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Jun 17, 2026
Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve) and directed by Vicky Jones, Fleabag is a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life. Following a box-office record-breaking run in cinemas in 2019, the one-woman show returns to cinemas to the big screen. Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig café struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing to lose.
Jul 25, 2026
For the FIRST time since the famed Bolshoi Theatre Violin Ensemble toured America in the 1960s,Angelenos will hear the art of 14 violin virtuosi sound as ONE in a classical-romantic-pop program “Songs of Love & Life” (“Canzoni d'amore e di vita”). In a tribute to the great violin ensemble, showcasing unison and virtuosity –– qualities for which iPalpiti, under Schmieder’s direction, has long been praised - iPalpiti’s virtuoso violinists will play selections of beloved vignettes by great composers.Program will conclude with a Salute to America’s 250th!
Sep 25, 2026
We open the 2026/27 season with one of jazz’s most vital and respected voices. Widely regarded as the defining saxophonist of his generation, Joshua Redman returns to The Wallis with Words Fall Short, a new program that shifts away from the vocal collaborations of his previous album toward the expressive possibilities of instrumental storytelling. While the title may sound ironic, this is anything but a step backward. It is an organic next chapter: a set of previously unheard original compositions brought to life by a new quartet, featuring pianist Paul Cornish, bassist Philip Norris, and drummer Nazir Ebo, with special guest Skylar Tang, a Bay Area-born trumpeter and composer whose lyrical depth and striking originality have quickly established her as one of the most compelling emerging voices in jazz today.
Sep 26, 2026
Heralded by NPR as “a cross between Celia Cruz and Aretha Franklin,” Daymé Arocena takes the stage with a bold, genre-defying performance that fuses her Afro-Cuban roots with neo-soul, jazz, and contemporary Latin pop in one dynamic exchange. A GRAMMY-nominated and Juno Award–winning artist, she continues to expand her musical language through her critically acclaimed albums Nueva Era (2015) and Alkemi (2024), as well as her featured performance on the 2026 GRAMMY-nominated project The Original Influencers: Dizzy, Chano & Chico.
Sep 27, 2026
We open the LACO season at The Wallis with MOVEMENT(S)!, a high-voltage orchestral celebration of dance led by LA Opera’s first Colombian-American conductor, Lina González-Granados, and featuring one of today’s leading countertenors, John Holiday. Four distinctive composers come together in one great program that reveals how music and movement have always been interconnected.
Oct 1, 2026
Oct 4, 2026
Direct from an acclaimed run at Edinburgh Fringe and two sold-out Off-Broadway engagements comes Nobody Cares, a one-woman comedy show from the hilarious mind of Tony Award® winner Laura Benanti. With her powerhouse Broadway voice and razor-sharp wit, Benanti delivers a no-holds-barred evening of stories and original songs that take aim at motherhood, people-pleasing, ambition, and the absurdities of getting older.
Oct 8, 2026
Oct 10, 2026
Ronald K. Brown / EVIDENCE brings its distinctive blend of contemporary dance and African and African-American traditions to The Wallis. Known for work that feels both grounded and spiritual, the company creates performances shaped by rhythm, history, and emotional clarity.At its core, EVIDENCE is defined by its physical clarity and emotional precision. Brown’s choreography transforms sound into movement and memory into presence, creating a work that resonates long after it leaves the stage.
Oct 17, 2026
Scott Dunn and his orchestra return with a thrilling celebration of one of Hollywood’s most iconic decades. The 1980s ushered in a triumphant revival of the sweeping orchestral score, bigger, bolder, and more emotionally charged than ever. It was a golden era that gave us some of the most memorable film music ever written.
Oct 18, 2026
Three monumental works. Three very different emotional worlds. LACO Music Director Jaime Martín shapes a program that journeys from mourning to joy, and from introspection to heroism, through the full range of human experience. The evening opens with Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen, a profound elegy for 23 solo strings written in the final days of World War II that mourns a world in ruins with extraordinary depth and tenderness. The mood then lifts with Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major, where pianist Conrad Tao brings his fearless technique and poetic sensibility to an effervescent score alive with jazz-inflected energy. The program culminates with Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony, a revolutionary masterpiece that journeys from struggle to renewal in one of music’s most powerful and enduring statements.
Oct 23, 2026
Oct 25, 2026
What defines the sound of American music? Under the visionary leadership of Artistic Director Rachael Worby, MUSE/IQUE explores that question in an immersive concert experience that blends live music with storytelling and cultural context. Tracing the lineage from Aaron Copland’s groundbreaking vision to the artists who followed, this program celebrates an unmistakably American sound — open, optimistic, and rooted in folk tradition. From Copland’s Simple Gifts to Paul Simon’s American Tune, it reveals how the expansive musical language of one defining composer continues to resonate across generations.
