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reprogrammed!
Performances Magazine unveils a digital program platform for shows and concerts
DROP DOWN MENU Table of app contents.
REGISTER Stay arts-engaged, access past programs.
THE ESSENTIALS Acts, scenes, synopses, repertory and notes.
CONTRIBUTORS Donors and sponsors who make it all possible—you! SEARCH Find whatever it is you want to know—easily.
SIGN IN Link to your performing-arts companies and venues.
THE PLAYERS Bios and background for cast, crew and creators.
WHAT’S ON What’s coming at a glance and ticket information.
NO RUSTLING PAGES, no killing trees . . . Of all the innovations to have come out of the pandemic, the new Performances program platform, accessed on any digital device, may be least likely to disappear in the foreseeable future. Not only had its time come—it had been long overdue.
Performances provides the programs for 20 SoCal performingarts organizations, from the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Ahmanson to San Diego Opera, where the app made its debut.
The touchless platform provides cast and player bios, donor and season updates and arts-centric features. Audiences receive a link and code word that instantly activate the app; QR codes are posted, too.
Screens go dark when curtains rise and return with the house lights. Updates—repertory changes, understudy substitutions, significant donations—can be made right up to showtime, no inserts necessary.
Other features include video and audio streams, translations and expanded biographies.
For those who consider printed programs keepsakes, a limited number, as well as commemorative issues for special events, continue to be produced. Collectibles!
Meanwhile, there is less deforestation, consumption of petroleum inks and programs headed for landfills. For the ecologically minded, the platform gets a standing ovation.
Theaters and concert halls reopened after a long intermission. Stages are live, the excitement is back. Activate your link and enjoy the shows. —CALEB WACHS
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
LAHAV SHANI,
MUSICAL DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR
SAT NOV 5 | 8PM
An evening of firsts – the Israel Philharmonic makes a historic Soraya debut with new music director Lahav Shani who inherited the role from Los Angeles’ beloved Zubin Mehta. Shani will provide The Soraya another milestone – the first ever Mahler symphony to resound in the Great Hall. Dedicated to uplifting Israel’s creative artists and composers, the orchestra will open the concert with the foremost Israeli composer of classical music, Paul Ben-Haim whose works uplifted Jewish life as the nation of Israel was first forming in the shadow of World War II.
UPCOMING CONCERTS
Thu Oct 13 | 8pm Malpaso Dance Company with Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble Sat Oct 22 | 8pm Luis Enrique with Nella Featuring C4 Trio Sat Oct 29 | 8pm Soweto Gospel Choir Sat Nov 5 | 8pm Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Lahav Shani Wed Nov 9 | 8pm An Acousting Evening with John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett Sun Nov 13 | 7pm Concierto para Dolores: A Musical Tribute to Dolores Huerta
Jade Mills | 310.285.7508
