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2/15/6

In Focus: Los Angeles, 1945-1980

Those vintage-looking shots of the city you’ve been taking with your Instagram app used to take hours of craftsmanship to produce. Check out what L.A. looked like a few decades ago through the lenses of such sharp shooters as Anthony Friedkin, Judy Fiskin, Robert Heinecken, Anthony Hernandez, and Man Ray. More information.

INFO Tuesday- Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. Closed Mondays, at Getty Center
2/12/29

Breaking Ground: Chinese American Architects in Los Angeles

From Helen Liu Fong’s resin-based lighting fixtures for Googie coffee shops to Gilbert Leong’s pagoda-topped First Bank of Chinatown, this exhibition focuses on some intriguing and less heralded contributions to modern local architecture. More information

INFO Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., at Chinese American Museum
2/12/29

Obey Your Master

First there was the collaboration with Lou Reed; now come artworks inspired by their songs. Skateboarder Tony Alva copresents at this tribute to the heavy metal band Metallica; participating artists include Shepard Fairey and Katy Rodriguez. More information

INFO TBD, at Exhibit A Gallery
2/12/29

All About the El Capitan

Grab your pith helmet and join the Los Angeles Historic Theater Foundation for an expedition to the restored Hollywood movie palace. You may have seen a Disney film here, but that’s a far cry from the exhaustive tours these experts lead. More information

INFO TBD, at El Capitan Theatre
2/12/29

Eleanor Antin’s Before the Revolution

The story line follows Eleanora Antinova, an African American ballerina who’s trying to gain admittance into the Ballets Russes, the prestigious Russian dance company. Fusing a vaudeville sensibility with performance art, Antin directs the production with Robert Castro. More information

INFO Tuesday through Wednesday and Saturday 11 a.m. – 7 p.m., Thursday 11 a.m. – 9 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. –, at Hammer Museum
2/12/26

I Love Lucy Live on Stage

If you’ve ever wondered what it would have been like to watch Lucy, Ricky, Ethel, and Fred perform before a live audience, this show’s for you. Classic moments from the sitcom are re-created, including the legendary Vitavegamin episode. More information

INFO Various times, at Greenway Court Theatre
2/12/22

A Raisin in the Sun

In 2004, Phylicia Rashad won a Tony for her performance in the Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s play. She directs this production, which began at the Ebony Repertory Theatre.  The Mark Taper Forum’s Clybourne Park (also running now) takes its inspiration from this show. More information

INFO Various times, at Kirk Douglas Theater
2/14/15

Syd Mead: Progressions

A private museum at Forest Lawn-Glendale has been showcasing the treasures of L.A.’s most famous cemetery since 1951. This exhibit follows the 50-plus-year career of our favorite visual futurist, who created tableaux for Tron and Star Trek. Mead’s new work, titled Shoulder of Orion, depicts the visions of an expiring replicant from another of his films, Blade Runner.

INFO TBD, at Forest Lawn-Glendale
2/12/26

American Night: The Ballad of Juan José

Culture Clash, which regularly plays the Mark Taper Forum, appropriately heads south for this irreverent play about border issues before appearing at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in March. More information

INFO Various times, at La Jolla Playhouse
2/13/17

Manifest Destiny at Analog Salon

Hitch up your wagon and toast to western expansion with Analog Salon’s latest photography showcase, which examines our fascination with the west and our perpetual need to discover what’s beyond the next hill. The opening reception features a meet-and-greet with the eight participating photographers and tunes from ethnomusicologist Marlon Fuentes. More information.

INFO Opening reception: January 28, 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Exhibit: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at Samitaur Constructs
2/12/26

Clybourne Park

Bruce Norris’s 2011 Pulitzer winner explores the hypocrisy and self-deception that lie behind any belief that we’ve made meaningful social progress in the last 50 years. It also happens to be funny.  More information

INFO 8 p.m., at Mark Taper Forum
2/22/27

Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles

Better known as the early chronicler of New York crime, the photographer Weegee moved here in 1947 to work in movies, just as the studio system began collapsing and L.A. entered its baroque period of Bizarro. Until MOCA came along with this new exhibition, no art museum had mounted a show devoted to Weegee’s photographs of the city, a collection that includes grotesquely distorted portraits. Weegee’s camera didn’t simply freeze a moment in time; it also captured the Crowd—the incredulous spectators on the fringe of events who remain the same from coast to coast. More information.