Oct 29, 2026
Oct 30, 2026
Winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9 and one of the most acclaimed drag artists of her generation, Sasha Velour returns to The Wallis with Travesty, a bold new solo work that traces queer history across time. Through a series of lip-sync performances, Velour embodies a litany of personas from a witch burned in a field to a clown who builds a theater and patrons of an underground gay bar — weaving together cycles of resistance and survival in a form that fuses performance art with living history. A multidisciplinary artist, Velour has redefined drag as a contemporary performance practice in which spectacle and meaning are inseparable. Blending costume design, choreography, and incisive cultural commentary, she creates work that is as visually arresting as it is emotionally resonant.
Nov 1, 2026
Step into a world of color, music, and tradition as The Wallis honors Día De Los Muertos with the first Family Fest of the season.
Nov 12, 2026
One of Spain’s most electrifying all-women ensembles, Las Migas is a powerhouse quartet that fuses traditional flamenco with bold contemporary sensibilities. With more than two decades on the road and multiple Latin GRAMMY wins (including for their latest album Flamencas), they’ve built a devoted global following with their explosive energy, signature black hats, and unmistakable theatrical flair. Their new program celebrates Flamencas, a passionate tribute to the essence of flamenco reimagined through a strikingly modern lens. Expect soaring vocals, fierce guitar work, propulsive percussion, and a stage presence that fills every inch of The Wallis. This is flamenco reimagined: sensual, powerful, and completely magnetic.
Nov 15, 2026
One of Spain’s most electrifying all-women ensembles, Las Migas is a powerhouse quartet that fuses traditional flamenco with bold contemporary sensibilities. With more than two decades on the road and multiple Latin GRAMMY wins (including for their latest album Flamencas), they’ve built a devoted global following with their explosive energy, signature black hats, and unmistakable theatrical flair. Their new program celebrates Flamencas, a passionate tribute to the essence of flamenco reimagined through a strikingly modern lens. Expect soaring vocals, fierce guitar work, propulsive percussion, and a stage presence that fills every inch of The Wallis. This is flamenco reimagined: sensual, powerful, and completely magnetic.
Nov 18, 2026
The Naghash Ensemble brings together the earthy spirituality of Armenian folk song, contemporary classical music, and post-minimalism with the driving energy of rock and jazz. Named after the medieval Armenian mystic poet and priest Mkrtich Naghash, the ensemble reimagines his sacred texts in a strikingly modern musical language. Three extraordinary female vocalists join Armenia’s finest instrumentalists on duduk, oud, dhol, and piano to create a sound described that is at once ancient and urgent – “part folk music, part classical, and profoundly moving. Unmistakably Armenian, but out of this world.” Written by Armenian-American composer John Hodian, Songs of Exile is a profound meditation on humanity’s relationship to the divine, told through the voice of a monk cast into a long separation from his homeland.
Nov 20, 2026
Nov 21, 2026
Leonardo is a terrible monster; at least, he’s supposed to be. He tries so hard to be scary, but no matter what he does…he just isn’t. Everything changes when he meets Sam, the most scaredy-cat kid in the world. Will Leonardo finally manage to scare someone? Or will it be the start of an unlikely friendship?
Nov 22, 2026
French conductor Ludovic Morlot leads an evening of music that spans continents, cultures, and personal histories. The program opens with Huang Ruo’s Folksongs for Orchestra, refracting the melodic richness of Chinese folk tradition into kaleidoscopic orchestral color. It continues with the world premiere of Mason Bates’s Pipa Concerto, a daring collision of ancient Chinese lute and modern orchestra, performed by virtuoso Wu Man. The second half features the world premiere of Eímear Noone’s autobiographical Flute Concerto, performed by LACO Principal Flute Benjamin Smolen, which traces her path as a composer forging a career in the male-dominated world of film music. The evening concludes with Mendelssohn’s beloved “Scottish” Symphony, a love letter to a landscape and memory.
Dec 5, 2026
Sandra Bernhard returns to The Wallis with her signature blend of razor-sharp wit, social commentary, and unexpected tenderness. In these wild, how-low-can-we-go times, she meets the chaos head-on — often while admitting she’s caught completely off guard. With her unmistakable groove and effortless cool, Bernhard delivers an evening of perfectly curated music, personal storytelling, and unfiltered observations that will make you laugh, think, and probably dance in your seat. This is your chance to spend time with one of comedy’s most original and fearless voices. Maybe it won’t change the planet, but it sure will elevate the conversation.
