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Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Jan 11, 2013-Sun, Dec 22, 2013. Set in a drought-ridden rural town in the West in Depression era America, the play tells the story of a pivotal hot summer day in the life of spinsterish Lizzie Curry. Lizzie keeps house for her father and two brothers on the family cattle ranch. She has just returned from a trip to visit pseudo-cousins (all male), which was undertaken with the failed expectation that she would find a husband. As their farm languishes under the devastating drought, Lizzie's family worries about her marriage prospects more than about their dying cattle. A charming confidence trickster named Starbuck arrives and promises to bring rain in exchange for $100... MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Jan 18, 2013-Sun, Jan 5, 2014. Created by and starring noted actor Albie Selznick (Gray’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Dexter etc.) and magician (a lifetime member of Hollywood’s Magic Castle), Smoke and Mirrors is a semi-autobiographical fantastical coming-of-age story about a boy who uses magic to escape reality and face the world after the death of his father. MORE >>
Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Jun 8, 2013-Sun, Dec 29, 2013. Experience Lennon's timeless musical genius as Tim Piper takes you through John's life from tumultuous childhood to worldwide pop music superstar to groundbreaking social icon that influenced generations. You'll share a unique perspective on John's life, the stories behind the songs, and revealing insights about the birth of the Beatles, the pressures of super-stardom, and John's relationships with his loves and fellow Beatles. A musician, actor and songwriter Tim Piper has traveled the world performing music made famous by The Beatles and has distinguished himself as the preeminent John Lennon with roles in the CBS production The Linda McCartney Story, E! Channel’s John Lennon Story, Beatle Wives and as the singing voice of Lennon for the NBC TV movie of the week, In His Life -The John Lennon Story. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Jul 19, 2013-Sat, Dec 14, 2013. The New York hit comedy is now set to be the Los Angeles hit redux, from the company that launched the World Premiere and eight glorious months of Sideways The Play (now at La Jolla Playhouse), and Paradise - A Divine Bluegrass Musical Comedy. El Grande de Coca Cola is an extravaganza of timeless humor, in five languages you never knew you could speak. Set in the nightclub of a small backwater town, somewhere South of the Border. Pepe Hernandez (Señor Show Business) has boasted in the local press that he is bringing a group of famous international cabaret stars to town. He has persuaded his uncle, manager of the local Coca-Cola bottling plant, to advance him enough money to rent the club for three nights. It is show time for Pepe's ambitious extravaganza, "Parada de las Estrellas" (Parade of the Stars). MORE >>
Mondays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Sep 14, 2013-Mon, Dec 16, 2013. When their seventeen-year-old daughter goes missing during a winter blizzard, former high school lovers are forced to confront their tragic history. A hard-hitting working class drama about people struggling to redefine family. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Thu, Sep 19, 2013-Sun, Dec 15, 2013. The Fountain Theatre presents the exclusive Los Angeles revival of the iconic American play about a nation in denial (2011 Tony Award for “Best Revival” on Broadway). Not seen in L.A. for 16 years, playwright Larry Kramer's masterwork is an unflinching, totally unforgettable look at sexual politics during the AIDS crisis and remains one of the theater’s most powerful evenings ever. Fueled by love, anger, hope and pride, a circle of friends struggle to contain the mysterious disease ravaging New York's gay community. Dismissed by politicians, frustrated by doctors and fighting with each other, their differences could tear them apart – or change the world. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sun, Oct 6, 2013-Sat, Dec 21, 2013. A wildly funny and heartwarming play that explores various friendships through the lens of sexual tension. On his first night in a Midwestern city, Evan meets a circle of men who become his closest friends and potential lovers. This Joseph Jefferson award nominee for Best New Work is for anyone who’s ever fallen in love with a friend. In other words, it’s a play for everyone, straights, homosexuals and everyone in between! MORE >>
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Oct 11, 2013-Sun, Dec 15, 2013. A sexy, savage, darkly comic (and very modern) take on the battle of the sexes, David Greig’s new version of August Strindberg's psychological thriller will now make its Los Angeles Premiere. In this toxic triangle, Adolph anxiously awaits the return of his wife to their seaside resort while being comforted by his worldly advisor, Gustav. But comfort soon turns to destruction as old wounds are opened, insecurities are laid bare and former debts are settled in this fierce and funny tale of obsession, honor and revenge. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Oct 12, 2013-Sun, Dec 22, 2013. Winner of the Kevin Kline Award for Outstanding New Play, Falling explores the dynamic and complicated reality of a family with an autistic 18 year old, this play poses difficult questions about loving someone who is hard to love. The Martins try desperately to lead a normal life. But, when a relative comes to visit, the entire family is thrown out of equilibrium. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. Tue, Oct 22, 2013-Wed, Jan 1, 2014. Following his celebrated performances at the National Theatre in Burnt by the Sun, The Revenger's Tragedy, Philistines and The Man of Mode, Rory Kinnear plays Hamlet in a dynamic new production of Shakespeare's complex and profound play about the human condition, directed by Nicholas Hytner. MORE >>
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays. Thu, Oct 31, 2013-Sun, Jan 26, 2014. Oscar-winner Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire) directs a sensational production with Benedict Cumberbatch (Star Trek: Into Darkness, BBC's Sherlock) and Jonny Lee Miller (Trainspotting, CBS's Elementary) alternating roles as Victor Frankenstein and his creation. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Nov 1, 2013-Sun, Dec 15, 2013. Celebrated playwright Seth Zvi Rosenfeld delivers an explosive take on gentrification in a modern New York City neighborhood. The play tracks two hot, summer days in a city park filled with characters as unique and diverse as the city itself. Tempers flare as new transplants work to make their mark while old residents struggle to maintain their way of life. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Nov 1, 2013-Sun, Dec 15, 2013. Skylight Theatre Company presents twelve powerful and provocative new works from PlayLab, their professional playwriting program. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Nov 1, 2013-Sat, Dec 14, 2013. Based on Thomas Wolfe's autobiographical novel of the same name, Look Homeward, Angel examines the life of a young man growing up in a small town in the mountains of North Carolina during the early part of the 20th century. Brimming with fascinating and colorful characters, the play is funny, engaging, and ultimately poignant as our hero Eugene finds his way through love and loss. The original Broadway production opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theater on November 28, 1957 and ran for 564 performances. The play won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1958 as well as the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, and was nominated for multiple 1958 Tony Awards. In 1994 it won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and was recently revived in New York to huge acclaim in a production helmed by Austin Pendleton. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Nov 5, 2013-Sun, Dec 15, 2013. Invite death to come out and play in a creepy creation from Teller and performer/co-creator Todd Robbins who hosts a mesmerizing and terrorizing look at life, death and the horrific wonder between. Weaving together storytelling, illusion and telepathy proves that there is nothing more arousing than unholy resurrection and we’re never so alive as when we’re scared to death. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Thu, Nov 7, 2013-Sun, Dec 15, 2013. Meet the Nowaks of Buffalo, NY. They have always known they were special, ever since the night Clara’s father, an immigrant from war-torn Poland, had a miraculous vision in his barbershop. Keeping the faith nearly 65 years later in their gritty, deteriorating neighborhood are Clara and her grown children: Jimmy, a garbage collector, Bev, a ketchup bottler, and Ruth, who would be a struggling actress if she could only get a part. But now Ruth has stopped going to mass, Jimmy is dating a Jewish girl, and a deathbed confession causes the family legend to unravel with unexpectedly dramatic results. