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FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA How this drag performer is trying to save regional theater, one cocktail at a time [Los Angeles Times] She’s a fiery redhead with a heart of gold. A sassy Southern gal whose euphemisms would make a sailor blush. She believes that the four food groups are gin, rum, vodka and tequila, and she’d like to invite you to happy hour at her place. Dixie Longate is the drag persona of actor, writer and comedian Kris Andersson, who has been touring with his solo show, “Dixie’s Tupperware Party,” for longer than a decade. Like most everything else, that run came to ...

Heartbeat Opera’s “Breathing Free” makes its virtual West Coast premiere tonight, courtesy of the Broad Stage in Santa Monica.

“ABC Daytime: Back on Broadway” In a new fundraiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, “All My Children” star Susan Lucci and other soap actors look back on a series of live Broadway Cares benefits from 2005 to 2011. Whoopi Goldberg hosts. 5 p.m. Thursday. Free; donations accepted. broadwaycares.org “A Night In With Josh Groban” The Grammy winner croons romantic favorites in a socially distanced performance filmed in Los Angeles. Available on demand for 48 hours beginning 5 p.m. Sunday. $30. joshgroban.com “The Look of Love: A Valentine’s Day Presentation” “Family Tie...

On the evening of February 10, 2021, The Broad Stage presented Breathing Free, an auditory and visual online love letter to freedom produced by Heartbeat Opera to tell the stories of those who who have experienced various versions of imprisonment. Heartbeat Opera describes its mission as follows: From the drama at the core of each work, Heartbeat Opera grows vivid theatrical worlds through revelatory adaptations, radical rearrangements, and ingenious design. Through an inquisitive collaborative process with a diverse community of artists, Heartbeat breaks down traditional barriers to reimagi...

18 ways to honor Black History Month around L.A. Jeanette Marantos © Provided by The LA Times A look at the many activities happening — mostly virtually — for Black History Month in and around Los Angeles. (Micah Fluellen / Los Angeles Times; Getty Images) February is Black History Month, and if we learned anything in 2020, we've got lots of catching up to do. Good news: pandemic or no pandemic, there are still plenty of ways in Southern California to celebrate and learn, virtually. If we've missed an event, send an email to jeanette.marantos@latimes.com and we might b...