Dec 6, 2026
Step into Vivaldi’s Venice, one of history’s great cultural crossroads where European and Middle Eastern influences met and mingled. Francesco Corti leads from the harpsichord as LACO’s virtuoso players step forward in a series of mixed and double concertos. Highlights include the rarely heard reconstructed Organ and Violin Concerto, featuring Assistant Concertmaster Tereza Stanislav, as well as the fiery “Grosso Mughal,” one of Vivaldi’s most virtuosic violin concertos, performed by LACO Concertmaster Margaret Batjer. Violinist Rachel Barton Pine joins for two rare Viola d’amore concertos, performed on an instrument whose sympathetic strings create a haunting, resonant sound unlike anything else in the classical world. Works by fellow Venetians Albinoni and Galuppi complete the program, revealing the elegance, charm, and expressive breadth of 18th-century Venice.
Dec 11, 2026
The String Queens are a Washington, D.C.-based trio whose music blends classical training with the traditions of soul, jazz, pop, and contemporary R&B. Featuring a violinist, cellist, and violist, they bring rhythmic drive and expressive depth to everything they play, creating a sound that feels both deeply rooted and unmistakably modern. They don’t simply cover songs; they reimagine them, transforming music by Chick Corea, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, the Beatles, and John Coltrane, alongside their own originals, through richly textured arrangements and dynamic interplay. This holiday season, they bring their signature warmth and joy to beloved classics like My Favorite Things, Someday At Christmas, O Holy Night, Mary Did You Know, and more.
Dec 12, 2026
Jason Robert Brown has shaped the sound of contemporary musical theater with songs that are intimate, restless, funny, and deeply human. A three-time Tony Award winner, he brings audiences inside the music and stories behind a career that includes Parade, The Last Five Years, Songs for a New World, 13, and The Bridges of Madison County.
Dec 17, 2026
Dec 19, 2026
CONTRA-TIEMPO is a Los Angeles-based activist dance theater company known for socially conscious work that fuses Salsa, Afro-Cuban, hip-hop, and contemporary dance with theatrical storytelling. Under the direction of founder Ana Maria Alvarez, and in collaboration with an ensemble of artists including Afro-Cuban Master Teacher Kati Hernandez, the company creates work that invites connection, reflection, and collective imagination.
Dec 20, 2026
Celebrate the holiday season with the joyful cantatas of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, led by LACO Music Director Jaime Martín and featuring singers from the Los Angeles Master Chorale alongside acclaimed soprano Amanda Forsythe. Known for her luminous tone and crystalline clarity, Forsythe brings warmth and brilliance to Bach’s soaring vocal lines. This beloved masterpiece unfolds across three cantatas that trace the story of the Nativity, from the quiet wonder of the birth of Jesus to the angels’ jubilant annunciation to the shepherds. In true Baroque splendor, the score dazzles with trumpets, timpani, hunting horns, and richly colored winds that capture the spirit and pageantry of the season.
Experience the magic of London's West End from the heart of Beverly Hills as National Theatre Live returns to The Wallis for the 2025/2026 Season. This acclaimed series brings the best of British theater to the big screen, featuring high-definition films of world-class productions—from timeless classics to groundbreaking new works. Each screening offers audiences a front-row seat to stellar performances by renowned actors, captured live from Britain's most exciting stages.
The Wallis continues its partnership with Film Independent! Join us for a series of exciting events all season long, including exclusive screenings, live readings with stellar casts, and conversations with award-winning film actors, directors, composers, and producers. Past events have featured the likes of Guillermo del Toro, Andrew Garfield, Mary McCartney, Seth Meyers, Molly Shannon, Patrick Stewart, Donald Glover, and many more.
Jan 10, 2027
LACO presents a program spanning a century of music from Spain, Brazil, and Argentina that explores the dynamic exchange between folk tradition and modernist innovation. Principal winds take center stage in Oscar Navarro’s cinematic Juego de Ladrones (Game of Thieves), a theatrical work full of quick shifts and witty interplay. Principal Flutist Benjamin Smolen follows with Piazzolla’s Tango Étude No. 3, distilling the sensual tension and rhythmic freedom at the heart of tango. LACO’s string quartet performs Ginastera’s landmark String Quartet No. 1, which channels the fierce rhythmic drive of Argentine folk traditions into a propulsive modernist language. The program also includes Tania León’s luminous Alma and Villa-Lobos’ poetic Improviso No. 7, completing a journey through the musical landscapes of the Americas.