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Nov 8, 2013-Sun, Dec 22, 2013. Meet two very different Victorians-the bawdy and irreverent Charles Dickens versus the mannered and clerical Lewis Carroll . As the conversation goes from courteous to awkward to unexpectedly revealing, the audience is taken on a hilarious and surprising journey in real time that exposes much (and speculates more) about these influential authors. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Nov 8, 2013-Sun, Dec 8, 2013. The year is 1961. A handsome young president is in the White House. Elvis has been discharged from the army. The country vibrates to the sound of rock music. An exciting new decade dawns. Meanwhile, in Ireland things are bleak, and youth look toward America with dreams of fashion, freedom, and fun. The church has a wooden heart toward sins involving sex and crying in the chapel is commonplace for unmarried girls who "get into trouble" and are driven to desperate measures. Yet, in a Dublin sewing factory, we find girls who laugh and lust away their blues with jokes, pop culture worship, and dreams of their idol, Elvis Presley. When a talented teenage seamstress appears in the factory desperate for a job, the local priest becomes suspicious. As her employer and other workers discover they have a pregnant runaway amongst them, who wants to keep her child, they are compelled to take sides. Will they risk everything to protect the girl's right to motherhood or will they be forced to surrender her to her fate? MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Nov 8, 2013-Sat, Dec 14, 2013. This beloved American holiday classic comes to life as a live 1940’s radio broadcast, set on the stage and auditorium of Studio A at WBFR in Manhattan, New York on Christmas Eve, 1946. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve. MORE >>
Fridays, Sundays. Fri, Nov 8, 2013-Sun, Dec 15, 2013. This dramedy asks what happens when Sherlock Holmes - the world's foremost logician - comes face to face with a realm where logic does not exist? MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Nov 8, 2013-Sun, Dec 8, 2013. In this hilarious satire of musical theatre, one story becomes five delightful musicals, each written in the distinctive style of a different master of the form, from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Stephen Sondheim. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Nov 15, 2013-Sun, Dec 8, 2013. A riveting personal narrative that examines a queer Latina’s strained relationship with each of her two homes: Los Angeles, and Buenos Aires. Spending years in both cities, she dreams of a pilgrimage to meet her soccer idol Diego Maradona and see him play. The back and forth migration of her upbringing, amidst major moments in Argentine history, leaves her with few role models save an over-sexed Argentinean English teacher and a mute that communicates via horn. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Nov 15, 2013-Sun, Dec 15, 2013. A collection of three darkly brilliant one-act plays that form a trio of unforgettable personal accounts. All three are unblinking portraits of the complexities of evil in everyday life, exhibiting LaBute's signature raw, lyrical intensity. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Nov 15, 2013-Sat, Dec 21, 2013. Marilyn shares her secrets with the audience as if confiding in her best friend, going to the hidden corners of her tumultuous existence to surreptitiously reveal her darkest mysteries, and a few personal sex goddess tips! MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Nov 15, 2013-Sun, Dec 8, 2013. A fascinating and humorous story about the reuniting of three rival superstars of the Golden Era of Hollywood. Though unemployed ,they live in the hearts and memories of their loyal fans throughout the world. The three actresses join forces with their former casting agent to devise an ingenious plan to take them out of retirement and back into show business. The audience is transported on a journey into Old Hollywood , with its twists and turns behind the scenes. MORE >>
Sundays. Sun, Nov 17, 2013-Sun, Dec 15, 2013. The true story of Kabin Thomas, a University of Arkansas music professor fired for the use of profanity in the classroom. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Wed, Nov 20, 2013-Sun, Jan 12, 2014. Marvel at the breathtaking spectacle of animals brought to life by award-winning director Julie Taymor, whose visual images for this show you’ll remember forever. Thrill to the pulsating rhythms of the African Pridelands and an unforgettable score including Elton John and Tim Rice’s Oscar®-winning song “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” and “Circle of Life.” MORE >>
Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Nov 23, 2013-Sun, Dec 15, 2013. Three amazing actors, two very long scarves, and one glowing candle join forces with the original words as written by Charles Dickens to bring his holiday classic to vibrant new life. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Nov 23, 2013-Sun, Dec 22, 2013. Just when you thought it was safe to go back to Bethlehem! Jesus Christ was a child star who quickly faded into obscurity. And everyone involved in his Nativity saw their lives fall into ruinsfrom the Orient King who gave away all his gold, to the Talking Sheep who was forced to join a circus freak show, to the alcoholic Angel whose media blitz fell apart when the newborn king and his family fled into divine witness protection. Now, 30 years after his birth, the Ghosts of Nativities past converge on Bethlehem to teach Jesus Christ the true meaning of Christmas. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Nov 23, 2013-Sat, Dec 21, 2013. Storefront Church is the final installment of the trilogy called Church and State, which began with the critically acclaimed, Doubt. The story concerns a Bronx Borough President who is forced, by the mortgage crisis, into a confrontation with a local minister. The question they confront is one that faces us all. What is the relationship between spiritual experience and social action? MORE >>
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Nov 23, 2013-Sun, Dec 15, 2013. The U.S. premiere of a production that created a sensation at Berlin's Komische Oper last season. The concept was developed by the British theater company 1927, which specializes in mixing live performance and music with pre-recorded animation and film projections. With its seamless interaction of onstage performers and brilliantly evocative animation, this Magic Flute captures Mozart’s fantasy world in a way that Los Angeles has never encountered before. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Nov 26, 2013-Sun, Dec 22, 2013. Set during Christmas time, 1937 in Budapest Hungary, the play centers on two bickering employees at an upscale boutique who have been building an anonymous romantic relationship through letters. Written by Hungarian émigré Miklos Laszlo, and adapted by E. P. Dowdall, Parfumerie’s charming plot has inspired several films, including The Shop Around the Corner, In the Good Old Summertime, and You’ve Got Mail, as well as the Broadway musical, She Loves Me. Starring Richard Schiff (The West Wing), Eddie Kaye Thomas (American Pie), Deborah Ann Woll (True Blood) and Arye Gross (Six Feet Under). MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Nov 26, 2013-Sun, Jan 5, 2014. In this vivid and wrenching work, two-time Tony Award® winner Brian Dennehy (Death of a Salesman, Long Day’s Journey Into Night) embodies a man raging with delusions of grandeur one moment, humbled and begging for comfort in the next, scrambling to make sense of his life. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Nov 29, 2013-Fri, Dec 27, 2013. Recapture the spirit of an old-fashioned Christmas with this timeless Dickens classic and all your favorite characters—Tiny Tim and the Cratchit family, the Fezziwigs, the Ghosts of Christmas past, present and yet-to-come—and, as always, Hal Landon Jr. as everyone's favorite curmudgeon, Ebenezer Scrooge. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Nov 29, 2013-Sun, Jan 12, 2014. The world premiere of a bold, sexy, and humanizing portrait of Teresa of Avila, the 16th century mystic who became one of the most controversial reformers of the Catholic Church. Based on the novel “Sister Teresa” by New York Times bestselling author Bárbara Mujica and developed at the Actors Studio in collaboration with the novelist, this highly sensorial theater piece explores Teresa’s Jewish roots, her unconventional prayer life, her clashes with the Inquisition and her profound spirituality. