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Acts of Desperation: "Bang Bang You're Dead/Rats & Bullies" - No one heard their cries for... Assassins - A Real KILLER Musical! Assassins, Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award winning musica... Driving Miss Daisy - Acclaimed Broadway actress and Film & Emmy Award-winning TV star M... Melancholy Play - “MELANCHOLY PLAY" is a mad-cap ode to an emotion that is rapidly disappe... The Monkey Jar - Thought-provoking drama with explosive confrontation in classroom betwee... WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION - Arguably Dame Agatha’s greatest mystery. ... Click here to search by Title, Genre, Location or Organization. |
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$4 Million Giveaway, The By: Art Shulman Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Company 1/18/2008 thru 3/8/2008 Jesse Morgan returns to New York City 18 years after absconding with cash from his employer. Now very rich, he stays in a suite in the luxurious Knickerbocker Arms, and calls together several “friends’ from his past, including his ex-wife, his ex-best friend, his former employer, and a streetperson. He offers $2 million to two of them, but there’s a catch. The “friends” have to select which two of them receive the money. And most of them hate each other. The situation is turned topsy turvy when an unexpected person suddenly shows up in the midst of the group deciding who gets the money. Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre 10900 Burbank Blvd., N. Hollywood Map Full Price: $20.00 Your price: $10.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 818-700-4878 |
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1776 By: book by Peter Stone, music & lyrics by Sherman Edwards Actors Co-op/Crossley Theatre 2/8/2008 thru 3/16/2008 Be a "fly on the historical wall" during one of our nation's most pivotal moments. This Broadway hit presents Jefferson, Franklin, and Adams as they battle the heat and the rest of the hot-headed Continental Congress during the summer of 1776. Drawing a parallel to current times, these engaging personalities struggle with their egos, fears, and ambitions, as they endeavor to do what's best for a fledgling nation on their way to signing the Declaration of Independence. Actor's Co-Op/Crossley Theatre 1760 N. Gower Street, Hollywood Map Full Price: $34.00 Your price: $17.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 323-462-8460 |
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3rd Street Comedy / Stand-up Comedians By: LA's Funniest, Edgiest, and Best Comedians Promenade Productions 3/31/2006 thru 2/16/2008 "3rd Street Comedy" features high-quality stand-up comedy from performers seen on television and in comedy clubs. Now running Fridays at 9 pm and Saturdays at 8 and 10 pm. Check out the lineup at promenadeplayhouse.com or myspace.com/thirdstreetcomedy. Located near the beach on the world famous 3rd Street Promenade. Easy parking in city structures off 2nd and 4th Street. Promenade Playhouse 1404 Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica Map Full Price: $12.00 Your price: $6.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 310-656-8070 |
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Acts of Desperation: "Bang Bang You're Dead/Rats & Bullies" By: Wm. Mastrosimone / Roberta McMillan City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs 1/31/2008 thru 2/3/2008 The Relevant Stage at the Warner Grand Theatre presents its inaugural production: "Acts of Desperation". The documentary film "Rats & Bullies" by Roberta McMillan - a true tale of a teen girl who ends her own life due to bullying - and the play "Bang Bang You're Dead" by William .Mastrosimone - about a teenage boy facing the ghosts of his victims after a school shooting - are woven together with modern dance by San Pedro City Ballet. January 31 - Feb. 3. TIX online at www.therelevantstage.com or 310/929-8129. The Warner Grand Theatre is at the corner of Pacific and 6th Streets in San Pedro, at the southern end of the 110 Fwy. Warner Grand Theatre 478 West 6th St., San Pedro Map Full Price: $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 310-929-8129 |
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Another Vermeer - World Premiere By: Bruce J. Robinson Theatre Forty 2/9/2008 thru 3/9/2008 Based on real events. World Premiere is set in both the highly charged climate of post-WWII Europe and the fascinating mind of its central character - Han van Meegeren. A Dutch artist/art dealer, this charming sociopath is arrested for selling a Vermeer masterpiece to Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering - a crime punishable by death. Van Meegeren must prove that he has forged the Vermeer he sold to Goering during WW II or face the death penalty for treason. Theatre Forty at Reuben Cordova Theatre 241 Moreno Dr., Beverly Hills Map Full Price: $20.00 to $22.00 Your price: $10.00 to $11.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 310-364-0535 |
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Anything By: Timothy McNeil Elephant Stageworks 11/30/2007 thru 2/2/2008 ANYTHING is a wryly humorous and profoundly moving story of the unlikely romance that blossoms between a reclusive grief-stricken widower from small town Mississippi, and his charismatic transvestite neighbor on the brink of her own destruction. McNeil, the author of such critically-acclaimed plays as Margaret, Supernova, Crane Mississippi, and, most recently the Elephant Theatre Company’s powerful production of Los Muertos, sets his story of strange-yet-familiar love within strolling distance of Hollywood’s Theatre Row. The Lillian Theatre 1076 North Lillian Way, Hollywood Map Full Price: $25.00 Your price: $12.50 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 323-960-4410 |
