Jessica Gelt
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L.A. Times reporter: arts, culture, entertainment, investigations. Late-night reader, dedicated flaneur. Enjoys doing almost everything alone.
Tony winner Shaina Taub on her touring musical, "Suffs":
“It always matters to step out in the light of day, in public with fellow citizens and community members, and to say out loud to each other joyfully that you believe in a better future."
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“It always matters to step out in the light of day, in public with fellow citizens and community members, and to say out loud to each other joyfully that you believe in a better future."
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November 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Tony winner Shaina Taub on her touring musical, "Suffs":
“It always matters to step out in the light of day, in public with fellow citizens and community members, and to say out loud to each other joyfully that you believe in a better future."
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
“It always matters to step out in the light of day, in public with fellow citizens and community members, and to say out loud to each other joyfully that you believe in a better future."
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
"Dream big. What else would you want in your fantasy world?’ Big things have happened for us this semester after the fires,” Mollie Lief, drama teacher.
Fire-affected Eliot Arts theater students head to the Big Apple: L.A. arts and culture this weekend:
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Fire-affected Eliot Arts theater students head to the Big Apple: L.A. arts and culture this weekend:
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Fire-affected Eliot Arts theater students head to the Big Apple: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
Students from Eliot Arts — who lost their school during the Eaton fire — are fundraising for a class trip to Broadway this spring.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Dream big. What else would you want in your fantasy world?’ Big things have happened for us this semester after the fires,” Mollie Lief, drama teacher.
Fire-affected Eliot Arts theater students head to the Big Apple: L.A. arts and culture this weekend:
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Fire-affected Eliot Arts theater students head to the Big Apple: L.A. arts and culture this weekend:
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Set your alarms for 1 p.m. PST:
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Murakami's World Series Championship collection to go on sale at 1 p.m: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
Takashi Murakami Dodgers' World Series Championship collection goes on sale, plus opera, ballet and onstage horror in L.A. arts and culture this weekend
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November 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Set your alarms for 1 p.m. PST:
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Yoko Ono is coming to the Broad in Spring, 2026, for her first solo museum exhibition in Southern California: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Yoko Ono is finally getting a solo museum exhibition in SoCal
Yoko Ono will stage her first solo museum exhibition in Southern California at the Broad museum this spring.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Yoko Ono is coming to the Broad in Spring, 2026, for her first solo museum exhibition in Southern California: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Rick Atkinson has been on the road with Ken Burns talking American Revolution. He stopped by a dinner in L.A. to boost spirits before election day:
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At L.A. Public Library literary salon, a military historian offers hope: 'We have faced grimmer times'
Forty acclaimed authors gathered for dinners at 40 locations across the city on a single night as part of Los Angeles Public Library's Literary Feasts. Here's what happened when guests shared a meal w...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Rick Atkinson has been on the road with Ken Burns talking American Revolution. He stopped by a dinner in L.A. to boost spirits before election day:
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The tragic story of literary child prodigy, Barbara Follett, is coming to the stage: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
This child prodigy published her first novel at 12. She disappeared forever at 25. Her story is a new musical
A new musical about the literary child prodigy Barbara Follet, who disappeared under suspicious circumstances at age 25, arose from one psychologist's obsession with her tragic story.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The tragic story of literary child prodigy, Barbara Follett, is coming to the stage: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Playhouse Singers is one of 14 classes offered at the Tony Award-winning regional theater as it expands its community-driven mission to build a bustling theater school serving up to 400 students per semester
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Pasadena Playhouse sets the stage for its next act – and it’s a revival
It was once home to one of the West Coast's finest theater schools, with alumni including Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman. Now, Pasadena Playhouse is once again building a robust slate of educational ...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Playhouse Singers is one of 14 classes offered at the Tony Award-winning regional theater as it expands its community-driven mission to build a bustling theater school serving up to 400 students per semester
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Introducing Theatre Commons L.A. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Wanna see a theater show in L.A.? There's now a website for that: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
Theatre Commons L.A., a new nonprofit organization aimed at spotlighting the city's bustling live theater scene, has launched with a website that lists the city's many shows with links to purchase tic...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Introducing Theatre Commons L.A. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
“Monuments” was originally supposed to debut two years ago, and if it had, it would have entered a radically different political landscape.
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While Trump restores Confederate monuments, this bold L.A. art exhibition confronts them
'Monuments,' a highly anticipated new show at MOCA and the Brick, invites viewers to rethink decommissioned monuments — many of them Confederate — by recontextualizing them in an exhibition that also ...
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October 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“Monuments” was originally supposed to debut two years ago, and if it had, it would have entered a radically different political landscape.
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We went backstage on the night of the show's 40th anniversary. The mood was electric. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
The 'Les Miz' you haven't seen: Behind the curtain on opening night at the Pantages
We went backstage before curtain of the touring production of 'Les Misérables' at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. Here's a look a the well-orchestrated chaos.
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October 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We went backstage on the night of the show's 40th anniversary. The mood was electric. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
It's all about those dedicated shadow casts! www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
How 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' nurtured live theater: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
The midnight movie phenomenon began on stage and shadow casts have kept that connection alive for five decades; plus 'Jaja's African Hair Braiding' at the Taper and 'Frankenstein,' the ballet, in Cost...
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September 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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