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Billie! Backstage with Lady Day by Synthia L. Hardy

Sierra Madre Playhouse 87 W Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, CA

The Sierra Madre Playhouse’s Solo Shows Festival 2023 presents Billie! Backstage with Lady Day written and starring Synthia L. Hardy, directed by Bryan Rasmussen. Synthia L. Hardy’s one-woman show is an exciting story about one of America’s greatest jazz/blues legends, Billie Holiday, that takes ...

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$25 – $45

Ebony Repertory Theatre presents A Conversation and Book Signing with Sheldon Epps

Nate Holden Performing Arts Center 4718 W Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Ebony Repertory Theatre Producing Artistic Director Wren T. Brown sits down with Stage and Television Director, Sheldon Epps (Artistic Director Emeritus, Pasadena Playhouse) to discuss his artistic journey as revealed in his just released memoir, “My Own Directions.” Book signing immediately following. ...

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Free

The Robey Theatre Company presents HARAMBEE! HARAMBEE! (ALL PULL TOGETHER)

Los Angeles Theatre Center 514 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA

The Robey Theatre Company presents a staged reading of Harambee! Harambee! (All Pull Together), a new play by Marie Y. Lemelle, on Sunday, January 15, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. Synopsis- Now that the pandemic travel restrictions are lifted, Professor Peter Agu is ...

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Free

South Side Symphony Orchestra with Conductor Marcus Norris at WACO Theater Center

The Mark Theatre 5144 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA

WACO Theater Center presents the South Side Symphony Orchestra with Conductor, Dr. Marcus Norris. Black Future Known for their impressively expansive range of genres including Neo-Soul, R&B, Gospel, Rap, Anime Music, the South Side Symphony Orchestra wants you to know the future ...

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$25

Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

Rosenthal Theater at Inner-City Arts 720 Kohler Street, Los Angeles, CA

The Fountain Theatre and Grand Performances present two free performances, previously announced as part of Grand Performances’ summer line-up but rescheduled due to rain, of the Fountain’s award-winning stage adaptation of Citizen: An American Lyric, the prize-winning book by Claudia Rankine. In ...

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Free

All the Way West Productions presents Southern Girls

Hudson Backstage Theatre 6539 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United States

All the Way West Productions presents Southern Girls by Sheri Bailey and Dura Temple, directed by Zadia Ife, at the Hudson Backstage Theatre. Featuring: Jessica Sade Ward, Arianna Evangelia, Ash Saunders, Maria Jimena Gastelum, Katie Spokely and Swisyzinna. Set in a small town in Alabama, Southern ...

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$25 – $35