INFO Monday, 11-5. Thursday, 11 - 8. Friday, 11 - 5. Saturday and Sunday, 11 - 6., at Museum of Contemporary Art
2/23/31

In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States

However revolutionary, surrealists like Man Ray and Salvador Dalí didn’t stop objectifying the female form—they just turned it into cellos or all arms and legs. This exhibition examines what happened when women surrealists such as Louise Bourgeois, Frida Kahlo, and Dorothea Tanning became the objectifiers. More information

INFO TBD, at Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2/43/10

Ed’s Party: Spheres of Influence in the LA Art Scene

Ed Moses’s Venice studio was the ’60s hangout for artistic misfits like Ed Kienholz, Robert Irwin, and Ed Ruscha. At 85, the painter still unites a community inspired by the rebellious spirit of his abstract expressionism. More information

INFO Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., at William Turner Gallery
2/43/18

Masters of the American West Fine Art Exhibition and Sale

Even today the Old West plays an inextricable role in America’s identity. Mosey through this huge collection of real and imagined scenes of western life, ranging from oil paintings depicting the picturesque Oregon Trail to sculptures of irritable grizzly bears. More information

INFO Various times, at Autry National Center
2/54/29

Alina Szapocznikow: Sculpture Undone, 1955-1972

After surviving Nazi concentration camps and Jewish ghettos, Szapocznikow turned to sculpture to exorcise the traumas of her youth. Her fragmented works address the impermanence of flesh and the immortality of bodies rendered in bronze, plastic, and stone. More information

INFO Various times, at Hammer Museum
2/73/18

The Jacksonian

Ed Harris, Glenne Headly, Amy Madigan, Bill Pullman, and Bess Rous team up for this darkly humorous play from Pulitzer winner Beth Henley. More information

INFO Various times, at Geffen Playhouse
2/113/4

Simon Boccanegra

Not content to be one of the great tenors, Plácido Domingo tackles the baritone title role in Verdi’s tale of politics, both personal and professional. More information.

INFO Various times, at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
2/213/30

BB Forever: Brigitte Bardot—The Legend

ASK CHRIS PICK: More than two dozen vintage prints tracing the career of legendary actress Brigitte Bardot compose this global exhibition curated by French journalist Henry-Jean Servat. Join the star of And God Created Woman as she reclines alone in the desert and strides among the neon-soaked casinos of 1960s Las Vegas. More Information.

INFO Various times, at Hotel Sofitel
2/23

The Director’s Series: Michael Govan and Rocco Landesman

As slashed budgets threaten the future of many arts organizations, the National Endowment for the Arts finds itself at risk yet again. LACMA hosts a conversation between museum director Michael Govan and NEA chairman Rocco Landesman about arts funding during economic downturns. More information

INFO 7:30 p.m., at Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2/23

Philip Levine

The 18th U.S. poet laureate—whose embarrassment of awards includes a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, and a National Book Critics Circle award—reads and discusses his work with Robert Casper, head of the Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress. More information.

INFO 7 p.m., at Mark Taper Auditorium
2/24

Jackie Evancho

In just over a year the 11-year-old went from singing opera on YouTube to showcasing her resounding voice for millions of America’s Got Talent viewers. What were you doing at her age? More information

INFO 7:30 p.m., at Nokia Theatre
2/24

I See Hawks in LA

I See Hawks in LA is one of the best-known alt-country bands here in town—releasing five critically acclaimed albums since they began writing songs in Echo Park 11 years ago. (The name comes from a high desert epiphany the guys had, bonding over the state of country music.) Fans have always treasured their memorable acoustic shows, where the group's rich harmonies and musicianship really shine, and they’ve finally releasing their first ever all-acoustic CD, New Kind of Lonely, on March 6. Catch them at McCabe’s to celebrate the album. More information.