Jan 23, 2027
The Wallis continues its beloved FREE outdoor Family Fest events for families and young audiences around The Wallis’ beautiful campus. Food trucks and concessions will be available!
Jan 29, 2027
Passing the Crown is a groundbreaking celebration of the queens of hip-hop, bringing together Olympic-level B-girls, orchestral musicians, MCs, and DJs in a genre-defying performance that moves fluidly between concert, dance battle, and cultural tribute. Premiered at Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City Festival, the production honors the creativity, influence, and resilience of women across generations, from Queen Latifah and Monie Love to Rapsody and Doechii. Through cinematic orchestration and street dance vocabularies, it reimagines the hip-hop canon through the lens of female and gender-expansive artistry.
Feb 4, 2027
Feb 6, 2027
Polyphonia is the ballet that put a very young Christopher Wheeldon officially on the map. Set to music by Hungarian composer György Ligeti, Wheeldon captures the music’s arresting qualities with a physical intensity of movement he has become known and admired for. Ma Cong’s Carry Me Anew offers a sensual and funky display of vigorous movement in motion. A highly anticipated world premiere by Maté Szentes rounds out the program, signaling Los Angeles Ballet’s mission of identifying and promoting fresh new voices in today’s choreographic scene. Movers and Shakers not only shows us where ballet is today, but where it is headed.
Feb 9, 2027
LACO presents a program spanning a century of music from Spain, Brazil, and Argentina that explores the dynamic exchange between folk tradition and modernist innovation. Principal winds take center stage in Oscar Navarro’s cinematic Juego de Ladrones (Game of Thieves), a theatrical work full of quick shifts and witty interplay. Principal Flutist Benjamin Smolen follows with Piazzolla’s Tango Étude No. 3, distilling the sensual tension and rhythmic freedom at the heart of tango. LACO’s string quartet performs Ginastera’s landmark String Quartet No. 1, which channels the fierce rhythmic drive of Argentine folk traditions into a propulsive modernist language. The program also includes Tania León’s luminous Alma and Villa-Lobos’ poetic Improviso No. 7, completing a journey through the musical landscapes of the Americas.
Feb 14, 2027
Three composers, three distinct sound worlds, and one sweeping journey through classical grandeur, hypnotic minimalism, and neoclassical wit. The program opens with Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25, performed by acclaimed pianist Richard Goode, whose signature clarity, warmth, and emotional insight reveal a Mozart both elegantly poised and deeply human. Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 3 then shifts the atmosphere entirely. Written for strings alone, the work builds through pulsing rhythms and evolving repetitions, creating a sound world that feels alive and constantly in motion. The evening concludes with Stravinsky’s Pulcinella, a playful and inventive reimagining of Baroque forms filtered through Stravinsky’s sharp wit and unmistakable musical voice.
Feb 20, 2027
A New Orleans-based company known for its innovative use of black light and LED technology, Lightwire Theatre brings a playful new spin to the classic Aesop fable. Founded by husband-and-wife team Ian Carney and Eleanor Carney, the company blends storytelling, music, and illuminated puppetry to create visually inventive family productions seen everywhere from international stages to America's Got Talent. In this updated adventure, Tortoise and Hare are now parents whose children—Tortoise Junior and Lil’ Hare—have disappeared into a digital world of smartphones and video games, forcing the longtime rivals to team up once again. Using glowing LED puppets, immersive projections, and a lively score inspired by both classical and pop music, Lightwire Theatre brings the story to life with warmth, humor, and imagination.
Mar 7, 2027
Composer-virtuoso and frequent LACO collaborator Marc-André Hamelin returns to The Wallis for an afternoon of intimate collaboration and musical conversation. From two pianists at a single keyboard to five musicians in dynamic exchange, the program explores how chamber music creates dialogue across instruments, generations, and time.
Mar 11, 2027
Mar 21, 2027
Known for his hit portrayals of musical geniuses in his beloved composer series, Felder now renders a different musical artist: himself. In this deeply moving new play, Felder pulls back the curtain on his own story. Growing up in Montreal as the child of Polish and Hungarian immigrants, a young Felder discovers the piano, its captivating music connecting him to his unsuspected heritage, while opening up a remarkable new world full of adventure, possibility, heartbreak, and connection. Featuring performances of beloved compositions by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Bartók, and more, Hershey Felder: The Piano and Me recounts the inspiration behind Felder's illustrious career of more than 6,000 performances across the globe and offers a poignant and profoundly touching portrait of the power of music.
