BREAKING NEWS: Disney’s musical Frozen has closed on Broadway.

American Ballet Theatre has canceled their 2020 Season at the Metropolitan Opera. The shows included are ABT Then and Now, the New York premiere of Of Love and Rage, as well as productions of La Bayadère, Romeo and Juliet, Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty, Jane Eyre and Swan Lake.

Antaeus Theatre Company has canceled all remaining performances of Measure for Measure and their Classic Sundays reading of The Roaring Girl. 

Bob Baker Marionette Theatre has announced postponement of all scheduled performances and events. No tentative re-opening date has been provided.

Boston Court Pasadena has postponed all performances through May 27th.

Their production of Assassins been rescheduled for September 10th – October 18th

The Broad Stage has announced the suspension of all remaining performances in their 2019-2020 season.

Mnozil Brass on March 26th.

Hiromi: Solo on March 28th

Red Hen Press: New Traditions on March 29th

National Geographic Live: Hidden Wild: Secrets of the Everglades on April 9th and 10th

Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap on April 11th.

Dance for All on April 13th

USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance April 17th – April 19th

Beethoven, Bagels & Banter on April 19th

Angel’s Bone (co-presented with LA Opera Off Grand) May 1st – May 3rd

Diana Damrau & Nicolas Testé on May 16th

Lynn Harrell, cellist on May 17th

*Broadway in Hollywood has announced the cancellation of SpongeBob Musical at The Dolby Theatre.

The Illusionists, scheduled to play April 14th – April 19th at the Dolby Theatre has been rescheduled for January 12th – January 17th.

The tour of Mean Girls, scheduled to play the Dolby Theatre April 28th – June 7th, 2020 will be rescheduled.

The tour of My Fair Lady, scheduled to play the Dolby Theatre June 12th – July 5th will be rescheduled.

The tour of The Band’s Visit, scheduled to play at the Dolby Theatre July 7th – July 26th, has been suspended.

*The Cher Show is postponing its tour until 2021. Not official announcement yet, but this may impact the Spring 2021 booking at the Dolby Theatre.

*All Broadway Shows in New York have been suspended through September 6th.

Hangmen, which had gone into previews, will not re-open. A revival of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf will not re-open.

Beetlejuice, which was set to close at the Winter Garden on June 6th, is now officially closed. Though a 2021 tour is planned, there are still discussions of moving the show to another theatre.

*Disney’s musical Frozen has officially closed. It is the first long-running show to close as a result of the pandemic. The official closing day is March 11th, the last day of performances before Broadway suspended all performances. The show had 26 previews and 825 performances.

CAP UCLA has announced the suspension of the remainder of the 2019-2020 season.

Center Theatre Group has announced that all remaining shows in the 2019-2020 season have been postponed. This includes 1776 scheduled at the Ahmanson Theatre, King James at the Mark Taper Forum and Sakina’s Restaurant at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.

They join the previously announced postponements of Once on This Island, The Antipodes and the annual Block party.

As it relates to Once on This Island, CTG is working on rescheduling the show. Producers have canceled this show’s tour, but the possibility of a reduced tour post-Coronavirus is being explored.

Cirque du Soleil has announced the cancellation of all performances of Volta scheduled at the Orange County Fair and Events Center in Costa Mesa.

Colburn School has canceled all performances and events through April 12.

East West Players has announced a postponement of the entire run of Assassins. They have also announced postponement of the 54th Anniversary Visionary Awards Gala.

The Echo Theater Company is canceling performances of Poor Clare, scheduled to open March 14, through the end of March. Performances resume April 3. 

*The Ford Theatres summer 2020 season has been canceled.

The Fountain Theatre has suspended the world premiere of Human Interest Story. The April 25 Los Angeles premiere of If I Forget has been postponed to later date yet to be determined. 

Geffen Playhouse has announced the following:

Bernhardt/Hamlet, scheduled to begin previews on April 7th, has been canceled.

Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center has announced the cancellation of the Pina Bausch’s Palermo Palermo as Tantztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch canceled their tour.

Malpaso Dance Company has canceled its spring tour of the United States. Therefore the engagement at the Ahmanson Theatre on May 15th – May 17th has been canceled.

Goodspeed Musicals has postponed their April production of South Pacific. Their fall production of Candide has been canceled.

*The Hollywood Bowl 2020 season has been canceled.

