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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Wild ‘Star Wars’ Burlesque Parody Returns to Hollywood’s Montalbán Theatre

George Lucas, eat your heart out. In a galaxy far, far away exists a formidable empire with strange creatures of all shapes, colors, and sizes...

CTG & Deaf West’s Energizing ‘American Idiot’ Marks Re-Opening of Mark Taper Forum

Only a month ago, Green Day made a stop at SoFi Stadium, in the midst of their Savior Tour, where they performed their 2004...

Review: LA Opera’s ‘Madame Butterfly’ Absorbingly Seizes the Heart of Daring Cinema

LA Opera’s 2024-25 season is off to a stellar start with Giacomo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly -- a dramatically searing epic where two worlds and...

Review: 5-Star Theatricals’ ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ Sates Theatregoers’ Appetites

The following review is based on the Friday, October 4th opening-night performance when Sammy Linkowski and Steve Greene puppeteered Audrey II in place of...

Review: La Mirada Theatre’s ‘Waitress’ Is a Top-Shelf Production Baked With Heartfelt Conviction

McCoy Rigby Entertainment and La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts couldn’t have planned it any better: their very first production of the 2024-25...

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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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