Craig Byrd
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Why Yes, You Can Hear David Bowie's Biggest Hits Performed as Jazz Tributes This Weekend
Lea DeLaria, aka Orange Is the New Black’s Big Boo, pays homage to Bowie at a benefit concert on September 17 → Read More
How One of L.A.’s Indie Theater Companies Has Managed to Stay Alive for 25 Years (and Counting)
How One of L.A.’s Indie Theater Companies Has Managed to Stay Alive for 25 Years (and Counting) A Noise Within isn’t going anywhere When Julia Rodriguez-Elliot and Geoff Elliot Launched their theater company, A Noise Within, in a tiny Glendale space 25 years ago, their critics were not optimistic. “There were people who said we’d be dead within two weeks,” Rodriguez-Elliot says. The mission of A… → Read More
The Black Movie Soundtrack Finally Comes Back To the Hollywood Bowl
Common, Gladys Knight, and more perform classic tracks from black cinema on August 31 → Read More
7 Things You Never Knew About A Chorus Line On Its 40th Anniversary
The Broadway hit plays July 29, 30, and 31 at the Hollywood Bowl → Read More
Get a Behind the Scenes Look at California Adventure's New Frozen Live Show
After 13 years, Aladdin has moved out and Elsa and Anna have moved in → Read More
This is What It's Like to Choreograph a Musical That's Nominated for 10 Tony Awards
This is What It’s Like to Choreograph a Musical That’s Nominated for 10 Tony Awards Including Best Choreography In 1989, when he was just 15 years old, actor/tap dancer/choreographer Savion Glover landed his first Tony Award nomination. But he had to wait seven years before taking one home (for Best Choreography for Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk). This year, at the age of 42, he is… → Read More
After Going Clear, Lawrence Wright Turns His Attention to the Secret Negotiations at Camp David
The writer's newest play tells the story of Jimmy Carter, Anwar El Sadat, and Menachem Begin → Read More
The L.A. Chamber Orchestra is Trying Something Very Different to Create New Music
The group is premiering a 26-year-old composer's work next week → Read More
Michael A. Shepperd Brings the The Boy From Oz to a 55-Seat Theatre in Hollywood
The Celebration Theatre production opens at the Lex Theatre on April 29 → Read More
Alan Mandell Will Finish His Stage Career the Way He Started It: with a Performance of Endgame
The 88-year-old actor first acted in Samuel Beckett's play nearly 50 years ago—and Beckett watched him do it → Read More
Comedian Drew Droege Takes on the Role of Miranda Priestly in The Unauthorized Musical Parody of The Devil Wears Prada
Somebody get him the unpublished manuscript of the new Harry Potter book like now → Read More
Acclaimed Pianist Stephen Hough Has Recorded Over 50 Albums, and That Might Be the Least Impressive Thing on His Resume
The award-winning musician joins the LA Phil for three performances of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 → Read More
Marty and Elayne Celebrate 35 Years of Stayin’ Alive at the Dresden
How a two-week deal became a three-decade residency → Read More
A Gentleman’s Guide to Orchestrating a Musical, as Explained by EGOT Winner Jonathan Tunick
The legendary orchestrator’s production of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder opens March 23 at the Ahmanson → Read More
Composer Michael John LaChiusa Makes it Rain at the Old Globe in San Diego
LaChiusa's new musical, based on a short story by Somerset Maugham, has its world premiere March 24 → Read More
From "Roxanne" to Ben-Hur: The Police’s Stewart Copeland Talks Scoring a 1925 Silent Epic for a Live Audience
Copeland brings his adaptation to Valley Performing Arts Center and Segerstrom Concert Hall → Read More
Taylor Mac Surveys the 24-Decade History of Popular Music Over the Course of a 24-Hour Show
On March 12, Mac will perform an abridged version of 20th century hits at UCLA → Read More
Bill Frisell Interprets the Music from Classic Movies and TV on When You Wish Upon a Star
The acclaimed guitarist plays the Skirball Cultural Center February 25 → Read More
The Illusionists’s Adam Trent Will Put Your iPhone in a Blender—but It'll Be Fine, Because Magic
The magician mixes technology and talent at the Pantages → Read More
Hal Holbrook Has Been Portraying Mark Twain for Over 60 Years, and He’s Still Going Strong
Hal Holbrook Has Been Portraying Mark Twain for Over 60 Years, and He’s Still Going Strong He’s doing this performance for The Actors Fund If you have seen the Oscar-nominated film The Big Short, you might remember that the film opens with a quote from Mark Twain. “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” One person who knows Mark… → Read More