INFO 8 p.m., at McCabe’s
2/253/17

Albert Herring

This comic opera by Benjamin Britten is the second of the composer’s three operas being performed by LA Opera to celebrate the centenary of Britten’s birth. More information.

INFO Various times, at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
2/25

Little Tokyo Walking Tour

This tour, led by the Japanese American National Museum, investigates the hidden history of the neighborhood as it explores cultural displacement and the success stories of residents. More information

INFO 10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m., at Japanese American National Museum
2/25

Los Lonely Boys

Originally from San Angelo, Texas, the Garza brothers are fond of making up new words. They’ll branch out at the Broad, showing off their “Texican” rock and roll in an all-acoustic show in support of Rockpango, 2011’s Latin-grooved album. More information.

INFO 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., at Broad Stage
2/26

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Family Concert

Even if your offspring aren’t hyperkinetic, sitting through a classical program is no easy task. Thankfully LACO’s concert series offers an “instrumental petting zoo,” where kids can get hands-on with the instruments. More information

INFO 2 p.m., at Alex Theatre
2/26

Beverly Hills Wine Festival

If a merlot tasting at a local wineshop doesn’t excite aspiring enologists, this festival presents a wide array of vintages at a historic estate. Yes, film geeks, the house served as Daniel Plainview’s domain in There Will Be Blood. More information

INFO 3 p.m.– 6 p.m., at Greystone Mansion
2/283/4

Monty Python’s SPAMALOT

You’ll believe a cow can fly in the Tony Award-winning musical version of the film classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Remember, he’s not dead yet. More information.

INFO Various times, at Pantages Theatre
2/28

Andy Borowitz with Sarah Silverman

The guy behind the Borowitz Report (CBS News Sunday Morning dubbed him “the funniest man in America”) chats with one of the funniest women in America at this Writers Bloc event. What will the evening bring? Says Borowitz: “Penis jokes intermixed with Andrew Lloyd Webber songs.” More information.

INFO 7:30 p.m., at Saban Theatre
3/1

Westside Connections with Michael Ruhlman

Watch out, Ice Cube—the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s “Westside Connections” is in the (opera) hizzouse. Pairing foodie brains with orchestral numbers, this session presents food writer Ruhlman dishing up the main discourse with sonic sides of Rossini, Puccini, and Schoenfield. More information.

INFO TBD, at The Broad Stage
3/1

Roky Erickson

For a fascinating look at the rise and fall of the Texas-born Erickson, check out the documentary You’re Gonna Miss Me. He’s the former front man for the 13th Floor Elevators, who were pioneers of the psychedelic rock sound. Luckily, he’s risen again, releasing a CD of all-new material in 2010 and touring and performing regularly since. More information.

INFO 8 p.m., at El Rey Theatre
3/2

First Fridays

Listen to astronomer Mike “Pluto Killer” Brown explain why he gave the Dark Planet the boot and let him know why you miss that little guy tying up the galaxy with its adorable off-kilter orbit. More information.

INFO TBD, at Natural History Museum
3/2

Dead Alive

“Sumatran rat-monkeys infect New Zealanders with zombiism.” No, it’s not a tabloid headline; it’s the plot of Hobbit lover Peter Jackson’s supergory second film, Dead Alive. Drop in on this disgustingly mirthful midnight screening, and don’t forget to BYO barf bag. More information.

INFO TBD, at Nuart
3/2

Zola Jesus

Zola Jesus is the stage name of the Russian American singer-songwriter Nika Roza Danilova, whose third studio album, Conatus, was released last fall. The Natural History Museum’s “First Fridays” series is a perfect venue for her haunting vocals and electronic pop atmospherics. More information.

INFO 8 p.m., at Natural History Museum
3/33/4

South Bay Ballet: Bravo! The Classical & Contemporary Ballet Experience

Mixing two genres of dance, South Bay Ballet has consistently produced top-tier dancers who have gone on to perform with American Ballet Theatre, the Joffrey, Alvin Ailey, and other prestigious troupes. More information.

