Alex Theatre

In Women’s History Month, enjoy the ‘honey-colored voice’ (Opera News ) of Sasha Cooke and a world premiere by rising composer Julia Adolphe, whose style is ’a neat fusion of shimmering textures and cataclysmic climaxes’ (Financial Times ). In a welcome return to LACO, Canadian Jon Kimura Parker brings his trademark liquid tone…gorgeous voicing…and dazzling showmanship’ (Winnipeg Free Press ) to the romantic Brahms concerto. Program includes: Jeffrey Kahane, conductor Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano Jon Kimura Parker, piano JULIA ADOLPHE – Sound Investment Commission (world premiere) HANDEL – As with rosy steps the morn’ from Theodora MOZART – ‘Deh, per questo...

Brad Keimach, Conductor FAURÉ – Pelléas et Mélisande SAINT-SAËNS – Violin Concerto #3, 3rd movement Anna Gong, violin (Harvard-Westlake High School) IBERT – Flute Concerto, 1st movement Josephine Lee, flute (Crescenta Valley High School) RAVEL – Mother Goose Suite BIZET – Carmen Suite This concert will be dedicated to the memory of GYO founder Joseph Lazara, who recently passed away.

Jhoomti Shaam is an intercollegiate Bollywood dance competition in its 15th year, hosted by UCLA Nashaa. Jhoomti Shaam has prided itself on bringing the culture of Bollywood to the community through the expression of dance in various styles. Nashaa is dedicated to finding only the best artistic talent the country has to offer and continues to be the nation’s most prestigious Hindi Film and Fusion Dance Competition. Jhoomti Shaam invites you to the esteemed Alex Theatre to see where stars are truly born.

Take a free backstage tour of the Alex Theatre for an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the historic venue as you have never seen it before! The tour is led by a guide who will conduct an overview of the landmark’s 91-year history, from its inception as a vaudeville house and movie palace in 1925 to its transformation to a world-class performing arts and entertainment center in the 1990s and more recently, the backstage expansion of 2014 and current programs and activities. Participants will also have the chance to see sound and lighting demos and explore and learn about the facility’s...

Now celebrating his 70th year, John Adams describes The Wound Dresser as a ‘statement of human compassion’ (The New York Times ). ‘Dynamic’ Uruguayan conductor Carlos Kalmar moves us from shadow into light with Rossini’s lively Overture and the sixth of Haydn’s dazzling ‘London’ symphonies. Listen for the allusion to ‘God Save the King’ which delighted Haydn’s audiences at the premiere! Program includes: Carlos Kalmar, conductor Brian Mulligan, baritone LUTOSLAWSKI – Musique funèbre JOHN ADAMS – The Wound Dresser HAYDN – Symphony No. 98 ROSSINI – Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers

The intense character study of criminal insanity in Raoul Walsh’s WHITE HEAT (1949) is most likely the greatest Cagney performance that has endured the test of time in Warner’s gangster genre. Cagney plays the psychotic and sadistic Arthur ‘Cody’ Jarrett, a ruthless gang leader with a penchant for deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others and plagued by torturous headaches and a mother fixation (Margaret Wycherly) with Freud written all over it. Meanwhile Cody’s wife, Verna (Virginia Mayo) ‘bats her eyes’ at every man she meets while enduring the brutality and neglect of her unstable husband. The plot thickens when...

SOLD OUT! A 2-day event that will pull you out of your fear into a world of endless creativity. Saturday, February 18, 2017: 8:30 AM – Registration 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM Sunday, February 19, 2017: 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM *USE SAME TICKET FOR ENTRY BOTH DAYS* You will be required to show your Saturday ticket for entry to the Sunday session. TICKET PRICE $99 + Fees – This price available 08/20/16 through 08/21/16 at Box Office Window Only $199 + Fees – 08/22/16 through 12/11/16 $299 + Fees – 12/12/16 through 01/11/17 $399 + Fees – 01/12/17 through...

GF Bayona Productions presents four amazing voices coming together for an extraordinary concert. Yeng Constantino, Kyla, Angeline Quinto, and KZ Tandigan are set to light up the stage for DIVAS.

George Balanchine captures Mozart in the crystalline Divertimento No. 15 (an LAB premiere), and expresses the carefree spirit of Gershwin in Who Cares? Haunting in its beauty and pathos, The Prodigal Son is as meaningful and moving today as when it debuted for the Ballets Russes in 1929.

Musical Theatre Guild presents a staged concert version of HALLELUJAH, BABY! Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green Book: Arthur Laurents Georgina is a beautiful, talented and ambitious young African-American woman who is on a quest to follow her dreams to be a theatrical performer in an America that constantly discriminates against her. Through her eyes we span the first half of the 20th century. Tuneful, exciting and joyous, it’s nearly fifty years old, but it sings the gospel truth of America’s difficult quest for racial equality as if it were written yesterday. HALLELUJAH, BABY!, the winner of...

Theatrical Education Group presents a program open to Student Field Trip groups: SHAKESPEARIENCE Since 1999, over 70,000 people have attended Shakespearience, making it the most widely attended field trip in California! Perfect for audiences of all ages, this amazing show features stunning performances of the Bard’s finest works! Essentially a “play within a play,” the production follows the adventures of an acting troupe as it stages a series of scenes from Shakespeare’s most famous plays. Shakespearience features scenes from the following plays: Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Visit www.shakespearience.com for...

Theatrical Education Group presents a program open to Student Field Trip groups: SHAKESPEARIENCE Since 1999, over 70,000 people have attended Shakespearience, making it the most widely attended field trip in California! Perfect for audiences of all ages, this amazing show features stunning performances of the Bard’s finest works! Essentially a “play within a play,” the production follows the adventures of an acting troupe as it stages a series of scenes from Shakespeare’s most famous plays. Shakespearience features scenes from the following plays: Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Visit www.shakespearience.com for...