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Ambassador to the Arts
Los Angeles is an expansive, interconnected, and diverse region; it is no wonder that tremendous art thrives here. Art – be it visual, dance, music, opera, theater, or any of the other mediums born of this creative region – frequently reflects its intrinsic “expanse.” Art in Los Angeles combines differing artistic expressions, crosses boundaries, and, in doing so, creates work that could be born only here. Our art is influenced by countless voices – both those that are native and those that emigrated here to join the largest creative community in the world. Perhaps you are one of these transplants (as I am), perhaps you were born and raised here, or perhaps you’re simply visiting to experience just a sampling of the work we collectively create. Regardless, I encourage you to approach our city’s varied artistic offerings as our artists do: expand your interests and see an exhibit by an artist or museum/gallery that is new to you; invite a friend to a new and challenging piece of theater or other performance; see a concert or artistic offering in a non-traditional venue. By crossing these aesthetic and geographic boundaries, you can only grow your appreciation of our work.
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Contents
Ambassador’s Note
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Sponsors
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Publisher’s Note
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Ahmanson Theatre
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Broad Museum
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Geffen Playhouse
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J. Paul Getty Museum
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Kirk Douglas Theatre
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Los Angeles Ballet
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Los Angeles Master Chorale
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Los Angeles Opera
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The Los Angeles Philharmonic
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Mark Taper Forum
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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The Pasadena Playhouse
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The Pasadena Symphony and POPS
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A Thank You to Our Patrons Welcome to the Los Angeles edition of the Guide for the Arts.
The arts in Los Angeles continue to flourish, thanks to your patronage. Without your help, the Los Angeles area arts landscape would not be the vibrant and inspiring community that you have come to know and expect. Because of people like you, Angelenos and visitors alike will be able to enjoy a great variety of performing and visual arts. It is your generosity that has helped build a metropolitan arts scene that is more than just a source of civic pride—it is envied around the world. Guide for the Arts has put together a unique and
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Ahmanson Theatre
FOR OVER 40 YEARS the AhExterior Ahmanson Theatre manson Theatre has presented a Photo: Alex Pitt wide variety of dramas, musicals, comedies, and classic revivals. The Ahmanson continues to present Broadway hits such as the exclusive Los Angeles engagements of the Tony Award-winning productions of Doubt, Jersey Boys, and John Doyle’s revolutionary production of Sweeney Todd, as well as Cameron Mackintosh/National Theatre of Great Britain’s award-winning production of My Fair Lady. For excellence in all phases of production, the Ahmanson has been honored with over 50 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards. It currently enjoys the largest theatrical season ticket base on the West Coast in a year-round season from early fall through late summer. DECEMBER 8, 2015 – JANUARY 17, 2016 THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY Based on the Novel by ROBERT JAMES WALLER Book by MARSHA NORMAN Music and Lyrics by JASON ROBERT BROWN Directed by BARTLETT SHER ONE OF THE most romantic stories ever written, The Bridges of Madison County first captured the nation’s attention as a best-
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selling novel by Robert James Waller and is now an irresistible, two-time Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. This stunning new production features gorgeous, soulful music by Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown (Parade, The Last Five Years) that the Daily News hails as “one of Broadway’s best scores in the last decade.” With a book by Pulitzer Prize winner Marsha Norman (The Secret Garden, The Color Purple) and direction by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher (South Pacific, The Light in the Piazza), The Bridges of Madison County is the unforgettable story of two people caught between decision and desire, as a chance encounter becomes a second chance at so much more. JANUARY 30 – MARCH 13, 2016 AN ACT OF GOD Written by DAVID JAVERBAUM Directed by JOE MANTELLO THE KING OF the Universe is tackling His greatest challenge yet: live theatre in Los Angeles. God takes the form of Emmy Award winner Sean Hayes in An Act of God, a 90-minute comedy where the Almighty and His devoted Angels answer some of the deepest questions that have plagued mankind since Creation. He’s finally arrived to set the record straight… and He’s not holding back! An Act of God – coming to the AhSean Hayes stars in An Act of God. manson straight from Broadway – is Photo: Mark Davis/Getty Images based on the critically acclaimed book written by God and transcribed by David Javerbaum.
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MARCH 22 – MAY 1, 2016 A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER Book and Lyrics by ROBERT L. FREEDMAN Music and Lyrics by STEVEN LUTVAK Directed by DARKO TRESNJAK COMING DIRECT FROM New York with a 2014 Tony Award for Best Musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder tells the uproarious story of Monty Navarro, a distant heir to a family fortune who sets out to jump the line of succession by – you guessed it – eliminating the eight pesky relatives (all played by one fearless man) who stand in his way. All the while, he’s got to juggle his mistress, his fiancée, and the constant threat of landing behind bars! The Hollywood Reporter raves, “Gentleman’s Guide restores our faith in musical comedy.” MAY 14 – JUNE 26, 2016 TITANIC Music and Lyrics by MAURY YESTON Book by PETER STONE Directed by THOM SOUTHERLAND THE HAUNTING STORY of the great ship Titanic is transformed by composer and lyricist Maury Yeston (Nine, Grand Hotel) into a riveting musical in which the hopes and dreams of rich and poor, heroes and cowards, lovers and foes are woven together in a celebration of the human spirit. Before the famed blockbuster movie hit the screens, the original Broadway production proved its might by winning 5 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Thom Southerland directs Titanic. Photo: Alastair Muir
TICKETS & CONTACT Ahmanson Theatre 135 N. Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 628-2772 www.centertheatregroup.org
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Broad Museum
The Broad third-floor gallery. Photo: Hufton Crow
THE BROAD IS a new contemporary art museum founded by philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. The museum is designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Gensler and offers free general admission. The museum is home to the 2,000 works of art in the Broad collection, which is among the most prominent holdings of postwar and contemporary art worldwide. With its innovative “veil-andvault” concept, the 120,000-square-foot, $140-million building features two floors of gallery space to showcase The Broad’s comprehensive collection and is the headquarters of The Broad Art Foundation’s worldwide lending library.
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THE INAUGURAL INSTALLATION ONGOING THE INAUGURAL INSTALLATION features a predominantly chronological selection of masterworks from the Broad collection. The installation begins on the third floor with works by major artists who came to prominence in the 1950s, including Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and Cy Twombly. The Pop art of the 1960s – an area of great depth in the collection – is represented through works by Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, and Andy Warhol, among others. Moving into the 1980s, the installation presents a rich concentration of works by artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Cindy Sherman, Keith Haring, Barbara Kruger, and Jeff Koons. The installation continues on the first floor through the present, with works including a monumental, immersive, nine-screen video piece by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson, and an 82-foot-long painting by Takashi Murakami. YAYOI KUSAMA’S INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM – THE SOULS OF MILLIONS OF LIGHT YEARS AWAY THROUGH FEBRUARY 2016
Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Mirrored Room – The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away, 2013. Wood, metal, glass mirrors, plastic, acrylic panel, rubber, LED lighting system, acrylic balls, and water, 113 1/4 x 163 1/2 x 163 1/2 inches. The Broad Museum. © Yayoi Kusama
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YAYOI KUSAMA’S INFINITY MIRRORED Room, a mirror-lined chamber housing a dazzling and seemingly endless LED light display, will be featured in the inaugural installation. This experiential artwork on the museum’s first floor has limited capacity, accommodating one visitor at a time
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for approximately 45 seconds, and will require a separate free timed ticket, which general admission ticket holders will be able to reserve after arrival at the museum. TICKETS & CONTACT The Broad 221 S. Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 232-6200 www.thebroad.org
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Geffen Playhouse
Geffen Playhouse exterior. FOUNDED BY THEATER, film, Photo courtesy of Ronald Frink and television luminary Gil Cates, Architects the Geffen Playhouse has been an integral part of Los Angeles theater since opening its doors in 1995. Noted for its intimacy and celebrated for its commitment to the development of new plays, the Geffen Playhouse continues to present a body of work that garners national recognition. Named in honor of entertainment mogul and philanthropist David Geffen, who made the initial donation to the theater, the organization is currently helmed by Artistic Director Randall Arney, Managing Director Ken Novice, and Chairman of the Board Frank Mancuso. An active member of the community, the Geffen Playhouse has a groundbreaking education and outreach program that targets students, seniors, and everyone in between who otherwise would not have access to live theater.
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FEBRUARY 2 – MARCH 13, 2016 BARCELONA Written by BESS WOHL Directed by TRIP CULLMAN WHEN A YOUNG American tourist has a wild night out with an elegant Spaniard, what begins as a drunken fling becomes a searing and seductive look at two lost souls seeking solace in each other. Bess Wohl’s biting humor uncovers the individual tragedies and triumphs that build us up as well as tear us down. MARCH 1 – APRIL 10, 2016 SEX WITH STRANGERS Written by LAURA EASON Directed by KIMBERLY SENIOR WHEN FRUSTRATED NOVELIST Olivia meets fast-talking blogger Ethan – known more for his sexual prowess than his prose – she worries she will become just another chapter in his little black book. Their funny and flirty union blurs the lines beLaura Eason. tween rewrites, romance Photo: Chad Batka/The New York Times and royalties – proving you can’t judge a book by its author.
