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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Review: Wisteria Theater’s ‘Spelling Bee’ Is a Sassy & Sincere Spellbinder

Wisteria Theater Company’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is one of those scarce productions where everything comes together seamlessly to deliver not...

Forty Years of Flavor: California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) Celebrates a Legacy Embraced

On Monday, March 24th, California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) marked its 40th anniversary, a milestone that celebrates not just survival but a thriving legacy dating...

La Mirada Theatre & McCoy Rigby Entertainment’s ’25-26 Season: Jason Alexander to Direct ‘Sweeney Todd,’ ‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong,’ & More

La Mirada Theatre and McCoy Rigby Entertainment is riding high after a record-breaking year in 2024-25, doing gangbusters business at the box office and...

Review: 5-Star Theatricals’ ‘Cabaret’ Crackles With Magnetism and Timely Incisiveness

5-Star Theatricals’ production of Cabaret transcends its 58-year-old status to become, again, not only powerfully of the moment but a reminder to those who...

Review: ‘Parents in Chains’ Debuts With Wit & Wisdom at the New Vic

The following review is based on a cast whose collective run ends on March 16th. During the week of March 18th through the 23rd,...

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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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