By Jessica Gelt, L.A. Times | When Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday issued a curfew for downtown L.A. after the chaos of some ICE protests over the weekend, an unwelcome side effect took hold: Arts organizations inside the curfew zone had to cancel performances, notably “Hamlet” at the Mark Taper Forum and the final night of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Seoul Festival — which also happened to be the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s last evening at Walt Disney Concert Hall this season.
The curfew remains in effect Wednesday, and Center Theatre Group has again been forced to cancel director Robert O’Hara’s world-premiere adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic, starring Patrick Ball from the hit Max show “The Pitt.”
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“As a result of canceling performances of ‘Hamet,’ we lose approximately $35,000 in ticket sales per performance cancellation, in addition to still paying full production expenses related to the show,” CTG said in its statement. “Should the curfews extend into next week, that number would increase significantly when factoring in both ‘Hamlet’ and ‘Parade’ cancellations.”
L.A. Opera is scheduled to present “Rigoletto” on Thursday and Sunday at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The concert “Renee Fleming and Friends” is on the calendar for Saturday. A representative for L.A. Opera said the company has not been directly impacted by protest or law enforcement activity, but that it is waiting for an update from city officials about the curfew.
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The durational performance “Police State,” staged by Pussy Riot frontwoman Nadya Tolokonnikova, was originally scheduled to continue in the warehouse through Sunday. It is being paused and its conclusion postponed to a later date. (On Sunday Tolokonnikova remained in the museum after it closed, broadcasting sounds of the protests outside, mixed with her heartbeat, to the empty museum.)
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Go here to read more about the events being cancelled and the museum closings:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/protests-and-curfew-cancel-l-a-phil-and-hamlet-as-arts-groups-losses-mount/
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-06-11/la-ice-protests-curfew-cancellations-la-phil-opera-center-theatre-group
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Donald Trump’s Policies Shake Up the Regional Mexican Music Market
By Katie Cao, Billboard
Donald Trump’s recent policies have affected regional Mexican artists over the past two months. Grupo Firme, Julión Álvarez, Los Alegres del Barranco, and others have had their visas revoked. . . .
They have been affected by sudden problems with their work visas. Some have been revoked by the U.S. government, while others are delayed in an “administrative process.” Overall, visa uncertainty in the U.S. under this administration has impacted multiple communities and groups of people – and artists have been no exception. . .
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Go here to read more of the canceled bands & performers:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/donald-trump-s-policies-shake-up-the-regional-mexican-music-market-billboard-news/