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APRIL 5 – MAY 15, 2016 STAGE KISS Written by SARAH RUHL Directed by BART DELORENZO WHEN LONG-LOST LOVES are cast as long-lost lovers, two squabbling actors are slow to learn their lines but quick to ignite an old flame. MacArthur “Genius” Sarah Ruhl leads us onstage, back-stage, and out the stage door as reality collides with fiction in this raucous and revealing play within a play. MAY 3 – JUNE 12, 2016 UNTITLED, DEREK DELGAUDIO Written and Performed by DEREK DELGAUDIO DEREK DELGAUDIO, CRITICALLY acclaimed writer/magician of Nothing to Hide (directed by Neil Patrick Harris), returns for a world premiere. This radically new show traverses uncharted regions of imagination by way of impossible happenings, poetic interactions and awe-inspiring gestures. JUNE 7 – JULY 17, 2016 BIG SKY Written by ALEXANDRA GERSTEN-VASSILAROS Directed by JOHN RANDO
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FIVE-STAR AMENITIES and family fallout are on the itinerary as Jack races to land a life-changing deal during an Aspen getaway. But wideopen spaces offer no place to hide as Jack’s family fails to keep the truth and elements at bay. Pulitzer Prize finalist playwright Alexandra GerstenVassilaros and Tony Award-winning director John Rando offer a funny and poignant cautionary tale about the perils of pretense and fragility of family.
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TICKETS & CONTACT Geffen Playhouse 10886 Le Conte Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90024 (310) 208-5454 www.geffenplayhouse.com
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J. Paul Getty Museum
The East Pavilion at the THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM Getty Center seeks to inspire curiosity about, Photo: David McNew/Getty Images and enjoyment and understanding of, the visual arts by collecting, conserving, exhibiting, and interpreting works of art of outstanding quality and historical importance. To fulfill this mission, the Museum continues to build its collections through purchase and gifts, and develops programs of exhibitions, publications, scholarly research, public education, and the performing arts that engage our diverse local and international audiences. All of these activities are enhanced by the uniquely evocative architectural and garden settings provided by the Museum’s two renowned venues: the Getty Villa and the Getty Center.
The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center in Los Angeles houses European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts, and European and American photographs.
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THE GETTY CENTER IN FOCUS: DAGUERREOTYPES NOVEMBER 3, 2015 – MARCH 30, 2016 SHORTLY AFTER THE daguerreotype process was announced in January of 1839, its powers as “nature’s pencil” captured the imagination of the public, many of whom had not yet seen a photograph in person. A direct positive image fixed on a sensitized silver-coated plate in a camera obscura, the daguerreotype was popularly described as a “mirror with a memory.” This exhibition presents a selection of one-of-a-kind images from among the Museum’s two thousand daguerreotypes, alongside those from the collection of Graham Nash. The works on view provide a unique vantage point from which to relive the initial shock of photography and to compare its early presence in the world with its omnipresence today. THE EDIBLE MONUMENT: THE ART OF FOOD FOR FESTIVALS OCTOBER 13, 2015 – MARCH 13, 2016 ELABORATE ARTWORKS MADE of food J. B. Lachmüller, Pageant Wagon for Shrove Monday, from Die grosse offentliche Maskerade, 1837. Handwere created colored lithograph, 10 1/2 x 16 2/12 inches. for royal court Los Angeles, Getty Research Institute and civic celebrations in early modern Europe. Like today’s Rose Bowl Parade on New Year’s Day or Mardi Gras just before Lent, festivals were times for exuberant parties. Public celebrations and street parades featured large-scale edible monuments made of breads, cheeses, and meats. At court festivals, banquet settings and dessert buffets displayed magnificent table monuments with heraldic
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and emblematic themes made of sugar, flowers, and fruit. This exhibition, drawn from the Getty Research Institute’s Festival Collection, features rare books and prints, including early cookbooks and serving manuals that illustrate the methods and materials for making edible monuments. THE YOUNGER GENERATION: CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY OCTOBER 6, 2015 – FEBRUARY 21, 2016 BEGINNING IN THE 1990s, a number of young female photographers in Japan garnered attention by making provocative selfportraits and intimate images of domestic scenes. Challenging the status quo of the male-dominated photography community, their work prompted the controversial and reductive term onnanoko shashin, or “girl photographs.” This exhibition showcases the versatile and complex work of five midcareer Japanese-born artists who emerged in the wake of “girl photography”: Kawauchi Rinko, Onodera Yuki, Otsuka Chino, Sawada Tomoko, and Shiga Lieko. Mavericks in their field, these women continue in the tradition of such pioneers as Ishiuchi Miyako, whose work appears in the companion exhibition Ishiuchi Miyako: Postwar Shadows. ISHIUCHI MIYAKO: POSTWAR SHADOWS OCTOBER 6, 2015 – FEBRUARY 21, 2016 IN THE 1970S Ishiuchi Miyako shocked Japan’s male-dominated photography establishment with Yokosuka Story, a gritty, deeply #19, 1978–78. personal project about the city Ishiuchi Miyako, Apartment Gelatin silver print. EX.2015.7.5. © Ishiuchi Miyako where she spent her childhood and where the United States established a naval base in 1945. Working prodigiously ever since, Ishiuchi has consistently fused the personal and political in her photographs, interweaving her own identity with the com-
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plex history of postwar Japan that emerged from the shadows cast by American occupation. This exhibition is the first in the United States to survey Ishiuchi’s prolific career and will include photographs, books, and objects from her personal archive. Beginning with Yokosuka Story (1977–78), the show traces her extended investigation of life in postwar Japan and culminates with her current series ひろしま /hiroshima, on view seventy years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. WOVEN GOLD: TAPESTRIES OF LOUIS XIV DECEMBER 15, 2015 – MAY 1, 2016 COLORFUL AND GLITTERING tapestries, handwoven after designs by the most renowned artists, were the ultimate expression of status, power, taste, and wealth. As patron, heir, and collector, Louis XIV (reigned 1643–1715), vastly augmented the prestigious French royal collection of tapestries. Displayed within his palaces while in residence and in outdoor courtyards on feast days, these monumental hangings embodied and proclaimed his magnificence. With rare loans from the French state, this major international loan exhibition, exclusive to the Getty, presents a selection of grand tapestries that evoke the brilliance of the Sun King’s court. TRAVERSING THE GLOBE THROUGH ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS JANUARY 26 – JUNE 26, 2016 EMBARK ON A KALEIDOSCOPIC journey through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to consider how illuminated manuscripts and other portable objects – like ceramics, textiles, glassworks, gems, and sculptures – contributed to one’s outlook on the world in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the early Americas. Drawn primarily from the Getty’s collection of illuminated manuscripts, with complementary loans from collections across Los Angeles, the exhibition presents stunning and at times surprising images and a range of ideas about exploration, exotic pursuits, and cross-cultural exchanges in the then-known world.
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NOIR: THE ROMANCE OF BLACK IN 19TH-CENTURY FRENCH DRAWINGS AND PRINTS FEBRUARY 9 – MAY 15, 2016 BEGINNING AROUND 1840, French artists began depicting shadowy, often nocturnal or twilight scenes in which Seurat, L’homme couché (Étude pour forms emerge and sink back Georges Une Baignade, Asnières), 1883–84. Conté crayon, 9 2/3 x 12 2/3 inches.. into darkness. This quest for Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel darkened realms accompanied an exploration of new forms of subject matter, such as dream states and nonidealized representations of the poor and working class, and new black drawing materials, such as man-made charcoal, black chalk, and conté crayon. Using drawings and prints from the Getty’s permanent collection and loans from private and public Los Angeles collections, this exhibition examines how artists such as Rodolphe Bresdin, Maxime Lalanne, Odilon Redon, and Georges Seurat championed these new, dark subjects. ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE: THE PERFECT MEDIUM MARCH 15 – JULY 31, 2016 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (American, 1946–1989) is among the most influential visual artists of the late twentieth century. This major retrospective exhibition reexamines the arc of his photographic work from its humble beginnings in the early 1970s to the culture wars of the 1990s. Drawn from the landmark acquisition made in 2011 from the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, the exhibition mixes Mapplethorpe’s most iconic images with lesser-known photographs. Two complementary presentations, one at the J. Paul Getty Museum and another at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, are designed to highlight different aspects of the artist’s complex personality.
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THE THRILL OF THE CHASE: THE WAGSTAFF COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS MARCH 15 – JULY 31, 2016 IN 1973, WITH the assistance of his lover Robert Mapplethorpe, Samuel J. Wagstaff Jr. (American, 1921–1987) came to realize that photography was an underappreciated and undervalued art form. Over the next decade, Wagstaff assembled one of the most important private collections of photographs in the world. In 1984, he sold it to the J. Paul Getty Museum, where it became part of a group of major acquisitions that formed the Department of Photographs. This three-gallery exhibition presents a selection of Wagstaff’s collection, encompassing both masterpieces of the medium and obscure works that deserve attention. IN FOCUS: ELECTRIC! APRIL 5 – AUGUST 28, 2016 ELECTRICAL INNOVATIONS HAVE radically transformed the rhythm of our days and our experience of darkness. Photographers have been attentive to such changes, capturing both excitement and concern about the electrical forces that energize our lives. Drawn from the Getty Museum’s permanent collection, this exhibition highlights historic photographs that showcase the allure of artificial illumination as well as recent photographs that express unease about life tethered to the power grid. CAVE TEMPLES OF DUNHUANG: BUDDHIST ART ON CHINA’S SILK ROAD MAY 7 – SEPTEMBER 4, 2016
Entrance to the Mogao Buddhist Caves near Dunhuang. Photo: Martin Klimenta
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THE MOGAO CAVES, located near the town of Dunhuang in the Gobi Desert of northwest China, comprise some 500 decorated Buddhist cave temples dating from
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the 4th to the 14th century. Filled with exquisite wall paintings and sculptures, the caves bear witness to the intense religious, artistic, and cultural exchanges along the Silk Road, the trade routes linking East and West. Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China’s Silk Road features numerous objects originally from the site, such as paintings and manuscripts that have rarely, if ever, traveled to the United States, as well as three spectacular full-size cave replicas. The exhibition celebrates more than 25 years of collaboration between the Getty Conservation Institute and the Dunhuang Academy to preserve this UNESCO World Heritage Site. UNRULY NATURE: THE LANDSCAPES OF THÉODORE ROUSSEAU JUNE 21 – SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 THOUGH HIS REPUTATION was eclipsed in the early twentieth century with the triumph of Impressionism, Théodore Rousseau (1812–1867) was one of the giants of French landscape in the second half of the nineteenth century, and his work was avidly collected for staggering sums across Europe and North America. Bringing together about 75 paintings and drawings, this international loan exhibition explores the astonishing technical and stylistic variety of his work, revealing him to be one of the most exciting, experimental, and affecting artists of his day. THE LIFE OF ART: CONTEXT, COLLECTING, AND DISPLAY ONGOING LOOK CLOSELY AT A WORK of art and you are likely to uncover clues to a fascinating past and present: an object’s intimate connection to people, places, institutions, and cultures. This exhibition takes four objects from the Museum’s decorative arts collection – a silver fountain, a wall light, a side chair, and a lidded bowl – and encourages you to explore their “lives” through an interactive presentation.
