARLOS SIMON: Wake Up: A Concerto for Orchestra (San Diego Premiere, Lead commission by San Diego Symphony)
ANTONÍN DVORÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 |  |
 | Center for the Art of Performance UCLA - Los Angeles - Presents: CAP UCLA Presents Ann Carlson and inkBoat: These Are the Ones We Fell Among 10/7/2023 - 10/8/2023 (next performance: Saturday, 10/7/2023) These Are the Ones We Fell Among is an hour-long duet created by award-winning interdisciplinary artist Ann Carlson, whose poignant sense of humor, coupled with a nod to the absurd, has created a dreamscape inspired by the movements, myths, and metaphors of our non-human cousins – ranging from the most endangered marine mammal, the vaquita, to the largest land mammal, the elephant. |  |
 | Santa Barbara Music Club - Santa Barbara - Presents: Santa Barbara Music Club Season Opening Concert Saturday, 10/7/2023 The Santa Barbara Music Club presents “LA BELLE ÉPOQUE.” Violinist Chavdar Parashkevov and pianist Natasha Kislenko will perform a program of late romantic music by Eastern European composers. Saturday, October 7, 3 PM, at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 4575 Auhay Dr, Santa Barbara. Free admission. www.SBMusicClub.org. |  |
 | Vicente Chamber Orchestra - Santa Monica - Presents: Talon Smith performing Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 with Maestro Khan Saturday, 10/7/2023 Two iconic classical music works, Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 & Brahms Symphony No. 2, will be performed by the Vicente Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Zain Khan with internationally acclaimed, award-winning concert pianist & composer Talon Smith. |  |
 | Pacific Chorale - Costa Mesa - Presents: Einhorn's Voices of Light / The Passion of Joan of Arc Saturday, 10/7/2023 Voices of Light merges the legendary silent film masterpiece The Passion of Joan of Arc, widely considered to be one of the greatest films ever made, with a live performance of a ravishing score by award-winning composer Richard Einhorn. |  |
 | Pacific Chorale - Costa Mesa - Presents: Pacific Chorale Opens Season with Voices of Light / The Passion of Joan of Arc. Saturday, 10/7/2023 Program Features Richard Einhorn’s Masterful Choral and Orchestral Work, Voices of Light, Performed Live to Director Carl Dreyer’s 1928 Silent Film The Passion of Joan of Arc,
Considered One of the Greatest Films Ever Made
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 | NEO Ensemble Theatre - Los Angeles - Presents: Dog Door by Grant Gottschall 10/7/2023 - 10/29/2023 (next performance: Saturday, 10/7/2023) Five seemingly random dogs find themselves in a room with only one way out - and they can’t leave until they’ve bonded together as a Pack. Fortunately, a sixth dog, Stella, a former military K-9, is there to help. But when an uncontrollable and foul-smelling stray joins them, the group is thrown into chaos. Can these canines discover the one thing that unites them? |  |
 | The Foundation for PSUSD and the PSUSD Alumni Committee - Palm Springs - Presents: Bollywood: One Night Out Saturday, 10/7/2023 Get ready for the dazzling saris and dashing sherwanis, the artistry, creativity, and hilarious hijinks of legendary Bollywood, because tickets for One Night Out Bollywood are on sale now! Bring together friends, family, and neighbors to experience the whirlwind of vibrant colors and the rhythmic vibes of Bollywood on October 7 at the Palm Springs Air Museum. |  |
 | USC Thornton School of Music - Los Angeles - Presents: The USC Polish Music Center presents the Paderewski Lecture-Recital Sunday, 10/8/2023 The USC Polish Music Center presents the Paderewski Lecture-Recital, an annual concert event commemorating pianist and composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski. |  |
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