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The Orpheum welcomes Beatles tribute band The Fab Faux. Featuring several of the nation's top session musicians, including members of David Letterman and Conan O'Brien's house bands, The Fab Faux offer an unparalleled musical experience. With five talented vocalists, they're able to duplicate the double-tracking of the Beatles' latest albums note-for-note; they also provide spirited renditions of the group's earlier hits. Learn more...

Outfest 2009 opens with a screening of the new film La Mission at the historic Orpheum Theatre. Peter Bratt's drama follows an ex-con's journey toward redemption and his struggle with violence and homophobia. The evening includes the presentation of the 13th Annual Outfest Achievement Award, as well as an after-party with dancing and complimentary food and drinks. Learn more...

Ani DiFranco, Grammy Award-winning singer, guitarist, and songwriter, performs at the Orpheum Theatre. DiFranco has released over twenty albums in her career, including the most recent, Saratoga, CA. Learn more...

Legendary Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison plays his masterwork Astral Weeks in its entirety at the Orpheum. Originally released in 1968, Astral Weeks is one of the most celebrated albums in rock history. Morrison played the album live for the first time in November 2008 at the Hollywood Bowl; the CD recording of that concert received rave reviews from critics across America and the UK. Learn more...

The Orpheum hosts an evening of classic silent film comedies, with live accompaniment by Bob Salisbury on the restored venue's original 1927 Wurlitzer organ. Harold Lloyd stars in The Kid Brother, the story of a timid man attempting to win the respect of his powerful father. The evening also features Buster Keaton in the classic short One Week. Learn more...

For more than 25 years, Sandra Bernhard has been challenging fans and critics alike with her knife-edge satire, emotive performances and truly unique brand of humor. Bernhard will take on the worlds of fashion, celebrity, rock, politics, and more at the Orpheum Theatre. Learn more...

Alanis Morissette performs at the Orpheum. She became one of modern rock music's biggest stars with her 1995 debut album Jagged Little Pill, the tenth highest-selling album of all time. She'll be performing tunes from her latest album Flavors of Entanglement, plus hits from throughout her career. Learn more...

The Orpheum welcomes Citizen Cope. Born Clarence Greenwood, Cope is a critically acclaimed keyboardist, guitarist, singer, DJ, and record producer whose music blends folk, blues, reggae, hip-hop, rock, and R&B influences. This solo acoustic concert features special guest Alice Smith. Learn more...

Led by the songwriting duo of Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford, English pop band Squeeze was responsible for some of the greatest pop songs of the '70s and '80s, including "Tempted", "Up the Junction", and "Cool For Cats". They've reunited for a series of concerts in America and Britain, including this one at the historic Orpheum. Learn more...

Lyle Lovett has carved out a niche for himself as one of the most distinctive songwriters of his generation. He combines a talent for incisive, witty lyrical detail with an eclectic array of music, ranging from country and folk to big-band swing and traditional pop. See him and his Large Band at the Orpheum. Learn more...

Outfest 2008 concludes with a new film by Stewart Wade, a charming romantic comedy and an unabashed gay contribution to the canon of teen films. Tru is the new kid at her SoCal high school. She has two moms, two dads and everybody thinks she's the big dyke on campus. However, Tru is thrilled when Lo, a boy, asks her out. He's gorgeous, the star quarterback and on their second date he takes her to see...the Marvelous Wonderettes? Learn more...

Outfest 2008 opens with this wonderfully funny, enormously heartwarming tale about a makeshift family engaged in a struggle over pucks and perfume. Blending ice hockey, family drama and plenty of singing, Breakfast with Scot smacks it out of the rink. Outfest 2008 will be introduced by Margaret Cho. Learn more...

What A Pair! 6 is a live concert of duets from musicals performed by an eclectic array of women from film, television and music to benefit breast cancer research at the John Wayne Cancer Institute at St. John's Health Center. Scheduled performers include Loretta Devine, Joely Fisher, Debbie Gibson, Jasmine Guy, Marg Helgenberger, Sharon Lawrence, Audra McDonald, Valarie Pettiford, Samantha Shelton, Lea Thompson, Lisa Ann Walter, Jennifer Leigh Warren, Maggie Wheeler, Kathleen Wilhoite, and more. Learn more...

Was (Not Was) is one of the most unique groups of the past two decades. Not really soul, not really rock, they came up with their own lyrically bizarre, usually humorous, brand of dance music that gained a small but fanatical following and some across-the-board success. The group will be joined on the Orpheum stage by music legends Brian Wilson and Kris Kristofferson. Learn more...

The Los Angeles Theatre Organ Society presents a live screening of Buster Keaton's classic silent comedy Steamboat Bill Jr. at the Orpheum, with live organ accompaniment by virtuoso theatre organist Christian Elliott. The film concerns a naive, college-educated dandy who must prove himself to his working-class father, a hot-headed riverboat captain. Learn more...

