Alex Theatre

The 2017 AFS Halloween Event features a full length stage production of Hollywood Scares!…a classic, ‘all ghoul’ send-up of the long-running Hollywood Squares Quiz Show. Celebrity panelists and Stand Up Comedians will join forces with AFS to present an evening of challenging classic horror trivia and irreverent humor. AFS also presents a classic animated short and feature film. This year we are saluting the vintage horror produced by Hammer Films. Brides of Dracula (1960) was the first follow-up to Horror of Dracula (1958) in a series that would eventually include eight titles. Many fans consider it one of the greatest...

Los Angeles Ballet’s PUSHING DANCE BOUNDARIES program features avant-garde works from three remarkable choreographers: Alejandro Cerrudo’s cutting-edge contemporary Second to Last  duets and Pacopepepluto, LAB Premieres; a World Premiere from phenom Menghan Lou; and the groundbreaking masterwork The Four Temperaments by George Balanchine.

Dances of Peru is a Los Angeles based cultural project, led by choreographer Freddy Chiara, whose mission is the preservation of the ancestral dances born in the Andean and Coastal regions of Peru. The presentation involves a professional ensemble of Los Angeles musicians and a troupe of more than twenty dancers who enhance the magnificence of live folklore.

The Glendale International Film Festival kicks off its 4th Annual Film Festival with an opening night gala and red carpet screening of THE GODFATHER, celebrating the 45th Anniversary of the film’s premiere. Widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, with 10 Academy Award Nominations and three wins for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Screenplay Adaptation, THE GODFATHER makes its Alex Theatre screen debut for this one night only event. Based upon Mario Puzo’s classic novel of the same name, the story focuses on the powerful Italian-American crime family of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando). When the Don’s youngest...

Return to the Alex for a closing reception of food, music, and fun.

Watch 10 companies compete for a $20,000 prize package in front of a panel of judges.

Keynote speakers, panel discussion, live demos and exhibitor displays. Lunch provided.

Musicians at Play, Music Fund Los Angeles, and Varèse Sarabande are honored to present Lalo Schifrin’s 85th Birthday Concert at the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale. The evening will be hosted by Robert Townson. Guest Conductor Chris Walden will lead an all-star big band and special guests in celebrating Lalo’s life, artistry, and esteemed body of work. Flutist Sara Andon will solo with the band for a pair of historic Schifrin pieces. Additional special guests to be announced. Lalo Schifrin is a venerated composer, conductor, pianist, and jazz musician. He has written classic television themes and over 100 film scores...

Musical Theatre Guild presents a staged concert version of SUGAR Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Bob Merrill Book: Peter Stone Based on screenplay Some Like It Hot by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond What some guys won’t do to get the job….or the girl!’ In 1959 Lemmon, Curtis and Monroe lit up the silver screen in Billy Wilder’s classic comedy Some Like It Hot. In 1972 theatre creative giants Styne, Merrill and Stone transformed the property into a new musical titled SUGAR. Set in prohibition-era Chicago and Miami, SUGAR tells the story of two unemployed musicians, Joe and Jerry, who, after witnessing a mob murder, go undercover as women...

La Diosa presents ALEJANDRO LERNER in concert.

La Diosa presents ANDRES CEPEDA in concert.

Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre presents BEST OF KHACHATURIAN The evening of dance includes the following: A work dedicated to the memory of the Armenian Genocide Masquerade Spartacus Selections from Gayane