Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts

10/03/2025

The Martha Graham Dance Company 100 Years photo book by Ken Browar & Deborah Ory releases October 7, 2025, but you can be among the first to own it at The Soraya on October 4, the night of the Graham100 performance.
 
Experience the extraordinary world premiere of En Masse by Hope Boykin, alongside Graham masterpieces Night Journey and We the People. Then take home a monumental photographic tribute to the company’s century-long legacy, featuring archival imagery, costume and set design notes, and stunning portraits of today’s dancers carrying Graham’s torch.
 
This is your chance to celebrate 100 years of innovation, collaboration, and artistry, live on stage and in the pages of this breathtaking book. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime centennial moment!

Tickets at TheSoraya.org or 🔗 in BIO.

📸 Photo Credit: Ken Browar and Deborah Ory for
 

09/26/2025

09/25/2025

The Soraya is proud to be the site where history unfolds.
As part of our 15th Anniversary Celebration, we open the Martha Graham Dance Company’s Centennial Season on October 4 with En Masse, a world premiere uniting Martha Graham and Leonard Bernstein through choreography by Hope Boykin and music by Christopher Rountree.

In this special edition of Director Selects, Boykin, Rountree, and Janet Eilber of the Graham Company share the inspirations and aspirations behind this extraordinary project.

📺 Watch the full interview on TheSoraya.org in Soraya Stories.

https://youtu.be/6juvUUQ-qm0

As part of The Soraya’s 15th anniversary celebration, October 4 will be a high water mark when we launch the Martha Graham Dance Company’s 100th season with ...

09/24/2025

09/23/2025

Last week, we had the wonderful opportunity to host our first member event at Valley Beth Shalom ahead of Folksbiene Fiddler on the Roof. A select group of Members attended the first Artist Salon of our 2025-26 Season, where they had front row seats to an intimate discussion and musical presentation, featuring cast members of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish. It was a night to remember! Our members enjoy access to exclusive gatherings like this all season long, creating a welcoming environment that uplifts, enriches, and connects through the magic of live performance and shared human experience. With memberships starting at just $96 for an entire year of benefits, there’s never been a better time to join.

👉🏻 Learn more about membership at TheSoraya.org/Members

📸 Photo Credit: Luis Luque | Luque Photography

09/23/2025

The countdown is on. Only 4 days until Mariachi Herencia de México With Special Guest Leonardo Aguilar! 🥳 Tickets are nearly sold out and the remaining seats won’t last long. Secure yours today!

In this exclusive interview, Leonardo takes a moment from his busy schedule to reflect on what this special night at The Soraya on Sept. 26 means to him. You can view the full interview in Soraya Stories on our website: http://bit.ly/46j3ndP

09/18/2025

We are still gleaming from this past weekend ✨ The LA Times called Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish “magnificent,” praising the unforgettable performances and the way the story spoke to heritage, resilience, and community. At The Soraya, moments like these remind us why the performing arts are a home for empathy, memory, and hope.

We hope to continue being your beacon of joy, whether you need a laugh, a song to move your feet, or a night that simply lifts your spirit.

A concert version of National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s acclaimed production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' in Yiddish has its West Coast premiere at the Soraya in Northridge.

09/16/2025

✨ Tradition, heart, and community began in rehearsals and carried through to this weekend’s three unforgettable performances of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish at The Soraya. 🤍 The response was truly overwhelming!! So many of you shared your joy, your tears, and your gratitude for this once-in-a-lifetime experience.

The Los Angeles Times called it “Magnificent… anyone who was lucky enough to attend one of the three performances will long cherish the memory of this stunning musical experience.”

Thank you to our artists, partners at National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, and every audience member who made this opening weekend so meaningful. ❤️

📸 Photo Credit: Luis Luque | Luque Photography Luque Photography

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09/15/2025

The Soraya’s Executive and Artistic Director, Thor Steingraber, is recently in the news.  The New York Times shared his vision for arts and culture in 2028 when the Olympics come to Los Angeles.

09/09/2025

Our Art Gallery reopens this Friday with Through the Eyes of David Labkovski: Sholem Aleichem and His Heroes! 🎨

This installation showcases the powerful work of David Labkovski (1906–1991), a Lithuanian Israeli Jewish artist who chronicled Jewish life in Vilna before the Holocaust and the resilience of survivors after.

Labkovski also illustrated the beloved stories of Sholem Aleichem, including Tevye the Milkman, the inspiration for Fiddler on the Roof.

📍 Visit the gallery on the Loge Level, open to ticket holders one hour before every Soraya performance and during intermission.

🎭 Don’t miss National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, a West Coast Premiere Soraya Concert production, with three performances:
Sat, Sept. 13 at 8PM
Sun, Sept. 14 at 3PM & 7PM

🎫 Tickets available at TheSoraya.org or 🔗 in bio.

09/04/2025

"10 can’t-miss dance shows in and around L.A. this fall," by Jessica Gelt

GRAHAM100: The Martha Graham Dance Company launches it's centennial season at The Soraya, continuing our work pairing choreographers and composers with the world premiere of En Masse on Oct. 4 at 8 p.m.

"A new commission choreographed by Hope Boykin — (En Masse) marks the first time Graham’s work has been paired with the music of Leonard Bernstein. The posthumous partnership was inspired by a musical excerpt that was found in correspondence between the two arts legends. Christopher Rountree’s experimental classical ensemble will perform a new arrangement of Bernstein, as well as William Schuman’s score for “Night Journey,” — Jessica Gelt

Ode to Alice Coltrane: Also featured is the Alonzo King LINES Ballet performance this November at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach. The San Francisco company is set to perform to the music of American Jazz composer and musician Alice Coltrane. For those unable to make the trip to Long Beach this fall, the company will perform Ode to Alice Coltrane on Feb. 21 at 8 p.m. during The Soraya's 5th-annual Jazz at Naz festival (Feb. 1-21).

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09/04/2025

Each year the Los Angeles Times compiles a list of the best fall events happening in and around Los Angeles. This year The Soraya is proud to share that three programs in our 2025-26 Season have made the list. Here's one of those three features:

"The 16 most intriguing SoCal theater offerings this fall season," by Charles McNulty

Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish: Tony nominee Steven Skybell reprises the role of Tevye joined by original Off-Broadway principal cast and local ensemble in National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene's Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, directed by Joel grey in a special concert version. This Soraya Concert production will take place Sept. 13 at 8 p.m., and Sept. 14 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

"According to Kenneth Turan, who wrote about the original New York production, “[T]he main benefit the new Tevye conveys is that by using the language the original characters spoke, it makes everything in the play more authentic and more affecting, cutting the schmaltz of Broadway with the specificity of a vibrant culture that is no more.” English supertitles for those who don’t understand Yiddish or already know the show by heart," - Charles McNulty

'Stereophonic,' 'Suffs' and' Jaja's African Hair Braiding' and a musical version of 'Working Girl' light up the fall theater season in Southern California.