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The essence of theater is that we leave home and enter that intersection between live performers and live spectators -- in a public, physical locale. How is that going to happen until most audience members and artists are vaccinated?
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The essence of theater is that we leave home and enter that intersection between live performers and live spectators -- in a public, physical locale. How is that going to happen until most audience members and artists are vaccinated?
Creative communities thrive hard by the moribund Salton Sea.
Love in the time of Coronavirus. Love in the time of Presidential elections.
Our columnist offers his thoughts on several plays currently running on Los Angeles-area stages.
LA's own Michael Tilson Thomas just became a Kennedy Center honoree in the most vibrant profile of the entire televised celebration, and is very visible these days at Disney Hall.
Holiday greetings from a brass section of one.
Looking for a New Year's resolution? Try seeing more LA theater in 2020.
Some recent performances on the LA stage.
Anyone who cares about LA theater should have read Charles McNulty's recent essay. But perhaps you missed a couple of subsequent developments.
Jessye Norman, Martin Bernheimer, Plácido Domingo and more.
You've heard of the old gimmick of beginning an ad (or an article) with the word "SEX" followed by the words "Now that I've got your attention..."
I've recently seen four productions around LA that succeed as great American adventure stories.
Donna Perlmutter: It was balletic and beyond. Bodies speaking with eloquence. All of it gorgeous.
Women's voices dominate Center Theatre Group's June offerings -- but with a twist.
A ballet movie, an opera and lots more going on around town.
The LAT's home-turf focus hasn't filtered down to its coverage of the topic that professionally interests me the most -- Southern California's vast and lively theater scene.
Our world can seem more simplistic and superficial, but not if you seek refuge in the right places.
I'd like to propose a challenge to Center Theatre Group as it begins to consider which productions might make up the 2020 Block Party.
Two exhibits featuring art from separate but equally captivating worlds have taken up residence until summer.
Matthew Bourne's 'Cinderella' is the choreographer's show-dance extravaganza that everyone must see.
"Ragtime" at the Pasadena Playhouse is, among other distinctions, a great way to observe Black History Month.
Gary caught up with the curator at the West Los Angeles College Gallery.
As a finale to the packed LA Philharmonic centennial, Zubin Mehta and other celebrated virtuosos of an earlier era came to Disney Hall.
Gary and the band outside his studio in DTLA
Here are some of my personal favorites from 2018. But first my usual caveat. I've seen 155 productions in greater LA, fewer than half of those that were available.
Observing and enjoying some downtown shows.
The big finale featured Mitchell herself coming out on stage and receiving a birthday cake.
'Dear Evan Hansen' and 'Quack' show the power - and the problems -- of viral social media in two otherwise very different productions.
The art of NASA is music to our ears.
David Hockney at LACMA
The artist arrives to open his latest exhibit.
Visiting her old ballet costumes
Melissa Barak at LACMA Chagall exhibit with the artist's memorable designs.
Wilshire Grand Center lobby
Visitors check out the wall-mounted sculpture by artist Do Ho Suh.
Art Friday
The day after Thanksgiving was jumping at LACMA.
LA's Mariachi Manchester 
Chuck Berry and the Stones
One rocking Saturday night in the KHJ-TV studios in 1965. Video and backstory
Neutra and Schindler
Play imagines what happened after the estranged architects were reunited in a 1953 hospital room. Karen Wada
For your consideration
Two costume designers who should have received Emmy nominations in our blogger's judgment.
Iris Schneider takes in some chamber music with the Da Camera Society.
A tale of two Sugar Plum Fairies
Joy Womack comes to the Santa Monica Nutcracker from Moscow, Lyrica Blankfein from NYC. More
Baryshnikov springs onstage
After roughly 15 years of wandering in the theatrical desert, Mikhail Baryshnikov has finally found the most deserving spotlight of his post-dancing career. Donna Perlmutter
Artist's work goes from home
Made in America scene
Mayor Garcetti with Jay-Z, Beyonce and Steve Aoki at the music festival in Grand Park. Photo on Aoki's Instagram feed.
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Selected arts and culture links
Cultural institutions
American YouthSymphony
Art Center
Autry National Center
Broad Arts Foundation
CalArts
California African
American Museum
California Philharmonic
California String
Quartet
Center for Land Use
Interpretation
Center Theatre Group
Cerritos Center for
Performing Arts
Collage Dance Theatre
Craft and Folk Art Museum
Ford Theatres
Fowler Museum
Griffith Observatory
Hollywood Bowl
Huntington Library
Getty Center
GRAMMY Museum
Italian Cultural Inst.
Japanese American
National Museum
LACMA
Long Beach MOA
L.A. Ballet
L.A. Chamber Orchestra
L.A. Children's Chorus
L.A. Master Chorale
L.A. Opera
L.A. Philharmonic
Municipal Art Gallery
MOCA
Mus. of Jurassic Technology
Museum of Latin
American Art
Music Center
Natural History Museum
Norton Simon Museum
OC Perf. Arts Center
Otis College
Pacific-Asia Museum
Pasadena Museum of
Calif. Art
REDCAT
Santa Monica MOA
Santa Monica Symphony
Skirball Cultural Center
UCLA Hammer Mus.
UCLA Live
USC Fisher Mus.
USC Thornton School
Watts Towers Center
Weisman Museum
West Coast Jewish
Theatre
Zipper Concert Hall
Calendars and events
ArtSlant LACulture Mob
Experience L.A.
Flavorpill L.A.
L.A. Art Openings
LA Brain Terrain
Out West Arts
UCLA Happenings
USC Arts and Events
Media and blogs
Richard AnkromArts for L.A.
Arts Journal
ArtsMeme
Artworkslive
Marshall Astor
Blur + Sharpen
Michael Buitron
Gregg Chadwick
City of the Angels
Coagula
Concerning Art
Erin Cosgrove
CultureGrrl
Culture Monster
Curatorialist
Da Camera Society
Diavolo
Downtown Art Walk
Gustavo Dudamel
Ensemble Green
Carol Es
Fine Arts L.A.
Frenchy but Chic
Dennis Hollingsworth
I call it Oranges
International Review
of Music
Jacaranda
KUSC blog
L.A. Art Girls
LACMA on Fire
LACMA Unframed
LA Contemporary
Dance
L.A. in Bloom
LA Mano Press
L.A. Modern Auctions
LA Stage
LA Stage Alliance
Machine Project
Man One World
Mayer Rus
Modern Art Notes
Monday Evening
Concerts
NoHo Arts District
Robert Olsen
Positive Ape Index
Recycle LACMA
Rembrandt in SoCal
Ruskin Art Club
Sundays Live
at LACMA
The Judson Studios
THE Magazine
The O.C. Art Blog
Rubén Ortiz Torres
Try Harder
Violinist.com
Zero Degrees Art
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