The Pacific Jazz Orchestra (PJO), led by seven-time Grammy-nominated conductor Chris Walden, is Los Angeles' premier 40-piece ensemble, known for pioneering a hybrid sound that merges a jazz big band with a lush string orchestra to perform an expansive repertoire across genres from swing to Brazilian jazz. When featuring special guest vocalist Jane Monheit, a […]
To commemorate the band's 60th anniversary, Doors guitarist Robby Krieger headlined "A 60th Anniversary Doors Celebration," which served as the grand finale to a series of special shows throughout the year. The one-night-only event, held at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, featured Krieger and his band—including his son Waylon on vocals—performing a special homage […]
Based in Vancouver, Canada, Xana is an emerging pop powerhouse. Her command of pop music keeps her songwriting enthralling, as her blissful vocals glide across the most intimate storytelling and worldbuilding. It’s her intoxicating vibrance that sets Xana apart, as she encompasses themes of LGBTQ romance and female empowerment through her own experiences across her […]
Gunhild Carling, known as "Sweden's Queen of Swing," is an internationally acclaimed jazz musician, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist whose high-energy shows blend vintage jazz with vaudeville showmanship. She is famous for her remarkable ability to play numerous instruments, including the trombone (her favorite), trumpet, bagpipes, harp, and piano, often demonstrating her versatility by playing multiple instruments […]
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 […]
The Pacific Jazz Orchestra (PJO), led by seven-time Grammy-nominated conductor Chris Walden, is Los Angeles' premier 40-piece ensemble, known for pioneering a hybrid sound that merges a jazz big band with a lush string orchestra to perform an expansive repertoire across genres from swing to Brazilian jazz. When featuring special guest vocalist Jane Monheit, a […]
The Rescues are an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2008 by a collective of four established singer-songwriters and multi-instrumentalists: Kyler England, Adrianne Gonzalez (known as AG), Gabriel Mann, and initially Rob Giles (who is a past member, with the band now operating as a trio). The band's music is known for […]
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 […]
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 […]
A 60th Anniversary Doors Celebration
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 […]