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THE GETTY VILLA GREECE’S ENCHANTING LANDSCAPE: WATERCOLORS BY EDWARD DODWELL AND SIMONE POMARDI OCTOBER 21, 2015 – FEBRUARY 15, 2016 “ALMOST EVERY ROCK, EVERY PROMONTORY, Edward Dodwell, The Parthenon, EVERY RIVER, IS HAUNTAthens, 1805. Watercolor. ED BY THE SHADThe Packard Humanities Institute OWS OF THE MIGHTY DEAD,” wrote the English antiquarian Edward Dodwell of his travels in Greece in the early nineteenth century. During this time, he and the Italian artist Simone Pomardi produced around one thousand illustrations. Selected from a vast archive of their watercolors and drawings in the collection of the Packard Humanities Institute, this exhibition brings to life a vanished world that enchanted European travelers and inspired their passionate pursuit of classical antiquity. The exhibition culminates with a series of monumental panoramas of Athens rendered with exceptional detail. MOLTEN COLOR: GLASSMAKING IN ANTIQUITY OCTOBER 8, 2010 – ONGOING OVER 180 ANCIENT glass objects from the collection of Erwin Oppenländer are featured in this exhibition. The Oppenländer collection, which the Getty acquired in 2003, is remarkable for its cultural and chronological breadth. It includes works made in Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Greek world, and the Roman Empire, and spans the entire period of ancient glass production, from its origins in Mesopotamia in about 2500 B.C. to Byzantine and Islamic glass of the eleventh century A.D. Also notable in the Oppenländer collection is the variety of ancient glassmaking techniques, such as casting, core forming, mosaic, inflation, mold blowing, cameo carving, incising, and cutting. All these techniques are still used by glass artists today. 38
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ROMAN MOSAICS ACROSS THE EMPIRE MARCH 30 – SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 ROMAN DECOR WAS unique for the elaborate mosaic floors that transformed entire rooms into spectacular settings of vibrant color, figural imagery, and geometric design. Scenes from classical mythology, daily life, the natural world, and spectacles in the arena enlivened interior spaces and reflected the cultural ambitions of wealthy patrons. Drawn primarily from the Getty Museum’s collection, this exhibition presents the artistry of mosaics as well as the contexts of their discovery across Rome’s expanding empire – from its center in Italy to major provincial workshops in North Africa, southern Gaul, and the coast of ancient Syria. TICKETS & CONTACT The J. Paul Getty Museum 1200 Getty Center Drive Los Angeles, CA 90049 (310) 440-7300 www.getty.edu
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Kirk Douglas Theatre
Kirk Douglas Theatre THE KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE Photo: Craig Schwartz in Culver City is the newest and most intimate of Center Theatre Group’s family of theatres. The 317-seat venue, located in a newly renovated historic theatre opened in October 2004. Artistic Director Michael Ritchie has selected a wide range of productions, including co-productions with other Los Angeles theatre companies, special events, world premieres of new plays, and musicals.
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MARCH 6 – APRIL 3, 2016 WOMEN LAUGHING ALONE WITH SALAD By SHEILA CALLAGHAN Directed by NEEL KELLER WHAT’S ON THE menu for Meredith, Tori, and Sandy: the three women in Guy’s life? Healthy lifestyles, upward mobility, meaningful sex? Or self-loathing and distorted priorities? Awardwinning playwright Sheila Callaghan serves up a world premiere on a bed of bawdy language in a gender-bending comedy vinaigrette, inviting everyone – men and women, mothers and sons – to savor this complex recipe of desire and shame. Women Laughing Alone With Salad dishes out our image-obsessed culture with abrasive imagery, biting social critique, and devastating humor. APRIL 24 – MAY 22, 2016 ENDGAME By SAMUEL BECKETT Directed by ALAN MANDELL “NOTHING IS FUNNIER than unhappiness” in the absurdist world of Samuel Beckett. Such is the case in Endgame, considered to be his greatest single work. Told with Beckett’s signature macabre humor, this “grim joke on the futility of life” (The New York Times) finds four characters somewhere between life and death as they prepare for oblivion.
Barry McGovern. Photo: John Rabe
Endgame is directed by and features Alan Mandell, returning to Center Theatre Group beside his celebrated Waiting for Godot counterpart Barry McGovern along with Rick Cluchey and Charlotte Rae, all renowned Beckett interpreters.
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TICKETS & CONTACT Kirk Douglas Theatre 9820 Washington Boulevard Culver City, CA 90232 (213) 628-2772 www.centertheatregroup.org
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Members of the Los Angeles Ballet FOUNDED IN 2004 by perform George Balanchine’s Serenade. Artistic Directors Thordal Photo: Reed Hutchinson Christensen and Colleen Neary, and Executive Director Julie Whittaker, Los Angeles Ballet is known for its superb stagings of the Balanchine repertory, stylistically meticulous classical ballets, and its commitment to new works. LAB has become recognized as a world-class ballet company. Now in its 10th season, at the end of nine seasons it had presented 28 productions encompassing 50 works, including 15 commissioned world premieres. Los Angeles Ballet ‘tours’ throughout LA County, regularly appearing at five venues.
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FEBRUARY 20, 2016, 7:30 P.M., Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center FEBRUARY 27, 2016, 7:30 P.M., Alex Theatre MARCH 26, 2016, 7:30 P.M., Royce Hall, UCLA DON QUIXOTE BASED ON CERVANTES’ iconic Spanish novel and choreographed by Los Angeles Ballet’s Christensen and Neary (after Petipa), Don Quixote weaves a splendid tapestry of love, illusion, daring, and adventure. Gypsies, matadors, and windmills result in a profusion of excitement, humor, and family fun. MAY 7, 2016, 7:30 P.M., Alex Theatre MAY 15, 2016, 2:00 P.M., Valley Performing Arts Center MAY 28, 2016, 7:30 P.M., Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center JUNE 4, 2016, 2:00 & 7:30 P.M., Royce Hall, UCLA ROMEO AND JULIET 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 powerful score.
Peter Schaufuss Ballet performs Frederick Ashton’s Romeo and Juliet. Photo courtesy of Peter Schaufuss Ballet
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TICKETS & CONTACT Los Angeles Ballet Offices & Studios 11755 Exposition Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90064 (310) 998-7782 www.losangelesballet.org
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The new Renzo Piano designed WITH 100,000 OBJECTS Resnick Pavilion at LACMA. dating from ancient times to Photo: Alex Verticoff/LACMA the present, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is the largest art museum in the western United States. A museum of international stature as well as a vital part of Southern California, LACMA shares its vast collections through exhibitions, public programs, and research facilities that attract nearly a million visitors annually. LACMA’s collections encompass the geographic world and virtually the entire history of art. Among the museum’s special strengths are its holdings of Asian art, housed in part in the Bruce Goff-designed Pavilion for Japanese Art; Latin American art, ranging from pre-Columbian masterpieces to works by leading modern and contemporary artists including Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, and José Clemente Orozco; and Islamic art, of which LACMA hosts one of the most significant collections in the world.