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Assassins By: Stephen Sondheim and Joseph Weidman The Chance Theater 2/2/2008 thru 3/16/2008 Join us for a darkly-comic and compelling look at the lives, loves, and legacies of nine presidential assassins. A warped and tuneful tour through history, Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins explores the dark underbelly of the American dream. Last season’s major musical put you in the mind of an artist. To open our tenth anniversary season, we will put you face-to-face with these infamous killers. The Chance Theater 5552 E. La Palma Ave, Anaheim Map Full Price: $30.00 Your price: $15.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 714-777-3033 |
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Bachelorette By: Leslye Headland IAMA Theatre Company 1/18/2008 thru 2/24/2008 A new play that examines the emerging and disturbing trend between privileged young women and crippling substance abuse. Three beautiful girls organize a drug-fueled bachelorette party to celebrate the marriage of their less popular friend to an attractive and wealthy finance. As things go from fun to bad to ugly, they recklessly endanger the wedding and their own well-being. Working Stage Theatre 1516 North Gardner Street, Los Angeles Map Full Price: $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 323-571-3131 |
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Big Baby By: Joe Keyes Joe Keyes 1/10/2008 thru 2/9/2008 BIG BABY is the world premiere of a seriocomedy about a crazy Catholic mother living with her disturbed middle aged son who falls for the dominatrix next door and all hell breaks loose. Keyes is the author of the critically-acclaimed play Pete’s Garage and co-author of the holiday romp Bob’s Holiday Office Party. Lounge Theatre 6201 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles Map Full Price: $20.00 Your price: $10.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 323-960-5563 |
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Brief History of Penguins and Promiscuity, A By: by James McLindon Grove Theater Center 1/18/2008 thru 2/9/2008 A World Premiere comedy about a Love That Dare Not Squawk Its Name GTC Burbank 1111-B West Olive Ave., Burbank Map Full Price: $30.00 Your price: $15.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 818-238-9998 |
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BUMP collection of 12 original (mostly funny) plays inspired by the word "bump" By: Anderson, Beaver, Brown, Haverty, Keller, Keough, Lewis, McCaffrey, Meriwether, Partin, Schwartz, Wh Theatre West 1/25/2008 thru 2/3/2008 Theatre West 3333 Cahuenga Blvd. West, Hollywood Map Full Price: $12.00 Your price: $6.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 323-851-7977 |
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CABARET By: Book: Joe Masteroff; Music: John Kander, lyrics: Fred Ebb International City Theatre 2/9/2008 thru 3/9/2008 An enormous success with critics and audiences alike, CABARET follow the romance of an English cabaret performer and an American writer. Set in the early 1930’s, against the backdrop of a crumbling Germany, the colorful goings-on inside the Kit Kat Club offer a place where “life is beautiful…the girls are beautiful…even the orchestra is beautiful!’’ CABARET is a captivating theatrical experience you won"t want to miss. ICT at Long Beach Performing Arts Center 300 East Ocean Blvd, Long Beach Map Full Price: $32.00 Your price: $16.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 562-436-4610 |
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Catholic Girl's Guide to Losing Your Virginity, The By: Annie Hendy Pico Playhouse 1/11/2008 thru 3/1/2008 The Catholic Girl’s Guide to Losing Your Virginity tells the hilarious and invigorating story of Lizzy (Hendy), a witty and soulful Midwestern girl blossoming in the big city of her dreams, who upon realizing her priest has a better sex life than she does, decides to no longer live her life according to the rules of her religion. Lizzy turns 25 in 25 days and WILL LOSE HER VIRGINITY… or so she hopes. One problem, with whom: A metrosexual, a Christian Conservative, a gym rat, a guy that just wants to wear her shoes? From mixing it up in Vegas to church mixers, Lizzy is looking for sex anywhere and everywhere. The trouble is, what does she really want? What is it that really matters? Joining Hendy is Cyrus Alexander, bringing to life the multitude of characters that impact Lizzy’s world. . The Pico Playhouse 10508 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles Map Full Price: $20.00 Your price: $10.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 310-491-5961 |
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Cheerios In My Underwear (And Other True Tales Of Motherhood) By: Amy Simon It Ain't No Fairy Tale Productions 2/6/2005 thru 3/30/2008 Amy Simon is your guide to the nurture shock, chaos and hilarity of modern-day mothering. Claiming to be “one laundry load away from a nervous breakdown”, Simon is a S.A.H.M. (Stay-At-Home-Mom) navigating the changes, secrets and surprises of motherhood. LA Weekly RECOMMENDS the show saying “Simon's observations are shrewd and her delivery terrific”, and goes on to say “particularly comical moments (cupcakes baked onstage are offered to the audience and 'Mommy And Me' instructor Gloria - in Simon's hysterical impersonation - distributes beanbags, rattles and bells to a willing audience. Simon balances the levity with a thought-provoking exploration of TV moms through the ages & the role of 21st century American women”. Deconstruction of fairytales and her take on Barbie is hysterical. Los Angeles Family says the show is ”a delightfully funny and insightful look at the sometimes wacky always stressful life of a mother” and “is a hoot not to be missed”. The Empty Stage 2372 Veteran Ave., Los Angeles Map Full Price: $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 310-308-0947 |