Mar 20, 2027
Celebrate the arrival of spring, renewal, and new beginnings as The Wallis welcomes the season with Family Fest | Nowruz.
Apr 1, 2027
Apr 3, 2027
Founded and directed by New York–based choreographer Andrea Miller, Gallim is known for its visceral physicality, emotional intensity, and cinematic sensibility. Blending fierce athleticism with theatrical storytelling, the company creates immersive contemporary dance works that feel at once raw, immediate, and deeply human. Internationally acclaimed, Gallim has been presented at leading venues and festivals worldwide, including Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Brooklyn Academy of Music, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Jacob's Pillow, and The Joyce Theater.
Apr 11, 2027
May 2, 2027
Written by Robin Gerber, performed by EMMY-nominated and SAG-winning actress Sharon Lawrence, and directed by Michelle Joyner, The Shot is a gripping one-woman play about Katharine Graham, the pioneering publisher of The Washington Post. Before she became one of the most powerful figures in American journalism, Graham was a subservient wife hiding a terrible secret.
Apr 17, 2027
Entertainment and fashion icon Isaac Mizrahi returns to The Wallis with his charm, quick-witted humor, and deeply engaging style. In this new intimate show, Mizrahi is joined by his jazz band in an evening that weaves together music that ranges from classic standards to contemporary pop. He tells candid stories with razor-sharp observations and commentary on today’s culture. It's an evening that is as stylish as it is funny and unexpectedly moving.
Apr 22, 2027
In a special co-presentation with LA Opera, soprano Erin Morley and tenor Lawrence Brownlee return to The Wallis for an unforgettable evening that celebrates the golden age of bel canto. Morley, praised by The New York Times for her “silken clarity” and “needlepoint precision,” is one of today’s most sought-after coloratura sopranos. Brownlee, hailed by The Guardian as “one of the world’s leading bel canto stars,” is celebrated for his radiant tone and effortless virtuosity. Together, they bring their acclaimed duet album Golden Age to the stage for its Wallis debut. “A dream pairing,” the duo will perform a program of beloved arias and duets by Donizetti, Rossini, Bizet, Delibes, and Verdi, showcasing the exquisite blend of Morley’s luminous soprano and Brownlee’s expressive, soaring tenor.
Apr 24, 2027
Conductor and pianist Scott Dunn returns to The Wallis with his orchestra for a vibrant celebration of British film music. Timed to coincide with St. George’s Day, By George! pays tribute to the enduring legacy of British cinema through the sweeping, elegant scores of legendary composers, including John Barry, Richard Rodney Bennett, George Fenton, David Arnold, and Rachel Portman.
Apr 25, 2027
Matthias Pintscher returns to lead LACO in a program that traces a compelling arc from darkness to light across three centuries and three distinct musical worlds. He opens with Haydn‘s Symphony No. 44, “Trauer” (“Mourning”), a work of unusual weight for its time, whose solemn slow movement was, according to legend, requested for the composer’s own funeral. That spirit of introspection deepens in the Wallis debut of Kayhan Kalhor, performing Blue as the Turquoise Night of Neyshabur on the kamancheh (the traditional Persian spiked fiddle), drawing on centuries of Persian classical tradition to create music that feels both ancient and immediate. The program closes with Mozart’s Symphony No. 36, the “Linz,” famously composed in four days and brimming with energy, wit, and effortless grace — a radiant, joyful counterpoint to the depth that preceded it.
May 8, 2027
One of the most commanding dramatic sopranos of our time, Sondra Radvanovsky returns to LA Opera for a special one-night-only recital. Renowned worldwide for her sumptuous, expressive voice and electrifying stage presence, she has become a defining interpreter of Verdi’s great heroines, captivating audiences at the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Royal Opera House, and beyond.
May 20, 2027
May 23, 2027
A breathtaking new music-theater adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novella, The Old Man and the Sea, tells the story of an aging Cuban fisherman who refuses to yield to time, solitude, or the restless pull of the sea itself. Day after day, he casts his nets in search of the great catch that might restore his sense of purpose — until one extraordinary struggle changes everything.
Jun 3, 2027
Jun 5, 2027
Alonzo King LINES Ballet returns to The Wallis with a program of powerful, contemporary ballet by visionary choreographer Alonzo King. Renowned for his sculptural and emotionally charged choreography, King blends classical ballet technique with a wide range of cultural and spiritual influences, creating movement that is both timeless and strikingly original.
Jun 12, 2027
The Wallis continues its beloved FREE outdoor Family Fest events for families and young audiences around The Wallis’ beautiful campus. Food trucks and concessions will be available!
