Imaan Jalali

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Imaan has been the Arts & Culture Editor of LAexcites since the digital magazine went live in 2015.

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Preview: Opening Night at the Bowl Brings Broadway’s Best to Hollywood

The Hollywood Bowl has never needed much persuasion to embrace Broadway. For decades, the 17,500-seat amphitheater has welcomed musical-theater devotees eager to hear showstoppers...

Review: ‘Primary Trust’ at the Mark Taper Forum Is an Unassumingly Gut-Wrenching Triumph

Some plays ask audiences to expectantly lean forward rather than idly sit back. Eboni Booth’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Primary Trust, now at the Mark Taper...

Preview: ‘The Magic Flute’ Returns as James Conlon Conducts His Final LA Opera Production

Certain works transcend opera and become part of the broader cultural bloodstream, recognizable even to people who have never stepped inside an opera house....

‘Brigadoon’ Transformed at Pasadena Playhouse — Donna Vivino Discusses the Bold New Adaptation

Only a select group of musicals carry the enduring legacy of Lerner and Loewe’s Brigadoon, which premiered on Broadway in 1947, but Pasadena Playhouse’s...

Reimagining ‘Flower Drum Song’ at Aratani Theatre: A Chat with East West Players’ Emily Kuroda

East West Players closes its 60th Anniversary Diamond Legacy season with the world premiere of playwright David Henry Hwang’s newly updated 2026 book for...

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Preview: ‘Mamma Mia!’ Returns to the Ahmanson as ABBA’s Beloved Musical Phenomenon Celebrates 25 Years

Some musicals become successful, whereas others become generational bonanzas....

Review: La Mirada Theatre’s ‘Anastasia’ Delivers a Grand Journey Worth Taking

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy...

Preview: Opening Night at the Bowl Brings Broadway’s Best to Hollywood

The Hollywood Bowl has never needed much persuasion to...

Review: ‘Primary Trust’ at the Mark Taper Forum Is an Unassumingly Gut-Wrenching Triumph

Some plays ask audiences to expectantly lean forward rather...
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