Fall Arts Preview 2013
Los Angeles Times critics and writers preview the cultural performances, shows and events that promise to make headlines in the fall.
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The old friends, set to appear together at the Ahmanson Theatre in ‘The Sunshine Boys,’ sit down for a few laughs.
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Yutaka Sone and Benjamin Weissman turn a mutual love of skiing into snow-inspired paintings and drawings.
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Other offerings this season include the Christian McBride Trio, the SFJAZZ Collective and Lucian Ban and Mat Maneri.
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The Cyrus Cylinder display is among SoCal events that also include exhibits on Renaissance paintings, Forrest Bess, John Divola and self-taught artists from the South.
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Events include ‘To Russia With Love’ in Berlin, Disney Hall’s 10th anniversary to-do in L.A., LA Opera’s ‘Einstein on the Beach.’
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Such exciting new writers as Samuel D. Hunter, Amy Herzog and Young Jean Lee are on tap. So are stalwarts Neil Simon, Reginald Rose and, yes, Shakespeare.
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From the Nederlands Dans Theater to Russian ballerina Diana Vishneva to the debuts of Barak Ballet and the Annenberg Center in Beverly Hills, fall looks to be lively and rewarding.
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Expect new albums from Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, Arcade Fire and beyond. Other highlights include Depeche Mode, the Station to Station tour and the Way Over Yonder Fest.
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The playwright based the work’s feisty nonagenarian character on her leftist grandmother. The play makes its local debut at South Coast Repertory in October.
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The choreographer’s troupe Reality will perform a coming-of-age story making use of emotionally charged movement and video projected text messages.
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Viral marketing has become more sophisticated, and social media allows musicians to promote their work in creative ways, but the music’s potency is what gives it staying power.
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Goodbye, boys of summer. With albums due from Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Icona Pop and more, it’s time for the ladies to have their say.
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Los Angeles audiences will get to see the choreographer’s work for the first time in October in a piece that explores humanity’s complex relationship with the environment.
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Exhibitions turn the camera’s eye on L.A.-area artists and professors John Divola and James Welling. The third focuses on LACMA’s acquisition of the Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection.
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Patricia Bardon played a recording of ‘Carmen’ featuring Placido Domingo ‘to death,’ she says. Now she’s starring with him conducting.
