Parable of the Sower, a theatrical event to be presented on March 7 by UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance, is a West Coast premiere — but it’s also a homecoming. A blend of theater and music, the Royce Hall production is based on a pair of novels by the late Octavia E. Butler, a shy African American writer who grew up in Pasadena and took several UCLA Extension courses.

Who said a 78-year-old man couldn’t woo an audience? Certainly not I, nor anyone else in attendance at Aaron Neville’s recent concert at UCLA’s Royce Hall, brought to us courtesy of UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA).

Presented by UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance, the Joshua Redman Quartet reveals the undeniable genius of Generation X’s most exceptional Jazz Saxophonist 

Kristy Edmunds took over the reins of performing arts at UCLA at a time (2010–11) when the kind of avant-garde international theater and festival programming it was famous for seemed to be all but dropping from UCLA’s sightlines. But Edmunds’ purpose and seriousness were conveyed in the rebranding alone: the Center for the Art of Performance (“CAP” UCLA). 

Now, at age 46, Fuller is preparing for the American premiere of her “Animal Requiem” on Saturday night at Royce Hall, presented by the Center for the Art of Performance.

This abstract new 60-minute performance piece for cellist Maya Beiser and ballerina Wendy Whelan, composed by David Lang and choreographed by Lucinda Childs, is like no other 9/11 work.

Lindy West and Samin Nosrat grew up eating “milk mush” and “Samin rice,” respectively.

History moves in mysterious ways. While the so-called “great men” of the world stage take credit for momentous events, it is often ordinary individuals who, tapping into unforeseen courage, shift the axis of our universe.

At the exalted age of 78, the seemingly ageless Chick Corea continues his lifelong habit of zigzagging between several musical formats — though always, as Mae West used to say, one at a time.

When celebrated keyboardist, composer and bandleader Chick Corea returns to UCLA’s Center for Art Performance at Royce Hall next month, it will be a homecoming of sorts, summoning some of the jazz great’s favorite memories.

Authority Magazine interviews CAP UCLA Executive and Artistic Director about shaking up contemporary art presentation.

San Francisco Classical Voice interviews Nico Muhly on where he continues to draw inspiration and what audiences can expect as he makes his first appearance at The Theatre at Ace Hotel on May 10

“Night of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event” was a celebration of Merce Cunningham on what would have been the 100th birthday of one the most pioneering and influential choreographers in contemporary dance.

"The performance was a one-of-a kind parade."

Review of The White Album

The Los Angeles Times interviews Lars Jan on his multimedia stage adaptation of Joan Didion's The White Album

A combined review of Meredith Monk's Cellular Songs and Carrie Mae Weems' Past Tense

Review of Batsheva Dance Company's "Venezuela," choreographed by Ohad Naharin

After spending years behind the scenes as an artistic and executive director of various arts organizations, Kristy Edmunds will take center stage on March 25 in Chicago to receive the inaugural Berresford Prize from United States Artists. 

What the audience experienced at Royce Hall was the crux of what fine art can represent.