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Nov 29, 2013-Sun, Dec 15, 2013. When the moon decides to leave the Earth in search of something better, it affects the lives of 5 people in somewhat extreme ways. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Nov 29, 2013-Sun, Dec 15, 2013. Based on the popular short story written by O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) about a young married couple and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Dec 3, 2013-Sun, Dec 29, 2013. Based on Truman Capote’s Depression-era short story, A Christmas Memory is a tender portrait of a rare friendship across the generations. Set in 1933 in rural Alabama, young Buddy is being raised by three eccentric cousins. He is closest to his elderly cousin Sook, still a child herself in many ways, and as Christmas nears, she and Buddy gather ingredients to bake holiday fruitcakes for those who've had a memorable impact on their lives in the past year. Sook’s sister Jennie is concerned that the time Buddy spends with Sook will cause him to grow up soft. Enlisting the aid of their bachelor-brother Seabon, she plots to separate the best friends for their own good. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Dec 3, 2013-Sun, Dec 22, 2013. Sue Mengers was an American original. She was the first female “superagent” at a time when women talent agents of any kind were almost unheard of. She came from near poverty, a refugee from Hitler's Germany, and worked her way up through pluck, charm, and a legendary wit. In that uniquely American way, she invented herself; and when the career she wanted didn't exist, she invented that as well: “Superagent.” It was a term Hollywood all but coined for her. By the 1970's, she represented almost every major star in Hollywood and went on to become the town’s most renowned hostess. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Dec 3, 2013-Tue, Dec 24, 2013. Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies weaves together nostalgia, music and merriment in the Geffen Playhouse’s new seasonal classic. A holiday show for people of all ages and all faiths, Coney Island Christmas introduces us to Shirley Abramowitz, a young Jewish girl who, much to her immigrant parents' exasperation, is cast as Jesus in the school’s Christmas pageant. The play captures a timeless and universal tale of what it means to be an American during the holidays and is a perfect tradition to begin with your friends and family. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Dec 3, 2013-Sun, Jan 12, 2014. Before Peter was Pan, he was just a boy. But when this orphan climbs aboard the good ship Neverland, he whisks us away on an exhilarating adventure to answer the century-old question: How did Peter Pan become The Boy Who Never Grew Up? In this innovative and imaginative musical play based on the best-selling Disney-Hyperion novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, a company of wildly talented actors play more than a hundred unforgettable characters in the epic origin story of popular culture’s most enduring and beloved hero. MORE >>
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Today-Sun, Dec 22, 2013. LA’s most “hilariously deranged” (Los Angeles Times) holiday tradition returns for its 18th year. MORE >>
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Today-Sun, Jan 19, 2014. One of the Troubadour Theater Company's most beloved characters, Winter Warlock, takes a walk down memory lane while crooning some chart-topping "one-hit-wonders" with his holiday friends. 'Tis the season for fun and reflection, so break out your tape decks and Walkmans and head on down to the Falcon to hear the incredible story of the tallest Troubie this side of town. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Thu, Dec 5, 2013-Sun, Dec 22, 2013. In what has become a holiday tradition, Independent Shakespeare Co. re-creates (with a little artistic license) the experience of a public reading given by Mr. Dickens himself. MORE >>
Thu, Dec 5, 2013-Wed, Dec 11, 2013. A very rare staging of Verdi’s grand opera sung in original French celebrates the composer’s bi-centenary year. Among the star singers in production are Lianna Haroutounian, Bryan Hymel, Erwin Schrott, Michael Volle, and Jean Teitgen. Stefan Herheim, acclaimed Norwegian director makes his Covent Garden debut. He is the ‘hot’ director on the block, revered for his German concept style and radical thinking, with award-winning Wagner productions in Berlin and Bayreuth among many others. In select theaters nationwide. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays. Thu, Dec 5, 2013-Sat, Dec 21, 2013. Vixen, one of Santa's reindeer accuses him of sexual harassment. When the media descends upon the North Pole, the rest of The Eight are compelled to share their stories and perspectives. As their tales of corruption and perversion emerge, they seem to implicate everyone from the littlest toymaker to the "Jolly Old Elf" himself. As we learn each deer's personal story, the truth behind these allegations becomes more clear...and yet more murky. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays. Thu, Dec 5, 2013-Fri, Dec 20, 2013. A unique stage production which gives voice to the inner-most thoughts of men from all walks of life. Topics such as finding true love, conceiving a child, and grieving after the loss of a loved one are all broached. Video and music segments are weaved into the show to create a one-of-a-kind stage experience. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Dec 6, 2013-Sat, Dec 21, 2013. It's young adult kids against retired parents in this fast paced comedic farce that will have you laughing into the new year. Dean and Joanne want to spend one final Christmas with their children before moving to Florida. Uh Oh! Grandpa dies and everyone tries to hide his body from each other for their own selfish reasons. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays. Fri, Dec 6, 2013-Sat, Dec 21, 2013. Tony Award-winning actor/director Paul Sand is transforming an enclosed observation deck at the end of the Santa Monica Pier into what will be a cabaret-style performing space dark, featuring Kurt Weill' theatrical waterfront songs all about revenge, murder and broken hearts. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Dec 6, 2013-Sun, Dec 22, 2013. Oh no! Long Beach is sinking and it’s up to their band of intrepid heroes to figure out why. Join Rod, Ging, Trisha and Dixie as they journey into the depths of the Earth to discover what sort of calamity could cause the city to sink! As always, this show is an ice cream social so FREE ice cream in addition to a hootin’ and hollerin’ good time. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Dec 6, 2013-Sun, Jan 19, 2014. In this world premiere comedy with a heart, Mom has been dead for 11 months and shows up at her husband’s birthday party as a ghost with a mission. Like Clarence in “It’s A Wonderful Life,” she has to accomplish a task to earn her wings. Only what the task actually is, is a mystery. There are so many things to fix. The problem is complicated by the fact that the only person who can hear or see Mom is her daughter who has been ordered by the court to spend Dad’s birthday with him as part of her Anger Management Program. One by one, the family's secrets are peeled away revealing a shocking truth that surprises even our ghost. MORE >>
Daily. Fri, Dec 6, 2013-Tue, Dec 24, 2013. The perfect blend of Yuletide snark and sentiment is being compared to old time Vaudeville and to the likes of the Kids in the Hall and the Carol Burnett Show. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Dec 6, 2013-Sun, Dec 15, 2013. Every year, hundreds of young women are kidnapped using violence, deceit or coercion and forced into prostitution. The victims are held using threats, forced debt, lies, and violence. México is second in the world with these cases. Slaves tells the history, inspired by a real case, of a young Mexican woman brought to the US under the promise of marriage and forced to work as a prostitute, while her mother desperately searches for MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Dec 6, 2013-Sun, Dec 22, 2013. When Cassie and her teddy bear, Pretend, hide so they won’t miss Christmas, they accidentally find themselves in The Enchanted Forest, where imagination is ruled by all. Cassie embarks on an incredible journey and meets some colorful characters a long the way. When a witch threatens to stop Christmas forever, Cassie and her newfound friends must find a way to save Christmas and The Enchanted Forest, while learning the meaning of sharing. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Dec 6, 2013-Sat, Dec 21, 2013. An existential romance where some people are getting laid off at Farmann & Farmann Publishing Company -- but others are simply vanishing. Literally. Colin can't decide which is worse as he fights to stay visible long enough to win the heart of Fran, in the next cubicle. With a work deadline looming, a client who suddenly can't see him, and a boss who's forgotten about him, Colin must enlist the help of some co-workers he never knew existed before, to get Fran to notice him before he disappears completely. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Dec 6, 2013-Sun, Jan 5, 2014. Inspired by the yuletide tradition of the medieval mystery plays, the two interrelated one-acts in The Mystery Plays wrestle with the most profound of human ideas and beliefs but with a horrific twist. The holidays will never be the same for the unsuspecting people sent on their mysterious journeys into the unknown and the unknowable. MORE >>
