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Stages of Understanding: Volume II

Long Beach City College 4901 E. Carson St. Bldg. T-1200, Long Beach, CA

JTAINMENT Productions presents Stages of Understanding: Volume II Come take a walk through Black History Stages of Understanding: Volume II is a story of Black History from the 1900s to the 2000s viewed through a new lens. This production dignifies the Black ...

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Free

Lula Washington Dance Theatre at LA Dances Graham100

The Soraya 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, CA

Lula Washington Dance Theatre at LA Dances Graham100 See the dynamic & beautiful LWDT Dancers perform the iconic works of Martha Graham and Lula’s own variation on Graham’s Lamentations. Get your tickets today! Masterpieces rarely seen come to life when dancers from ...

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$43 – $65

Furlough’s Paradise Black Partners Appreciation Night

Gil Cates Theater 10886 Le Conte Ave., Los Angeles, CA

Geffen Playhouse presents Furlough’s Paradise BLACK PARTNERS APPRECIATION NIGHT Click here for tickets! In the spirit of Broadway's Black Out Nights, Geffen Playhouse welcomes Black audiences to experience this powerful Black family drama alongside passionate community partners in a celebratory environment. 100% ...

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$39 – $129

Ebony Repertory Theatre presents Debate

Nate Holden Performing Arts Center 4718 W Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Ebony Repertory Theatre presents the West Coast Premiere of Debate Click here for tickets! “Is the American Dream at the expense of the American Negro?” This was the powerful question posed on February 18, 1965, when a packed audience at the Cambridge ...

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$25

August Wilson’s Fences

Studio City Branch Public Library 12511 Moorpark St., Studio City, CA

Interact Theatre Company presents a staged reading of August Wilson’s Fences Directed by Michael A. Shepperd Troy Maxson, a former star of the Negro baseball leagues, now works as a garbage man in 1957 Pittsburgh. Excluded from the major leagues in his ...

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Free

Towne Street Theatre presents Passing

Save the Date! Towne Street Theatre presents a special reading of Passing Directed by Veronica Thompson Join TST on May 17th for a special reading of Passing, in honor of Nancy's birthday month! ​