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Saturdays. The show features armed robbery, big-wave surfing, car chases, explosions, and no less than two extended skydiving sequences. Best of all, the starring role of Keanu will be selected at random from the audience each night, with the lucky winner reading their entire script off of cue-cards. This method manages to capture the rawness of a Keanu Reeves performance even from those who generally think themselves incapable of acting. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Jan 18, 2013-Sun, Aug 25, 2013. 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 >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Apr 6, 2013-Sat, Jun 29, 2013. These days, we hang on to people and friendships through the impressions we get from their online profiles. Yet, over the years, people seldom share any deep and personal changes through social media. Allen Barton explores the collision of these relationships in his dark comedy. Two 40-something men, who have been friends for decades but only cursorily in touch via social media over the past four years, finally get together for coffee. But their long anticipated “face to face” meeting reaps surprising consequences now that truthful and dramatic changes in each of their lives are revealed. Can this long time relationship survive? MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Apr 27, 2013-Sun, Jun 23, 2013. "I'm Not Rappaport" is a hugely entertaining, Tony Award-winning play by the well known writer, Herb Gardner. This is the first Los Angeles production in many years. Inspired by two elderly men he met in New York City's Central Park, the story is about Nat Moyer, a feisty eccentric Jewish leftist, who weaves his good-natured con games in order to get his way; and Midge Carter, a cantankerous African-American, who is afraid that he's going to be put out to pasture, as his age becomes an issue at his workplace. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Apr 27, 2013-Sun, Jun 23, 2013. In One White Crow, journalist Tess O'Neill (Jane Hajduk) is given the assignment to profile popular television medium Judith Knight (Michelle Danner). Given that her recently deceased father, Pulitzer prize winning science writer, Robert O'Neill, was a rationalist of the first order, Tess takes on this assignment only at the insistence of her editor. On the first day of their meeting, Judith claims that it is not she who chose Tess for the job, but her dead father. This, of course, only adds fuel to the fire, and makes Tess determined to get to the truth of Judith's claims. Tess consults Alex Rimbaud (Rob Estes), Robert O'Neill's former protégé and now celebrated professional skeptic, who is also Judith Knight's most outspoken critic. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Thu, May 9, 2013-Sun, Jul 7, 2013. Set in 1692 and written in reaction to the McCarthyism that gripped America in the 1950s, Arthur Miller’s parable of mass hysteria offers a frightening depiction of what can happen when fear clouds fact and reason is replaced by blame. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays. Fri, May 10, 2013-Sat, Jun 29, 2013. Mahmoud is an irreverent & hilarious one-woman show about an aging Iranian engineer/taxi driver, a fabulously gay Spaniard, and a young Iranian-Canadian girl, all trying to get by the day-to-day grind in a busy metropolitan city. Their stories come together over the course of an hour, and through their connections with the audience, themselves and each other, they explore the themes of displacement, immigration, home, and culture. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays. Wed, May 15, 2013-Sat, Jun 29, 2013. A classic morality play, as much about what’s right and wrong, as it is a thrilling moment-to-moment suspense-fueled ride. It introduces us to five men: Paul, Dom, Emmett, Sal, and Roosevelt. Men of different ages and life experiences. On this night Paul walks into the bar with a secret. Dom, the bartender, just wants to get through his shift. Roosevelt’s had just about enough of his partner Sal’s bullying sense of humor. So begins this world premiere play occurring roughly in real-time about regret, loss, explicit and implicit racism, and wrestling with masculine identity in constantly-changing contemporary America. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, May 17, 2013-Sat, Jun 29, 2013. The play features one of Shakespeare's most famous and oft-quoted speeches, "All the world's a stage," and is the origin of the phrase "too much of a good thing." MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, May 17, 2013-Sat, Jul 20, 2013. It is the summer of 1962, and Jackie Robinson is about to be the first black player inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame. That has a surprising impact on Junior Murphy, a black diner employee who can't get a promotion, and whose little sister has her own history-making plans for the weekend. When a Midwest minor-leaguer comes to town chasing his idol, a collision of race, family, love, and baseball turns a sleepy New York town upside down. MORE >>
Mondays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, May 18, 2013-Mon, Aug 5, 2013. A psychological showdown of wits when, unannounced, Peter shows up at his sister-in-law's apartment. Having not spoken since the funeral of her husband, Peter’s twin brother, the two now face-off as questions surrounding the suspicious death resurface through flashbacks and old letters. A transfixing and intimate play from Pulitzer Prize finalist Christopher Shinn. MORE >>
Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, May 18, 2013-Sun, Jun 23, 2013. "Pure heat. The electromagnetic pull between Eddie and May, an attraction so supercharged that it renders excruciating their moments apart, when they can't engage in the task of afflicting each other. They embody the mystery and the foolishness of what is, for Sam Shepard, less a romantic entanglement than a blinding urge." - The New York Times MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, May 18, 2013-Sun, Jul 14, 2013. Three friends embark on a joyous journey of sisterhood, discovering their inner ‘duende’ through a flamenco class for middle-aged women. In this hilarious and moving new comedy/drama, Rochelle, a Jewish woman struggling with a crisis of faith, is convinced to join a flamenco class for out of shape women. Her life is changed forever when she meets Daloris and an unforgettable circle of women who propel Rochelle on a hilarious and deeply moving course of unexpected self-discovery. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, May 21, 2013-Sun, Jun 30, 2013. The Scottsboro Boys received 12 Tony Award nominations in 2011, including Best Musical. David Rooney of Variety said that the musical has “...riveting material and toe-tapping songs shot through with wry humor.” Scott Brown of New York Magazine said, The Scottsboro Boys is “...brilliant and utterly successful, conjuring your applause in waves after each bravura number.” Charles Isherwood of The New York Times called it “...adventurous...directed with dazzling verve by Susan Stroman.” The musical is “...a cause for rejoicing...the score is gorgeously and memorably melodic...,” said Thom Geier of Entertainment Weekly. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Thu, May 23, 2013-Sat, Jul 20, 2013. Music and moments in the live, music concert will include Zemeckis films such as Back To The Future, Forrest Gump, Death Becomes Her, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Cast Away, Flight and more. MORE >>
Fridays. Fri, May 24, 2013-Fri, Jul 12, 2013. Zombie Joe's disgusting new thriller-comedy about a condo complex in the San Fernando Valley, whose water supply becomes contaminated with an angerous microbe, transforming the residents (and their pets) into ravenous, flesh-eating zombies. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, May 24, 2013-Sun, Jun 30, 2013. The winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama has become a pop cultural phenomenon with songs that rock and a story that resonates with audiences of all ages. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays. Fri, May 24, 2013-Sun, Jun 23, 2013. The movie-based musical centers around Sam, a widower and single father. When Sam's son, Jonah calls into a talk radio program looking for a new mother, Sam ends up getting on the phone and laments about his lost love. Thousands of miles away in Baltimore, Annie hears the program and immediately falls in love with Sam, despite the fact that she has never met him and that she is engaged to another man. Believing they are meant to be together, Annie sets out for Seattle to meet Sam, who, meanwhile, contends with an onslaught of letters from available women equally touched by his phone call. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, May 24, 2013-Sun, Jun 23, 2013. In the early 19th century, thousands of British soldiers marched into Ireland to execute the first geographic survey of Ireland. Their orders were to translate every Gaelic place name into English, effectively erasing centuries of Irish history and culture. Translations tells the story of a small community of impoverished, Irish farmers and the British soldiers who set up camp in their village. As the two cultures collide, the severe language barrier between them prompts humor, strife, and ultimately tragedy. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Thu, May 30, 2013-Sun, Aug 11, 2013. The West Coast premiere of Jackie Sibblies Drury’s brave, chilling and very funny new work about a group of actors who lose control of their play and discover some startling hidden truths. What could possibly go wrong when a group of eager young amateur actors attempt to dramatize the first genocide of the 20th century? “Simultaneously funny and disturbing, this is one of the best shows of the year.” — Flavorpill. MORE >>
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, May 31, 2013-Sun, Aug 11, 2013. Taken from the plays, playlets and poetry of “Theatre of the Absurd” playwright Eugène Ionesco (Rhinoceros, The Bald Soprano, Exit the King), Ionescopade is a zany musical vaudeville featuring mime, farce and parody – all hilariously balanced on the edge of madness. MORE >>
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, May 31, 2013-Sun, Jun 23, 2013. Winner of three 2009 Tony Awards including Best Musical Score, Next to Normal chosen as “one of the year’s ten best” by major critics around the country that year including the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Rolling Stone and The New York Times. MORE >>
Saturdays. Sat, Jun 1, 2013-Sat, Jul 13, 2013. In Mondo Mythological, his all-new multimedia one-man show, performance activist Ian MacKinnon brings the past to life by tracing the history of gay people in new ways never before seen on stage. With the aid of his magic time-traveling chaps and sexy Genie guide, Ian extends his Gay Hist-Orgy series to explore the world of homo-mythology. The Gay Hist-Orgy is more than a show; it draws from the roots of gay liberation to reveal gayness as something unique, radical, and beautiful, with the potential to change the world for the better. Featuring hot hookups with homo-deities: Apollo (Greek god of the sun), Horus & Set (Egyptian secret lovers), Hercules (Mighty hero with over a dozen boyfriends), Xochipilli (Aztec god of psychedelic drugs and homosexuality), Coyote (Native American spirit who loved Tehoma), Boyfriends Shooting God & Talking God, Ganesha (Keeper of the Anus), Baron Samedi (cross-dressing god of the dead), Rabbit God (protector of gay love), plus gods of homosexuality: Chow Wang, Abbata’, Chin, and more. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Jun 1, 2013-Sun, Sep 29, 2013. The timeless battle of the sexes, with its domestic power plays and controversial depiction of marriage, has been the subject of multiple operas and is the backdrop of Cole Porter's Tony Award-winning musical, Kiss Me Kate. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sun, Jun 2, 2013-Sat, Sep 28, 2013. History’s most famous bard wrote “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” the same year he produced such classic works as “Romeo and Juliet” and “Henry VI.” However, many bibliophiles and Shakespeare enthusiasts agree that it was not the tragedy of love between the Capulet and Montague that marked the playwright’s genius, but rather it was his comedy about fairies, love and mischief that has kept historians and readers enchanted for centuries. -Candice Winters MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Jun 4, 2013-Sun, Jul 14, 2013. Join the Prime Minister and an always hilarious cast of characters, ranging from the scheming Cabinet Secretary, the morally confused Principal Private Secretary and the beautiful but ruthless Head of the PM’s Policy Unit as they lurch from crisis to crisis, trying to survive a disastrous weekend that teeters on the edge of catastrophe despite their best (and worst) intentions. Will they manage to save the Euro from collapsing, resolve the energy crisis, solve the debt crisis, hide an embarrassing illegal immigrant, control the media and avoid public humiliation? Brits and Yanks alike can bank on the laughs in the American premiere of this uproarious satire fresh from an acclaimed West End run. MORE >>