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Cinderella By: Lloyd Schwartz; Michael Paul Theatre West 9/29/2007 thru 2/23/2008 Storybook Theatre presents its new musical version of the classic story “Cinderella.” With a funny fairy godmother leading the way, there is plenty of opportunity for audience participation, and girls in the audience can even dance with the handsome prince at the ball. Birthday parties are always cheerfully accommodated. Special discounts are available for weekday school field trips. The show is especially ideal for youngsters age 3 to 9 and their families. Theatre West 3333 Cahuenga Blvd. West, Hollywood Map Full Price: $12.00 Your price: $6.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 323-851-7977 |
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Common Air, The By: Alex Lyras & Robert McCaskill Elephant Stageworks 10/23/2007 thru 3/1/2008 COMMON AIR links 6 characters by an airport delay. The 1st, an Iraqi Cabbie, pitches his car-bomb reality show to his passenger, an Art Gallery Owner, struggling over the decision to rekindle a relationship. He spills his dilemma to an Attorney, the 3rd character, who in turn, imparts advice to a DJ, the 4th character. The DJ’s in the throws of his own crisis: a lawsuit over sampling. He’s challenged by a Philosophy Professor in a custody battle for his son. The Prof presents his argument with a sinister mix of logic and irrationality to the 6th character; an Iraqi-American just returned from Baghdad. The ultimate character brings us full circle as he articulates his journey to Iraqi Cabbie. His trip to Iraq began with a contract to feed Troops and ended in recruitment to a terrorist organization. Common Air is a comedic/dramatic exploration of the perpetually changing narratives we arrive at, and depart from in trying to make sense of life’s evolving present tense. The Elephant Asylum Theatre 6320 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles Map Full Price: $20.00 Your price: $10.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 323-960-7753 |
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Dell'Arte's The Golden State presented by 24th Street Theatre By: Lauren Wilson 24th Street Theatre 2/8/2008 thru 2/24/2008 Looking to establish a home base in Southern California, internationally-renowned physical theater ensemble The Dell'Arte Company brings its critically acclaimed production of The Golden State to 24th Street Theatre. This play is a 21st century adaptation of Molière's comic gem, The Miser. 24th Street Theatre 1117 West 24th Street, Los Angeles Map Full Price: $25.00 Your price: $12.50 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 213-745-6516 |
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Departures By: M. Catlin, D. Ferguson, E. Hortis, J. Lunsford, J. Mellon, Duane Pool, M. Wyrick, P. Richards Open at the Top Productions 1/18/2008 thru 2/24/2008 DEPARTURES is the newest collaboration from the writers, actors and directors of Open at the Top. Set in an airport terminal, DEPARTURES is a play about the endings, and beginnings, of twelve travelers. From a bride in her wedding dress with an extraordinary case of cold feet to a grandfather determined to bring his young grandson home from Iraq, these characters share their dreams, their fears and their secrets with each other in the moments before each takes the most defining journey of their life. By turns wry and moving, hopeful and nostalgic, DEPARTURES blends the voices of an eclectic group of writers into a tapestry of lives at their most daring moment--the moment of leaping into thin air, and letting faith give you wings. The NoHo Arts Center 11136 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood Map Full Price: $25.00 Your price: $12.50 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 818-508-7101 |
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Dreams of Anne Frank By: Bernard Kops MainStreet Theatre Company 1/17/2008 thru 2/2/2008 The U.S. premiere of an award-winning play based on Anne Frank’s famous diary. This imaginative play with music explores the fantasy world Anne Frank created as her family hid in a cramped attic during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam. Winner of both the London Fringe Award and the Time Out Award for best children's play during its London premiere. Suitable for ages 9+. Lewis Family Playhouse 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga Map Full Price: $12.00 to $18.00 Your price: $6.00 to $9.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 909-477-2752 |
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Driving Miss Daisy By: Alfred Uhry La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts 2/1/2008 thru 2/17/2008 starring Michael Learned The Pulitzer Prize & Academy Award Winning Story! Acclaimed Broadway actress and Film & Emmy Award-winning TV star Michael Learned (The Waltons) stars in Driving Miss Daisy written by Alfred Uhry and directed by Brian Kite. Lance E. Nichols will play Hoke and Morgan Rusler will appear as Boolie.
Alfred Uhry's much awarded play is about the relationship an elderly Jewish lady shares with her African-American chauffer, over a span of 25 years. A funny, warm and engaging comedy that effectively captures the blossoming friendship between two very unlikely people.
