June 2016
Barak Ballet in Beverly Hills
Premier Tickets include Pre-Performance discussion with the choreographers Featured are two world premieres by two highly acclaimed choreographers, Nicolas Blanc and Norbert De La Cruz III. Rounding out the program is Melissa Barak’s ballet Aether with original music by composer David Lawrence. Premiere ticket holders ($65 tickets) are invited to attend a pre-performance discussion moderated by Elizabeth Kaye, an author and ballet historian who has written extensively about the art form, and lectured frequently at The Metropolitan Opera House, The Music Center in Los Angeles,…
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United FORlando A Benefit Concert & Conversation
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and the Los Angeles LGBT Center present: United FORlando Featuring The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles Scenes from the award-winning production Hit The Wall by Ike Holter “After Orlando: Reflections and Where We Go From Here” a conversation moderated by Wilson Cruz and featuring panelists Kate Kendell, Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights and Darrel Cummings, Chief of Staff of the Los Angeles LGBT Center
Find out more »September 2016
WelcomeFest at The Wallis
The Wallis is throwing open its doors and kicking off the 2016/17 season with WelcomeFest, a two-day party to welcome the community and celebrate the performing arts on September 10 and 11. The weekend offers free entertainment featuring local and renowned artists and performers—including works by the Tony Award-nominated director of Spring Awakening and The Wallis’ first artist-in-residence Michael Arden, and LA-based contemporary dance group Jacob Jonas The Company—as well as family-fun activities, classes, cash bar, food trucks and more. Beginning at 2pm…
Find out more »February 2017
946: THE AMAZING STORY OF ADOLPHUS TIPS
Imagine being twelve and having soldiers occupying your house and land, with only your cat to tell your secrets. Kneehigh in association with Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Berkeley Repertory Theatre present 946: THE AMAZING STORY OF ADOLPHUS TIPS Adapted by Michael Morpurgo and Emma Rice Kneehigh’s signature sorcery of music, puppetry and foolishness will transport us to Slapton Sands, England in 1944. Based on the beloved book by War Horse author Michael Morpurgo, 946 explodes everything we thought we knew about…
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MATTHEW BOURNE’S EARLY ADVENTURES
Matthew Bourne is hailed as the UK’s most popular and successful Choreographer/ Director. He is the creator of the world’s longest running ballet production, a five-time Olivier Award winner, and the only British director to have won the Tony Award for both Best Choreographer and Best Director of a Musical. Matthew Bourne returns to his roots in Early Adventures, a program of hit pieces that launched the career of ‘Britain’s favourite choreographer’ and saw the birth of the style, wit…
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An Evening with Alan Alda – If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on my Face?
The Wallis An Evening with Alan Alda If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on my Face? In conversation with Lisa Wolpe Alan Alda, the award-winning actor and bestselling author, discusses his decades-long quest to understand the intricacies of communication. With his trademark humor and candor, Alda’s new book, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating, chronicles communication breakdowns in his own…
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All The Things I Lost In The Flood
Laurie Anderson in performance West Coast premiere! Great books haunt Laurie Anderson’s bold experimental performances. From Moby Dick to The Tibetan Book of the Dead — works of literature are embedded in many of her films, stories and songs. In celebration of her own new book, All the Things I Lost in the Flood, join us for the west coast debut of a special one-woman show to witness how a book comes to life again as a performance. Through intimate…
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Renga For The West
In association with KCRW's The Document, hosted by Matt Holzman About The Film It was February in Missoula, Montana.The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. And it was a million degrees below zero. Until I walked into the theater to see Renga for the West. What I saw on screen made me truly forget the cold outside! Renga for the West is a sparkling 40-minute short that manages to capture a whole lot of the joy, energy and heartache of the modern African…
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Love Actually
After a sold-out engagement in The Sorting Room last December, For The Record returns with an expanded, multi-media theatrical celebration of the soundtrack to Love Actually. The beloved holiday rom-com will be brought to life through Christmas and pop hits by Mariah Carey, Kelly Clarkson, The Beach Boys, Joni Mitchell and many more, performed by an eclectic mix of artists from the worlds of music, stage and screen. Join For The Record in the Bram Goldsmith Theater and you'll find that Love…
Find out more »June 2019
Live Read with Randall Park
Capping off our incredible season of programming at The Wallis, which has included a stage reading of My Dinner with Andre with Michael Keaton and Paula Pell; an exploration of the world of Deadwood with Ian McShane and Timothy Olyphant; and a surprise musical performance from Childish Gambino, Film Independent is proud to welcome guest director Randall Park for a special Live Read. Park has long shown a deft sensibility for subtle and often dry comedy. Over the course of…
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