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays. Wed, Jun 5, 2013-Sun, Jun 30, 2013. The mayor of New Orleans proposed celebrating Hurricane Katrina’s first anniversary with a fireworks display and comedy hour which were canceled due to public outrage. Could he have meant “Comedy” in the classic sense? Through the words of five New Orleanians, experience the heartbreak, humanity, and yes, Comedy of those who rode out the storm. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays. Thu, Jun 6, 2013-Sun, Jun 30, 2013. “What’s next?” Where do you go when you don’t know what you want from your career? From your relationships? From life? #Hashtag is a new comedy devised by The Mechanical Heart. It explores the other kind of LA gridlock: the daily struggle to remain engaged in the present moment in a culture built on social media and status anxiety. As the audience enters the Elephant Space, they are encouraged to keep their phones ON, take photos and video (which they can upload to Instagram and Youtube) and live-tweet the characters onstage. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays. Thu, Jun 6, 2013-Sat, Jun 29, 2013. Bill Ratner was watching I Love Lucy one night, when his father said, “That’s your uncle, Bobby the Bellboy.” “I have an uncle on TV?” Watched by tens of millions of fans, Ratner’s uncle, comedian Bobby Jellison, staggered into Lucy & Ricky Ricardo’s Beverly Palms Hotel suite carrying luggage, laundry, and priceless dialogue. But after thirteen episodes Bobby disappeared. Decades later Best of Hollywood Fringe honoree voice actor Bill Ratner tracked down his uncle Bobby. Come along on the search for Bobby the Bellboy and experience his hopes, dreams, and hallucinations, in this unique world premier solo show starring Bill Ratner, one of Hollywood’s premier voice artists. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Thu, Jun 6, 2013-Sun, Jun 30, 2013. An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And a dead man – with a lot of loose ends. So begins Dead Man’s Cell Phone, a wildly imaginative and off-center romantic comedy by MacArthur “Genius” Grant recipient, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and one of America’s hottest new playwrights, Sarah Ruhl. A lonely woman is forced to confront her assumptions about morality, redemption and the need to connect in a technologically obsessed world as she steps into the life of a dead man by taking his cell phone calls. What starts as a moment of frustration quickly turns into a bond of curious loyalty when Jean finds herself caught in the middle of another man’s tangled web of relationships and family. Acting as his mouthpiece, Jean soon discovers different types of connections that go beyond the physical, tapping into the psychological, the emotional and even…the afterlife. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Thu, Jun 6, 2013-Sun, Jun 30, 2013. Lorenz (Larry) Hart was one of Broadway's all-time greats, the brilliant lyricist who penned “My Funny Valentine,” “Blue Moon,” “Manhattan,” “Falling in Love With Love,” “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered,” “Where or When,” and countless other classics. As half of the legendary team of Rodgers and Hart, he lived a life of dizzying heights and crushing lows. Now Mark Saltzman (author of The Colony’s smash hit Clutter: The True Story of the Collyer Brothers Who Never Threw Anything Out) captures them all in an intimate look at the life and times of this lyrical genius, a brand new musical developed by The Colony featuring some of the most memorable songs of the 20th Century. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Thu, Jun 6, 2013-Sun, Jun 23, 2013. Not Man Apart (NMA), the Los Angeles-based physical theatre ensemble since 2004, presents John Farmanesh-Bocca’s adaptation of Roman Philosopher and Playwright Seneca the Younger’s tragedy. Hercules Furens portrays one of the most bitter and grotesque legends of this half-mortal son of the God Jupiter: Hercules’ maddened slaughter of his own innocent wife and children. This athletic adaptation performed by the NMA Ensemble asks, how does a man survive his own unforgivable crimes? Adapted and directed by John Farmanesh-Bocca and choreographed by Farmanesh-Bocca, Jones Welsh and the NMA ensemble, the Action follows the journey of Hercules, Jupiter's son, through his famous Labours and into his madness when he returns home from battle, induced by the Goddess Juno (Jupiter's Vengeful Wife). Hercules Furens was never produced but only read in Seneca's lifetime. It is considered one of the first plays written that addresses the notion of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) of soldiers in battle. MORE >>
Daily. Thu, Jun 6, 2013-Sat, Jun 29, 2013. Based on the novel written by the Marquis de Sade, this is a unique theatrical experience and it has consistently been performed for the past ten years with record attendance. Set in a bedroom, two libertines (Juliette and Dolmancé) host a young virgin girl (Eugénie) and introduce her to the Libertine philosophical system, while presenting her to the exquisite pleasures of the flesh. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays. Thu, Jun 6, 2013-Sat, Aug 10, 2013. Shakespeare by the Sea continues to bring free Shakespeare performances to the masses in Southern California each summer to over 20 parks (including amphitheaters / museums / gazebos) throughout LA & Orange County. This year's productions are the comedy - All's Well That Ends Well and the drama - King John. MORE >>