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RAIN ROOM NOVEMBER 1, 2015 – MARCH 6, 2016 RANDOM INTERNATIONAL’S RAIN ROOM (2012) is an immersive environment of perpetually falling water that pauses wherever a human body is detected. The installation offers visitors an opportunity to experience what is seemingly impossible: the ability to control rain. Rain Room presents a respite from everyday life and an opportunity for sensory reflection within a responsive relationship. NEW OBJECTIVITY: MODERN GERMAN ART IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC, 1919 – 1933 OCTOBER 4, 2015 – JANUARY 18, 2016 GERMANY’S WEIMAR REPUBLIC, established between the end of World War I and the Nazi rise to power, was a thriving laboratory of art and culture. As the country experienced Aenne Biermann, Woman with unprecedented and often tuMonocle, c. 1928. Gelatin silver print. multuous social, economic, and Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich/ political upheaval, many artists Stiftung Ann und Jürgen Wilde rejected Expressionism in favor of a new realism to capture this emerging society. Dubbed Neue Sachlichkeit – New Objectivity – its adherents turned a cold eye on the new Germany: its desperate prostitutes, crippled war veterans, and alienated urban landscapes, but also its emancipated New Woman, modern architecture, and mass-produced commodities. New Objectivity: Modern German Art in the Weimar Republic, 1919–1933 is the first comprehensive exhibition in the United States to explore the dominant artistic trends of this period. Organized around five thematic sections and featuring 180 works by more than 50
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artists, the exhibition mixes painting, photography, and works on paper to bring them into a visual dialogue. SCREENS, SCROLLS, AND PRINTS: JAPANESE ART FROM LACMA’S COLLECTION OCTOBER 18, 2015 – MARCH 20, 2016 IN 1965, ARCHITECT FRANK GEHRY designed his first exhibition for LACMA, for Art Treasures from Japan, organized by the museum’s curator of Asian Art, George Kuwayama. Gehry’s sensitive design featured elements of Japanese architecture – for example, rock gardens, wood post and beam construction for the barriers protecting sculptures, and dedicated niches for the art. The architect alluded to low ceilings typical of Japan’s domestic architecture through cloth that delicately canopied from the ceiling. Fifty years and eleven LACMA exhibitions later, the museum asked Gehry, on the occasion of his retrospective Frank Gehry, to reprise his role designing a presentation of Japanese art, with the selection of a small group of screens, scrolls, and prints from LACMA’s permanent collection. The exhibition features works that employ paper as their support, and highlights the extraordinary diversity of styles, subject matter, and artistic techniques found in Japanese art from the 15th to early 20th centuries. FRANK GEHRY SEPTEMBER 13, 2015 – MARCH 20, 2016 FRANK GEHRY HAS revolutionized architecture’s aesthetics, social and cultural role, and relationship to the city. His pioneering work in digital technologies set in motion the practices adopted by the construction industry today. The Canadian-born, Los Angeles-based architect’s work interrogates a building’s means of expression, a process that has brought with it new methods of design and technology as well as an innovative approach to materials. Frank Gehry presents a comprehensive examination of his extraordinary body of work from the early
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1960s to the present, featuring over 200 drawings, many of which have never been seen publicly, and 65 models that illuminate the evolution of Gehry’s thinking. Tracing the arc of his career, the exhibition focuses on two main themes: urbanism and the development of new systems of digital design and fabrication, including his use of CATIA, a software tool used in the aeronautics and automobile industries, which allows the digital manipulation of 3-D representations. This retrospective offers an opportunity to reflect on the development of Gehry’s work and to understand the processes of one of the great architectural minds. MIRACLE MILE SEPTEMBER 7, 2013 – TBA ARTIST ROBERT IRWIN’S work in the last five decades has investigated perception and the experience of art. With Miracle Mile, Irwin reconsiders the properties of light, material, and color. The site-specific work subtly plays with the architecture in which it is housed and responds to both Wilshire Boulevard (the storied thoroughfare it faces) and Primal Palm Garden (an outdoor installation created by Irwin in 2008). A linear configuration composed of 66 fluorescent tubes, the work stretches to a length of approximately 36 feet and can be experienced both from within and beyond the gallery walls. LACMA has collected the work of Robert Irwin since the early 1960s. Most recently the museum commissioned Palm Garden, which surrounds LACMA’s Broad Contemporary Art Museum and the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Pavilion. JAPANESE PAINTINGS: FIGURES FROM LIFE; FIGURES FROM ALLEGORY NOVEMBER 1, 2015 – MAY 1, 2016 THIS EXHIBITION, FEATURING 24 figurative works of art, explores feminine beauty in the ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world) manner, inspired by fashion trends popular in the entertainment quarters of Edo. As Japan’s shogunal capital from 1603 to 1868, Edo (which is now Tokyo) had a predominantly
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male population, with a huge contingent of samurai and tradesmen who catered to them; in this male-dominated environment, images of womanly allure became very popular. LIZ GLYNN: THE MYTH OF SINGULARITY OCTOBER 31, 2015 – MAY 22, 2016 THE MYTH OF SINGULARITY Katsukawa Shunsho, Child Dancing (2014) is a suite of eight bronze with Chrysanthemum Branch, 18th century. Hanging scroll, ink and sculptures by Los Angeles-based colors on silk. artist Liz Glynn, produced from Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Caroline and James Morse plaster props generated during the performance The Myth of Singularity (after Rodin), which took place at LACMA in 2013. At that time, Glynn embarked on [de]-lusions of Grandeur, a cycle of performances that unfolded in five chapters throughout the year. Glynn conducted extensive research on the works of August Rodin, Alexander Calder, Richard Serra, David Smith and Donald Judd in our collections to respond to the process of creating, moving, and erecting large-scale sculptures, and the frequently Herculean efforts necessary to do so. The first performance of The Myth of Singularity (after Rodin) featured Glynn working in LACMA’s B. Gerald Cantor Sculpture Garden for two consecutive days (January 19 and 20, 2013). Assisted by a group of ten sculptors, Glynn explored in this performance the process of replication, recombination, and shifts in material and scale often used by Rodin in producing works later regarded as singular acts of brilliance.
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Los Angeles County Museum of Art LIVING FOR THE MOMENT: JAPANESE PRINTS FROM THE BARBARA S. BOWMAN COLLECTION OCTOBER 11, 2015 – MAY 1, 2016 OVER 100 PRINTS are featured in this exhibition of transformative promised gifts of Japanese works to LACMA. Included are examples of rare early prints of the genre known as ukiyo-e (ookey-o-eh, pictures of the floating world); superior works from the golden age of that art form at the end of the 18th century by Suzuki Harunobu, Kitagawa Utamaro, and Katsukawa Shunsho; and 19th-century prints by such great masters as Utagawa Hiroshige, Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, and others. THE MAGIC MEDIUM JULY 11, 2015 – FEBRUARY 7, 2016 IN 1839 LOUIS-JACQUESMANDÉ Daguerre announced the first permanent photographic process. Exposed in the dark, developed by the vapor of mercury, and stilled on a sheet of silver-coated copper, the daguerreotype could seemingly turn fleetLucas Samaras, Photo Transformation 8/19/76, 1976. ing experiences into tangible Los Angeles County Museum of objects. Using magic as its entry Art, The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. © Lucas Samaras, point, this installation investigates courtesy Pace Gallery the ways in which photographers have manipulated the medium purported as reality’s mirror. Like magicians, they incite wonder in their audience – by isolating chance encounters, by evoking a sense of the extraordinary in ordinary subjects, or by constructing convincing illusions. Spanning 150 years, this installation includes daguerreotypes from LACMA’s permanent collection and works by Eugène Atget, Matthew Brandt, Jo Ann Callis, Henri Cartier-Bresson,
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Harold Edgerton, William Eggleston, Matt Lipps, and Nic Nicosia, among others. VARIOUS SMALL FIRES (WORKING DOCUMENTS) MAY 30, 2015 – FEBRUARY 7, 2016 VARIOUS SMALL FIRES (WORKING DOCUMENTS) brings together artworks and documents from the LACMA archives to tell unusual or overlooked stories of the museum’s first 50 years. Ranging from items that outline a robot roaming the galleries to a Rembrandt painting traveling in disguise to a dog working as a security guard, this exhibit flares up minor, formative, and occasionally incendiary stories that have informed LACMA’s history. To illuminate these anecdotes and to spark dialogues between objects and documents, Various Small Fires also features works in our collections by artists Reverend Ethan Acres, Barbara Bloom, Chris Burden, Michael Crowe, Eugenio Dittborn, Louise Lawler, Allan McCollum, Maria Nordman, Claes Oldenburg, Terrence O’Shea, Jackson Pollock, Sanford Roth, Ed Ruscha, James Welling, and possibly George Brecht. ANCIENT COLOMBIA: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE CAUCA VALLEY JANUARY 31, 2015 – APRIL 10, 2016 IN SPITE OF THE popular legend of El Dorado, the conquest of Colombia never quite captured public imagination the way the conquest of Mexico or Peru did. The most valuable source of information, apart from the diverse archaeological remains, comes from Spaniards who looked beyond gold to see the marvels of the New World. Some wrote accounts, while others collected letters and reports by conquistadors for compilation into publications. This exhibition follows the 16th century journey of Pedro Cieza de Léon, one of the most important chroniclers of the conquest, who landed on the north shore of what is now Colombia in 1533, through the Cauca River Valley. Throughout the exhibition, quotes from his descriptions are used to compare and contrast the views of 16th-century Spaniards with the insights of recent scholarship that pertain to the objects on view.
