The Billy Childs Quartet is a renowned contemporary jazz ensemble led by the multi-Grammy-winning pianist and composer, Billy Childs. The group is celebrated for its virtuosic performances and its blend of advanced jazz improvisation with the structural complexity of Western classical music, a style often referred to as "jazz/chamber music." Childs uses the quartet as […]
WRITTEN BY ZACHARY BONES DIRECTED BY CARLY DW BONES The Aaron Play picks up right where Shakespeare's bloodiest tragedy, Titus Andronicus, leaves off: with its self-proclaimed villain, Aaron the Moor, buried up to his chest in earth, sentenced to death by starvation. Watched by two Roman guards and visited by spirits of the wronged dead, Aaron plots […]
Open Fist Theatre Company is thrilled to present the world premiere of a new stage adaptation of Franz Kafka's first novel. The story begins with 17-year-old Karl Rossmann's arrival in New York City on a steamer, only to immediately be plunged into a sequence of increasingly strange and bewildering experiences that shatter his reality as […]
When a fairy godmother goes rogue and plops copies of The Feminine Mystique in the laps of classic heroines, the damsels embark on a quest to rewrite their stories and redefine “happily ever after.” Once Upon a One More Time weaves 23 of Britney Spears’ smash hits—like “Crazy,” “Oops!…I Did It Again,” “Circus,” “Lucky,” and […]
Poet and community activist Faith Santilla leads a soulful and empowering celebration of music and culture inspired by the solidarity formed between Filipino and Mexican workers during the California labor movement of the 1960s. Headlining the evening is Joe Bataan, the iconic “King of Latin Soul.” Born and raised in Spanish Harlem to Filipino and […]
Autry Museum and Greenway Arts Alliance present the Native Voices National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere by Tara Moses (Seminole Nation of Oklahoma). Ash and Aaron have been dead for twenty years, and the Indigenous siblings pass their time dancing to Britney Spears, haunting the families that try to move into their house, and […]
Directed by Darin Anthony Featuring: Derek Manson, Casey J. Adler, Dana Schwartz, Warren Davis Paper Walls tells the story of the Goldman family, profoundly affected by Hitler’s rise to power, who find themselves desperately fleeing persecution while awaiting entry into the United States. Restrictive U.S. immigration policies and antisemitism intensified their struggle, and this poignant drama explores themes strikingly […]
TELYKAST is a Los Angeles-based music group known for their distinctive sound that blends high-energy electronic dance music (EDM) with catchy pop hooks and organic instrumentation. The trio, comprised of Linus Altman-Kurosaki (jazz guitarist background), Kyle Tonoli (DJ/producer), and Trevor Klaiman (former metal guitarist), fuses their diverse musical backgrounds to create anthemic, sentimental tracks. They […]
To find closure after losing her sister, Merril, a gifted programer, uses AI to retrace her sister’s last moments.
Disney Tim Burton‘s The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert featuring Danny Elfman singing as Jack, Janelle Monae singing as Sally, Keith David singing as Oogie Boogie, Riki Lindhome singing as Shock, and John Stamos singing as Lock with incredible eye-popping projections that bring Halloween Town to life. The holiday classic celebrates 10 years since its first show […]