Thursdays, Saturdays. Thu, Jun 6, 2013-Sat, Jun 22, 2013. It's 1975 and America's favorite uncle and late night talk show host as already been on the air for ten years. Chuck Rivers is a whiskey drinking, chain smoking man's man and show business staple who knows everyone who's anyone. His talk show consists of interviews, music acts, comedy and novelty acts as some of comedy's best funny people take you back in time. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Jun 7, 2013-Sun, Jun 30, 2013. The Los Angeles premiere of Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s madcap comedy exploring the American mythology of happiness and success. Born on Valentine’s Day in the bathroom of a White Castle in Kentucky, Bob is left to fend for himself by his birth mother, Helen. Determined to make his mark in the world, armed with nothing but an unfailing optimism, Bob takes off on a sweeping cross-country journey. Along the way, he encounters inspiring generosity, crushing hardships, blissful happiness, stunning coincidences, wrong turns, lucky breaks, true love and heartbreaking loss. Will Bob’s real life ever be able to live up to his dream? MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays. Fri, Jun 7, 2013-Sat, Jun 29, 2013. A wonderfully ghoulish fantasy written with a zest for laughter and comic wit. A situational comedy in which the world, as we know it, is ending and the local bar patrons have to decide how to spead their last few hours. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays. Fri, Jun 7, 2013-Sat, Jun 29, 2013. Former millionnaire and convicted tax evader TR Hamer has his world recollapse while attempting to do an IRS-mandated community service show. En route to rock bottom number two, and despite the efforts of Senior IRS agent Martin Almond, TR proceeds to rewrite the show, sad-eat a pile of marshmallows, crawl into a bag, and fall in love a bunch of times while threatening suicide. From within the madness, TR begins to suspect that his “tormentor” Martin Almond might be the only thing propping him up. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Jun 8, 2013-Fri, Jun 28, 2013. A dream team of LA’s top hilarious improvisers take you back in time to 1978 and into Hollywood’s hottest disco. Audience suggestions turn one night at the disco into the party of the decade. And yes – there will be dancing! MORE >>
Saturdays. Sat, Jun 8, 2013-Sat, Jun 29, 2013. Do you know what a zombie looks like? Do you know how you become infected? Would you be aware of the safest place to go when the undead rise? Could you effectively kill a zombie with just a Florida orange lip balm and roll of scotch tape? The answer to these questions may be ‘yes.’ The answer to these questions may be ‘no’ or the answer could just be ‘I don’t care’ – well, you should care! Because if you don’t care then you will die! And then you will rise from the dead. And then they’ll have to kill you. And then you’ll die again…and that is just unacceptable. MORE >>
Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Jun 8, 2013-Sun, Aug 25, 2013. Backed by a live band, Tim Piper channels John Lennon in the smash hit, multimedia rock ‘n roll tribute that celebrates Lennon's life and music. Just Imagine intertwines the legendary singer’s songs with the stories behind them to create a unique and electrifying multimedia concert experience. 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. With Working Class Hero, Piper has performed at numerous special events, including a pre-screening performance for the re-release debut of Yellow Submarine and the John Lennon 20th anniversary memorial gathering in Central Park. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Jun 8, 2013-Sun, Jul 28, 2013. It is February 25, 1964. Cassius Clay has just defeated Sonny Liston to become heavyweight champion of the world. No celebration is planned, since no one thought he would actually win. No one except, his three not-yet-legendary friends: activist Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke, and football player Jim Brown who throw a party for him in a small hotel. The next morning, Cassius would make an announcement that would shock the world. One Night in Miami imagines what might have transpired on that very real, very fateful night in 1964. The civil rights struggle was ready to boil over and in less than a year, two of these friends would be dead. But on this night, the possibilities are endless. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays. Sat, Jun 8, 2013-Sat, Jul 27, 2013. Five Bedrooms. Five Couples. One chain of well-intentioned disasters in this hit comedy that peeks under the covers. MORE >>
Sundays. Sun, Jun 9, 2013-Sun, Jun 23, 2013. A finalist for the 2012 Goldberg Prize, Before a Fall is about the patriarch of a church suspected of molesting his granddaughter, the teacher who tries to intercede, and the community that turns a blind eye. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sun, Jun 9, 2013-Sun, Jun 30, 2013. The Interview, written and directed by Michael Franco, is a dark comedy
in the tradition of the existential theater of the absurd. A US citizen is under rendition. He doesn’t know where he is or why he is there. His interviewers seem to think he knows something and they will stop at nothing to get the information they need, but oddly enough, they never seem to ask him anything. An examination of torture, guns, the Catholic church and the endless cycle of man’s inhumanity to man. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sun, Jun 9, 2013-Sun, Jun 23, 2013. Four strangers meet one afternoon at a focus group tasked with marketing new writing implements to women. Each has a unique story to tell, but will they find common ground at the conference table, or allow their beliefs to divide them forever? Hilarious, moving and ultimately empowering, The Other F Word relates the story of what happens when people that have never met before decide to put people before marketing. MORE >>
Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sun, Jun 9, 2013-Fri, Jun 28, 2013. In a fantasy version of Studio City where all television characters live, a family’s Craigslist ad draws maids from sitcoms past and present. An original one-act musical guaranteed to make you tap your toes and tap into your TV nostalgia. MORE >>
