West Edge Opera illuminates forgotten histories
As Oakland’s always-innovative West Edge Opera gears up for the 2026 season in August, two of its choices…
Social Eyes: Week of July 9-15
THU 7/9 FOLK STELLA PRINCE She might be barely able to legally drink, but the L.A.-via-Nashville folk singer…
Social Eyes: Week of Feb. 5-11
THURSDAY, FEB. 5 JAZZ CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT One never knows what Cécile McLorin Salvant will do next. At…
Bard meets Biggie in Berkeley
Where there’s a Will, there’s also Tupac and Biggie, says playwright/performer Jacob Ming-Trent. His one-man show, How Shakespeare…
Voices of reentry take the stage
It is beyond uplifting to begin a new year with a sliver of good news. Cutting through the…
The best places to see a play or musical in Southern California
“Is L.A. a theater town?” The question, typically posed with New York condescension, fails to recognize the obvious…