'Music Center on Location' will bring shows to Hollywood and Culver City
The DTLA performing arts campus hits the road this summer with programming across the city
"The Music Center isn’t the only arts organization looking to expand its reach by programming performances in new locations. The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, which presents live theater, dance, music and experimental works at Royce Hall, has joined forces with the Ace Hotel in downtown L.A. CAP UCLA will stage a third of its programming at the Ace next season."
"The Music Center is hitting the road. The downtown Los Angeles performing arts campus that includes the Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum and Walt Disney Concert Hall has announced a new initiative, “The Music Center on Location.”Or locations, as the case may be.
Starting this summer, the Music Center will present arts events beyond its Grand Avenue plaza — not only outdoors at the adjacent Grand Park, where it previously held concerts, but also at the Ford amphitheater in Hollywood and the Culver Studios in Culver City.
The Music Center will stage three dance performances and one concert at the Ford. Confirmed is the contemporary dance company Aszure Barton & Artists as well as Jacob Jonas the Company and singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. Its summer series, “Dance DTLA,” will continue at Grand Park over 11 evenings. In the fall, the Music Center will stage choreographer Akram Khan’s “Until the Lions,” based on a book by poet Karthika Naïr, at the Culver Studios."— Deborah Vankin, May 9, 2017
Read the full article at the L.A. Times website.