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Mon, Jun 10, 2013-Fri, Jun 28, 2013. A lovingly satirical exploration of the world of pocket monsters. The brainchild of two Baldwin Wallace University students, the Pokemon adventure of a lifetime is now being brought to life upon the stage. Join Ash, Misty, Brock, Pikachu, and the rest of the crew from the original games and anime, and prepare to be hit with a wave of nostalgia. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Jun 11, 2013-Sun, Jun 23, 2013. The convent needs a new roof, so the order has decided that Sister (with her extensive gambling experience running the Church Bingo for the last 25 years) will organize a Las Vegas night! Sister will tackle topics ranging from Magicians and Show Girls to live animal acts and the dangers of drive-through marriage chapels. Don’t forget: “What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas,” but God sees everything! MORE >>
Thu, Jun 13, 2013-Sun, Jun 30, 2013. This annual celebration of the emerging arts includes both traditional and unorthodox venues hosting performances that are self-produced by local, national and international arts companies and independent performers. Fringe Festivals not only provide networking opportunities and production experience but foster the work of both the well-established and the obscure; everyone has the opportunity to participate. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Thu, Jun 13, 2013-Sat, Jul 20, 2013. Like the six barrels in its titular weapon, revolver circles through six scenes displaying the aftermath of emotional and physical violence. Set in the gun-shaped city of West Hollywood and featuring a wide array of beautifully crafted characters, revolver examines the nature of forgiveness and asks what, if anything, is unforgivable. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Jun 14, 2013-Sun, Jun 30, 2013. In a world where a single text can change your life, a photo on Facebook can destroy your relationship and the man of your dreams goes by @freshmeat37, hopefully AT&T has you covered...Can you hear me now? MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Jun 14, 2013-Sun, Jun 23, 2013. 3 hilarious and scandalous one-act plays against homophobia. MORE >>
Saturdays. Sat, Jun 15, 2013-Sat, Jun 22, 2013. A personal journey through Jeannette's early life in rural Florida, where she struggles to overcome the shocking suicide of her beloved friend, Katie, a popular high school student with a seemingly bright future ahead of her. Blindsided is a courageous, uninhibited account of a life with more than its fair share of challenges that is ultimately hopeful and uplifting. Jeannette never loses her ability to laugh at herself and to find the hilarious side of her situation. Ultimately, she finds the one thing that always gives her the strength to cope: Love and belief in herself. MORE >>
Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Jun 15, 2013-Sun, Jun 23, 2013. The play is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607. The earliest account of a performance of what was probably Shakespeare's play is April 1611, when Simon Forman recorded seeing such a play at the Globe Theatre. It was first published in the Folio of 1623, possibly from a prompt book. The play was most likely written during the reign of James I, who had been James VI of Scotland before he succeeded to the English throne in 1603. James was a patron of Shakespeare’s acting company, and of all the plays Shakespeare wrote under James’s reign, Macbeth most clearly reflects the playwright’s close relationship with the sovereign. MORE >>
Sundays. Sun, Jun 16, 2013-Sun, Jun 23, 2013. Ever wondered what the most famous names in showbiz are really like off screen? Find out from the man who has met them all in this hit one-man show direct from London’s West End. Leading British entertainment reporter in LA Sandro Monetti has kissed Madonna and headbutted Tom Cruise and shares these and other amazing but true stories in a gloriously gossipy romp through the world of celebrity. MORE >>
Tue, Jun 18, 2013-Tue, Jun 25, 2013. A hilarious and absurd one lady show based upon the song “Fancy” by Bobbie Gentry and made famous by Reba MacEntire. Fancy is a poor country girl from the outskirts of New Orleans, who learns the ways to please a man by her Mama and goes on to become one of the most famous prostitutes of the age. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Jun 18, 2013-Sun, Jul 28, 2013. Judy Gold has always dreamt big. Maybe because she is BIG (and by that, we mean tall). This six foot three inch Jewish mother of two is bringing her big, critically acclaimed off-Broadway hit to LA. A nonstop 90-minute ride, The Judy Show is Gold’s chance to broadcast her hilarious life story through the sitcoms we all knew and loved. As an awkward kid growing up in New Jersey, Gold has fantasies of running away to The Brady Bunch house or climbing aboard the The Partridge Family bus, all while unabashedly recounting the mix of riotous, touching and otherwise embarrassing moments that taught her The Facts of Life. Infused with pop-culture references as well as her signature irreverent humor, The Judy Show covers life, love, showbiz and ultimately her quest for her very own show — all in a way that might make Rhoda proud. MORE >>
Wed, Jun 19, 2013. Criminal Minds' Garcia's mostly funny exploration of being kind of a mess. MORE >>
Thu, Jun 20, 2013-Sun, Jun 23, 2013. Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm in the Middle), reprising the role she created for the U.S premiere at the Manhattan Theatre Club and for which she won an Ovation Award in the L.A. premiere, and Susan Sullivan (Dharma and Greg, Castle), head the cast when L.A. Theatre Works records Diane Samuels’ play for public radio broadcast. In the final months leading up to World War II, 10,000 Jewish children were voluntarily sent by their parents to the UK to escape the certain death of Nazi concentration camps. Most never saw their parents again. Kindertransport celebrates the heroism and hope that kept these children alive. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Thu, Jun 20, 2013-Sun, Jul 28, 2013. Journey back the swinging 1960's in London - a time when cultures and styles clashed, fashion trends all emerged on Carnaby Street and British bands ruled the pop charts. Inspired by the historic clash between the rival youth group factions the "Mods" and "Rockers", ModRock tells the story of young love through the music and lyrics of 20 classic songs from the era. Songs include such favorites as: "For Your Love," "We Gotta Get Out of This Place," "Tired of Waiting," "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," "Bus Stop," "Time of the Season," "Downtown," "I Can't Explain," "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me," "Sunny Afternoon," "A Summer Song," "You've Got Your Troubles" and many more. MORE >>