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VITALITY OF NEW FORMS: DESIGNS BY ALVIN LUSTI AND ELAINE LUSTIG COHEN NOVEMBER 14, 2015 – JULY 4, 2016 ALVIN LUSTIG AND ELAINE LUSTIG COHEN are towering figures in American graphic design. Lustig, a beloved teacher and influential critic as well as a polymath designer, advocated an ambitious mission for the Alvin Lustig, Book jacket for The Man discipline, insisting that a true Who Died, 1947. Gift of Tamar Cohen designer could guide public taste © 1947 Alvin Lustig, reprinted toward “the proper expression of by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp. Photo © Museum the society he lives in.” As head Associates/LACMA of her own office, Cohen maintained an independence that was rare for women at mid-century. In 1973 she co-founded Ex Libris, a rare book and ephemera shop that played an essential role in the development of design history. Both designers imbued their work with their knowledge and passion for modern art, translating the immediacy and psychological impact of abstract painting into mass-market communications. Made possible by a generous donation from the designers’ archive, this presentation highlights this connection through book and magazine covers, advertisements, packaging, and announcements. DIANA THATER: THE SYMPATHETIC IMAGINATION NOVEMBER 22, 2015 – FEBRUARY 21, 2016 AMONG THE MOST important figures to emerge during the 1990s, Los Angeles-based artist Diana Thater creates groundbreaking installations that push the physical, optical, and conceptual boundaries of how moving images are experienced. Depicting a range of natural phenomena – such as the weightless, seamless, underwater world of dolphins; honeybees who communicate through dancing; and the surprising fortitude
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of animals in Chernobyl in the aftermath of the worst nuclear meltdown ever– her works explore the subjectivity of animals and the complex relationships humans have constructed with nature. Thater’s dynamic, immersive installations challenge and invert accepted positions and realities through the deployment of color, movement, scale, and architecture. The most comprehensive exhibition of her work to date, Diana Thater: The Sympathetic Imagination offers visitors an unprecedented opportunity to survey the artist’s film-, video-, and installationbased works. SENSES OF TIME: VIDEO AND FILM-BASED WORKS OF AFRICA DECEMBER 20, 2015 – JANUARY 2, 2017 THE FIVE AFRICAN ARTISTS featured in this exhibition explore how time is experienced – and produced – by the body. Bodies climb, dance, and dissolve in six works of art. Characters repeat, resist, or reverse any expectation that time must move relentlessly forward. Senses of Time invites viewers to contemplate tensions between ritual and technological time, personal and political time through pacing, sequencing, looping, layering, and mirroring. The exhibition features Yinka Shonibare’s cinematic Un Ballo in Maschera, in which European ballroom dancers in sumptuous African print-cloth gowns dramatize the absurdities of political violence as history repeats itself. Sammy Baloji’s Memoire explores choreographies of memory and forgetting in the haunted ruins of postcolonial deindustrialization. Berni Searle’s ancestral family portraits are tossed by the waves of generational loss in About to Forget, and in A Matter of Time she performs the slipperiness and fragility of time and identity. Moataz Nasr’s The Water treads upon personal identities distorted by the march of time, while in Theo Eshetu’s Brave New World II, visitors are drawn into a captivating kaleidoscopic space where past, present and future converge.
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ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE: THE PERFECT MEDIUM MARCH 20 – JULY 31, 2016 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE’S PRACTICE as an artist was characterized by inherent dualities. He sought what he called “perfection in form” in evRobert Mapplethorpe, Self-Portrait, negative erything from acts of sexu1980, print 2008. Gelatin silver print. Promised Gift of The Robert Mapplethorpe al fetishism to the elegant Foundation to The J. Paul Getty Trust and contours of flower petals. the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation This exhibition explores Mapplethorpe’s body of work through early drawings, collages, sculptures, and Polaroid photography; materials from his archive; portraits, still lifes, and figure studies; rare color photographs; and two seldom-seen moving image works. A companion exhibition will be presented simultaneously at the J. Paul Getty Museum. The exhibition at LACMA highlights the artist’s relationship to New York’s sexual and artistic undergrounds, as well as his experimentation with a variety of media. Additionally, the exhibition will be accompanied by Physical: Sex and the Body in the 1980s, a focused installation of work by other artists drawn from LACMA’s permanent collection that helps place Mapplethorpe in conversation with the art of the 1980s. PHYSICAL: SEX AND THE BODY IN THE 1980S MARCH 20 – JULY 31, 2016 CULLED ENTIRELY FROM LACMA’s permanent collection, this installation explores how the body was at the center of creative consciousness in the 1980s. During that decade, artists engaged the power of advertising and media, a newly invigorated gender and identity politics, and as the decade wore on, an increasingly urgent response to the AIDS crisis, to produce work
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that commented on the power and the fragility of the human body. Organized as a companion to the exhibition Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium, this installation places Mapplethorpe’s art in dialogue with a selection of work by other artists made during his decade of greatest productivity. Many of the featured artists were friends or acquaintances of Mapplethorpe, and like him, they placed issues of the body and sexuality at the center of their practice. Included are works by seminal figures of the period, including Nan Goldin, Sherrie Levine, Sarah Charlesworth, Marina Abramovic, Tina Barney, Andres Serrano, Peter Hujar, and Kiki Smith. TICKETS & CONTACT LACMA 5905 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90036 (323) 857-6000 (General) (323) 857-6010 (Tickets) www.lacma.org
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Grant Gershon and the LA GIVING A VOICE to Walt Disney Master Chorale at Disney Hall Concert Hall, the GrammyPhoto: Lee Salem nominated Los Angeles Master Chorale is led by Artistic Director Grant Gershon. Proclaimed “the nation’s most pioneering major chorus” (Los Angeles Times), it has also been hailed as “inspired” (The New York Times), “magnificent” (Chicago Tribune) and “a superb vocal ensemble” (The New York Observer). The Chorale is currently in its 52nd season as a resident company of The Music Center of Los Angeles County and its 13th as the resident chorus at Disney Hall. Presenting its own concert series each season, it performs choral music from the earliest writings to the most recent contemporary compositions. To date, the choir has commissioned 47 and premiered 94 new works, of which 64 were world premieres, and has been awarded three ASCAP/Chorus America Awards for Adventurous Programming as well as Chorus America’s prestigious Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence.
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JANUARY 30 & 31, 2016 VERDI’S REQUIEM AMBER WAGNER, Soprano MICHELLE DEYOUNG, Mezzo-soprano ISSACHAH SAVAGE, Tenor MORRIS ROBINSON, Bass VERDI, Requiem THE VERDI REQUIEM is tumultuous, tortured, terrifying, spectacularly theatrical and possibly the greatest “opera” Verdi ever wrote! Composed in memory of Italy’s national literary hero, Alessandro Manzoni, Verdi’s Requiem was premiered in 1874 at the Cathedral of St. Mark in Milan. Because of the church’s strict no-applause policy, Verdi was unsure of the public’s reaction to the work until its performance a few days later at the La Scala Opera House, when it received a thunderous, prolonged ovation. Since then, his Requiem has become a staple of the choral repertoire. From whispered lamentations to the trumpeting call of Judgment Day, Verdi’s dramatic interpretation of the Latin mass for the dead will thrill audiences at Walt Disney Concert Hall with virtuosic performances by four world-class soloists, full orchestra and the Los Angeles Master Chorale. MARCH 6, 2016, 7:30 P.M. MUSIC OF THE COAL MINER Featuring BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS JULIA WOLFE, Anthracite Fields With songs, hymns, and spirituals of Appalachia Bang on a Can All Stars.
AFTER BEING DISCOVPhoto: Peter Serling ERED in 1790 for its superior efficiency and clean-burning properties, Anthracite [an-thruh-sahyt] became the most sought-after coal in the United States and spurred a vast mining industry, fueling the industrial revolution that built our modern world. Few people
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know the hardships of the world beneath our feet better than coal miners. The sweat, blood, tears and lives they sacrificed is chronicled in a new work by composer and Bang on a Can co-founder Julia Wolfe, with a stunning multimedia backdrop by visual artist and scenic designer Jeff Sugg, and performed live by New York’s electric chamber ensemble Bang on a Can All-Stars. In addition, the Master Chorale performs folk songs and spirituals of Appalachia, representing the heritage of many backgrounds, including coal miners of Welsh, Irish, and African-American descent. APRIL 16 & 17, 2016 ALEXANDER’S FEAST TREVORE ROSS, Stage Director HANDEL, Alexander’s Feast (The Power of Music) THE FIRST OF five Handel oratorios to be presented annually by the LA Master Chorale in the Hidden Handel cycle, Alexander’s Feast celebrates the ability of music to both soothe and electrify listeners with its seductive power. After capturing the Persian city of Persepolis, Alexander the Great and his mistress Thaïs held a banquet where the musician Timotheus played his lyre – and by the sheer power of music aroused various moods within Alexander, ultimately inciting him to burn down the city in vengeance for his lost soldiers and prompting St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music herself, to descend to earth and calm the fury.
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JUNE 5, 2016, 7:00 P.M. SONIC MASTERWORKS LOTTI, Crucifixus ALLEGRI, Miserere LIGETI, Lux Aeterna ABBIE BETINIS, Envoi ANDERS HILLBORG, Muoayiyoum STEVEN STUCKY, Three New Motets
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“SONICALLY OVERWHELMING” ARE the words Artistic Director Grant Gershon uses to describe this collection of a cappella gems that span six centuries of music. Gregorio Allegri’s revered Miserere receives its first-ever performance by the Chorale, and alongside Antonio Lotti’s Crucifixus, will transform Disney Hall’s walls into a towering cathedral of sound. Pulitzer prize-winning composer Steven Stucky’s Three New Motets, last performed by the Master Chorale in 2008, traces the story of the Passion on earth while clouds of intricate sonorities lift György Ligeti’s Lux Aeterna to the heavens, a work made famous by Stanley Kubrick’s film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Composer Abbie Betinis draws on her talent for word-painting to simulate the sounds of a mass migration of butterflies in Envoi, while Anders Hillborg’s Muoayiyoum evokes the surreal beauty of the Aurora Borealis in the Scandinavian winter sky.
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TICKETS & CONTACT Los Angeles Master Chorale 135 North Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 972-3110 (General) Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 972-7282 (Tickets) www.lamc.org
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The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. IN JUST OVER a quarter-century Photo: Ron Niebrugge of existence, LA Opera has become, under the leadership of Eli and Edythe Broad General Director Plácido Domingo, the United States’ fourth largest opera company, and “...stands out as a newly important force in American Opera.” (Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times). LA Opera created a sensation with its inaugural production of Verdi’s Otello, starring Plácido Domingo, in October 1986. Under the leadership of Founding General Director Peter Hemmings and subsequently under Plácido Domingo, LA Opera has grown to become a company of international stature.
