“Patrisse Cullors: F ck White Supremacy, Let’s Get Free”
The Hammer Museum presents the artist and Black Lives Matter co-founder in this live performance and dance party featuring DJ sets plus a conversation between Cullors and associate curator Erin Christovale. Noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Free. hammer.ucla.edu, youtube.com
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Alisa Weilerstein & Inon Barnatan
The cellist and the pianist share the stage in a recital livestreamed from the Irvine Barclay Theatre. 7 p.m. Thursday; available on demand through April 15. $20 per household. thebarclay.org
“From Number to Name”
Writer-performer, activist and local elected official Kristina Wong devised and directs this live Zoom show inspired by the stories of formerly incarcerated members of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities. Co-presented by East West Players and API Rise. 7 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday only. Pay what you will. eastwestplayers.org
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Liza Minnelli’s past stage and screen costars turn out to toast her 75th birthday, Missy Mazzoli’s adaptation of “Breaking the Waves” crashes ashore, a Nowruz comedy night marks Persian New Year, and more programs flow from Pasadena and Laguna playhouses, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and Hershey Felder, among others. Here’s our rundown of online concerts, theater, art and other programming for your viewing consideration, all times Pacific.
“A Love Letter to Liza Minnelli: 75th Birthday All-Star Tribute Celebration”
The Oscar, Emmy and three-time Tony winner is feted by a galaxy of famous faces in this livestream event. Minnelli’s “Cabaret” costars Joel Grey and Michael York will be stopping by, as will her “Arrested Development” costar Tony Hale, half-sister Lorna Luft and celebs including Joan Collins to Nathan Lane. Performers include Ben Vereen, Lily Tomlin, Michael Feinstein and Lea DeLaria. Also on tap: rare archival footage of the birthday girl
“Rianto: Hijrah”
Choreographer and dancer Rianto interrogates traditional and contemporary dance and gender fluidity in his native Indonesia in this collaboration with filmmaker Garin Nugroho. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. $10. redcat.org
“Art”
International City Theatre in Long Beach opens its 36th season with a virtual production of Yasmina Reza‘s Tony-winning comedy about a dispute between three longtime friends about what is and isn’t art. Available on demand Thursdays-Sundays through March 7. $30 per household. ictlongbeach.org
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“Death”
Los Angeles Opera streams this three-part digital short that tracks composer Tyshawn Sorey’s creation of a musical setting of a poem by Black poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906). With mezzo-soprano Amanda Lynn Bottoms and pianist Howard Watkins. Available anytime on demand beginning Friday. Free. laopera.org, facebook.com, youtube.com
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“Three Hotels”
Oscar winner Marisa Tomei and Emmy winner Bobby Cannavale star in a reading of Jon Robin Baitz’s two-hander about the disintegration of a marriage. Available through Saturday. Free; donations accepted for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. broadwaycares.org
“Holocaust Remembrance”
Musicians from New West Symphony are joined by pianist Daniel Vnukowski and Jerusalem String Quartet for works by Brahms, John Williams and others. 3 p.m. Sunday. $25; season pass, $160. newwestsymphony.org
“L.A. Omnibus: Lost in Translation”
Syrian American spoken-word artist Omar Offendum takes the stage at Royce Hall in the fourth entry of this showcase for local artists presented by the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA. 7 p.m. Thursday. Free. cap.ucla.edu
News About Mozart s The Magic Flute at The Metropolitan Opera
March 12, 2021
On March 11, 2021, Santa Fe Opera presented an online benefit concert for its renowned apprentice programs. Singing the concert were former apprentices mezzo-soprano Emily Fons, tenor Jack Swanson, and baritone Will Liverman. Fons sings an aria from The Haunted Manor, Liverman sings an aria from Pagliacci and Swanson sings What a Wonderful World.
March 10, 2021
The Dallas Opera announced today that it will be launching a new, three-event “Welcome Back” Song Series in the Winspear Opera House commencing March 31, 2021.
March 01, 2021
The Glimmerglass Festival, the summer opera and musical theater festival in Cooperstown, New York, has announced plans for the summer of 2021 in the wake of its 2020 season cancelation due to COVID-19. The 2021 season will run July 15 through August 17.