Others highlights include Los Angeles Opera's staging of "Crossing," Musco Center's annual Heartbeat of Mexico festival, Long Beach Ballet's "Coppelia," Santa Monica Symphony's Memorial Day weekend salute and "Noises Off" in Pasadena.

For 33 years choreographer Heidi Duckler has staged dance performances at far-flung and unexpected locales, from an abandoned Studio City gas station to the Frank Gehry-designed Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in San Pedro. Her next destination: a hospital campus in South L.A. Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre..

As the Laker Girls twirled to a thumping dance remix of AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck,” indie rocker Stephen Malkmus leaned back in his seat at Staples Center and explained a counterintuitive idea: Not enough classic-rock legends have died over the last few years. “More of them need to go,” said Malkmus,...

The artist turns Plato's Cave into a South L.A. reverie, creating a splendid handmade grotto, which will subtly change over the next three months.

If you didn’t already know Brian Tyree Henry, who plays up-and-coming rapper Alfred “Paper Boi” Miles in FX’s “Atlanta,” 2018 is the year that changes. In addition to scoring a Tony nomination this year for his role in Kenneth Lonergan’s “Lobby Hero,” in which he portrayed a security guard officer...

The girly vacation genre gets another entry with “Ibiza,” in which stressed-out New York City publicist Harper (Gillian Jacobs) gets her groove back in the clubs of southern Spain. One would think that with last year’s “Girls Trip,” the well would feel dry, but “Ibiza” surprises with some darker...

Larger-than-life longtime Vogue magazine editor André Leon Talley, known for his capes, caftans, incisive bon mots and discerning eye gets the biographical treatment in the documentary “The Gospel According to André,” directed by Kate Novack. Just where did this stately, otherwordly figure come...

The guy in the spotlight thought he knew how this review might start. “It was a cold winter night when Paul Simon began his farewell tour in Los Angeles,” the veteran singer and songwriter said with a grin Tuesday night as he welcomed his audience to the first of three concerts at the Hollywood...