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FEBRUARY 13 – MARCH 6, 2016 THE MAGIC FLUTE By WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Production by SUZANNE ANDRADE AND BARRIE KOSKY Directed by BARRIE KOSKY Conducted by JAMES CONLON A CELEBRATION OF true love conquering all, The Magic Flute transports us into an enchanted world where good faces the forces of darkness. Under the masterful baton of James Conlon, LA Opera presents a highly anticipated revival of a production that created a sensation in our 2013/14 season. Director Barrie Kosky created the staging in combination with the British theater group “1927,” whose humorous shows have thrilled audiences all over the world with their interaction between film animation and live-performing actors. Packed with exquisite singing and stage wizardry, Mozart’s delightful blend of high comedy and serious drama enchants young and old alike. MARCH 12 – APRIL 3, 2016 MADAME BUTTERFLY By GIACOMO PUCCINI Directed by LEE BLAKELEY Conducted by JAMES CONLON A LOVE THAT knows no boundaries goes horribly wrong in a fateful meeting of East and West. What begins as an idyllic liaison in an enchanting land of cherry blossoms turns into the wrenching tragedy of an abandoned bride forced to make an excruciating decision. Puccini’s cherished music expresses the heartbreak of a naive young woman who commits herself to a man unworthy of her loyalty. Soprano Ana María Martínez returns as the beloved geisha, one of her signature roles. “Ana María Martínez sang with a poignant vitality that brought forth both the teenage Butterfly’s youthful innocence and, later, her darkest despair. Martínez’s best moments coincided with Butterfly’s most desperate ones: the fragile quality to her singing in ‘Un bel dì’ underscored a deeply affecting, pitiful clinging to hope beyond all reason.” (Opera News)
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MARCH 18, 2016, 7:30 P.M. PLACIDO/FLEMING IN CONCERT Conducted by JAMES CONLON TWO OF THE greatest voices of our time, Plácido Domingo and Renée Fleming combine forces in an unforgettable 30th Anniversary Concert, joined by James Conlon leading the LA Opera Orchestra. Hailed as the “King of Opera” and the “People’s Diva,” these peerless singers reunite for a one-nightonly performance of many of opera’s greatest arias and duets.
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MAY 14 – JUNE 12, 2016 LA BOHÈME By GIACOMO PUCCINI Directed by PETER KAZARAS Production by HERBERT ROSS Conducted by SPERANZA SCAPPUCCI AND GUSTAVO DUDAMEL OUR BELOVED PRODUCTION of a timeless classic, reveling in the cinematic romance of Paris, concludes our mainstage season of masterpieces. Fall in love again with La Bohème’s unforgettable blend of riveting theater and achingly beautiful music as we follow the tale of six impoverished young bohemians, surviving only on laughter and the promise of love. The dynamic Nino Machaidze returns in her role debut as Mimi, joined by a stellar cast. Gustavo Dudamel makes his LA Opera debut conducting the final two performances.
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JUNE 16 – 19, 2016 ANATOMY THEATER By DAVID LANG AND MARK DION Production by RIDGE THEATER Directed by BOB MCGRATH Conducted by CHRISTOPHER ROUNTREE BASED ON ACTUAL 18th-century texts, Anatomy Theater follows the astonishing progression of an English murderess: from confession to execution and, ultimately, public dissection before a paying audience of fascinated onlookers. Through the miracle of opera, she sings through it all. Anatomy Theater conjures a time when “specialists” traveled from town to town in premodern Europe, conducting public dissections of the corpses of executed criminals, seeking evidence of moral corruption in the interior of the human body. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang and world-renowned visual artist Mark Dion, Anatomy Theater is a joyous, tuneful, and grisly theatrical event. TICKETS & CONTACT LA Opera Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 135 North Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 972-7219 (General) (213) 972-8001 (Tickets) www.laopera.org
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Music Director Gustavo Dudamel and THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARmembers of the LA Philharmonic. MONIC is reinventing the conPhoto: Nohely Oliveros cept of a 21st-century orchestra under the vibrant leadership of Gustavo Dudamel. Now in its 97th season, the Philharmonic is recognized as one of the world’s outstanding orchestras and is received enthusiastically by audiences and critics alike. Both at home and abroad, the Philharmonic is leading the way in innovative programming and re-defining the musical experience. Inspired to consider new directions, Dudamel and the Philharmonic aim to find programming that remains faithful to tradition, yet also seeks new ground, new audiences, and new ways to enhance the symphonic music experience.
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JANUARY 8 – 10, 2016 AX PLAYS FRANCK LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC DANIEL HARDING, Conductor EMANUEL AX, Piano BERLIOZ, Le corsaire FRANCK, Symphonic Variations BOULEZ, Memoriale SCHUMANN, Symphony No. 2
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JANUARY 12, 2016, 8:00 P.M. PERLMAN & AX IN RECITAL ITZHAK PERLMAN, Violin EMANUEL AX, Piano MOZART, Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 17 in C Major, K. 296 FAURÉ, Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 13 STRAUSS, Sonata in E-flat Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 18
JANUARY 14 – 17, 2016 ITZHAK PERLMAN LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ITZHAK PERLMAN, Conductor/Violin MOZART, Adagio for Violin and Orchestra, K. 261 MOZART, Rondo for Violin and Orchestra, K. 373 MOZART, Symphony No. 27 TCHAIKOVSKY, Symphony No. 5
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JANUARY 19, 2016, 8:00 P.M. CONTEMPORARY POLAND LA PHIL NEW MUSIC GROUP LUKASZ BOROWICZ, Conductor BURT HARA, Clarinet AGATA ZUBEL, Soprano MEYER, Musique scintillante MYKIETYN, 3 for 13 PENDERECKI, Sinfonietta No. 2 for Clarinet and Strings ZUBEL, New work for soprano and ensemble (World Premiere) SZYMANSKI, quasi una sinfonietta JANUARY 22 – 24, 2016 BRAHMS & DVORÁK LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC JESÚS LÓPEZ-COBOS, Conductor GARRICK OHLSSON, Piano HALFFTER, Tiento del primer tono y batalla imperial BRAHMS, Piano Concerto No. 1 DVORÁK, Symphony No. 8 JANUARY 23 & 30, 2016 TOYOTA SYMPHONIES FOR YOUTH – CITY OF LIGHT: A MUSICAL TOUR DE FRANCE JANUARY 24, 2016, 7:30 P.M. ORGAN RECITAL: JACOBS & BREWER JANUARY 26, 2016, 8:00 P.M. CHAMBER MUSIC: ALL-BRAHMS JANUARY 29 – 31, 2016 BEETHOVEN & MAHLER LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, Conductor YEFIM BRONFMAN, Piano BEETHOVEN, Piano Concerto No. 1 MAHLER, Symphony No. 1
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FEBRUARY 6, 2016, 8:00 P.M. BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL FEBRUARY 12 – 14, 2016 CITY OF LIGHT: MOTHER GOOSE, WITH INSTALLATION LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, Conductor VINCENT DUBOIS, Organ CAMILLA TILLING, Soprano ARS ELECTRONICA FUTURELAB, Installation Artists TANGUY, Afettuoso POULENC, Organ Concerto DUTILLEUX, Correspondances RAVEL, Mother Goose FEBRUARY 19 – 21, 2016 CITY OF LIGHT: PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, Conductor DAVID EDWARDS, Director STÉPHANE DEGOUT, Pelléas CAMILLA TILLING, Mélisande DEBUSSY, Pelléas et Mélisande FEBRUARY 20, 2016, 8:00 P.M. DIANNE REEVES & GREGORY PORTER FEBRUARY 21, 2016, 7:30 P.M. YUNDI IN RECITAL Gregory Porter. Photo courtesy of artist
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FEBRUARY 25 – 28, 2016 DUDAMEL & MUSIC FROM THE AMERICAS LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC GUSTAVO DUDAMEL, Conductor SERGIO TIEMPO, Piano WILLIAMS, Soundings GINASTERA, Piano Concerto No. 1 NORMAN, New work (World Premiere) COPLAND, Appalachian Spring
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MARCH 1, 2016, 8:00 P.M. STATIC ECSTATIC LA PHIL NEW MUSIC GROUP MIRGA GRAZINYTÉ-TYLA, Conductor CHRISTINA NAUGHTON, Piano MICHELLE NAUGHTON, Piano NANCARROW, Sonatina for Piano Four Hands IANNOTTA, Intent on Resurrection – Spring or Some
Such Things LUTOSLAWSKI, Variations on a Theme of Paganini for Two Pianos CZERNOWIN, Knights of the Strange/Tutti GOSFIELD, New work for two pianos and electronics (World Premiere) MARCH 3 – 6, 2016 DUDAMEL & MAHLER 3 LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC GUSTAVO DUDAMEL, Conductor TAMARA MUMFORD, Mezzo-soprano WOMEN OF THE LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE LOS ANGELES CHILDREN’S CHORUS MAHLER, Symphony No. 3
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MARCH 11, 2016, 8:00 P.M. JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ MARCH 12, 2016, 8:00 P.M. TODO CAMBIA: THE REBEL SPIRIT OF MERCEDES SOSA, WITH LEÓN GIECO, JUANA MOLINA, AND GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA MARCH 18, 2016, 8:00 P.M. HERBIE HANCOCK MARCH 26, 2016, 8:00 P.M. LA SANTA CECILIA & BUIKA