INFO Various times, at Torrance Cultural Arts Center
3/33/31

Los Angeles Ballet: Swan Lake

Long before Black Swan brought the classic tale of a Swan Queen and her Prince to Hollywood, audiences have, um, flocked to productions of Swan Lake. Los Angeles Ballet artistic directors Colleen Neary and Thordal Christensen present their version with performances at UCLA’s Royce Hall and in Redondo Beach, Glendale, Long Beach, and Northridge. More information.

INFO Various times, at Various locations
3/3

An Evening with Bernadette Peters

Fresh off her Broadway run in James Goldman’s beloved Follies, the tremendously talented Peters tells stories (and sings songs, of course) about her career. If The Jerk is any indication, she plays a mean trumpet, too. More information.

INFO TBD, at Valley Performing Arts Center
3/3

Lantern Festival

The colorful moon-shaped lanterns that festoon the Yuan Xiao Festival give props to that glowing orb in the sky. This all-day event re-creates a traditional village street fair bustling with storytellers, dancers, and acrobats. More information.

INFO TBD, at Chinese American Museum
3/3

8

George Clooney, Martin Sheen, Matthew Morrison, Jamie Lee Curtis, and others team up for a reading of Academy Award winner Dustin Lance Black’s play about California’s Proposition 8 trial. Proceeds benefit the American Federation for Equal Rights. More information.

INFO 7:30 p.m., at Wilshire Ebell Theatre
3/3

Celebrate Dance 2012

This program of all things dance presents works that cover the full spectrum. Participating companies include Hysterica Dance Company, Invertigo Dance Theatre, LaDiego Dance Theater, Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company, Lydia Zimmer, Malashock Dance, Monat Dance, Regina Klenjoski Dance Company, and RhetOracle Dance Company. More information.

INFO 8 p.m., at Alex Theatre
3/4

Inside the Mind of the Arsonist

From Nathanael West’s imagined conflagrations to the recent Hollywood fires, our city is no stranger to flames. With talks by arson investigators and a crime lab tour, the Los Angeles Visionaries Association explores troubled psyches that regard L.A. as a pleasure to burn. More information.

INFO TBD, at Cal State L.A.
3/4

Jonathan Gold’s Gold Standard

As the self-proclaimed “Belly of Los Angeles,” Gold has a chart-busting food IQ (and a cholesterol level to match?). At his fourth annual food fest, eager eaters can nibble on dishes that pass muster on Gold’s must-nosh list. More information.

INFO TBD, at Petersen Automotive Museum
3/7

Jodi Picoult

With 18 novels, five movie adaptations, one comic book series, and book sales totaling more than 33 million, Picoult knows a thing or two about crafting best-sellers. She discusses her 20th effort, Lone Wolf, about medical ethics and life with a wolf pack. More information.

INFO TBD, at Ramo Auditorium, Caltech
3/7

Peter Case

Iconic L.A. rocker Case returns to the stage, this time with old friend and musical partner Paul Collins, who was with him in the Nerves and the Breakaways before Case went on to front the Plimsouls. This should be a fun one: Expect a full-band electric showcase of hits from each band. More information.

INFO 8 p.m., at The Echo
3/7

Jim James, Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, and Anders Parker

Everyone is celebrating the centennial of Woody Guthrie’s birth this year, so you’d think we would have run out of his never-recorded lyrics by now. Not so. Jim James is My Morning Jacket. Jay Farrar is Sun Volt. Will Johnson and Anders Parker have collaborated with both. All four have teamed up to write songs and record an album titled New Multitudes, with lyrics by you-know-who. Apparently a lot of the songs they chose came from Guthrie’s experiences when he lived in Los Angeles. More information.

INFO 8 p.m., at The Music Box
3/83/25

Grunion Run

Every spring, on the four nights following a full or new moon, a midnight rendezvous takes place on the beach (this year’s dates are March 8 to 11 and 22 to 25) when thousands of small, silvery fish called grunions throw themselves out of the water and onto the sand to spawn. It’s like From Here to Eternity but with baitfish. More information.

INFO Approx. 10 p.m.-12 a.m., at South-facing beaches (e.g., Venice, Santa Monica, Malibu)
3/93/11

Evidence, A Dance Company

Artistic director Ronald K. Brown presents the West Coast premiere of On Earth Together, set to the music of Stevie Wonder. Brown’s company, which weaves traditional African dance with contemporary choreography, also performs Grace, a work created for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. For an additional fee, there’s a dance party—with a cocktail reception and live DJ—immediately following the opening-night program at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. More information.

