Fall arts preview 2014: Highlights

Fall brings a slew of new cultural activities to Southern California.

This season's highlights include the Olivier Award-winning re-imagination of "The Magic Flute" at the Broad Stage, members from the Broadway cast of "The Trip to Bountiful" reuniting at the Ahmanson Theatre, the milelong celebration of live music that is the Sunset Strip Music Festival and the Hammer Museum's exhibit on Los Angeles artist Robert Heinecken.

Be­low, Los Angeles Times crit­ics and writers guide you through the sea­son in art, books, dance, theat­er, jazz, clas­sic­al and pop mu­sic. For more in-depth cov­er­age, ex­plore our com­plete fall arts pre­view.


Classical

Vladimir Jurowski will conduct the London Philharmonic at the Valley Performing Arts Center. (Esteban Cobo / EPA)

  • St. Matthew Passion’ and ‘The Gospel According to the Other Mary’ | Oct. 7-8; Nov. 21-Dec. 14 | More info.
  • The Magic Flute’ | Oct. 8-12 | More info.
  • London Philharmonic | Oct. 10; Oct. 11 | More info.
  • Rafal Blechacz | Oct. 14 | More info.
  • Dido and Aeneas’ and ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’ | Oct. 25-Nov. 15 | More info.
  • Hagen Quartet | Oct. 28 | More info.
  • Gloria Coates Portrait Concert | Nov. 13 | More info.
  • The Old Woman’ | Nov. 14-15 | More info.

Complete list: Fall arts preview 2014: Classical music and opera listings

Theater

Cicely Tyson will reprise her Tony-winning role in “The Trip to Bountiful” at the Ahmanson Theatre. (John Lamparski / WireImage)

  • Happy Days’ | Sept. 13-Oct. 12 | More info.
  • Choir Boy’ | Sept. 26-Oct. 26 | More info.
  • Marjorie Prime’ | Sept. 21-Oct. 19 | More info.
  • The Trip to Bountiful’ | Sept. 26-Nov. 2 | More info.
  • Bright Star’ | Sept. 28-Nov. 2 | More info.
  • Venus in Fur’ | Oct. 11-26 | More info.
  • Othello’ | Oct. 18-Dec. 14 | More info.
  • King Lear’ | Nov. 5-16 | More info.
  • Stop Kiss’ | Nov. 9-30 | More info.
  • Luna Gale’ | Dec. 2-21 | More info.

Complete list: Fall arts preview 2014: Theater listings

Art

Robert Heinecken’s 1965 piece “Multiple Solution Puzzle.” The Hammer Museum’s Heinecken exhibition will open in October. (Hammer Museum)

  • Citizen Culture: Artists and Architects Shape Policy” | Through Dec. 13 | More info.
  • An Opening of the Field: Jess, Robert Duncan and Their Circle” | Sunday-Jan. 11, 2015 | More info.
  • Jack Whitten: Five Decades of Painting” | Sept. 20-Jan. 4, 2015 | More info.
  • Lookin’ Back in Front of Me: Selected Works of Mark Steven Greenfield, 1974-2014” | Sept. 25-April 5, 2015 | More info.
  • Robert Heinecken: Object Matter” | Oct. 3-Jan. 18, 2015 | More info.
  • Spectacular Rubens: The Triumph of the Eucharist” | Oct. 14-Jan. 11, 2015 | More info.
  • Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist” | Oct. 19-Feb. 1, 2015 | More info.
  • Ron Nagle: Peripheral Cognition” | Nov. 1-Feb. 17, 2015 | More info.
  • Josef Koudelka: Nationality Doubtful” | Nov. 11-March 22, 2015 | More info.
  • Pierre Huyghe” | Nov. 23-Feb. 22, 2015 | More info.

Complete list: Fall arts preview 2014: Museum listings

Dance

“Sadeh21” is a riveting work by Tel Aviv-based Batsheva Dance, coming to UCLA and Santa Barbara. (Gagi Dadon)

  • Yvonne Rainer: Two Works.” | Oct. 3-4 | More info.
  • Michael Clark Company | Oct. 11-12 | More info.
  • Batsheva Dance Company | Nov. 1-2 | More info.
  • BalletBoyz | Nov. 7-9 | More info.
  • Mikhailovsky Ballet | Nov. 28-30 | More info.
  • Performance” | Dec. 4-7 | More info.

Complete list: Fall arts preview 2014: Dance listings

Pop

Wu-Tang Clan will perform at the Forum on Sept. 21. (Suzi Pratt / FilmMagic/Getty Images)

  • Linkin Park, 30 Seconds to Mars, AFI | Sept. 15 | More info.
  • Neutral Milk Hotel, the Breeders, Daniel Johnston | Sept. 18 | More info.
  • Katy Perry | Sept. 19-20 | More info.
  • Sunset Strip Music Festival | Sept. 20-21 | More info.
  • Wu-Tang Clan, Talib Kweli, Pharoah Monch, others | Sept. 21 | More info.
  • Album: Aphex Twin, “SYRO” (Warp) | Sept. 22 | More info.
  • Drake, Lil Wayne | Sept. 22 | More info.
  • Arca | Sept. 25 | More info.
  • Sam Smith | Sept. 29-30 | More info.
  • King Crimson | Sept. 30 | More info.
  • Lorde, Majical Cloudz | Oct. 6 | More info.
  • The Weeknd, Schoolboy Q, Jhene Aiko | Oct. 9 | More info.
  • Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | Oct. 10-11 | More info.
  • Supersonico | Oct. 11 | More info.
  • Festival Supreme | Oct. 25 | More info.
  • Album: Bob Dylan, “The Basement Tapes Raw: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11” (Columbia) | Nov. 30 | More info.

Complete list: Fall arts preview 2014: Pop music and jazz listings

Jazz

Jazz pianist Jason Moran will release a Fats Waller tribute album on Sept. 16. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

  • Album: Jason Moran, “All Rise: A Joyful Elegy to Fats Waller” (Blue Note) | Sept. 16 | More info.
  • The Angel City Jazz Festival | Sept. 19-28 | More info.
  • Album: Sun Ra, “Sun Ra + His Arkestra: In the Orbit of Ra” (Strut) | Sept. 23 | More info.
  • Album: John Coltrane, “Offering: Live at Temple University” (Resonance) | Sept. 23 | More info.
  • Mark Turner Quartet | Sept. 28 | More info.
  • Joshua Redman Trio | Sept. 29 | More info.
  • Omaha Diner | Nov. 5 | More info.
  • Miguel Zenón | Nov. 15 | More info.
  • Marc Ribot | Nov. 21 | More info.

Complete list: Fall arts preview 2014: Pop music and jazz listings

Books

Author Marilynne Robinson brings another novel to her “Home” setting with “Lila.” (Ulf Andersen / Getty Images)

  • The Heyday of Malcolm Margolin: The Damn Good Times of a Fiercely Independent Publisher | Sept. 17 | More info.
  • A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James | Oct. 2 | More info.
  • Lila by Marilynne Robinson | Oct. 7 | More info.
  • Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine | Oct. 7 | More info.
  • Art Spiegelman and Phillip Johnston: Wordless! | Oct. 15 | More info.
  • An Evening With Jane Smiley | Oct. 29 | More info.
  • The Laughing Monsters by Denis Johnson | Nov. 4 | More info.
  • Jonathan Lethem and Lydia Millet | Nov. 13 | More info.

Complete list: Fall books preview: A busy literary season ahead

Credits: Produced by Tracy Brown