The Industry’s Sweet Land has canceled all remaining performances. They will be offering a filmed version being streamed starting March 23rd.

Laguna Playhouse has made the following announcements:

Hershey Felder’s Monsieur Chopin, originally scheduled for April, has been moved to October of this year.

Rocky Mountain High, a Tribute to John Denver has been rescheduled to January 7th – January 10th of 2021.

They are trying to reschedule Ann sometime in the coming year.

The world premiere of To Sir, With Love, has been canceled.

The La Jolla Playhouse has announced that all performances by or at La Jolla Music Society, La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego Opera and San Diego Symphony will be canceled and/or postponed through the end of March 2020

La Mirada Theatre has announced postponement of all shows through May 10th.

The following shows have been rescheduled:

The Sound of Music will play May 15th to June 7th.

Mamma Mia will play June 12th to July 5th.

They will be rescheduling the following shows:

Bossa Nova Wave (originally scheduled for April 3)

Classic Albums Live – Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours (originally scheduled for April 4)

Circus Science Spectacular (originally scheduled for April 5)

The Center of the Universe (originally scheduled for April 9)

The Brubeck Brothers (originally scheduled for May 12)

La Mirada Symphony (originally scheduled for May 17)

Dance, Dance, Dance! (originally scheduled for May 22)

Sol de Mexico (originally scheduled for June 27)

*LA Opera has canceled the final performance of Roberto Devereux scheduled for March 14th.

Angel’s Bone, scheduled to be performed May 1st – May 3rd, has been canceled as The Broad Stage canceled their remaining events for the 2019-2020 season.

Pelléas and Mélisande, scheduled for May 2nd – May 23rd, has been canceled.

Rodelinda, scheduled for May 8th, has been canceled.

*The Marriage of Figaro, scheduled for May 6th – May 28th, has been canceled.

*Saturday Mornings at the Opera, scheduled for June 6th, has been canceled.

*Great Opera Choruses, scheduled for June 7th at The Soraya, has been canceled.

Lincoln Center in New York has announced that the musical Flying Over Sunset has been moved to the fall as has the opera Intimate Apparel. Both were previously scheduled to open this spring.

Long Beach Opera has postponed until next season its production of The Lighthouse.

*Their planned productions of Billy the Kid (scheduled for May 3rd – May 10th) and Frida (scheduled for June 20th – June 28th) have been canceled.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra has announced postponement of this weekend’s concert, Border Crossings, scheduled for March 12th at the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica and on March 13th at The Huntington.

They have also announced cancellation of the Ravel, Strauss + Contreras concerts on March 28th and 29th.

Beethoven + Mendelssohn scheduled for April 30th and May 1st has been canceled.

Sheku plus Eroica scheduled at multiple venues for May 15th – May 18th, has been canceled.

The Los Angeles LGBT Center is postponing its production of Hair that was scheduled to open on March 27th.

Los Angeles Master Chorale has announced the following cancellations:

The Fauré Requiem performances at Walt Disney Concert Hall on March 28th and 29th have been canceled.

The performance of Lagrime di San Pietro at the Musco Center for the Arts at Chapman University on March 19th has been canceled.

Come Away to the Skies: A Celebration of Alice Parker, scheduled for May 17th, has been canceled.

Los Angeles Philharmonic has announced the cancellation of all performances for the rest of the season at Walt Disney Concert Hall. (All concerts through June 6th.)

Manhattan Theatre Club has postponed their planned revival of How I Learned to Drive until next season.

MCC Theatre in New York has announced the All The Natalie Portmans played its final performance yesterday. Hollywood Dreams, which was to have begun previews next week, will be rescheduled.

They also announced that their Miscast 20 gala has been rescheduled from April 6th to June 15th

The Metropolitan Opera has canceled all performances for the rest of this season. This includes all scheduled Live in HD presentations

The McKittrick Hotel in New York, home to Sleep No More, The Woman in Black and Speakeasy Magick, has suspended all performances through April 12th.

Musco Center for the Arts has canceled all performances through early May.

The Music Center has announced that all venues (The Ahmanson Theatre, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Mark Taper Forum and Walt Disney Concert Hall) will be closed until further notice. This impacts the Los Angeles Philharmonic, LA Opera, Center Theatre Group, the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center.