Thu, Jun 20, 2013-Sun, Jun 23, 2013. Based on Puccini's "La Boheme," Jonathan Larson’s Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning revolutionary rock opera "Rent" tells the story of one year in the life of eight friends living the Bohemian life – struggling to express themselves through their art and measuring their lives in love. Against the gritty backdrop of New York's East Village, these friends strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness, and the AIDS epidemic. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays. Fri, Jun 21, 2013-Sat, Jun 29, 2013. When CB’s dog dies from rabies, CB begins to question the existence of an afterlife. His best friend is too burnt out to provide any coherent speculation; his sister has gone goth; his ex-girlfriend has recently been institutionalized; and his other friends are too inebriated to give him any sort of solace. But a chance meeting with an artistic kid, the target of this group’s bullying, offers CB a peace of mind and sets in motion a friendship that will push teen angst to the very limits. Drug use, suicide, eating disorders, teen violence, rebellion and sexual identity collide and careen toward an ending that’s both haunting and hopeful. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Jun 21, 2013-Sun, Jul 28, 2013. Part Picasso at the Lapine Agile, part Noises Off, we find ourselves in the midst of a play about Leon and Natalya Trotsky’s final days in Mexico as guests of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, when a group of actors revolts against the playwright and turns his world upside down. A killer new comedy from the team that brought you last years smash-hit, Mutually Assured Destruction. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Jun 22, 2013-Sun, Jul 28, 2013. The world famous Bob Baker Marionettes whisk you away to “the place where imagination dwells.” Join Candy Dandy, Chili Dog, and over 100 of Bob Baker’s whimsical creations as they lead you on a wondrous journey with many a magical stop along the way including a day at the circus, a stop at an Enchanted Toy Shop, and even a visit to the teddy bear’s picnic. MORE >>
Tue, Jun 25, 2013-Sun, Jun 30, 2013. The high-flying, splashy Broadway musical tells the story of Frank W. Abagnale, Jr., a teenager who runs away from home in search of the glamorous life. With nothing more than his boyish charm, a big imagination and millions of dollars in forged checks, Frank successfully poses as a pilot, a doctor and a lawyer — living the high life and winning the girl of his dreams. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Jun 28, 2013-Sun, Jul 14, 2013. Val Kilmer, famous for his portrayals of iconic characters such as Jim Morrison (The Doors), Doc Holliday (Tombstone) and Batman (Batman Forever), inhabits the spirit of another legendary American figure: Mark Twain. Exploring the famed author's wry humor — from politics to death, love, money, watermelons, God, racism and cats — Kilmer channels the wit and wisdom of the man considered to be the world’s greatest storyteller and the first stand-up comedian. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Jun 29, 2013-Sat, Aug 3, 2013. Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot was the 2005 Tony winner for Best Musical and tells the tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as they embark on their quest for the Holy Grail. Flying cows, killer rabbits, taunting Frenchmen, and show-stopping musical numbers are just a few of the reasons audiences everywhere are eating up Spamalot. MORE >>
Mon, Jul 8, 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, Jul 9, 2013-Sun, Jul 28, 2013. The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles is well known and loved for its unique and engaging Los Angeles-focused interpretations of Shakespeare’s plays. This year’s production draws its inspiration from the late 1950’s and early 1960’s cultural revolution in Los Angeles. It will feature a returning military warrior’s spectacular wedding and the adventures of four young lovers and a group of six amateur actors, controlled and manipulated by a trendsetting sprite that utilizes live music of the era to underscore the exploits inspired by the god of love. The West LA VA’s idyllic Japanese Garden is particularly well suited to the play which Shakespeare set in a forest and for which the Japanese Garden is ideal. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Jul 9, 2013-Sun, Aug 11, 2013. The charming story of Michael and Agnes and their 50 years of marriage takes place around a large four-poster bed and features the musical standard, “My Cup Runneth Over.” The Playhouse is thrilled to have two great musical talents, Davis Gaines (Phantom of the Opera; Hello, Dolly; Camelot) and Vicki Lewis (Chicago, Damn Yankees) who will light up the stage in their turn at this funny and heartwarming musical about the joy, struggles, humor and passion that is every marriage. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Jul 9, 2013-Sun, Jul 28, 2013. Featuring original music by 8-time Oscar® winner Alan Menken (Beauty and The Beast, The Little Mermaid, Little Shop of Horrors), Sister Act tells the story of Deloris Van Cartier, a wannabe diva whose life takes a surprising turn when she witnesses a crime and the cops hide her in the last place anyone would think to look—a convent. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Wed, Jul 10, 2013-Sun, Aug 18, 2013. That’s the quandary when Bee is visited by an older, omniscient version of herself — that only she can see and hear — who offers predictions of events to come and a remote control that rewinds and replays the present. Suddenly Bee’s everyday life becomes a bizarro world of time shifts, plot twists and reality benders. Playwright Bruce Norris follows up his monster Taper hit Clybourne Park (Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award® winner) with a compelling and mind-scrambling dark comedy that questions the humanity of humanity and forces us to take an honest, unflinching look at our ability to control our own fate. MORE >>
