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Danny Cron, Melinda Page Hamilton and Will Pellegrini in "The Visit" at Pasadena Playhouse.

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Corrupted morals and greed make Pasadena Playhouse’s vivid update of ‘The Visit’ feel like today

Darko Tresnjak directs Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s ‘The Visit’ at Pasadena Playhouse, starring Tony winner Jefferson Mays and Melinda Page Hamilton.

Sept. 16, 2026

A old faded photo provided by the family that shows the painting hanging in the family?s house in Berlin in the 1920s. (attached, Credit: The Cassirer Family Trust)

Prompted by new California and U.S. laws, two new lawsuits demand return of Nazi-looted art

Sept. 16, 2026

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is seen, as its sign remains covered by a tarp, Friday, June 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Kennedy Center closes, despite judge’s order; addition of Trump’s name blocked

Sept. 16, 2026

Los Angeles CA. Sept. 9, 2026 -Acrobats practice on stage ahead of the touring production of Broadway's "Water for Elephants" at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (Ariana Drehsler/For The Times)

Behind the high-stakes acrobatics of ‘Water for Elephants’ at the Pantages

Sept. 14, 2026

Pasadena, CA - September 03, 2026: Actor Jefferson Mays (left) and Director Darko Tresnjak (right), who are a part of the adaptation of Friedrich Durrenmatt's "The Visit," sit at the Pasadena Playhouse on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026 in Pasadena, CA. (Carlin Stiehl/For The Times)

The team behind smash hit ‘Amadeus’ returns for ‘The Visit’ at Pasadena Playhouse

Sept. 11, 2026

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Aztec Empire rises in gripping spectacle with reimagining of Sophocles’ ‘Antigone’ at Getty Villa

Sept. 11, 2026

How the Lucas Museum’s epic battle for a home ended in L.A.

Sept. 10, 2026

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Sept. 10, 2026

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Sept. 10, 2026

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Maestro of the human drama, playwright Samuel D. Hunter isn’t afraid to peer into the future

Samuel D. Hunter, whose plays ‘Grangeville’ and ‘A Case for the Existence of God’ are running concurrently in the city, sits down with theater critic Charles McNulty to talk about his prolific career.

Sept. 9, 2026

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Sept. 15, 2026
Arts group offers residencies in Sweden, more, to California fire victims: L.A. arts and culture this weekend

Sept. 11, 2026

Lucien Smith, multidisciplinary artist and art world fixture of the 2010s, dies at 37
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