A Noise Within has announced the following cancellations:

The remaining performances of The Winter’s Tale, Alice in Wonderland, and all other public events have been canceled through the end of April.

Alice in Wonderland will now open their 2020-2021 season August 22nd – September 13th.

Sweeney Todd, has been rescheduled for September 27th – November 15th.

The Odyssey Theatre is canceling performances of The Serpent through March 29 with performances resuming April 3.

The Old Globe has announced that their productions of Little Women and Faceless will be postponed.

The Open Fist, currently in residence at the Atwater Village Theatre, has suspended all performances of Rorschach Fest.

The Outer Critics Circle Awards, scheduled for May 21st, have been postponed.

The Pacific Symphony has announced the following in relation to their schedule:

Pink Martini on March 13th and 14th has been postponed. They have been rescheduled for June 17th and 18th.

Nowruz on March 28th has been postponed.

The Texas Tenors on April 3rd and 4th has been cancelled.

Verdi’s Otello on April 23rd, 25th and 28th has been cancelled.

Windborne’s the Music of the Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards 1969, originally scheduled for May 1sts and 2nd, has been rescheduled to June 19th and 20th.

Yang Plays Rachmaninoff, scheduled for May 7th – May 9th has been canceled.

Beethoven’s Razumovsky Quartet, scheduled for May 10th has been canceled.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame with live accompaniment by organist Dennis James, scheduled for May 10th, has been canceled.

Pacific Symphony Youth Ensemble concerts scheduled for May 9th, 11th and 12th has all been canceled.

*The Pantages Theatre has announced suspension of performances of Hamilton through September 6th.

The Pasadena Playhouse has announced that all performances through May 31st.

Ann, scheduled for May 27th – July 28th has been postponed.

Their production of Annie Get Your Gun, scheduled for July 28th – August 23rd has been canceled.

*The Pasadena Pops has canceled their 2020 summer season and will reschedule the following concerts for their 2021 summer season:

Sway with Me: Latin Rhythm and Swing scheduled for June 19
Road to Motown scheduled for July 10
Fleetwood Mac: A Tribute scheduled for July 24
Michael Feinstein Sings Sinatra’s Songbook scheduled for August 14
100 Years of Broadway scheduled for August 28 

The Pasadena Symphony has rescheduled their March 21st Mozart & McGegan concert to May 23rd.

The Public Theatre in New York (and the adjoining Joe’s Pub) has canceled all performances through April 12th.

*Chicago’s Ravinia Festival has canceled their 2020 season.

Roundabout Theatre in New York announced that their productions of Birthday Candles with Debra Messing and Caroline, Or Change will open in the fall. Both shows were on the cusp of starting previews when Broadway theatres shut down.

San Francisco Opera has canceled their summer season scheduled to run June 7th to July 3rd.

*The Segerstrom Center has announced the following postponements, rescheduling and cancellations:

Orange County Millennial Choirs and Orchestras on April 1st has been rescheduled to June 2nd

Shen Yun from April 3rd – April 12th has been postponed

Ailey II on April 11th has been postponed

Chicago from April 14th – April 19th has been canceled

Sibelius Piano Trio on April 17th has been canceled

Clayton Brothers Quintet on April 18th has been canceled

Earth Day Celebration on April 18th has been canceled

Distinguished Speakers Series: President George W. Bush on April 20th has been postponed

Tuesday Night Dance Lessons on April 21st and 28th has been canceled

Laura Benanti from April 23rd – April 25th has been postponed

Best of Dance on April 25th has been canceled

Beckman Arts and Science Family Festival on May 2nd has been postponed.

Paper Planet on May 2nd and 3rd has been canceled.

Celtic Woman on May 2nd has been canceled.

*Les Misérables, scheduled for May 5th – May 17th and rescheduled for October 6th – October 18th has been canceled.

Emerson String Quartet on May 7th has been postponed.

Silent Disco on May 8th has been postponed.

Rock, Paper, Scissors: CUMBIA! on May 15th has been postponed.

Swing Under the Stars on May 29th has been canceled.

*Mean Girls, scheduled for June 16th – June 28th, has been postponed. The venue is hoping to reschedule.

*The Band’s Visit, originally scheduled for August 12th – August 23rd has been rescheduled for April 13th – April 25th, 2021.

*The Lion King, originally scheduled for September 2nd – September 27th, has been canceled.