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Edge By: Paul Alexander Odyssey Theatre Ensemble 1/5/2008 8:00:00 PM thru 3/2/2008 Straight from its successful run Off-Broadway, Edge, written by Paul Alexander and starring Outer Critics Award nominee Angelica Torn, the daughter of Rip Torn and Geraldine Page, deals with Sylvia Plath's life as a whole, including her early years in Boston, the untimely death of her brilliant father, and her infamous suicide attempt of 1953, which became the basis of her classic novel, The Bell Jar. Odyssey Theatres 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., W. Los Angeles Map Full Price: $25.00 Your price: $12.50 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 310-477-2055 |
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End of the Tour, The By: Joel Drake Johnson Road Theatre Company 1/18/2008 thru 3/8/2008 A frantic phone call from Jan forces her brother, Andrew, to return home to small-town Dixon, Ill. - the boyhood home of Ronald Reagan - to deal with their ailing mother, Mae - an irate "temporary" resident of a nursing home. As Jan struggles to leave town and reclaim her life, she and Mae attempt to navigate their difficult relationship. Meanwhile Andrew takes his lover on a tour through his childhood haunts, reliving the sorrow that has impacted his life. This sometimes comic "tour" includes a look inside the home of Jan's soon to be ex-husband, whose best friend has unusual views on life, love, and when to call the vet. Balancing humor and pain, the story deals with people attempting to pull up out of the dissappointment that has become their lives. The Road Theatre Company 5108 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood Map Full Price: $25.00 Your price: $12.50 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 866-811-4111 |
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Flu Season, The By: Will Eno Circle X Theatre Company 2/16/2008 thru 3/22/2008 Circle X Theatre Company proudly presents "The Flu Season" Written by Will Eno Directed by Jonathan Westerberg [Inside] the Ford, at the Ford Amphitheatre. Set in winter, The Flu Season is an unpredictable, reluctant love story. A love story with spite for itself. The Guardian (UK) hailed "The Flu Season" as: " ...A play to remind us why sunsets make us sad, how nostalgia is like fog and why we live our lives as though we are in mourning for them. THE FLU SEASON is stingingly funny and really rather beautiful. It is vicious stuff, you don't realize it has cut you deep until you feel the warm seep of bloody despair." Playwright Will Eno is a Helen Merrill Playwriting Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow, and an Edward F. Albee Foundation Fellow. In 2004, he was awarded the first-ever Marian Seldes/Garson Kanin Fellowship by the Theater Hall of Fame. The Flu Season recently won the Oppenheimer Award for best debut production by an American playwright. [INSIDE] THE FORD 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Hollywood Map Full Price: $20.00 Your price: $10.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 323-461-3673 |
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Harm's Way By: Shem Bitterman Circus Theatricals 12/1/2007 thru 2/9/2008 **** RECOMMENDED! **** Los Angeles Times **** CRITIC'S PICK! **** Back Stage West World Premiere! Circus Theatricals presents HARM'S WAY
written by Shem Bitterman
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm through February 9, 2008.
CIRCUS THEATRICALS STUDIO THEATER at the Hayworth,
Reservations: 323-960-1054
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Hunchback of Notre Dame, The By: Book and Lyrics by Gary Lamb, Music by William A. Reilly - Based on Victor Hugo's novel Crown City Theatre Company 1/19/2008 thru 2/24/2008 “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” Musical EXTENDED Crown City Theatre Company reopens their Musical Adaptation of Victor Hugo’s Classic - “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” for an extended run of their successful December production. This production performed in the sanctuary of St. Matthews Church complete with vaulted ceilings and stained glass windows returns by popular demand. Come see this magnificent Broadway style musical. Several Actor’s Equity Performers will continue to adorn the stage from Melissa Bailey who has appeared on Broadway to local favorites Bill Mendieta, Chris Allport, Amy Bloom, Johnny Ferreti, Rachel Howe, Derek Knight, Alissa-Nicole Koblentz, Chris Kolb and joining the cast Vsev Krawczeniuk (Claude Frollo). This adaptation has been revised from the Culver City 1996 version, which received rave reviews and was nominated as “Pick of the Week", “Recommended” and received 5 Dramalogue Awards. St. Matthew's Church 11031 Camarillo St., North Hollywood Map Full Price: $20.00 Your price: $10.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 818-942-6684 |
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Il Bidone By: Federico Fellini, adapted by Patrick Mapel Rushforth Productions 1/19/2008 thru 2/24/2008 L.A. Weekly says GO! "This is an impressively mounted production, executed with aplomb by a solid ensemble. Okulus Anomali's music, Fionnagan Murphy's sound, Jeffrey Elias Teeter's lighting and Janne Larsen's set blend to create a haunting aura that is both whimsical and harsh. It's an ironical backdrop to what ultimately emerges as gripping human drama." Bootleg Theatre 2220 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles Map Full Price: $20.00 Your price: $10.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 213-455-1495 |