INFO Various times, at Ahmanson Theatre
3/9

Story Pirates and Friends Fundraiser

This Geffen Saturday ritual gets a celebrity boost when Conan O’Brien hosts an evening of comedy and musical sketches (based on stories written by elementary school children) to benefit the playhouse’s Story Pirates Play/Write Program. Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson from Parks & Recreation) and Patton Oswalt (Remy, the rat from Ratatouille) join Team Coco. A reception at 5 offers kid-friendly fare and desserts to go. Tickets are $25 to $50. More information.

INFO 5 p.m- 6:45 p.m., at Gil Cates Theater, Geffen Playhouse
3/94/1

American Night: The Ballad of Juan José

When Juan José falls asleep while cramming for his U.S. citizenship test, the past comes to life. Visions of Sacagawea, Bob Dylan, and Teddy Roosevelt offer him a comically twisted—and truthful—history lesson in this Culture Clash production. More information.

INFO Various times, at Kirk Douglas Theatre
3/9

Stew and the Negro Problem

On the heels of their Tony-winning musical, Passing Strange, L.A. native Stew and collaborator Heidi Rodewald return for an evening of music. The two begin a residency at UCLA in the fall. More information.

INFO 8 p.m., at Royce Hall
3/103/20

Celebrate 2012: The Wearable

ASK CHRIS PICK: What do you get when a chef, an artist, an architect, and an industrial designer hit the runway? Find out when the A+D museum showcases fashions imagined by the likes of Wolfgang Puck, John Baldessari, Richard Meier, Karim Rashid, and many others. After the models finish strutting, the designs will be auctioned off to benefit the museum. More information.

INFO 7 p.m.- 11 p.m., at A+D Architecture and Design Museum
3/10

Shatner’s World: We Just Live in It

William Shatner’s one-man show, aka $#*! Captain Kirk Says, has a one-night stand on Hollywood Boulevard. More information.

INFO 8 p.m., at Pantages Theater
3/10

Punch Brothers

You can’t call their music bluegrass, even though the instrumentation makes you want to. These guys go where no string band has gone before. Chris Thile of Nickel Creek teamed with talented old friends to push the envelope on folk, bluegrass, and country. A move to New York for some of the guys inspired a new approach to songwriting, and they came back to L.A. to record their latest CD, Antifogmatic, as a true collaboration, with L.A.’s beloved mad-scientist performer Jon Brion producing. More information.

 

INFO 8 p.m., at El Rey Theatre
3/12

Sarah Colonna

You might know her as the Chelsea Lately writer and round-table regular; she's also a stand-up comedian in Los Angeles. How she got to this point is the subject of her memoir, Life as I Blow It: Tales of Love, Life & Sex...Not Necessarily in That Order, which she discusses at this book signing. More information.

INFO 7 p.m., at Book Soup
3/134/22

American Idiot

In the tradition of the Who’s Tommy comes Green Day’s rock album transition to Broadway. More information.

INFO Various times, at Ahmanson Theatre
3/144/22

Waiting for Godot

Like the song says, “the waiting is the hardest part.” That is particularly true for Vladimir and Estragon in Samuel Beckett’s revered absurdist play. More information.

INFO Various times, at Mark Taper Forum
3/15

Writers Finding Their Place in Los Angeles

Another “Pacific Standard Time” event—this one with a literary twist. L.A. writers Bernard Cooper, Joyce Farmer, Lynell George, Marisela Norte, and Michael Tolkin talk about what it means to be a writer 3,000 miles away from the country's publishing capital. L.A. Times book critic David L. Ulin moderates. More information.
 

INFO 7 p.m., at Mark Taper Auditorium
3/17

Chunky Move

The contemporary dance group Chunky Move, based in Melbourne, Australia, produces technology-driven programs. In Connected, artistic director-choreographer Gideon Obarzanek teams with California artist Reuben Margolin to explore the interplay of dancers’ bodies twisting and hurtling through space and Margolin's kinetic sculptures, which are made of wood, recycled plastic, paper, and steel and suspended in midair. More information.

