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Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology

The Mark Theatre 5144 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA

Inner City Cultural Center II presents Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology Created by Tuesday Conner Directed by Phylliss Bailey Brooks Click here for tickets! Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology shares the life and music of the man Melody Maker called "The Most Dangerous Musician Alive" and ...

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$40 – $100

Suburban Black Girl by Zakiya Urbi Young

Outside In ArtBox Studio 5319 York Blvd., Los Angeles, CA

Outside In Theatre & SPARK THEATRICAL/Laurie Bernhard presents Suburban Black Girl Created & Performed by Zakiya Urbi Young Directed by Jacole Kitchen Zakiya Young: poster child for racial reconciliation. She code switches with lightning speed. White sorority? Like, no prob. A Black ...

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$17 – $27

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

The Mark Theatre presents Hambone

The Mark Theatre 5144 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA

The Mark Theatre presents Hambone By Javon Johnson Directed by Justin Lord Click here for tickets! Hambone is a generational play about four Black men's struggles in the context of family dislocation and cultural alienation. It explores the bonds of friendship, the ...

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$50

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

August Wilson’s Fences

Laguna Playhouse 606 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach, CA

Laguna Playhouse presents August Wilson’s Fences Directed by Yvette Freeman Troy Maxson was a star of the Negro baseball leagues, but now it’s 1957 and he’s a garbage man in Pittsburgh. In one of August Wilson’s best and most well-known plays, we ...

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