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James Joyce's The Dead By: Book by Richard Nelson and Music by Shaun Davey Open Fist Theatre Company 2/8/2008 thru 3/22/2008 "James Joyce's The Dead" is based on his famous short story from DUBLINERS. The story speaks to the family, friends and life he had in Ireland before his self imposed exile. The musical takes place in Dublin 1904 during the Epiphany party given by the Sisters Morken, local music teachers. Singing and dancing, eating and drinking, getting together once again to make contact is the order of the evening. It is during this party that Gabriel Conroy looks at his life, loves, family and country, both past and present, the living and the dead and wonders how he fits into it all. This Tony Award winning work is warm and touching and may bring to mind memories of one of your "dead" The show runs 90 minutes without an intermission. Open Fist Theatre 6209 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood Map Full Price: $10.00 to $25.00 Your price: $5.00 to $12.50 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 323-882-6912 |
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Kerr Package By: Kerr Seth Lordygan Eclectic Company Theatre 1/11/2008 thru 2/10/2008 www.eclecticcompanytheatre.org Eclectic Company Theatre 5312 Laurel Canyon Blvd., North Hollywood Map Full Price: $18.00 Your price: $9.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 818-508-3003 |
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Last Days Of Judas Iscariot, The By: Stephen Adly Guirgis 68 Cent Crew Theatre Company 1/18/2008 thru 2/24/2008 A modern, urban, laugh-out-loud look at the bible's most notorious sinner. JUDAS is set in a time-bending, darkly comic world between Heaven and Hell, where agnostic lawyer Fabiana Aziza Cunningham has brought before the court The New Testament's most infamous and unexplained sinner – Judas Iscariot. Fabiana and her opposing prosecutor, Yusef El-Fayoumy, call on a cavalcade of witnesses from Sigmund Freud to Satan in this dark courtroom comedy. Theatre 68 5419 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood Map Full Price: $20.00 to $25.00 Your price: $10.00 to $12.50 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 323-467-6688 |
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Last Schwartz, The By: Deborah Zoe Laufer Zephyr Theatre 10/20/2007 thru 2/24/2008 In this poignant comedy, the Schwartz siblings have gathered in their childhood family home for the one-year anniversary of their father's death. Over the weekend, fireworks, riotous humor and serious drama unfolds, as the parties interact and a long-held family secret is revealed. Zephyr Theatre 7456 Melrose Ave., Hollywood Map Full Price: $25.00 to $30.00 Your price: $12.50 to $15.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 323-852-9111 |
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Leading Ladies By: Ken Ludwig Norris Center for the Performing Arts 1/25/2008 thru 2/3/2008 A comedic play about two English Shakespearean actors, Jack and Leo, who find themselves so down on their luck, they're forced to perform "Scenes from Shakespeare" on the Moose Lodge Circuit in the Amish country of Pennsylvania. When they hear that an old lady in York, PA is about to die and leave a fortune to her two long lost English relatives, they decide to pass themselves off as her nephews to get the cash. The amusement abounds when they get to York and realize the relatives aren't nephews, but nieces. How far will Jack and Leo go to claim the money? The Norris Theatre 27570 Crossfield Drive, Rolling Hills Estates Map Full Price: $38.00 Your price: $19.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 310-544-0403 |
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Love Struck By: Marie Barrientos and Odalys Nanin Macha Theatre/Films 2/14/2008 thru 3/30/2008 A hilarious comedy... in a continuum of sexual attractions. Frontiers by Les Spindle Back by Popular Demand for it's tenth year anniversary with a brand new look! Macha Theatre/Films 1107 North Kings Rd., West Hollywood Map Full Price: $30.00 Your price: $15.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 323-960-7792 |
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MARAT/SADE By: Peter Weiss Knightsbridge Theatre 1/18/2008 thru 2/17/2008 Marat/Sade is a beautifully intense and thought-provoking play that combines powerful language and realism with extraordinary physical movement and music. It is a play within a play, the present date being set in 1808 France in the famous yet controversial asylum of Charenton, in which the inmates present us with a story set in 1793 during the French Revolution. We witness the final day in the life of revolutionary, Jean-Paul Marat, who was assassinated by Charlotte Corday. The play within the play is written by the Marquis de Sade and is set in a bath house. We see Sade and Marat converse about life and death, sexuality, organized religion, the role of the government and the purpose of the revolution. In real life they never met, but Sade did speak at Marat's funeral. Weiss remains mostly accurate with historical facts, but certainly alters some aspects for theatrical purposes. Knightsbridge Theatre Company 1944 Riverside Dr., Los Angeles Map Full Price: $20.00 Your price: $10.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 323-667-0955 |
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Melancholy Play By: Sarah Ruhl Son of Semele Ensemble 2/1/2008 thru 2/24/2008 Thanks to medical advances such as Prozac, Americans can finally fulfill their constitutional destiny to not only pursue happiness, but embrace it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. But is that a good thing? Sarah Ruhl addresses this question and others in her 2002 “MELANCHOLY PLAY.” Ruhl’s play is a mad-cap ode to an emotion that is rapidly disappearing from the American landscape. In “MELANCHOLY PLAY,” a group of cheerful Illinois residents are shaken up by a melancholy yet attractive young stranger, Tilly, who works at the bank. Tilly’s aura of sweet sorrow draws others toward her causing them to fall instantly in love with her, but when Tilly becomes happy it wreaks havoc on their lives. Frances, Tilly’s hairdresser, becomes so melancholy that she turns into an almond. It is up to Tilly to get her back. Every scene is accompanied by an on-stage cellist whose emotionally resonant musical numbers are like an additional leading player. Son of Semele 3301 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles Map Full Price: $20.00 Your price: $10.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 213-351-3507 |