Thu, Jul 11, 2013. The hilarious new musical that brings all the naughty fun of the best-selling book to life. Your inner goddess will be laughing out loud with this clever re-imagining of the characters as they come alive with hysterical comedy, musical numbers, sexy and fun performances from the hunky leading man, plus lots of surprises. MORE >>
Sat, Jul 13, 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 >>
Sun, Jul 14, 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 >>
Wed, Jul 17, 2013. La Traviata 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. Recorded at The Met and playing at select theaters nationwide. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Jul 19, 2013-Sun, Jul 28, 2013. Based on the hit movie, the hit musical was nominated for 7 Tonys. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays. Fri, Jul 19, 2013-Sat, Aug 24, 2013. Wildly funny and scathingly provocative, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is a searing look at history’s most infamous double-cross. Part court-room drama, part urban re-telling of myth, the play places Judas Iscariot on trial for betraying Christ. As the trial goes on, we are forced to re- examine old truths and consider what it means to forgive. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Jul 20, 2013-Sun, Aug 25, 2013. Can a middle-aged, middle-class woman survive, when she suddenly has to make beds all day in a hotel and live on $7 an hour? Maybe. But one $7 an hour job won’t pay the rent. She’ll have to do back-to-back shifts, as a chambermaid and a waitress. This isn’t the first surprise for acclaimed author Barbara Ehrenreich, who in the late 90’s set out to research low-wage life firsthand, confident she was prepared for the worst. MORE >>
Fri, Jul 26, 2013-Sun, Jul 28, 2013. Set amid the razzle-dazzle of the 1920s, this winner of six Tony Awards will come to decadent life with a sensational all-star cast in a one-of-a-kind Bowl production, steaming up the night with sass, brass and a#$. MORE >>
Saturdays, Sundays. Sat, Jul 27, 2013-Sun, Aug 18, 2013. Oscar Wilde's four-act comedy bitingly satirizes the morals of Victorian society, particularly marriage. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays. Fri, Aug 2, 2013-Sat, Aug 31, 2013. Follow Post Mortem down the rabbit hole on a journey of self-discovery; examining life, love, and what makes us who we are…or what we think makes us who we are. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Aug 6, 2013-Sun, Aug 18, 2013. Featuring original music by 8-time Oscar® winner Alan Menken (Beauty and The Beast, The Little Mermaid, Little Shop of Horrors), Sister Act tells the story of Deloris Van Cartier, a wannabe diva whose life takes a surprising turn when she witnesses a crime and the cops hide her in the last place anyone would think to look—a convent. MORE >>
Sat, Aug 10, 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 >>
Sun, Aug 11, 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 >>
Mon, Aug 12, 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, Aug 13, 2013-Sun, Sep 22, 2013. Hailed as a "genius" by Variety, playwright Gina Gionfriddo's West Coast premiere tackles feminism’s foibles in what The New York Times called an, "intensely smart and immensely funny," new play. Three generations of women share their raucous and refreshing approaches to navigating work, love and family. Rock star academic Catherine envies her friend Gwen who finds her domestic responsibilities less than satisfying. Meanwhile the witty and wry student Avery wonders whether she has more in common with Catherine's aging mother than any of today's modern feminists. This new comedy takes a sharp look at how women, and men, find happiness and conquer disappointment. MORE >>
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Fri, Aug 16, 2013-Sat, Sep 28, 2013. This drama is one of the great comedy plays by William Shakespeare. Cymbeline, King of Britain, takes a new wife who has an arrogant son called Cloten. Cymbeline's beuatiful daughter Imogen is expected to marry Cloten. Instead Imogen marries the brave, but poor Posthumus Leonatus. Cymbeline is furious when he finds out about the marriage and banishes Posthumus who goes to Rome. The couple have time to exchange love tokens and Imogen gives Posthumus a diamond ring and he gives her a bracelet. The villain of the plot is Iachimo who bets 10,000 ducats against Posthumus's diamond ring that he can seduce Imogen. Various plot lines ensue involving deceit, cross-dressing, poison and treachery. The story has a happy ending when Iachimo confesses and Imogen reveals her true identity and is reunited with Posthumus. MORE >>
Sun, Sep 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 >>
Mon, Sep 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 >>
Sat, Sep 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 >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Sep 17, 2013-Sun, Oct 6, 2013. 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 >>
Tue, Sep 24, 2013-Sun, Sep 29, 2013. Winner of three 2012 Tony Awards®, including Best Musical revival, this saucy and splendid production of Cole Porter’s first-class comedy features some of musical theater’s most memorable songs. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Sep 24, 2013-Sun, Nov 3, 2013. The laughter hits the ceiling when Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Danny DeVito and Olivier and Tony Award® winner Richard Griffiths team up, face off and tear it up in this outrageous new production of the Neil Simon classic. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Wed, Sep 25, 2013-Sun, Nov 3, 2013. This classic comic masterpiece has all the ingredients of a thoroughly enjoyable romp: manic action, twisting plotlines, mistaken identities, slamming doors, disappearing clothes, and, above all, Joe Orton’s subversive wit, breakneck dialogue and outrageous lack of appropriateness. Decried as scandalous in 1969 for its character’s raging libidos and rampant mockery of morality, What the Butler Saw is a timeless tale of sex and repression in a culture gone mad (it takes place in a mental hospital, after all), never slowing down long enough to let you catch your breath from laughter. MORE >>