Fri, Dec 6, 2013-Sat, Dec 7, 2013. David Sedaris' outrageously funny one-man play about the author’s experiences as an unemployed writer taking a job as an elf at Macy’s. At first the job is simply humiliating, but once the thousands of visitors start pouring through Santa's workshop, he becomes battle weary and bitter, occasionally taking out his frustrations on the children and parents alike. For those who like a little spice with their Christmas sugar, this tale of mass marketing, stressed out sales clerks, drunk Santas, screaming kids and the general insanity of the holidays is hilarious, witty, sardonic and unpredictable; mercilessly cutting through the Christmas spirit to point out what crazy things we do as human beings during the holidays. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Dec 7, 2013-Sun, Dec 22, 2013. Join everybody’s favorite holiday humbug, Ebenezer Scrooge, on a fantastical journey that celebrates the spirit of the season. Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is a magical whirlwind tale through past, present and future that single-handedly defines the healing power of forgiveness. MORE >>
Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Dec 7, 2013-Sun, Dec 15, 2013. A warm, funny and unique holiday play about love and sacrifice, created from stories shared by members of the local community during workshops with professional theater artists. The story of Norma, a Mexican immigrant who longs for home but comes to know and see the hardworking and generous members of her local neighborhood as a new, if different kind of family, Ladybird weaves together the true stories and real-life experiences of the residents of 24th STreet Theatre’s North University Park neighborhood. MORE >>
Sat, Dec 7, 2013. A passionate prima donna is forced to play a role she never imagined, caught between allegiance to her rebel lover and the scheming of a treacherous police chief who will stop at nothing in his lust for her. The explosive triangle comes to a hair-raising conclusion in one of opera's bloodiest, most intense dramas. MORE >>
Sat, Dec 7, 2013-Sun, Dec 8, 2013. REDCAT's Studio series is an ongoing, interdisciplinary program for new and experimental performance works. This edition of Studio was curated with guest curators Nick Duran and Ayana Hampton, and offers adventurous audiences a glimpse at projects by emerging Los Angeles artists. MORE >>
Sun, Dec 8, 2013. A place where actors get to read new TV and film scripts, writers get to hear their work out loud, and producers and directors get introduced to a new script. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sun, Dec 8, 2013-Sun, Dec 29, 2013. With its trademark humor, irreverence and originality, The Second City, in a creative collaboration with Center Theatre Group, is taking the classic Charles Dickens’ tale of hope and redemption and giving it a hearty twist. In addition to Scrooge, Tiny Tim, the fat, plucked goose and glum ghosts, those famous Victorian streets will spring to life with scheming politicians, sunbathing Santas, shop-lifting celebrities and hilarious improvs, all performed by a talented group of Second City alums and an ever-changing stable of starry, drop-in special guests. MORE >>
Mon, Dec 9, 2013. 2 opposing writers. 2 opposing ideas. 7 minutes apiece. Audience picks a winner. Writers compete for cash going to a charity of their choosing. The world's only philanthropic competitive reading series, it has raised thousands of dollars for worthy charitable organizations throughout the world, all the while having a rollicking good time doing it. The second Monday of the month. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Dec 10, 2013-Sun, Dec 22, 2013. The original Broadway production earned Patti LuPone a Tony for the title role and co-starred future Emmy-winner, Mandy Patinkin, as Che. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Wed, Dec 11, 2013-Sun, Dec 29, 2013. Join Aladdin and his magic Genie on a swinging, singing, soaring adventure to win the Princess' love. Featuring pop songs from One Direction to timeless Sam Cooke classics. MORE >>
Wed, Dec 11, 2013. Noël Coward's stylish, savvy comedy about the people we can't live with – or without. Divorcés Amanda and Elyot meet up again quite by accident while on their second honeymoons, with brand-new spouses in tow. Fireworks fly as their reunion reveals just how quickly romance – and rivalry – can be rekindled. Pre-recorded by Digital Theatre at London’s Gielgud Theatre and playing at select theaters nationwide. MORE >>
Thursdays, Saturdays. Thu, Dec 12, 2013-Sat, Dec 21, 2013. Three hilarious, touching and surprisingly personal Christmas stories of holidays past told in one-woman show format by Latina comedians, Sandra Valls, Diana Yanez and Maria Russell. MORE >>
Thu, Dec 12, 2013-Sun, Dec 15, 2013. The fresh, quirky sequel to Neil LaBute's Reasons to Be Pretty features the same characters 3 years later. LaBute is in the director's chair again, and Emmy® nominated Jenna Fischer (The Office), Thomas Sadoski (The Newsroom), Gia Crovatin (Neil LaBute’s most recent Good Luck [In Farsi]) and Josh Stamberg (Drop Dead Diva) are back as Steph, Greg, Carly and Kent. The couples have realigned, but the stars are still crossed as these four struggle to find love. MORE >>
Thu, Dec 12, 2013-Tue, Dec 24, 2013. George Bailey's struggle to grasp why life is worth living finds a fresh voice in this enchanting one-person retelling of Frank Capra's classic film “It's A Wonderful Life.” Following sold out performances in Washington, DC the past two years, actor and writer Jason Lott now brings his critically acclaimed solo show to L.A. MORE >>
Fri, Dec 13, 2013. Havawood, is the first comic book of performance artist April Hava Shenkman. Hava's comic is "alternative" just like her comedy. Not following any traditional comic form, Havawood has an unrefined, raw quality, that's completely intuitive and heart driven. It's an autobiographical, surrealist glimpse inside the universe of Los Angeles performance artist April Hava Shenkman. MORE >>
Fri, Dec 13, 2013-Sun, Dec 15, 2013. A play that challenges our perceptions - with a backdrop of the mythical Greek gods, revenge, and the 1980's crack epidemic with a thought-provoking visual art exhibit proceeding each performance. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Dec 13, 2013-Sun, Dec 22, 2013. Some say the show's a cross between a Perry Como Christmas special and
Pee Wee's Playhouse; Others say the old Muppet Show, with the host trying
to hold the show together as all these crazy characters are all around him...sort of like those variety Christmas specials from when we were kids. One thing is for sure - you will leave with the Christmas spirit! MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Dec 13, 2013-Sun, Dec 22, 2013. They look like Jane Austen characters. They dress like Jane Austen characters. They even talk like them. This ingenious troupe combines verbal wit and robust physicality to re-create Austen’s world of love-struck girls, brooding noblemen and charming cads. Hearts will be broken. Chests will heave. Aisles will be rolled in. MORE >>
Sat, Dec 14, 2013. 3 recurring film and TV writers will tell 3 different serialized stories, performed by actors, on 3 intersecting stages along with live, original music. MORE >>
Tue, Dec 17, 2013-Thu, Dec 19, 2013. Through song, dance, music, drama, comedy and poetry, L.A. Pastorela will explore how any pilgrimage or migration can attract angels to encourage and demons to distract, as they battle over human souls. MORE >>
Daily. Tue, Dec 17, 2013-Sun, Jan 5, 2014. Matchboxes, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters and more fill the stage with energizing beats at STOMP, the inventive and invigorating stage show that's dance, music and theatrical performance blended together in one electrifying rhythm.