*Ain’t Too Proud to Beg – The Life and Times of The Temptations, scheduled for November 17th – 29th has been rescheduled for September 14th – 26th, 2021.

*The Donna Summer Musical, originally scheduled for January 12th – 17th, has been cancelled due to a rescheduling of the show’s tour.

*The Cher Show, originally scheduled for April 13th – April 25th has been canceled due to a rescheduling of the show’s tour.

Shakespeare in the Park in New York has canceled this summer’s season.

Soka Performing Arts Center has announced the postponement of the remainder of its 2019-2020 season.

The Soraya has announced the following cancellations and postponements:

The Jerusalem Quartet on April 5th has been canceled.

The Count Basie Orchestra on April 9th has been postponed.

Amir El Saffar on April 16th has been canceled.

Bollywood Boulevard on April 19th has been canceled.

Randy Newman’s Faust on May 9th has been canceled.

Violins of Hope, which was postponed, will have an opening night concert by the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony on January 14th.

South Coast Rep has announced the cancellation of all performances of Outside Mullingar beginning March 13th. (They are “working to make the performance available online. More details will be announced in the coming days.”)

*San Francisco’s Stern Grove Festival has canceled their 2020 season.

Tonality has postponed their A Call to Restore concert that was set to take place on March 15th. Another date will be announced shortly.

The Tony Awards, scheduled for June 7th, have been postponed.

The Verdi Chorus has canceled their Opera Gets Real performances scheduled for April 18th and 19th.

*The Wallis has announced the cancellation of all performances through June 30th.

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Sweeney Todd tells the story of Benjamin Barker, a barber in London, who is sent away on trumped up charges by Judge Turpin. Turpin’s goal is to seduce Barker’s wife and take custody of their daughter, Johanna. Barker escapes from prison and returns to London to find out what’s happened to his wife and daughter. He also wants to exact revenge on those who have done him wrong. He returns to his former barber shop, above a meat pie shop run by Mrs. Lovett. It doesn’t take her too long to both figure out that the man now going by Sweeney Todd is Benjamin Barker, nor for her to help him in his pursuit of vengeance.

David St. Louis plays “Sweeney” and Jamey Hood plays “Mrs. Lovett.” Devin Archer plays “Anthony,” the sailor who helps Todd get to London. Juliana Hansen is “Johanna” and Robert Mamanna is “Judge Turpin.”

Sondheim’s score for this show includes such songs as “Not While I’m Around,” “Pretty Women” and my personal favorite, “Epiphany.”

Next week we will have an interview with David St. Louis about playing the title character. He did indicate that this production, directed by Kent Nicholson, will not shy away from the show’s humor.

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Dudamel Conducts Salonen & Shostakovich – Walt Disney Concert Hall

April 13-15

During this LA Philharmonic season we’ve had the pleasure of hearing former music director Esa-Pekka Salonen conduct, amongst other things, his three concerti: one for piano, one for violin and one for cello. Now it is Gustavo Dudamel’s chance to conduct Salonen and he has the privilege of introducing a world premiere composition to the world with Pollux, a piece written specifically for the LA Phil.  Also on the program is Varése’s Amériques. Closing out the program is Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony in D Minor. If this isn’t a perfect program for Dudamel, I don’t know what is. Also, Friday’s performance is a rare morning concert at 11 AM. The concerts on Saturday and Sunday are also matinees – they begin at 2 PM.

South Pacific – The Soraya (Valley Performing Arts Center)

April 13-15

It seems like Rodgers & Hammerstein are busting out all over. And as we discussed earlier this week with author Todd S. Purdum (Something Wonderful: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Broadway Revolution), the most famous Broadway composers of all time are enjoying a renaissance with new productions that mine the topicality that, sadly, still resonates today. No better example can be found than in their musical South Pacific. The show won the Pulitzer for Drama in 1950 and is based on James Michener’s Tales of the South Pacific. This production, from McCoy Rigby Entertainment, stars Stephane Renee Wall as Nellie Forbush, John Cudia as Emile de Becque and Jodi Kimura as Bloody Mary. The show is directed by Glenn Casale. Next week it will move to the La Mirada Center for the Performing Arts.

