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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Wallis Center's Artistic Director On LA Theater

    There was a lot of excitement when Eli Broad’s new art museum opened downtown last month. It’s sold out until the middle of November. Now another Southern California arts institution is hoping to get some of that buzz. The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts opened two years ago.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 7, 2015 • 1 min read

    There was a lot of excitement when Eli Broad’s new art museum opened downtown last month. It’s sold out until the middle of November. Now another Southern California arts institution is hoping to get some of that buzz. The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts opened two years ago. We talk to its new artistic director about his vision for theater in Los Angeles.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Paul Crewes

      Artistic Director of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

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    3 of 4
    Helping Your Community in LA, and 'The Song Machine'
    1. 0:00Why Aren’t Angelenos Volunteering More?
    2. 5:36Can Kickstarter Help Syria?
    3. 14:42Wallis Center's Artistic Director On LA TheaterYou’re reading this
    4. 23:11'The Song Machine' Looks At The Making of Pop
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