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Sat, Dec 21, 2013. As always, EIT! will present the evening’s festivities in all of their fur-covered glory! This time, they promise to convert every stage into the tackiest winter wonderland imaginable with all the trimmings: puppets, sing-a-longs, candy, fake snow, and a visit from the big man himself! MORE >>
Sat, Dec 21, 2013-Sun, Dec 22, 2013. Featuring an integrated cast of professional career dancers, highly trained youth company talent and community performers, with an extraordinary blend of aerial arts, gymnastics and a rich variety of classical ballet and contemporary dance that spin the emotional story to its surprising and delightful conclusion. MORE >>
Fri, Jan 3, 2014-Mon, Jan 13, 2014. How can one evening at the theater change history? The unfolding of events of April 14, 1865 did just that as the lives of those in the audience and those in our country would never be the same. Uncovering Abraham Lincoln’s White House piano and many of the era’s personalities to tell these stories best, Hershey Felder regales us with a stunningly new and insightful look at the artistry, politics and individuals surrounding that fateful night at Ford’s Theatre. From vaudeville to minstrel shows to American hymns and songs of patriotism, Felder’s signature storytelling and music reminds us of our collective history and how the history of the brave emboldens us all. MORE >>
Sun, Jan 5, 2014. Writer and performer Christopher Vened brings his inventive, funny and eye-opening work to L.A. He is the author of, In Character: An Actor's Workbook for Character Development. Part I of this book, "Identity," inspired him to create the one-man show "Human Identity." This comedy is done in a rare formula of monodrama theatre that combines words and mime. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sun, Jan 5, 2014-Sun, Jan 26, 2014. On rare occasions, you meet someone and everything clicks. But is love a choice? Or does it just happen? Trudy writes young adult fiction; Max is a novelist of celebrity status. And their attraction is anything but convenient. This very funny take on an unconventional romance is the latest from the multi-talented Zoe Kazan. A playwright/screenwriter/stage and screen actor on a roll, she’s the author and star of Ruby Sparks, the hit indie film The New York Times called “beautifully written and acted.” MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Jan 10, 2014-Sun, Feb 2, 2014. In rural England, a blight of bad luck has befallen the countryside and a fox infestation may be to blame. The totalitarian government sends an agent, a “foxfinder,” into the home of Judith and Samuel Covey and the invasive inspection whirls simple lives into a frenzy of finger-pointing and distrust. As the bizarre scrutiny intensifies, guilt, fear and distorted realities fuel a feverish hunt to explain the unknown. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Jan 10, 2014-Sun, Feb 9, 2014. Following the smash successes of Waiting for Godot at the Taper and Krapp’s Last Tape at the Kirk Douglas last season, a new set of oddly charming and brilliantly compelling Beckett characters arrive in Los Angeles. Barry McGovern, Ireland's greatest interpreter of Samuel Beckett (last seen as Godot’s Vladimir), returns to the opus he helped develop for the stage 25 years ago and has performed over 200 times all over the world. I’ll Go On extracts indelible characters from the Beckett trilogy Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable: hailed by The Times Literary Supplement as “one of the most remarkable, most original, and most haunting prose works of the century.” With these marvelously surly characters, the mordant observations on life from a Nobel Prize celebrated author and the remarkable Barry McGovern center stage as the catalyst, I’ll Go On is sure to be another must-see, sold-out Beckett theatrical event. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Jan 10, 2014-Sun, Jan 26, 2014. Set in Southern Spain, three different stories about the "Women of Seville" and their struggle and desires are portrayed with powerful acting and flamenco dancing making this production unique, taking the audience on a passionate journey through Andalucia, Spain. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Jan 11, 2014-Sun, Feb 23, 2014. Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy find themselves locked in a room together, and life, art, religion and politics get vigorously debated as if their souls depend on it. Because they do. This provocative and funny world premiere play is a fascinating insight into the spiritual lives of three of the greatest minds that ever lived. And, if these great men get second thoughts about their lives, what hope have the rest of us? MORE >>
Sundays. Sun, Jan 12, 2014-Sun, Mar 30, 2014. A musical comedy revue about seniors still on a romp in their Golden Years. MORE >>
Mon, Jan 13, 2014. 2 opposing writers. 2 opposing ideas. 7 minutes apiece. Audience picks a winner. Writers compete for cash going to a charity of their choosing. The world's only philanthropic competitive reading series, it has raised thousands of dollars for worthy charitable organizations throughout the world, all the while having a rollicking good time doing it. The second Monday of the month. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Jan 14, 2014-Sun, Feb 2, 2014. Homer’s epic poem roars back to life in a contemporary new telling. Obie Award-winner, Lisa Peterson directs Tony Award-winner - and current star of American Horror Story - Denis O’Hare in this stunning show that captures the grief and glory of the battle for Troy. An Iliad races through time to become breathtakingly relevant. The New York Times calls it, “Spellbinding... smartly conceived and impressively executed.” MORE >>
Tue, Jan 14, 2014-Sun, Jan 19, 2014. This classic musical love story is filled with unforgettable characters, lavish sets and costumes, and dazzling production numbers including “Be Our Guest” and the beloved title song. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Thu, Jan 16, 2014-Sun, Feb 23, 2014. A man and woman wake up in a strange apartment surrounded by drug paraphernalia and an empty crib. They must piece together who they are, and were, and where that baby might be, all while trying to create a new future for themselves. A gritty, poetic look at the uncertainty of life and our desperate need for belonging, Se Llama Cristina asks if it's possible to rise above your circumstances to make a better life. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Jan 21, 2014-Sun, May 11, 2014. Who would have thought that a musical from the creators of South Park would win nine Tonys and a slew of critics awards? MORE >>
Thu, Jan 23, 2014-Sun, Feb 2, 2014. Off Center Festival is an eclectic and even audacious mix of groundbreaking theater, music, dance and performance art that takes place throughout the campus. This year’s festival will showcase an entirely new lineup of wonderfully creative and innovative contemporary performance companies and artists. The Off Center Lounge in Leatherby’s Cafe Rouge will be open again with a special low-cost post-performance menu and the opportunity to mix and mingle with the festival artists. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Jan 24, 2014-Sun, Feb 23, 2014. Filled with sunshine, light as a summer breeze, this exhilarating musical follows the Italian travels of Margaret Johnson and her stunningly beautiful daughter, Clara. When a dashing young Italian captures Clara’s heart, Margaret is compelled to reveal the secret about her daughter. Even as she struggles with concern about Clara’s future, she must decide whether or not to release her hold—and bravely give the young lovers her blessing. Early in his career, playwright Craig Lucas found a home at SCR, which produced five of his plays in five years. Now he returns for the 50th Season with this award-winning play boasting one of the most celebrated scores of the decade by Adam Guettel (grandson of the iconic composer Richard Rodgers). MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Jan 28, 2014-Sun, Feb 23, 2014. Jane, an African-American New York reporter, flies to a Southern university where three white fraternity boys have been accused of raping a young African-American woman. Taking place amidst the shift from print to digital journalism, Above the Fold asks tough questions about the exploitation of tragedy, the cost of success and the dangers that come when ambition collides with truth. MORE >>
