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A scene from Los Angeles Opera's new production of Verdi's "Rigoletto" at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
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Fascism and a clown suit: L.A. Opera’s gripping new ‘Rigoletto’

Los Angeles Opera ends its season with a new production of Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto’ featuring baritone Quinn Kelsey, whose visceral energy and terrifying clown suit are the stuff of nightmares.

Cole Escola in "Oh, Mary!" on Broadway.

Cole Escola’s ‘Oh, Mary!’ is a hoot, but the Tony should go to Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ ‘Purpose’

A stroll on Main Street A man walks in front of the Italian Hall (Julius Webster Krause, 1908) at 644 N. Main St. Across Macy Street to the north, the towered building at 700 North Main is the Oscar Macy block (Abram Moses Edelman, 1888). All structures on the triangle shaped lot on which the Macy Block stood were demolished and replaced by a Standard Oil filling station in 1956; the Italian Hall Remains

Lost L.A. comes to life in reissued book about the city before freeways

"Suits" actor Gina Torres and "The Pitt" star Patrick Ball embrace and look toward the camera.

From ‘The Pitt’ to ‘Hamlet’: Patrick Ball and a twisty take on Shakespeare come to the L.A. stage

Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet

Trump fires Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet

Dr. Gustavo Dudamel leads the New York Philharmonic, with L.A. style

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Column: Are plans for the Joshua Tree Art Museum a desert mirage?

L.A. Theatre Works, citadel of audio drama, keeps adapting to changing times

Director Michael Arden is no longer Broadway’s best kept secret

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COMPTON, CA - MAY 22: Andre "Dr. Dre" Young, second from right, greets students during the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Compton High School campus on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Dr. Dre donated $10 million for the construction of the school's Andre "Dr. Dre" Young Performing Arts Center in the background. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times).

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Compton students get the fanciest new high school around, with a theater named for ‘Dr. Dre’

The brand-new $225-million campus is innovative. The library has no books; it’s all digital. Classrooms feature an expanse of windows. Security equipment is largely invisible.

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