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Merry Wives of Windsor, The By: William Shakespeare Los Angeles Shakespeare Company 1/18/2008 thru 3/1/2008 The Merry Wives of Windsor presents non-stop hilarity, led by Falstaff, a huge, larger-than-life character, made so popular and unforgettable in the Henry IV plays that Queen Elizabeth I commanded Shakespeare to write a play featuring the Fat Knight in love. Director Dennis Gersten sets the production in 1928 rural America, with Fallstaff and his cronies as an aging hip-hop artist and his entourage from 2008, trying to seduce two of the town's leading ladies. Fallstaff finds that rural wives are more than a match for a rhyming lothario. Los Angeles Shakespeare Company 1909 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga Map Full Price: $25.00 Your price: $12.50 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 310-455-9400 |
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Monkey Jar, The By: Richard Martin Hirsch Theatre Forty 2/2/2008 thru 3/6/2008 WORLD PREMIERE: With the exp;loding unrest & violence in schools, this is a timely play that addresses fears of educators who have to deal with conflicting personalities, politically correct behavior and school's desire to keep pristine reputation. A young student brings a gun to class in school that has heavy parental involvement, pride in high test scores and enviable reputation. With multiple ethnicities involved-a first year African-American principal; a Japanese-American teacher who is privately gay; and an Asian-American student whose adoptive parents are Jewish - an explosive situation could ruin lives and tarnish the school's reputation. Having to balance justice and expediency is the heart of the matter. Theatre Forty at Reuben Cordova Theatre 241 Moreno Dr., Beverly Hills Map Full Price: $20.00 to $22.00 Your price: $10.00 to $11.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 310-364-0535 |
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Mr. Marmalade By: Noah Haidle 3KO Broadway Theatre Company 2/22/2008 thru 3/29/2008 The Gardner Stages 1501 N. Gardner Street, Los Angeles Map Full Price: $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 310-583-2633 |
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Orson's Shadow By: Austin Pendelton Pasadena Playhouse 1/11/2008 thru 2/17/2008
Conceived by Judith Auberjonois Starring (in alphabetical order)
Nick Cernoch as Sean January 11 - February 17, 2008 An ingenious tale of two Hollywood giants � Orson Welles and Laurence Olivier. The time is 1960; the place is a London theatre. Legendary critic Kenneth Tynan has made a startling proposal: Welles should direct Olivier and the young Joan Plowright in Rhinoceros, Ionesco's absurdist masterpiece. But it is the rehearsal process that brims with absurdity as titanic personalities, including Vivien Leigh, wrestle the muse. Based on an actual event, Orson's Shadow is a witty and incisive depiction of the drama of theatre.
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Paging Dr. Chutzpah By: Mark Troy Sidewalk Studio Theatre 12/14/2007 thru 3/1/2008 What happens when you get a world-renowned Park Avenue psychiatrist, his nephew, a neurotic Secretary, a stripper and a cat in the same room? Dr. Lester Oronofsky is New York's top psychiatrist. It says so on his website. Park Avenue office, lecture tours, book deals. But with one problem, The doctor loves the women. Tall, short, big, small -- and particularly... his patients! When Oronofsky's estranged nephew shows up for a visit, he is not only confronted with his sexual indiscretions, but with the fear that the young protege comes with a deep dark secret. This is sure to cause a lot of mishegas! The play features an outstanding ensemble boasting both international and local acclaim. Its members are: Marq Del Monte, Heidi Fielek, Colette Freedman, Melissa Tan Hardy, Danny Lippin and Alycia Tracy. Sidewalk Studio Theatre 4150 Riverside Drive, Burbank Map Full Price: $20.00 Your price: $10.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 818-558-5702 |
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Pick of the Vine: Season 6 By: Brandli, Korbar, Levine, Lewison, Mandia, Pepper, Swanson, Suthers Little Fish Theatre 1/11/2008 thru 2/9/2008 There's something for everyone as POV 2008 journeys with hungry vegans, questioning monks, bugs in a jar, and people with secrets to reveal. Pick of the Vine 2008 – 9 Original One-Act Plays by Jami Brandli (Normal), Steven Korbar (Unhealthy Appetites), Mark Harvey Levine (In the Jar, A Case of Anxiety), David Lewison (Maryanne), Chris Mandia (War Zones and Wal-marts), Cary Pepper (The Answer), Chris Shaw Swanson (Bankin' on the Grand), Trevor Suthers (Water under the Bridge). Directed by Mark Piatelli, Melanie Jones and Rich Perloff. Produced by Caroline Benzon. Little Fish Theatre 777 Centre Street, San Pedro Map Full Price: $22.00 Your price: $11.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 310-512-6030 |
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Proof By: David Auburn Kentwood Players 1/11/2008 thru 2/16/2008 Directed by Sheldon Metz, with Assistant Director Jim Crawford and Producer Valerie Ruel, featuring Christine Joëlle, Scot Renfro, Meredith M. Sweeney, and Andrew Zimmer. Proof is the highly acclaimed drama that has earned a remarkable number of awards since its Broadway opening in 2001, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony award for Best Play. It is a wonderfully compassionate play about a young woman who, on the death of her brilliant mathematician father, must sort out and deal with a number of long denied feelings and fears including coming to grips with knowing she may be fated to the same mental degeneration and insanity he suffered. In a dazzling series of scenes, this situation is exacerbated by the presence of the girl’s older sister and a former student of her father's who she finds attractive, but who may only be out to further his own career. This play contains adult language and situations and is not recommended for children. Westchester Playhouse 8301 Hindry Ave., Los Angeles Map Full Price: $18.00 Your price: $9.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 310-645-5156 |