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MARCH 31 – APRIL 2, 2016 FROM BACH TO SCHUBERT LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC NICHOLAS MCGEGAN, Conductor MARTIN CHALIFOUR, Violin NATHAN COLE, Violin ARIANA GHEZ, Oboe WHITNEY CROCKETT, Bassoon ROBERT DEMAINE, Cello
BACH, Orchestral Suite No. 3 BACH, Concerto for Two Violins BACH, Sinfonia in D Major, BWV 1045 HAYDN, Sinfonia concertante in B-flat SCHUBERT, Symphony No. 3
APRIL 1, 2016, 8:00 P.M. MACK AVENUE SUPERBAND & JOSÉ JAMES APRIL 3, 2016, 7:30 P.M. ORGAN RECITAL: THOMAS TROTTER APRIL 8 – 10, 2016 BRAHMS & LISZT
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LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC JAMES GAFFIGAN, Conductor STEPHEN HOUGH, Piano BRAHMS, Symphony No. 3 LISZT, Piano Concerto No. 1 STRAUSS, Salome Dances APRIL 12, 2016, 8:00 P.M. AMERICAN CHAMBER MUSIC APRIL 14 – 16, 2016 JOSEFOWICZ PLAYS ADAMS LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC JOHN ADAMS, Conductor LEILA JOSEFOWICZ, Violin RESPIGHI, The Pines of Rome RESPIGHI, The Fountains of Rome ADAMS, Scheherezade.2 APRIL 16, 2016, 11:00 A.M. TOYOTA SYMPHONIES FOR YOUTH: SPIRIT OF THE CELLO APRIL 19, 2016, 8:00 P.M. 21C LIEDERABEND, OP. LA LA PHIL NEW MUSIC GROUP JOHN ADAMS, Conductor CRAIG WEDREN, Voice THEO BLECKMANN, Baritone TIMUR BEKBOSUNOV, Tenor BETH MORRISON, Co-Director and Co-Curator PAOLA PRESTINI, Co-Director and Co-Curator BANSAL, New work for piano and voice (World Premiere) HEARNE, Mouth Piece HEARNE, When You Hear COOPER, New work for ensemble and voice (World Premiere) ADAMS, Mike’s Song about Arresting a Particular Individual With other works by ADAMS, FRIEDMAN, VILLARREAL, PRESTINI, AND LITTLE
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APRIL 21 – 24, 2016 SAINT-SAËNS & MENDELSSOHN LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC EDO DE WAART, Conductor BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV, Piano ADAMS, The Chairman Dances SAINT-SAËNS, Piano Concerto No. 2 MENDELSSOHN, Symphony No. 3, “Scottish” APRIL 26, 2016, 8:00 P.M. MURRAY PERAHIA IN RECITAL APRIL 29 & 30, 2016 GRIEG WITH THIBAUDET LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC JAKUB HRUSA, Conductor JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, Piano MUSSORGSKY, Night on Bald Mountain GRIEG, Piano Concerto JANÁCEK, Taras Bulba
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MAY 6 & 8, 2016 ANDRIESSEN PREMIERE: THEATRE OF THE WORLD LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC REINBERT DE LEEUW, Conductor PIERRE AUDI, Director QUAY BROTHERS, Video Artists ANDRIESSEN, Theatre of the World (World Premiere)
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MAY 10, 2016, 8:00 P.M. CHAMBER MUSIC FOR BRASS MAY 11, 2016 PHILHARMONIA BAROQUE: HANDEL & PÄRT PHILHARMONIA BAROQUE NICHOLAS MCGEGAN, Conductor ANDREAS SCHOLL, Countertenor ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER, Mezzo-soprano HANDEL, Arias and duets TBD PÄRT, New arrangement MAY 13, 2016, 8:00 P.M. PIATIGORSKY INTERNATIONAL CELLO FESTIVAL: BLOCH LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC LEONARD SLATKIN, Conductor RALPH KIRSHBAUM, Cello BLOCH, Schelomo BERLIOZ, Symphonie fantastique MAY 14, 2016, 8:00 P.M. PIATIGORSKY INTERNATIONAL CELLO FESTIVAL: ELGAR LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC LEONARD SLATKIN, Conductor TRULS MORK, Cello ROSSINI, William Tell Overture ELGAR, Cello Concerto BERLIOZ, Symphonie fantastique Truls Mork. Photo: Stephane de Bourgies/Virgin Classics
MAY 15, 2016, 2:00 P.M. PIATIGORSKY INTERNATIONAL CELLO FESTIVAL: MARTINU LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC LEONARD SLATKIN, Conductor SOL GABETTA, Cello ROSSINI, William Tell Overture MARTINU, Cello Concerto No. 1 (1955 version) BERLIOZ, Symphonie fantastique
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MAY 15, 2016, 7:30 P.M. PIATIGORSKY INTERNATIONAL CELLO FESTIVAL: YO-YO MA AND KATHRYN STOTT MAY 17, 2016, 8:00 P.M. PIATIGORSKY INTERNATIONAL CELLO FESTIVAL: CELLOFEST EMERSON STRING QUARTET RALPH KIRSHBAUM, Cello SAKURA CELLO ENSEMBLE SCHUBERT, Quintet in C DEAN, Twelve Angry Men CLYNE, New work for mass cello ensemble (World Premiere) VILLA-LOBOS, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1
Lucy Crowe. Photo: Bill Capone
MAY 19 – 22, 2016 MOZART AND PÄRT: REQUIEM & MISERERE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC GUSTAVO DUDAMEL, Conductor LUCY CROWE, Soprano ROXANA CONSTANTINESCU, Mezzosoprano PAUL APPLEBY, Tenor LUCA PISARONI, Bass-baritone ESTONIAN PHILHARMONIC CHAMBER CHOIR LATVIAN RADIO CHOIR PÄRT, Miserere MOZART, Requiem
MAY 26 & 27, 2016 MOZART AND PÄRT: THE ANGELS LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC GUSTAVO DUDAMEL, Conductor BILL VIOLA, Video/Sound Installation INON BARNATAN, Piano PÄRT, Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten VIOLA, Inverted Birth MOZART, Piano Concerto No. 17, K. 453 PÄRT, Symphony No. 4, “Los Angeles” MAY 28 & 29, 2016 MOZART & PÄRT: WORLD PREMIERE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
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GUSTAVO DUDAMEL, Conductor MOZART, Symphony No. 25, K. 183/173dB PÄRT, Greater Antiphons (World Premiere) MOZART, Symphony No. 40, K. 550 MAY 29, 7:30 P.M. MOZART & PÄRT: ORGAN WORKS AARON DAVID MILLER, Organ DAMIN SPRITZER, Organ PÄRT, Annum per annum PÄRT, Fratres MOZART, Fantasia in F Minor, K. 608 MOZART, Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, K. 546 GIGOUT, Grand choeur dialogué
Gustavo Dudamel. Photo: Chris Lee
JUNE 2 – 5, 2016 DUDAMEL CONDUCTS BARTÓK LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC GUSTAVO DUDAMEL, Conductor CARRIE DENNIS, Viola KODÁLY, Dances of Galánta BARTÓK, Viola Concerto LIGETI, Apparitions BARTÓK, Miraculous Mandarin Suite
TICKETS & CONTACT LA Philharmonic Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 (323) 850-2000 www.laphil.org
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Mark Taper Forum
Mark Taper Forum. SINCE IT OPENED in Photo courtesy of Center Theatre Group 1967, the Mark Taper Forum has been honored for its development of new plays and voices for the theatre, and for its continuing commitment to serve the broadest possible audience. It has received virtually every theatrical award including the 1977 special Tony Award for theatrical excellence. With Michael Ritchie as its Artistic Director and Gordon Davidson its Founding Artistic Director, the 739-seat Mark Taper Forum is one of the top resident theatres in the country. The theatre has guided and developed an impressive number of Tony Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize-winning plays, including Children of a Lesser God, The Shadow Box, The Kentucky Cycle, and Angels in America.
FEBRUARY 10 – MARCH 20, 2016 THE MYSTERY OF LOVE & SEX By BATHSHEBA DORAN Directed by ROBERT EGAN A MINEFIELD OF intimacy and identity is set for one modern family when a generational gap between parents and their daughter is blown wide open – extending far beyond culinary
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tastes and into race, ambiguous sexuality, and faith. Profoundly insightful and funny, The Mystery of Love & Sex offers a contemporary look at romance, relationships and our connections to each other in a world full of tangled and complicated differences. APRIL 5 – MAY 15, 2016 FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (PARTS 1, 2 & 3) By SUZAN-LORI PARKS Directed by JO BONNEY AN EPIC TALE about holding on to who we are and what we love in a country that forces us to fight battles Suzan-Lori Parks. we would not have chosen Photo: Sara Krulwich/The New York Times for ourselves, Father Comes Home From The Wars is a devastatingly beautiful dramatic work filled with music, wit, and great lyricism. Winner of the 2015 Kennedy Center Prize for Drama, this explosively powerful play set throughout the Civil War from Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks reveals the burden of history and its effect on an individual’s ability to transform. JUNE 8 – JULY 17, 2016 DISGRACED By AYAD AKHTAR Directed by KIMBERLY SENIOR IDENTITY, HERITAGE, AND passion collide in this riveting exploration of the stories we tell our friends, the secrets we tell
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our lovers, and the lies we tell ourselves to find our place in the American Dream. Ayad Akhtar’s 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Disgraced – a potently funny tale of big-city aspiration and cultural assimilation – dares to face the truth hiding just below the deception. AUGUST 31 – OCTOBER 16, 2016 MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM By AUGUST WILSON Directed by PHYLICIA RASHAD
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AN AMERICAN MASTERPIECE, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is an incredibly powerful depiction of rage, racism, and exploitation set in 1927 Chicago during a recording session at a white-owned studio with the legendary singer – inspired by real-life Mother of the Blues Gertrude “Ma” Rainey. Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad (director of August Wilson’s celebrated Joe Turner’s Come and Gone at the Mark Taper Forum) directs this groundbreaking play from Wilson’s celebrated Century Cycle chronicling the African-American experience of the 20th century.
