Ashley Lee is a staff reporter at the Los Angeles Times, where she writes about theater, movies, television and the bustling intersection of the stage and the screen. She also co-writes the paper’s twice-weekly Essential Arts newsletter. An alum of the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Critics Institute and Poynter’s Power of Diverse Voices, she previously served as the national director of the Institute for Theater Journalism and Advocacy, the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival’s arts journalism program. Prior to The Times, she was a New York-based editor at the Hollywood Reporter and has written for the Washington Post, Backstage and American Theatre, among others.
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Celebrations of Alice Coltrane in Los Angeles and Orange County, plus a free play reading in Studio City and “Old Friends” in downtown.
Inside the Industry’s avant-garde opera party at the Bradbury Building, Jazz at Naz and more L.A. arts and culture news.
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Doug Varone and Dancers in Orange County, “Appropriate” in San Diego and more arts headlines and happenings.
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Pasadena Playhouse and Center Theatre Group have worked to give kids safe spaces and keep them engaged with the arts, while some schools remain shuttered because of the L.A. fires
LA Opera’s Kelli O’Hara concert and BroadStage’s shows are among the complimentary offerings for Angelenos dealing with devastation from the Palisades and Eaton fires.
‘Wicked’ stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande were nominated for their performances, and the movie was included in the best picture category.