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Prove It On Me By: Dee Jae Cox LA Gay & Lesbian Center's Village at Ed Gould Plaza 1/19/2008 thru 3/2/2008 Los Angeles Women's Theatre Project and The Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center presents PROVE IT ON ME. In 1929 . . .Some kinds of love could get you killed Some family secrets should have stayed buried. . . But with a little New Orleans Voodoo and a whole lot of Sultry, Harlem Blues, Two hearts were on a collison course with fate New Orleans Voodoo and Harlem Blues come together like sultry lovers on a hot summer night in this 1929 story of a black blues singer and a wealthy white socialite who find that racism isn’t the only obstacle in their relationship. The Stock Market crash, visions derived from chicken bones and long guarded family secrets, weave together a drama infused with the passion of blues music and the dangers of forbidden love. Please Note: The role of Georgia will be played by Lisa Tharps Feb 1st, 2nd & 3rd Stella Adler Theatre 6773 Hollywood Blvd. 2nd Floor, Los Angeles Map Full Price: $30.00 Your price: $15.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 323-960-7721 |
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Queen Christina Goes Roman By: Howard Casner Howard Casner / Halsted Street Productions 1/12/2008 thru 2/17/2008 “Howard Casner’s ambitious fantasia is a big and boisterous farce…Casner’s premise is fascinating, and the script occasionally makes powerful thematic points…flashes of brilliance” In Magazine. “If you find the spectacle of a Pope in blue silk undies and a feathered see-through peignoir hilarious……the actors give it their all…make the harrowing last scene moving” Backstage West. In real life, Sweden’s Queen Christina abdicated her throne so she would not have to marry and could convert to Catholicism. Here, she abdicates because she is having an affair with a nun. The characters include Pope Julius II, Edward II, Roy Cohn and Peter Tchaikovsky, all alive at the same time. There exist all modern conveniences, such as movies and planes, but Galileo has just renounced his theory that the earth revolves around the sun and Joan of Arc has, well…you know. But in the end, the more things change, the more they stay the same. The Complex 6472 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood Map Full Price: $20.00 Your price: $10.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 213-304-1063 |
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Rabbi and the Shiksa, The By: Art Shulman Fire Rose Productions 2/8/2008 thru 3/16/2008 Secret Rose Theatre 11246 Magnolia Blvd, North Hollywood Map Full Price: $20.00 Your price: $10.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 818-766-3691 |
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Ray Bradbury's Invisible Boy By: Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury's Pandemonium Theatre Company 1/19/2008 thru 2/9/2008 Two of the short plays included in Ray Bradbury’s holiday show at Fremont Centre have proven so popular, that they’re being brought back, adding a third short play to make a full evening of theatre. “The Pedestrian” is the story of a dystopian future, where walking outdoors after dark is prohibited by law. Jay Gerber and Michael Prichard play two men who defy that law in this new staging based on Bradbury’s precursor to his masterpiece “Fahrenheit 451.” In “Invisible Boy,” a manipulative but lonely witch seeks to adopt a relative as her own son. She offers the lad a gift of invisibility but, things don’t turn out quite the way she planned. Roses Prichard and Grady Hutt star in this new adaptation of the classic Bradbury fantasy.. “Bless Me, Father, For I Have Sinned”: A priest is called upon to give absolution on Christmas Eve for a supplicant’s appalling act of cruelty. Jay Gerber stars in this stage adaptation of Bradbury’s story. Fremont Centre Theatre 1000 Fremont Ave., So. Pasadena Map Full Price: $20.00 Your price: $10.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 323-960-4451 |
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Shadow Box, The By: Michael Cristofer Malibu Stage Company 1/17/2008 thru 2/2/2008 Zuma Repertory Theatre presents Michael Cristofer's Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning play, touching on themes of life and death, acceptance and forgiveness, and the persistence of hope. Based on Cristofer's own personal experiences with two friends dying of cancer, the action takes place on a hospital campus where three terminally ill patients and their families and loved ones gather. The trio of primary characters find themselves on their own independent journeys, examining the emotions attendant to confronting death, while also celebrating life and its ambiguities to the fullest. Malibu Stage Company 29243 Pacific Coast HWY, Malibu Map Full Price: $20.00 Your price: $10.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 310-589-1998 |
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Social Security By: Andrew Bergman Santa Monica Theatre Guild 1/18/2008 thru 2/16/2008 In the trendy world of 1980's Manhattan, hyper chic art dealers - David and Barbara Kahn - are riding high until their life is shattered at the arrival of her dreary sister and uptight brother-in-law, come to save their college age daughter from the horrors of living only for sex, and have brought along her crotchety, critical septuagenarian mother. The mother meets the Kahn's best client - a ninety-eight-year-old European icon, and sparks start to fly where none were thought possible. Revel in all the delightful silliness, glitz, music, fashions and pretensions of the 80s, from giant shoulder pads to "blank" paintings. Morgan-Wixson Theatre 2627 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica Map Full Price: $18.00 Your price: $9.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 310-828-7519 |