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NOVEMBER 9 – DECEMBER 18, 2016 THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE By MARTIN MCDONAGH Directed by GARRY HYNES A DARKLY COMIC tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely woman in her early 40s, and Mag, her manipulative, aging mother, whose interference in Maureen’s first and potentially last loving relationship sets in motion a train of events that are as tragically funny as they are horrific. Garry Hynes, who won a Tony Award for her direction of The Beauty Queen of Leenane on Broadway, revisits this black comedy by Martin McDonagh (The Lieutenant of Inishmore) with the renowned Druid theatre company. TICKETS & CONTACT Mark Taper Forum 135 N. Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 628-2772 www.centertheatregroup.org
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
MOCA Pacific Design Center, FOUNDED IN 1979, MOCA is Photo by Marissa Roth the only museum in Los Angeles devoted exclusively to contemporary art. It is committed to the collection, presentation, and interpretation of work produced since 1940 in all media, and to preserving that work for future generations. In a remarkably short time, MOCA has developed one of the nation’s most renowned permanent collections. Now numbering over 5,000 works and steadily growing, this invaluable cultural resource provides extensive opportunities for education and enjoyment to thousands of national and international visitors. Today the museum is housed in three unique facilities: MOCA Grand Avenue, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, and MOCA Pacific Design Center.
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MATTHEW BARNEY: RIVER OF FUNDAMENT SEPTEMBER 13, 2015 – JANUARY 18, 2016 MATTHEW BARNEY: RIVER OF FUNDAMENT is Barney’s first major solo museum exhibition in Los Angeles. River of Fundament (2014) is one of Barney’s Installation view of Matthew Barney: River of Fundament, 2015. The most challenging Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, courtesy of the The Museum of and ambitious Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. projects to date, Photo: Fredrik Nilsen and his largest filmic undertaking since the renowned, five-part Cremaster film cycle (1994–2002). The film, written by Barney in collaboration with composer Jonathan Bepler, tells a story of regeneration and rebirth inspired by Ancient Evenings (1983), Norman Mailer’s sprawling, provocative novel set in ancient Egypt. The presentation at MOCA comprises the epic length, operatic film and approximately 85 works inspired by or made in conjunction with the film, including large-scale sculptures weighing up to 25 tons, drawings, and storyboards. The exhibition also includes Barney’s Water Castings, a new group of sculptures on view for the first time. Overall, the works in the exhibition intertwine history and mythology with the contemplation of fundamental human drives – such as sex, violence, and power – that have continuously propelled civilizations.
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TICKETS & CONTACT MOCA 250 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 626-6222 www.moca.org
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The Pasadena Playhouse
Pasadena Playhouse exterior. THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE Photo: Bret Hartman/The Los was established in 1917 and Angeles Times is the official State Theatre of California. In recent years, The Playhouse has become instrumental in launching new works and landmark revivals for the American Theatre. The Playhouse has displayed a commitment to cultural and theatrical diversity, which is reflected in seasons featuring Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning plays.
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JANUARY 9 & 10, 2016 AN EVENING WITH GROUCHO Featuring FRANK FERRANTE AWARD-WINNING ACTOR/DIRECTOR/ PLAYWRIGHT Frank Ferrante. Photo: LaRae Lobdell Frank Ferrante recreates his PBS, New York and London acclaimed portrayal of legendary comedian Groucho Marx in this fast-paced 90 minutes of hilarity. The two-act comedy consists of the best Groucho one-liners, anecdotes and songs including “Hooray For Captain Spaulding,” and “Lydia, the Tattooed Lady.” The audience literally becomes part of the show as Ferrante ad-libs his way throughout the performance in grand Groucho style. Accompanied by his onstage pianist, Mark Rabe, Ferrante portrays the young Groucho of stage and film and reacquaints us with the likes of brothers Harpo, Chico, Zeppo and Gummo, Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields, Greta Garbo, Marx foil, Margaret Dumont and MGM’s Louis B. Mayer. A show perfect for all ages! JANUARY 26 – FEBRUARY 21, 2016 FLY By TREY ELLIS AND RICARDO KHAN Directed by RICARDO KHAN WITH A FOCUS on hope, endurance, and accomplishment, Fly tells the story of the first African-American Army Air Corp fighters known as the Tuskegee Airmen who flew over the skies of Europe and North Africa during World War II. Featuring a cast of eight men, including “Tap Griot,” a dancer who uses tap dance steps to set a mood that is part sublimated anger, part empowerment, Fly was hailed by The New York Times as “a superior piece of theatrical synergy.” Co-author and director Ricardo Khan is Tony Award-winning co-founder and former
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artistic director of the Crossroads Theatre Company, known as one of the nation’s foremost African-American theater companies. MARCH 15 – APRIL 10, 2016 CASA VALENTINA By HARVEY FIERSTEIN Directed by DAVID LEE FROM FOUR-TIME Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, the iconic playwright of the Broadway hits Torch Song Trilogy, La Cage Aux Folles, Newsies, and Kinky Boots comes the West Harvey Fierstein Coast Premiere of Photo: Bruce Glikas Casa Valentina, the recipient of four 2014 Tony Award nominations. Directed by nine-time Emmy Award-winner David Lee of NBC’s Frasier and director of the acclaimed Pasadena Playhouse productions of Can-Can and Art, this moving and insightful play is nestled in the Catskills in 1962 – land of dirty dancing and borscht belt comedy. But an inconspicuous bungalow colony is more than a place to escape the sweltering summer heat. For a group of heterosexual men it is a place to escape. Based on real events and infused with Fierstein’s trademark wit, this new work was lauded by The New York Times for posing “genuinely arresting questions about identity” and hailed by Theatermania as “far and away the best new play of the season.”
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MAY 31 – JUNE 26, 2016 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S CHOICE TBA TICKETS & CONTACT The Pasadena Playhouse 39 S. El Molino Avenue Pasadena, CA 91101 (626) 356-7529 www.pasadenaplayhouse.org
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Pasadena Symphony and POPS
The Pasadena Symphony performing. THE PASADENA SYMPHONY Photo: Lawrence K. Ho/The Los Association was founded in Angeles Times 1928 by conductor Reginald Bland, and was funded entirely by the City of Pasadena. Because of the tremendous support it continually received from the local community, the Pasadena Symphony grew into a nationally recognized, fully professional orchestra. The Pasadena Symphony Association officially fused The Pasadena Symphony and POPS in 2007. The mission of the Pasadena Symphony and POPS is to provide orchestral performances of the highest quality and to benefit the community through its music, community engagement, and education programs.
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JANUARY 9, 2016 BEETHOVEN “EMPEROR” PIANO CONCERTO NICHOLAS MCGEGAN, Conductor SEAN CHEN, Piano PROKOFIEV, Classical Symphony SCHUBERT, Unfinished Symphony BEETHOVEN, Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor” FEBRUARY 13, 2016 TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO DAVID LOCKINGTON, Conductor JENNIFER FRAUTSCHI, Violin TCHAIKOVSKY, Violin Concerto SIBELIUS, Symphony No. 2
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MARCH 19, 2016 MOZART SYMPHONY NO. 40 NICHOLAS MCGEGAN, Conductor DAVID LOCKINGTON, Cello BEETHOVEN, Egmont Overture SAWYERS, Cello Concerto MOZART, Symphony No. 40 APRIL 30, 2016 AN AMERICAN IN PARIS DAVID LOCKINGTON, Conductor JOYCE YANG, Piano OFFENBACH, Orpheus in the Underworld SATIE, Gymnopédie No. 2 RAVEL, Piano Concerto in G Major FAURÉ, Pelléas et Mélisande Suite GERSHWIN, An American in Paris
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JUNE 18, 2016 FIRST LADIES OF SONG MICHAEL FEINSTEIN, Conductor Music from JUDY GARLAND, ROSEMARY CLOONEY & PEGGY LEE JULY 9, 2016 MUSIC OF BILLY JOEL LARRY BLANK, Conductor MICHAEL CAVANAUGH, Soloist JULY 30, 2016 SINATRA PROJECT VOLUME 2 LARRY BLANK, Conductor MICHAEL FEINSTEIN, Soloist AUGUST 20, 2016 COLE PORTER NIGHT MICHAEL FEINSTEIN, Conductor
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SEPTEMBER 10, 2016 A SALUTE TO WARNER BROTHERS MICHAEL FEINSTEIN, Conductor
TICKETS & CONTACT Pasadena Symphony Association 2 North Lake Avenue, Suite 1080 Pasadena, CA 91101 (626) 793-7172 www.pasadenasymphony-pops.org
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Contact Information AHMANSON THEATRE: (213) 628-2772 BROAD MUSEUM: (310) 399-4004 GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE: (310) 208-5454 J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM: (310) 440-7300 KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE: (213) 628-2772 LOS ANGELES BALLET: (310) 998-7782 LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART: (323) 857-6000 LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE: (213) 972-3110 LOS ANGELES OPERA: (213) 972-7219 LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC: (323) 850-2000 MARK TAPER FORUM: (213) 628-2772 MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, LOS ANGELES: (213) 626-6222 THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE: (626) 356-7529 PASADENA SYMPHONY AND POPS: (626) 793-7172
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