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"If this is what being canceled is about, I love it," said Dave Chappelle tonight to a cheering and sold-out Hollywood Bowl crowd after a screening of his documentary about the comic summer camp he put on last year in his Ohio hometown. "I don't know what to tell you, except I'm a bad motherf*cker," the suited and…

UPDATED, 5:38 PM: On Tuesday, the Hollywood Bowl announced the starry lineup for its first summer season since the pandemic shutdown, which kicks off on July 3 at 67% capacity. Viola Davis will appear alongside Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil on July 15, on the heels of her Best Actress Oscar nomination for Ma Rainey’s…

UPDATED with more details: The Hollywood Bowl, a staple of the summer in Los Angeles, is shuttering its 2020 season, officials said Wednesday. The move due to the coronavirus pandemic includes canceling all the concerts presented by the Los Angeles Philharmonic that had been scheduled between June 6-September 26. The…

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed the remainder of the 2019-2020 season for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and may also impact this summer’s Hollywood Bowl programming, the organization said Wednesday. The LA Phil, as it’s commonly known, said it would end plans for the October through June series at the downtown…

The 18th Korea Times Music Festival, originally planned for April 25 at the Hollywood Bowl, has been postponed due to travel restrictions in Asia prompted by concerns about the coronavirus. “We truly apologize for the inconvenience to those who have been looking forward to this event and ask for your kind…

Kanye West probably won’t run for president in 2024, but a Biblical opera is as close to a sure thing as the musical mogul gets: Yesterday, West tweeted a golden-hued invitation to Nebuchadnezzar, a “Kanye West opera” set for Sunday, November 24 at the Hollywood Bowl. The invite/announcement (see it below) indicates…

A bomb treat briefly interrupted last night's Dead & Company concert at the Hollywood Bowl. Concert-goers were left confused — and some alarmed — when the Bowl went dark and the band was hurridly rushed off the stage in the middle of a song during their second set. Bomb-sniffing dogs were then brought onto the stage…

Lionsgate is launching La La Land in Concert, an orchestral film concert that will kick off at the Hollywood Bowl on May 26 and 27 before traveling around the world to the United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Italy, Turkey and Switzerland, with additional stops in the U.S. At the Hollywood Bowl performance, La La…

A perfect storm of traffic is brewing in Hollywood this weekend, and city officials have taken notice. Los Angeles authorities said today that Hollywood Boulevard will be closed between Orange Drive and Highland Avenue from 2 AM Saturday until 1 AM Sunday because of the Ghostbusters premiere at the TCL Chinese…

Kristen Bell, erstwhile star of Veronica Mars and the voice of Anna in Frozen, and Hunter Parrish of Weeds will topline a revival of the ur-rock musical Hair slated to run August 1-3 at the Hollywood Bowl. They’ll be joined by Amber Riley and Jenna Ushkowitz, both of Glee. Bell will play Sheila, Parrish will play…

It may only be August but already there is some subtle jockeying going on around the Oscar race for Best Animated Feature. Not taking anything for granted after their Cars 2 failed to make the final cut of five nominees last year, Pixar pulled out all the stops this weekend with a sensational concert event at the Holly…