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Spatter Pattern (or, How I Got Away With It) By: Neal Bell Ark Theatre Company 1/12/2008 thru 2/23/2008 As writer Edward Dunn struggles with the loss of his life-long love, David, he is thrust into the machinations of college professor Marcus Tate, accused in the grisly slashing death of a student. As each man wrestles with culpability and self-reproach, their growing friendship is by turns cruel, touching and perhaps even life-saving. Playwright Neal Bell’s stirring elegy, part whodunit, part tale of redemption, is eerie, moving and laced throughout with dark humor. FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY. Due to ADULT CONTENT, no children under 18 will be admitted without a parent or guardian present. The Ark Theatre Company 1647 South La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles Map Full Price: $20.00 Your price: $10.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 323-969-1707 |
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Talk About The Passion By: Graham Farrow The Chance Theater 2/10/2008 thru 3/16/2008 Following the murder of his only child, a man is forced to endure the attention that accompanies the release of the killer’s best-selling autobiography. How far will a father go to get even? And how does the woman who published the novel defend her actions? Timely and controversial, Talk About the Passion is an engaging drama that bravely confronts society’s morbid fascination with terrible crimes and our habit of forgiving the criminal and criminalizing the victim. The Chance Theater 5552 E. La Palma Ave, Anaheim Map Full Price: $25.00 Your price: $12.50 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 714-777-3033 |
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Twentieth Century By: Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, adapted by Ken Ludwig Theatre Palisades 1/11/2008 thru 2/16/2008 Oscar Jaffe, the egomaniacal Broadway producer, needs a hit. He meets Lily, an actress he took from chorus girl to leading lady, on the Twentieth Century, the legendary train going from Chicago to New York. Will he get her to sign a contract? He has 20 hours to secure his financing. If he fails, it's the end of the line. Theatre Palisades 941 Temescal Cyn Rd., Pacific Palisades Map Full Price: $14.00 to $18.00 Your price: $7.00 to $9.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 310-454-1970 |
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Victory By: Athol Fugard Fountain Theatre 1/25/2008 thru 3/9/2008 From the creators and author of the award-winning production of EXITS AND ENTRANCES, comes the U.S. Premiere of Athol Fugard's newest play, VICTORY, directed by Ovation Award-winner Stephen Sachs and starring Ovation Award-winner, Morlan Higgins, with Lovensky Jean-Baptiste and Tinashe Kajese, produced by Simon Levy and Deborah Lawlor. A thrilling and searing new play about the "New South Africa" from one of the world's greatest playwrights. “The play is at once a contained and savage thriller and a political microcosm. The sense of lives lived side by side yet worlds apart, and of the insidiousness of hierarchical social patterns, continually reasserts itself… fiercely beautiful.” – London Times Fountain Theatre 5060 Fountain Ave, Los Angeles Map Full Price: $25.00 to $30.00 Your price: $12.50 to $15.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 323-663-1525 |
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What The Butler Saw By: Joe Orton Sacred Fools Theatre Company 1/25/2008 thru 3/1/2008 "I'M NOT MAD...IT ONLY LOOKS THAT WAY!" The director of LA BETE, ACT A LADY and A MULHOLLAND CHRISTMAS CAROL brings you this classic, hilarious, subversive farce. When the reputable Dr. Prentice takes a more seductive than medical approach to interviewing an aspiring secretary, his botched seduction leads inevitably to comic bedlam involving his insatiable wife, a randy bellhop, a befuddled police officer and, ultimately, the formidable manhood of Sir Winston Churchill. Presented in the original, unbowdlerized British edition rarely seen in this country! BE ADVISED: This play contains nudity, sexual shenanigans, dishonesty, and bad things happening to good people. LEAVE THE KIDS AT HOME! Sacred Fools Theatre Company 660 N. Heliotrope Dr, Hollywood Map Full Price: $20.00 Your price: $10.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 310-281-8337 |
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WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION By: AGATHA CHRISTIE Woodland Hills Theatre at the West Valley Playhouse 2/1/2008 thru 2/24/2008 A man who is the sole beneficiary, of an older very wealthy woman. is accused of her murder Every thing points to his guilt until Sir Wilfrid Robarts takes on the case. Arguably Dame Agatha’s greatest mystery. Only Agatha Christie could have conceived such a suspenseful thriller and then capped it of with an uncanny triple flip-ending. If you think you know the ending, THINK AGAIN West Valley Playhouse 7242 Owensmouth Ave., , Canoga Park Map Full Price: $24.00 Your price: $12.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 818-884-1907 |
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World's Largest Rodent, The By: Don Zolidis The Victory Theatre Center 2/22/2008 thru 4/13/2008 In the Big Victory: THE WORLD’S LARGEST RODENT – a world premiere comedy by Don Zolidis. Directed by Tom Ormeny. Produced by The Victory Theatre Center (Maria Gobetti & Tim Sullens) A wickedly funny satire about young Billy in his quest through life with the help of a magical, beer-swilling capybara and a sexy but home-schooled, evangelist-girlfriend! The Big Victory Theatre 3326 W. Victory Blvd., Burbank Map Full Price: $34.00 Your price: $17.00 Click Here! For full price ticket information call 818-841-5421 |
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