Outfest closes its 25th anniversary festival with the world premiere of Kiss the Bride, a hilarious expose on marriage starring Tori Spelling. Matt (Philipp Karner), a magazine executive, is in the midst of producing a big gay wedding issue when he learns that his high school sweetheart, Ryan (James O'Shea), is about to get hitched to bodacious Alex (Tori Spelling). Matt returns to rescue Ryan from making a dire mistake, and the fun begins. Learn more...

The John Wayne Cancer Institute presents What A Pair! 5, a concert of women's duets at the Orpheum Theatre to raise money for breast cancer research. Performers include Jamie Lee Curtis, Marg Helgenberger, Lea Thompson, Jasmine Guy, and many more! Learn more...

The Los Angeles Theatre Organ Society presents the 1922 silent movie Beyond the Rocks, starring Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino, with live theatre organ accompaniment by Robert Salisbury. Swanson plays an elegant young woman who marries a wealthy older man and falls in love with a dashing young nobleman (Valentino) while on her honeymoon. Learn more...

Outfest, the 24th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, presents its Closing Night Gala: 20 Centimeters (20 Centimetros), a warm, bawdy Spanish musical delight. This film was among the most unlikely crowd pleasers of the year! This gorgeous and funny portrait of a narcoleptic prostitute is brimming with Almodovar-like camp and energetic high style. Learn more...

Outfest, the 24th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, presents its Opening Night Gala: Puccini For Beginners, a charming New York story centered on a bisexual love triangle. Humming with delectable wit and wry humor, this sophisticated screwball comedy twists and turns with all of the drama of classic Puccini. Learn more...

Don't miss this rare Los Angeles appearance by legendary comedian Joan Rivers. For over 40 years, Rivers has been one of the funniest people in the business, appearing on every program from Ed Sullivan to The Tonight Show to Howard Stern. These performances are being taped for her exciting new television special, Live at the Orpheum, to air on Bravo. Learn more...

The outrageously funny Caroline Rhea performs her unique style of comedy at the Orpheum Theatre. Caroline is best known as host of NBC's The Biggest Loser and The Caroline Rhea Show, and as co-star of Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. You won't want to miss this performance, which will be taped live for airing on Bravo! Learn more...

Appearing on stage with a stool, a microphone, and a can of Diet Pepsi, Paula Poundstone's ability to create humor on the spot is legendary. Whether she's talking about politics or being a single working Mom with 3 kids, her quirky observations and spot on timing have made her one of the best comics working today. Paula is a regular panelist on NPR's weekly news quiz program "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!" She was the first woman to win a Cable ACE Award for Best Stand-Up Comedy Special, and has gone on to acclaim as a comedian and actress. This one-night only performance at the Orpheum will be taped for a special on BRAVO! Learn more...

As part of the the Los Angeles Theatre Organ Society's Wurlitzer Weekend, Fritz Lang's silent film Metropolis will be screened at the historic Orpheum Theatre, with live accompaniment by Clark Wilson on the original installation Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ. Metropolis is one of the most influential silent films ever made, and the first science fiction movie ever. This is a rare opportunity to see it on the big screen with a live organ, the way it was meant to be seen. Learn more...

Take a journey back in time to an era of comedy, song, dance, and unique entertainment while supporting a good cause! Inspired by the rich history of the historic movie palaces of Broadway, the Producer's Guild of America (PGA) will host A Night at the Orpheum to benefit the Broadway Initiative. The event includes a cocktail reception, an evening of vaudeville-type acts, and a screening of the classic Harold Lloyd silent film The Freshman with live accompaniment on the Orpheum's original Wurlitzer organ. Learn more...

Outfest 2005, the 23rd Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, closes with a screening of The Dying Gaul, the directorial debut of renowned playwright/screenwriter Craig Lucas (Longtime Companion, Prelude to a Kiss). This film is a sexy saga of lust, power and manipulation, adding layers of menacing depth to the classic love triangle, starring Peter Sarsgaard, Campbell Scott and Patricia Clarkson. Learn more...

The Los Angeles Theatre Organ Society hosts a rare, one-time screening of the 1928 silent film Wings, starring Gary Cooper and Clara Bow at the legendary Orpheum Theatre. The movie will be accompanied by the legendary Bob Mitchell of the famous Mitchell's Boys Choir on the original installation Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ, the only remaining theatre pipe organ in the City of Los Angeles. Wings was the first film (and the only silent film) to win the Best Picture Academy Award. Learn more...

The beautifully restored Orpheum Theatre will come alive with song and dance when Opera Noir presents Jazzical!, a celebratory musical revue in the tradition of great Broadway Hits such as "Ain't Misbehavin" and "Eubie!" incorporating classical music in the tradition of the wildly successful "Three Tenors" and "Three 'Mo Tenors." Learn more...