Tue, Jan 28, 2014-Sun, Feb 2, 2014. Based on the 1926 play by Maurine Dallas Watkins (which was based on real events), Chicago is, as we are told in the show’s opening lines, “a story of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery - all the things we hold near and dear to our hearts." MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Jan 31, 2014-Sun, Feb 9, 2014. The play tells the stories of two scandals - the infamous snapshots from Abu Ghraib prison, which depict atrocities committed by American soldiers in the name of freedom; and the strikingly similar photos of English soldiers, published by a London tabloid but later revealed as fakes. In monologues that mingle fierce irony with human warmth, a disgraced American soldier tells her story and a clever English journalist tells how he got his. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Feb 4, 2014-Sun, Mar 16, 2014. Academy Award winner William Friedkin directs a new production of Nobel laureate Harold Pinter’s most famous and enigmatic work. Two imposing strangers arrive at an English seaside boarding house – disrupting the monotony and disturbing the puzzled Stanley - a former pianist who is out of a job and maybe out of his mind. In celebration of Stanley’s birthday, a party is planned but menace arrives and mayhem ensues. Facts twist into half-truths and the night unravels into a mix of the characters' whimsical, eccentric, clownish and ultimately darkest desires. Like seeing through a broken lens or playing an instrument out of tune, this celebrated and darkly comic work mixes the familiar with the strange and the anticipated with the offbeat for an unconventional experience that is anything but expected and nothing but extraordinary. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Feb 7, 2014-Sun, Mar 2, 2014. Almost, Maine - a town that's so far north, it's almost not in the United States, it's almost in Canada. And it almost doesn't exist. Because its residents never got around to getting organized. So it's just Almost. One cold, clear night in the middle of winter, while the northern lights hover in the sky above, Almost's residents find themselves falling in and out of love in the strangest ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. Love is lost, found, and confounded. And life for the people of Almost, Maine will never be the same. It's love. But not quite. MORE >>
Mon, Feb 10, 2014. 2 opposing writers. 2 opposing ideas. 7 minutes apiece. Audience picks a winner. Writers compete for cash going to a charity of their choosing. The world's only philanthropic competitive reading series, it has raised thousands of dollars for worthy charitable organizations throughout the world, all the while having a rollicking good time doing it. The second Monday of the month. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Feb 11, 2014-Sun, Feb 23, 2014. This new production contains all the beloved songs from the Oscar®-winning movie score, all the favorite characters and iconic moments, plus a few surprises along the way, including new songs by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. MORE >>
Thu, Feb 13, 2014-Sat, Feb 15, 2014. For his one-man show, "How'd All You People Get In My Room?," Gallagher will share real-life stories from his early days starting out as a young actor in New York, to working with legends like Jack Lemmon, Tom Stoppard, Mike Nichols, Robert Altman, Peter O'Toole and more. Joined by his band, Gallagher brings his experiences to life with songs ranging from Broadway, to music from the hit television show "The OC," to classics from Sammy Cahn, Jules Styne, Burt Bacharach and Van Morrison. MORE >>
Thu, Feb 20, 2014-Tue, Feb 25, 2014. Verdi's opera takes place in Paris in the year 1847 and tells the tragic story of a young woman named Violetta who suffers from a mysterious disease. While hosting one of her lavish parties she is introduced to the gallant Alfredo Germont, who is secretly in love with her. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Feb 21, 2014-Sat, Mar 15, 2014. It is generally believed to have been one of Shakespeare's earliest works and has the smallest cast of any play by Shakespeare. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Mar 4, 2014-Sun, Apr 13, 2014. They were the first sensational boy band: six talented young men who came together in 1920s Germany and took the world by storm with their signature blend of sophisticated close harmonies and uproarious stage antics. While the Comedian Harmonists sold millions of records, starred in a dozen films and packed the houses of the most prestigious concert halls, the group’s religious composition – a mixture of Jews and gentiles – put them on a collision course with history. Their amazing story inspired longtime collaborators, the legendary Barry Manilow and theatre veteran Bruce Sussman, to create a spectacular new musical for today: with an original score that celebrates this extraordinary group of friends and ensures their quest for true harmony in the most discordant chapter of human history will never be forgotten. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Mar 4, 2014-Sun, Apr 20, 2014. When seventeen year-old Becky is shipped-off to her Uncle Sterling’s Costa Rican home – a sanctuary to which he escaped many years ago – the two lost souls navigate contrasting philosophies and a maze of regret. Geffen Playhouse Artistic Director Randall Arney returns to his old stomping grounds at Steppenwolf and brings home this intimate and elegant glimpse at two characters seeking forgiveness and finding each other. With sharp humor and authenticity, this West Coast premiere reminds us that escape is easy but redemption is hard. MORE >>
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Mar 8, 2014-Sun, May 11, 2014. Something wicked this way comes. In a world rife with superstition and witchcraft, the Bard’s insatiable Scottish couple leads us down a traitorous and blood-soaked road to the throne only to learn that power attained through murderous greed is enshrouded with the sleepless shriek of a guilty conscience. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sun, Mar 9, 2014-Sun, Mar 30, 2014. They revert to their childhood names—Maxie, Petie, Mitchie—these three buddies, who haven’t seen each other since their high school graduation party 20 years ago. It’s time to get wasted and relive the fun—the sunlit days of autumn leaves, moon pies and girls in lambswool sweaters. But it’s risky, trying to get in touch with—maybe even understand—their past selves. Memories aren’t always reliable, hurt runs deep and apologies come hard in this scathingly funny look at high school reunions and the complex nature of male friendship. MORE >>
Mon, Mar 10, 2014. 2 opposing writers. 2 opposing ideas. 7 minutes apiece. Audience picks a winner. Writers compete for cash going to a charity of their choosing. The world's only philanthropic competitive reading series, it has raised thousands of dollars for worthy charitable organizations throughout the world, all the while having a rollicking good time doing it. The second Monday of the month. MORE >>
