Alex Theatre

The Glendale Youth Orchestra (GYO) is one of Los Angeles County’s lead youth orchestras. The GYO has played twice in recent years at the Walt Disney Concert Hall to great acclaim. In 2011, the GYO auditioned and was selected as a PREMIER LA Phil Youth Orchestra. GYO’s mission is based on the belief that our young people have a better chance of succeeding in their world if they appreciate and participate in its rich artistic and cultural traditions. GYO provides young musicians in grades 6-12 from all over L.A. County a unique opportunity to play classical music under the direction of Juilliard-trained...

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 90-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...

GF Bayona Productions presents a Filipino Variety Show: A Musical, Comedy, and Dance Production by James Reid and Nadine Lustre. There will be a photo-op for VIP ticket holders following the show. PERFORMANCE DATES & TIMES Saturday, 21 May 2016 – 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm

GF Bayona Productions presents a Filipino Variety Show: A Musical, Comedy, and Dance Production by James Reid and Nadine Lustre. There will be a photo-op for VIP ticket holders following the show. PERFORMANCE DATES & TIMES Saturday, 21 May 2016 – 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm

Musical Theatre Guild presents a staged concert version of THE PAJAMA GAME (1954 ) Music & Lyrics: Richard Adler & Jerry Ross Book: George Abbott & Richard Bissell, based on Bissell’s novel 7 1/2 Cents A true classic from the Golden Age of Musicals that doesn’t show up as often as you’d like! Employees at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory will strike if they don’t get a raise of 7-1/2 cents an hour. New Superintendent, Sid, arrives to keep management strong. Local Union Leader, Babe, is there to get the workers their raise. Wanna guess what happens? But really, here’s everything you need...

Capping his 19th season as LACO music director, Jeffrey Kahane conducts Schumann’s Symphony No. 2 and a world premiere by LACO 2016 Sound Investment composer, Matthew Aucoin. Only 24, Aucoin is already ‘one of the most sought-after voices in classical music,’ with commissions from the Met and Lyric Opera of Chicago. Praised for a ‘monstrously brilliant technique and his questing, deep-thinking approach,’ Marc-André Hamelin brings his original blend of musicianship to Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17. Program includes: Jeffrey Kahane, conductor ‘inspire superb playing’ (LA TIMES) Matthew Aucoin, LACO Sound Investment composer 2016 ‘a rising star’ (Boston Globe) Marc-André Hamelin, piano ‘awe-inspiring virtuoso’ (Chicago-Sun Times)...

The great choreographer Frederick Ashton’s Romeo and Juliet is a classical work of genius. Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy of star-crossed lovers is unforgettably expressed in dance, drama, and Prokofiev’s timeless score.

THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD is a 1958 Technicolor fantasy film from Columbia Pictures produced by Charles H. Schneer, directed by Nathan H. Juran and starring Kerwin Matthews, Torin Thatcher, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer. This top-notch adventure pits hero Sinbad against the evil Magician who has reduced the Princess to miniature size. Fast-moving and filled with thrilling creatures including the giant Cyclops and the famous sword battle with an army of skeletons. The Special Effects were conceptualized by Ray Harryhausen using a full-color widescreen stop-motion animation technique called Dynamation. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad was selected in 2008 for preservation in the...

Join Doug Benson (Super High Me, Marijuana-Logues, @Midnight) and his comedian friends for a special live taping of his hit show Getting Doug With High. Live at 8:00 pm from the famous Alex Theatre in Glendale, California, it’s the biggest show yet. Celebrate 4/20 the right way, with Doug and surprise guests sure to put on an exciting and unforgettable show.

Join Doug Benson (Super High Me, Marijuana-Logues, @Midnight) and his comedian friends for a special live taping of his hit show Getting Doug With High. Live at 8:00 pm from the famous Alex Theatre in Glendale, California, it’s the biggest show yet. Celebrate 4/20 the right way, with Doug and surprise guests sure to put on an exciting and unforgettable show.

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 90-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...

Joshua Roman, named a 2011 TED Fellow for his ongoing creative initiatives in classical music, has earned a national reputation for performing a wide range of repertoire with ‘virtuosic technique and quiet intensity.’ The Mason Bates Cello Concerto marks Roman’s LACO debut. Known as a ‘fresh and forceful talent’ and for probing and vibrant interpretations of music of all periods, Matthew Halls also leads the Orchestra in two of LACO’s signature symphonies, Prokofiev’s ‘Classical’ and Haydn’s ‘The Clock.’ Program includes: Matthew Halls, conductor ‘creates an intimate luminosity’ (Salzburger Nachrichten) Joshua Roman, cello ‘extraordinary technical and musical gifts’ (San Francisco Chronicle)...