Glass & Shankar – Pacific Symphony at Renée & Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

April 13

The Pacific Symphony will be making its Carnegie Hall debut with this unique program of works by Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar. Before they travel to New York for that concert, local audiences will get a chance to hear them perform Glass’s Meeting along the Edge from Passages (based on a theme by Ravi Shankar), Shankar’s Sitar Concerto No. 3 (which will be performed by the legend’s daughter, Anoushka) and another work by Glass called The Passion of Ramakrishna. The latter piece involves vocal soloists, a chorus and a large orchestral configuration. None of these pieces are commonly played, so this is a great opportunity to hear work outside the usual programming. This is a must for fans of either Glass or Shankar.

Little Black Shadows – South Coast Rep

April 13-29

This is a world premiere production of a new play by Kemp Powers. Set in Georgia before the outbreak of the Civil War, two slaves (Toy & Collis) tend to a set of twins during the day. At night, they can live out their fantasies by sharing stories with one another (albeit from beneath their master’s beds and through a vent in the wall.) The twins’ father announces he has plans to move the family to Louisiana. How will Toy and Collis respond to this news and how will it change their lives? May Adrales directs. The cast features Giovanni Adams, Daniel Bellusci, Mark Doerr, Elyse Mirto, Chauntae Pink and Emily Yetter.

50th Anniversary Concert – Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra at The Mark Taper Forum

April 14th

To celebrate their golden anniversary, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra is holding an intimate concert where it all began – at the Mark Taper Forum in 1968. On the program are Derek Bermel’s Tag Rag, Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A major (featuring soloist Andrew Marriner), songs from Hollywood’s Golden Age (featuring Rumer Willis) and Prokofiev’s Symphony #1. Black tie is encouraged for this concert. You can also purchase tickets for the gala cocktail party and dinner. For information on how LACO began, check out our interview with co-founder James Arkatov who, at 98, is thrilled to be attending this celebration. In his own words, “I wouldn’t miss it.”

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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra/Chick Corea/Kurt Elling – Walt Disney Concert Hall

March 23rd

Any opportunity to see the legendary pianist Chick Corea is a welcome one indeed. This master of the keyboard has played with Miles Davis, Lionel Hampton, Herbie Hancock and countless others. In this show he’ll be showcasing some of his compositions with the assistance of the always impressive Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Opening the show is Kurt Elling who will sing jazz standards as only he can.

For those of you in San Diego, this show will be at the Copley Symphony Hall on Saturday. And for those in Orange County, the show will be at Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa on Sunday. Mr. Elling will not be part of those two concerts.

Lynda Carter – Catalina Bar & Grill

March 23-24

I can’t think of a better time for Lynda Carter to be taking the stage at Catalina Bar & Grill. Last year’s Wonder Woman feature was a smash success worldwide. Ms. Carter will be getting her star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood in April. And most importantly for someone who is going to be singing, she has a new album that was just released called Red Rock ‘n’ Blues. On the recording she sings such songs as “Take Me to the River,” “God Bless the Child,” “Stop in the Name of Love” and Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m on Fire.” Clearly there is a demand to see her as Saturday’s show is already sold out.

The Phantom Tollbooth – South Coast Repertory

March 24-25

The classic novel by Norton Juster has been adapted by Susan Nanus for this play designed for children of all ages and performed by South Coast Rep’s Junior Players as they tell the story of Milo who finds himself transported to the Land of Wisdom. If only we had such a tollbooth for our leaders.  These are matinee performances on both Saturday and Sunday.

The Invention of Morel – Long Beach Opera

March 24-25

When we last hear from Stewart Copeland (yes, from The Police), he had written a big score for the silent movie version of Ben-Hur. That was performed at the Valley Performing Arts Center. Now he’s back with an opera entitled The Invention of Morel which is having its world premiere at Long Beach Opera.

The story is a classic trouble in paradise story with a twist. A fugitive finds himself madly in love with a beautiful tourist. What he doesn’t know is that these tourists also occupy an alternate universe controlled by the titular madman, Morel. It’s doubtful this one has a happy ending.

Taylor Mac: A 24-Decade History of Popular Music – Theatre at the Ace Hotel/CapUCLA

March 24

It appears tickets are sold out for the last 6-hour installment of Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music. But if you can find yourself a ticket, you will experience one of the most unique performance art shows of this, or any other, year. We spoke with Taylor Mac about this unique view of American history through popular song. Part one can be found here. Part two can be found here. Go!

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