Tue, Mar 18, 2014-Sun, Mar 23, 2014. It’s 1952 and you are a member of the studio audience awaiting the filming of two hilarious and oh-so-familiar I LOVE LUCY® episodes. Imagine stepping back in time onto the Desilu Playhouse soundstage where a charming host entertains and enlightens you to the behind-the-scenes filming process, the 1950s hi-fidelity technology and this brand-new thing called “television.” The episodes begin and you witness, firsthand, the side-splitting antics of that crazy redhead in the Ricardo’s New York apartment and thrill to the Cuban sounds of “The Ricky Ricardo Orchestra” at the famed Tropicana Nightclub. In-between scenes, The Crystaltone Singers perform live advertising jingles of the show’s newest sponsors in perfect 50s style harmony. Can you say “Brylcreem?!” MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Mar 18, 2014-Sun, Apr 13, 2014. An elderly writer hesitantly accepts a visit from his former mistress, leading to a confrontation of past secrets, forbidden affections and surprising confessions. Following this season’s smash-hit production of Noël Coward’s comedy Fallen Angels, Art Manke returns to The Playhouse to direct Coward’s rarely produced and final play of his illustrious career. MORE >>
Sat, Mar 22, 2014. If you love musicals, Patti LuPone needs absolutely no introduction whatsoever. From her iconic, Tony-winning turns as Eva Perón in Evita and as Mama Rose in the 2008 Broadway revival of Gypsy, Patti LuPone is synonymous with all things Broadway. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Mar 28, 2014-Sun, Apr 27, 2014. A nursing home in northern Idaho is shutting down. Only three patients remain—and one of them is lost. Gerald, 91 and suffering from Alzheimers, has wandered off, leaving his wife Etta and her friend Tom. Remaining staff includes a new 20-year-old cook and two longtime employees, women suddenly faced with a crisis of their own. In the midst of a record-breaking blizzard, the search for Gerald takes an unexpected turn—as the others find themselves powerless in the face of an uncertain future. A tender and heartbreakingly funny new work by the playwright who has risen like a meteor on the theatrical scene—author of last season’s play The Whale. MORE >>
Daily. Thu, Apr 3, 2014-Sun, Apr 20, 2014. Having last worked together? on the internationally acclaimed War Horse, Bristol Old Vic’s Artistic Director?Tom Morris and Cape Town’s Handspring Puppet Company reunite to begin a new journey. Trees, objects and tools all pulse and tingle with the possibility of existence in a world where — thanks to the magic of Handspring — all objects are granted the right to life. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Thu, Apr 3, 2014-Sun, May 11, 2014. Victor is a ruthless fashion designer in the 1970s at the top of his game. Esme, his glamorous protégé and muse, is pushed aside when an ordinary Midwestern woman inspires Victor to make his artistry accessible to the masses. A generation later, a woman grappling with a healthy dose of self-loathing must wrestle her own family demons to find her way through the world of fashion that won’t give a woman her size a second look. Skipping back and forth in time, Everything You Touch is a viciously funny look at the struggle to find an identity that's more than skin deep. MORE >>
Tue, Apr 8, 2014-Sun, Apr 13, 2014. This smash-hit musical that combines ABBA's greatest hits, including "Dancing Queen," "S.O.S.," "Super Trouper," "Take A Chance on Me" and "The Winner Takes It All," with an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Apr 8, 2014-Sun, May 18, 2014. A pioneer in 20th century drama, Ruth Draper was described as, “the greatest individual performer that America has ever given.” Her uncanny ability, while alone on stage, to shift between many characters brought awe to actors, royalty and throngs of crowds for decades. Now, Annette Bening makes Draper’s timeless monologues her own — highlighting their continued influence on audiences and artists alike. Meet the harried society woman, the hostess, the wife, the mistress; like Draper before her, Bening embraces and embodies these monologues in this tour-de-force premiere. MORE >>
Fri, Apr 11, 2014-Sat, Apr 12, 2014. In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small town girl met a big city rocker — and in LA's most famous rock club, they fell in love to the greatest songs of the ‘80s. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Apr 22, 2014-Sun, Jun 1, 2014. There’s a hurricane blowing into the Ahmanson filled with glorious Gershwin melodies, rousing production numbers and one of theater’s most unforgettable and timeless love stories. The legendary Porgy and Bess, ahead of its time in 1935, has come of age in a contemporary new adaptation deservedly celebrated with the 2012 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. MORE >>
Fri, Apr 25, 2014-Sat, Apr 26, 2014. The award-winning Beatles concert makes its debut at the Orange County Performing Arts. In a show the Denver Post calls “the next best thing to seeing The Beatles,” Rain boasts a repertoire of nearly 200 Beatlemaniac favorites. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sun, May 4, 2014-Sun, Jun 1, 2014. After putting years and thousands of miles between them, Alice gets the call to return to her hometown, forcing her to revisit and re-examine the places, events and relationships that once defined her. Neel Keller, who helmed last season’s thriller The Nether, assembles one of the largest casts in KDT history to create an unforgettable multi-ethnic family three generations deep: complete with all the love, laughter, complications and difficult choices that come with family. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, May 9, 2014-Sun, Jun 8, 2014. They banned Molière's play in Paris. But that was in 1664. Three hundred years later, it would be the play to put SCR on the map. Now, celebrate the landmark 50th Season with a revival of this classic comedy about the man who gave the word “hypocrite” a bad reputation. A family watches in astonishment as the head of the household falls under Tartuffe’s spell. While they scheme to get rid of the false prophet, he does himself in, proving that when your thoughts are supposed to be turned heavenward, it’s a good idea not to reveal earthly desires, especially when someone is hiding in the closet—or under the table. MORE >>
Tue, May 13, 2014-Sun, May 18, 2014. Based on Green Day's Grammy® Award-winning multi-platinum album and featuring the smash hits “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” “Holiday” and “21 Guns,” American Idiot is the story of three lifelong friends, forced to choose between their dreams and the safety of suburbia. Their search for meaning in a post 9/11 world leads them on the most exhilarating journey of the Broadway season. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, May 13, 2014-Sun, May 25, 2014. From the creators of South Park and winner of nine Tony Awards, The New York Times calls it "the best musical of this century" and Entertainment Weekly says it's "the funniest musical of all time." MORE >>
