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courtesy “the AnArchist”; courtesy Los AngeLes BALLet; “MorMon”: courtesy newMArket Press; yA zBek , g ershwin: g e t t y iMAg es<br />
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dance<br />
2<br />
los angeles<br />
BalleT PresenTs<br />
“The nuTcracker”<br />
Los angeles Ballet’s<br />
original production<br />
of “the Nutcracker”<br />
returns to five<br />
southland venues this<br />
holiday season, with<br />
performances Dec.<br />
1 and 2 at the alex<br />
theatre, Dec. 8 and 9 at<br />
carpenter Performing<br />
arts center, Dec. 15<br />
and 16 at ucLa’s royce<br />
Hall, Dec. 22 and 23<br />
at valley Performing<br />
arts center, and Dec.<br />
<strong>29</strong> and 30 at redondo<br />
Beach Performing arts<br />
center.<br />
The besT of the week AheAd<br />
Broadway<br />
1<br />
“The Anarchist”<br />
Patti LuPone and Debra winger star in “the anarchist,”<br />
a new play written and directed by David Mamet. the limited<br />
engagement opens Dec. 2 at the golden theatre.<br />
Books<br />
3<br />
“The Book of MorMon: The TesTaMenT<br />
of a Broadway Musical”<br />
go behind the scenes of the creation of<br />
the tony-winning Broadway blockbuster<br />
“the Book of Mormon” in this new hardcover<br />
coffee-table book, published Dec. 4, which includes photos<br />
and illustrations, the complete annotated book and lyrics,<br />
and stories from the original cast, production team, and<br />
creators trey Parker, Matt stone, and robert Lopez.<br />
Music<br />
4<br />
“firsT Mondays wiTh david yazBek<br />
and his warMesT regards”<br />
Beginning Dec. 3, tony-nominated<br />
musician-composer David yazbek<br />
(“the full Monty,” “Dirty rotten<br />
scoundrels”) takes the stage with<br />
his band for a performance series<br />
running the first Monday of each<br />
month at 92ytribeca. His first show<br />
features tony-winning lyricist and composer adam guettel<br />
(“the Light in the Piazza”) as a special guest.<br />
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<strong>11</strong>.<strong>29</strong>.12 <strong>backstage</strong> 5<br />
Talk<br />
5 “TiMeless<br />
Melodies:<br />
gershwin—his<br />
life and Music”<br />
in the newest<br />
installment of<br />
his “timeless<br />
Melodies”<br />
lecture series—<br />
Nov. <strong>29</strong> at the<br />
Bowers Museum<br />
in santa ana—<br />
music historian<br />
Larry Maurer<br />
shares the story<br />
of legendary<br />
composer<br />
george<br />
gershwin<br />
(“rhapsody in<br />
Blue,” “Porgy<br />
and Bess”)<br />
through archival<br />
film and music<br />
excerpts.
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