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Lakalaka
The lakalaka is a large group dance of Tonga, often considered the country's national dance, combining choreography, oratory, and polyphony; it emerged around the 1870s and is recognized by UNESCO.
Lakhon
Lakhon (Khmer: ល្ខោន) is the Khmer word for theater, covering Cambodian dance-drama genres from the royal classical ballet to masked lakhon khol and popular opera; Thailand uses the term similarly.
Lakhon nai
Lakhon nai (ละครใน) is the classical dance drama of the Thai royal court, performed by palace women with piphat music, opposite to the popular lakhon nok.
Lakhon nok
Lakhon nok (ละครนอก, "outer theatre") is a Thai folk dance-drama that arose outside the royal court, likely in the early Ayutthaya period, with fast, comic plots.
Lakhon Phanthi Norasingh
Lakhon Phanthi Norasingh (ละครพันท้ายนรสิงห์) is a Thai historical stage drama about Phanthai Norasingh, the loyal royal coxswain executed under palace law, written by Prince Phanuphanthuwong Yukol.
Lambada
Lambada: Brazilian partner dance and music genre from Belém, Pará, mid-1970s, blending carimbó with merengue, cúmbia and bolero; not to be confused with the Kaoma 1989 hit or the LAMBADA NLP dataset.
Lance Burton
Lance Burton (born 1960) is a retired American stage magician from Louisville, Kentucky, FISM Grand Prix winner 1982, who headlined Las Vegas for 30 years, including a record 13-year Monte Carlo contract, and retired in 2010.
Lanford Wilson
Lanford Wilson (1937–2011), American playwright from Lebanon, Missouri; Pulitzer Prize winner for Talley's Folly and co-founder of Circle Repertory Company; plays include The Hot l Baltimore, Fifth of July, and Burn This.
Lap dance
A lap dance is a paid erotic dance performed near a seated customer. Its commercial organization, contact rules, licensing, and working conditions vary across venues and jurisdictions.
Largo Desolato
Largo Desolato is a 1984 play in seven scenes by Václav Havel, about a dissident intellectual trapped between secret police pressure to recant and supporters urging him to stand firm.
Larissa FastHorse
Larissa FastHorse, Sicangu Lakota Nation (Rosebud Sioux Tribe) playwright, choreographer, and 2020 MacArthur Fellow from South Dakota. Her satire The Thanksgiving Play made her the first known Native American female playwright on Broadway (2023) and the first Native playwright on American Theatre's most-produced list. Co-founder of Indigenous Direction; Guggenheim Fellow 2025.
Larry Grayson
Larry Grayson (William Sully White, 1923-1995), English camp comedian and presenter, host of ITV's Shut That Door! and BBC's The Generation Game (1978-1982), known for catchphrases "Shut that door!" and "What a gay day!" and characters Everard and Slack Alice.
Larry Kramer
Larry Kramer (Laurence David Kramer, 1935–2020), American playwright, author of Faggots and The Normal Heart, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, and co-founder of GMHC and ACT UP, the leading AIDS activist organizations.
Larry Miller (comedian)
Larry Miller (born 1953, Valley Stream, NY) is an American stand-up comedian and character actor, the toadying store manager in Pretty Woman, Dean Richmond in The Nutty Professor, and a Christopher Guest ensemble regular.
Larry the Cable Guy
Larry the Cable Guy is the stage persona of American comedian Daniel Lawrence Whitney, known for "Git-R-Done!" and the Blue Collar Comedy Tour with Foxworthy, Engvall, and Ron White; he voices Mater in Pixar's Cars films and hosted History's Only in America.
Larry Wilmore
Larry Wilmore, American comedian, writer, producer, and host, creator of The Bernie Mac Show and The PJs, Daily Show's senior black correspondent, host of Comedy Central's The Nightly Show (2015-16) and the 2016 White House Correspondents' Dinner, co-creator of Insecure and Black-ish producer.
Latin Casino
Latin Casino: Philadelphia-area nightclub and dinner theater (Walnut Street, then Cherry Hill, NJ, 1960-1978), no gambling despite the name; hosted Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, the Supremes; closed after Atlantic City casinos opened.
Latin dance
Latin dance: family of partner and social styles from Latin America and the Caribbean, including salsa, bachata, rumba, samba, and the five competitive International Latin dances.
Latvian National Theatre
The Latvian National Theatre (Latvijas Nacionālais teātris) is a state-owned theater in Riga, Latvia, whose 1902 building was where Latvian independence was proclaimed on 18 November 1918.
Latvian Song and Dance Festival
Held in Riga every five years, the Song and Dance Festival (Vispārējie latviešu Dzimu's Deju' svētki) is a national arts celebration gathering roughly 40,000 people from Latvia.
Laura Benanti
Laura Benanti (born 1979), also Laura Ilene Benanti, is an American actress and singer: Tony winner for Louise in the 2008 Gypsy revival, five-time Tony nominee, Broadway star, Melania Trump impersonator on Colbert, and creator of the solo show Nobody Cares.
Laura Keene
Laura Keene (Mary Frances Moss, 1826-1873), British-born American actress and one of the first female theatre managers in the United States; ran Laura Keene's Theatre on Broadway and starred in Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre the night Lincoln was shot.
Laura Kightlinger
Laura Kightlinger is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor known for a deadpan style, for writing on Roseanne and Will & Grace, and for creating the IFC series The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman.
Laura Osnes
Laura Osnes (born 1985) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter, a two-time Tony nominee for Bonnie & Clyde and Cinderella, who won Broadway's Sandy role via NBC's Grease: You're the One That I Want! and led Hallmark and Great American TV movies.
Laura Ramoso
Laura Ramoso, German-Italian Toronto-based sketch comedian, plays viral characters German Mom, Italian Dad, and Chiara; BFA 2016 UVic, award-winning diane, Frances, Sit Up Straight, and the 2026 Calm Down Tour.
Laura Wade
Laura Wade (born 1977) is a British playwright and screenwriter from Sheffield, author of Posh, Home I'm Darling (2019 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy), and The Watsons; also wrote The Riot Club film and Disney+'s Rivals.
Lauren Lapkus
Lauren Lapkus (Dorthea Lauren Allegra Lapkus, born 1985), American actress and improviser from Evanston, Illinois; Susan Fischer on Orange Is the New Black, Denise in Big Bang Theory spin-off Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, and host of Threedom, Newcomers, and With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus.
Laurence Luckinbill
Laurence Luckinbill (Larry Luckinbill), American actor, playwright, and director born in Fort Smith, Arkansas; originated Hank in The Boys in the Band, played Sybok in Star Trek V, and tours one-man shows on LBJ, Darrow, Roosevelt, and Hemingway.
Laurence Rickard
Laurence (Larry) Rickard, born 1975 in Brighton, is an English comedy writer and actor of Horrible Histories, Yonderland, Bill, Ghosts, and Amandaland, distinguished from namesakes by his BAFTA-winning work with the six-person Them There troupe.
Laurence Rupp
Laurence Rupp is an Austrian theater and film actor, born in Vienna in 1987, known for playing Arminius in Netflix's Barbarians and winning the Austrian Film Prize for Cops.