Sun, May 18, 2014-Sat, May 24, 2014. Superstar Renée Fleming returns to Los Angeles in a role created for her extraordinary talents! Clinging desperately to a masquerade of Southern grace, Blanche DuBois moves into her sister’s cramped apartment, creating all the wrong kinds of sparks with her crude brother-in-law. When dark truths about Blanche’s past begin to emerge, her world comes apart at the seams in a spiral of violence and madness. A faithful adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ classic play, André Previn’s powerful opera evokes a highly charged New Orleans setting. Bass-baritone Ryan McKinny is the hotheaded Stanley Kowalski, with soprano Stacey Tappan as Stella and tenor Anthony Dean Griffey as Blanche’s guileless suitor Mitch. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, May 20, 2014-Sun, Jun 29, 2014. With a world of knowledge just a smart phone away, is there still such a thing as an original idea? When a young professor suspects a student of plagiarism, his inquiry sparks a chain of events affecting the lives of four people in very real terms. Drukman’s beautifully drawn characters must navigate heartbreak, blind ambition and the cutthroat competition that thrives within these ivy-covered walls. Extending beyond post-modern literature and academic rigors, this smart, funny and engrossing world premiere becomes a personal battle to decide what is right, what is wrong and what must be done. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, May 30, 2014-Sat, Jun 21, 2014. After the Restoration, the play was often revised with a happy ending for audiences who disliked its dark and depressing tone, but since the 19th century, Shakespeare's original version has been regarded as one of his supreme achievements. The tragedy is particularly noted for its probing observations on the nature of human suffering and kinship. George Bernard Shaw wrote, "No man will ever write a better tragedy than Lear." MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Jun 3, 2014-Sun, Jun 22, 2014. This was the first musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to be performed publicly. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Jun 3, 2014-Sun, Jun 29, 2014. Chronicled through the lens of his own silent films, Stoneface recreates some of Buster Keaton’s most memorable gags live on stage, capturing the legend of a bygone era and telling the tale of the redemption of one of Hollywood’s greatest performers. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Jun 7, 2014-Sun, Jul 6, 2014. It's 1978, and a little-known country priest is crowned Pope John Paul I in an uneasy compromise. Thirty-three days later, before he can set his liberal reforms into place, “the Smiling Pope” is found dead: the very day after threatening to remove three prominent Cardinals from their posts. No investigation or autopsy is performed, and a Vatican press release about the cause of his death is later proven to be, in large part, false. The Last Confession, an unflinching and searing drama, recounts the mystery shrouding the events as told by their ultimate witness: Cardinal Benelli, who engineered John Paul’s ascent. This provocative thriller explores the machinations of power amid crises of faith and the struggle to conceal the truth at any cost. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Jun 10, 2014-Sun, Jul 20, 2014. Inspired by Anton Chekhov’s pastoral comedies, Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies brings this funny and poignant world premiere – helmed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan. Gathering in their Berkshire home during the Williamstown summer theater season, a family of actors wrestles with fame, art and, as always, each other. But when the events of the weekend go off-script, secrets are spilled and bonds are broken – threatening an already fragile foundation of a home brimming with old memories, new love and discarded dreams. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Thu, Jun 19, 2014-Sun, Jul 27, 2014. In this irreverent remix of Chekhov's The Seagull, an aspiring young director rails against the art created by his mother’s generation, a nubile young actress wrestles with an aging Hollywood star for the affections of a renowned novelist, and everyone discovers just how disappointing life, art, and growing up can be. Chekhov’s characters still ruminate on love, revolution and the pursuit of happiness, but this time with a lot more snark as the subtext bubbles to the surface. With music, meta-theatricality, and mad humor, writer Aaron Posner beats The Seagull to a bloody f*cking pulp. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Jun 24, 2014-Sun, Jul 13, 2014. "Too good to be true!" raves the New York Post for Jersey Boys, the 2006 Tony Award-winning Best Musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons and how they became one of the greatest successes in pop music history. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Jun 27, 2014-Sun, Jul 13, 2014. The musical features an original pop score from multiple Grammy Award-winners Dave Stewart, one half of the 80s pop duo the Eurythmics, and Glen Ballard, co-writer with Alanis Morissette on the multi-platinum album Jagged Little Pill, among many other notable credits and collaborations. Adapted from the hit film by its Academy Award-winning screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin, Ghost the Musical follows Sam and Molly, a young couple whose connection takes a shocking turn after Sam's untimely death. Trapped between two worlds, Sam refuses to leave Molly when he learns she is in grave danger. Desperate to communicate with her, he turns to a storefront psychic who helps him protect Molly and avenge his death. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Jul 15, 2014-Sun, Aug 10, 2014. Winner of eight 2012 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Once is a truly original Broadway experience. Featuring an impressive ensemble of actor/musicians who play their own instruments onstage, Once tells the enchanting tale of a Dublin street musician who's about to give up on his dream when a beautiful young woman takes a sudden interest in his haunting love songs. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Jul 15, 2014-Sun, Aug 24, 2014. It’s the thunderous roar of revolution with the blockbuster hits of the legendary Queen driving its epic story. In the future, computer-generated music reigns, live rock is outlawed, and conformity is brutally enforced. Until a pair of young renegades, Galileo and Scaramouche, dare to break free and search for a long-buried electric guitar. Before Another One Bites the Dust, you can be sure our heroes will find Somebody to Love. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Jul 22, 2014-Sun, Aug 3, 2014. The musical features an original pop score from multiple Grammy Award-winners Dave Stewart, one half of the 80s pop duo the Eurythmics, and Glen Ballard, co-writer with Alanis Morissette on the multi-platinum album Jagged Little Pill, among many other notable credits and collaborations. Adapted from the hit film by its Academy Award-winning screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin, Ghost the Musical follows Sam and Molly, a young couple whose connection takes a shocking turn after Sam's untimely death. Trapped between two worlds, Sam refuses to leave Molly when he learns she is in grave danger. Desperate to communicate with her, he turns to a storefront psychic who helps him protect Molly and avenge his death. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Aug 19, 2014-Sun, Aug 31, 2014. Winner of eight 2012 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Once is a truly original Broadway experience. Featuring an impressive ensemble of actor/musicians who play their own instruments onstage, Once tells the enchanting tale of a Dublin street musician who's about to give up on his dream when a beautiful young woman takes a sudden interest in his haunting love songs. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Thu, Sep 4, 2014-Sun, Oct 12, 2014. Renowned director Andrei Belgrader re-examines this Samuel Beckett classic, newly relevant to a generation burdened by climate change and environmental doom. Brooke Adams plays Winnie, a woman buried up to her bosom in a mound of dirt with nothing to pass the time but the ragged contents of her bag, her nimble wit, and her husband Willie lurking somewhere behind her. This droll, existential allegory demonstrates the vitality of the human spirit in the face of a deteriorating world. MORE >>
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