Pauline Adamek

Back in Los Angeles for the first time in 22 years, New York City Ballet made a celebrated return to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion with two distinctly different mixed-repertory programs. Together, they showcased the company’s evolution from the classic works of founders George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins to acclaimed contemporary choreographers Christopher Wheeldon and Tiler Peck.

Three summers ago, in 2024, I reviewed The Roots Picnic—an all-star celebration of hip-hop—and ended with one simple hope: that this remarkable concept would become a staple of the Hollywood Bowl’s summer season. Three years later, that wish has become reality.

An emerging theater company, Bebelos Players, is breathing new life into the century-old Theosophy Hall with a new production of Sophocles’ timeless tragedy Antigone. The recently formed grassroots theater collective is reopening the doors of the historic Theosophy Hall for the first time in decades with their limited three-performance production of the classic Greek tragedy, beginning June 26, 2026.