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Harlem South: A View Through the Lens

GRAMMY Museum L.A. Live 800 West Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA

Ron McCurdy presents Harlem South: A View Through the Lens, a groundbreaking multimedia performance spotlighting the strength, community, and hope of African Americans in the 1920’s. IT'S A REVIVAL!!!!! For the first time since its SOLD OUT premiere in 2019, Harlem South: ...

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$15 – $35

A CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY: Part III – Role of Black theatre in America

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

A CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY: Part III - Role of Black theatre in America Ebony Repertory Theatre presents an intimate conversation about the role of Black theatre in America with William Allen Young and Wren T. Brown, Part 2.

Free

Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side by Adrienne Kennedy

REDCAT 631 W 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA

REDCAT presents Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side by Adrienne Kennedy, directed by Monty Cole. One of the American theater’s seminal writers, Adrienne Kennedy captures the Black experience in America in the 20th century with a trademark embrace of symbolism, ...

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$25

Vroom Vroom & Solarpunks at the Hantext ’22 Play Reading Festival

David Henry Hwang Theater 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles, CA

Pothos Arts & Theater House x REACH LA present: The Hantext '22 Play Reading Festival! Join them for a 4 day theater festival and enjoy brand new works from queer and trans playwrights of color from the Hantext Class of '22. Friday, ...

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Free

Langston Hughes Speakeasy: An Evening of Excerpts selected from the Langston Hughes Anthology

The Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center 4305 Degnan Blvd #101, Los Angeles

Leimert Park Village Theatre Coalition in association with The Los Angeles Inner City Cultural Center presents Langston Hughes Speakeasy: An Evening of Excerpts selected from the Langston Hughes Anthology Directed by Marilyn Sue Perry-Ross. Featuring Poet’s Jazz House *Followed by a discussion ...

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$20