INFO 8 p.m., at Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State L.A.
3/17

World City: Inca Son & Ccanto Scissors Dancers

This free World City at the Music Center program is aimed at children and families. The featured performers are Peruvian folk dance champions Inca Son (“sound of the Incas”) and the Ccanto Scissors Dancers, who perform a ritual acrobatic dance (with, yes, scissors!) that originated in the southcentral Andes. More information.

INFO 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., at W.M. Keck Foundation Children’s Amphitheatre, Walt Disney Concert Hall
3/183/19

USA Spirit Nationals

This annual event for college dance and cheerleading squads draws mostly friends and family, but that doesn’t mean you have to know someone on the floor to get revved up by tucks, flips, and stunts. If you liked Bring It On, come see the real deal. More information.

INFO Various times, at Anaheim Convention Center
3/18

Nancy Baker Cahill

Nancy Baker Cahill’s solo exhibition at PMCA, titled Fascionmas, includes works that depict imaginary growths and reference ultrasounds, electron microscopy, and prehistoric cave paintings. Ask Cahill about her unusual inspirations when she drops by the museum to talk about the show. More information.

INFO TBD, at Pasadena Museum of California Art
3/20

Sharon Van Etten

Sharon Van Etten seems to stand out in a new generation of folkies. Her songs are subtle, graceful, and thoughtful—equal parts heartache and wonder. Her just-released third studio album, Tramp, was produced by the National’s Aaron Dessner. More information.

INFO 8 p.m., at The Avalon
3/224/26

Drylands Design

ASK CHRIS PICK: If William Mulholland hadn’t laid pipes to suck up all that delicious water from Central California, we wouldn’t be here to enjoy this exhibition. In collaboration with Woodbury University, the A+D museum examines new infrastructure, urbanism, landscape, and architecture proposals to enhance our perpetually arid region in the 21st century. More information.

INFO 11 a.m.- 5 p.m., at A+D Architecture and Design Museum
3/233/25

Ballet Prejocaj’s Snow White

With two Snow Whites heading into movie theaters this year, France’s Ballet Preljocaj offers an antidote to big-budget blockbusters. This sleek, contemporary production—set to a Mahler symphony—looks and feels cool, thanks to costumes by Jean Paul Gaultier. More information.

INFO Various times, at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
3/24

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure

The recent bad press for the Susan G. Komen foundation (its VP just stepped down) hasn’t stopped the organization from holding its annual fund-raiser. Over the past 15 years in L.A., the Race for the Cure has raised $8.9 million, which goes toward breast cancer screening, education, and treatment. Get movin’. More information.

INFO 5 p.m., at Dodger Stadium
3/24

Genesis Awards

The Humane Society of the United States holds its 26th annual red-carpet canine event. Dancing with the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba hosts, and animal lovers Kaley Cuoco and Bill Maher are scheduled to appear. We still remember the year we followed Alicia Silverstone’s limo afterward because we thought she was going through McDonald’s drive-thru after the dinner (she wasn’t). More information.

INFO 5 p.m., at Beverly Hilton Hotel
3/24

Ani DiFranco

Ani DiFranco has released a new CD: Watch out. Which Side Are You On?, whose title track is a reworked version of a classic Pete Seeger song, includes 11 new tunes by the righteous babe, who is backed by a stellar group of musicians, some from acclaimed New Orleans groups. More information.

INFO 7 p.m., at The Orpheum
3/27

Kathleen Edwards

Ottawa native Edwards has been singing her heart out in an alt-country style since her first album came out in 2003. Her latest effort, Voyageur, could have a different feel, since it’s coproduced by Justin Vernon (aka Bon Iver). That’s fine by us—she sounds good singing anything. More information.

INFO 8 p.m., at El Rey Theatre
3/31

Jason Robert Brown and Anika Noni Rose

Two Tony winners—composer Brown (Parade) and actress Rose (Caroline, Or Change?)—join forces for an evening of Mr. Brown’s music in a show that was first performed at New York City’s Birdland. More information

INFO 7:30 p.m., at Broad Stage
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