In 1943, Duke Ellington premiered two works about the experience of Black Americansone, Black, Brown, and Beige, traced their collective history and another, New World A-Coming, imagined a hopeful future. Ellington wrote about the latter in his biography, I visualized this new world as a place in the distant future, where there would be no war, no greed, no categorization, no non-believers, where love was unconditional, and no pronoun was good enough for God.Within the context of the orchestra, Ellington explored these themes, as well as his faith, in many forms, from sacred concerts to extended suites to tone poems. He brought the full range of his musical vocabulary to bear on his symphonic work, weaving spirituals, jazz, blues, and even West Indian dance music into his orchestrations. In two programs over four nights, Thomas Wilkins leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a weekend dedicated to the orchestral music of a great American composer.
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FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Sally Field Performing Arts Center (6/1 - 6/9) | ||
Jelly's Last Jam
Pasadena Playhouse (5/29 - 6/23) | ||
Change The Game
McCadden (6/9 - 6/16) NEW MUSICAL
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Juneteenth Celebration: T-Pain Plus Special Guests
Hollywood Bowl (6/19 - 6/19) | ||
space exploration because SPACE EXPLORATION because sPaCe eXpLoRaTiOn!!!
Madnani Theater (6/10 - 6/30)
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FRIDA-Stroke of Passion- IMMERSIVE
CASA 0101 theater (5/31 - 6/9) LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN
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SO MY DAD F*CKED THE NANNY
Thymele Arts, Kansas Room (6/20 - 6/30) | ||
Khruangbin
Hollywood Bowl (8/10 - 8/11) | ||
Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology
Willie Agee Playhouse (3/28 - 5/27) | ||
The Joffrey Ballet's Anna Karenina
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at the Los Angeles Music Center (6/21 - 6/23) | ||
Natalia Lafourcade and Gustavo Dudamel
Hollywood Bowl (9/6 - 9/7) | ||
We Need Better Friends
The Broadwater (Second Stage) (6/7 - 6/30)
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