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays. Fri, Oct 4, 2013-Sat, Nov 2, 2013. Haters gon hate. See what sippin’ on all that haterade does to someone who’s been so busy playing Judge Judy, she can’t see the guilty for the innocent. Traffic. Seven Deadly Sins. TJ Maxx. All in one sweet, sweet theatrical piñata known as SIN. Directed by Guest Artist Amy Louise Sebelius. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Oct 8, 2013-Sun, Nov 17, 2013. Don’t let the quaint 1960s apartment of Susy and Sam Hendrix fool you; hidden within is a score for which thieves and conmen would kill. Employing disguise and deception, three newly acquainted crooks become all the more desperate and depraved, but must wait until dark to play out this classic thriller’s chilling conclusion. MORE >>
Tue, Oct 8, 2013-Sun, Oct 13, 2013. This epic tale is both highly inventive spectacle and powerfully moving drama, with one of the largest casts assembled on the Ahmanson stage. This odyssey of a boy and his horse took London by storm before opening on Broadway where it won five Tony® Awards including Best Play. MORE >>
Sat, Oct 12, 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 >>
Sun, Oct 13, 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 >>
Mon, Oct 14, 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 >>
Tue, Oct 22, 2013-Sun, Oct 27, 2013. Bette Midler proudly presents the uplifting story of a trio of friends on a road trip of a lifetime, who hop aboard a battered old bus searching for love and friendship in the middle of the Australian outback and end up finding more than they could ever have dreamed. The international hit with over 500 dazzling, 2011 Tony Award-winning costumes features a hit parade of dance-floor favorites including “It’s Raining Men,” “Finally” and “I Will Survive.” MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Wed, Oct 23, 2013-Sun, Nov 10, 2013. Eva Perón used her beauty and charisma to rise meteorically from the slums of Argentina to the presidential mansion as First Lady. Adored by her people as a champion for the poor, she became one of the most powerful women in the world — while her greed, outsized ambition and fragile health made her one of the most tragic. MORE >>
Thu, Oct 31, 2013-Sat, Nov 2, 2013. Orson Welles' famous radio version of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. Performed live, with live sound effects and music. 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 >>
Sat, Nov 9, 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 >>
Sun, Nov 10, 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 >>
Mon, Nov 11, 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. 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 >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Thu, Nov 21, 2013-Sun, Dec 1, 2013. Matthew Bourne (Edward Scissorhands, The Car Man) returns to the Ahmanson, re-imagining Sleeping Beauty as a gothic romance complete with faeries and vampires, enchanting and arresting scenery and costumes: all in a fully immersive surround sound experience. MORE >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Nov 26, 2013-Sun, Dec 29, 2013. A touching and human comedy about a formidable retired woman, Lily Harrison, who hires an acerbic dance instructor, Michael Minetti, to give her private dance lessons —one per week for six weeks— in her gulf-front condo in St. Petersburg Beach, Florida. What begins as an mercurial relationship blossoms into an intimate friendship as these two people from very different backgrounds reveal their secrets, fears, and joys while dancing. Starring 2-time Oscar nominee Leslie Caron who will appear in six of the eight performances per week. An alternate (TBA shortly) will perform on 11/30 (matinee), 12/1 (evening), 12/5 (matinee), 12/8 (evening), 12/14 (matinee), 12/15 (evening), 12/19 (matinee), 12/21 (matinee), 12/26 (matinee), 12/28 (matinee) and 12/29 (matinee). 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. 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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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. Eva Perón used her beauty and charisma to rise meteorically from the slums of Argentina to the presidential mansion as First Lady. Adored by her people as a champion for the poor, she became one of the most powerful women in the world — while her greed, outsized ambition and fragile health made her one of the most tragic. 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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Jan 21, 2014-Sun, Feb 9, 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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 13, 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 >>
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 >>
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 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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Jun 3, 2014-Sun, Jun 22, 2014. Since bursting onto the Broadway scene some thirty years ago, Tony®, Grammy® and Academy-Award-winning composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has brought to the stage a host of musical blockbusters that have taken the theatre world by storm. Now, the biggest hits from these inspirational and diverse works have been fashioned into a theatrical evening of music that is, like the songs themselves, unforgettable. Included in The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber are the great songs and musical excerpts from The Phantom of the Opera, CATS , Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Starlight Express, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Song and Dance, Requiem, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, Whistle Down The Wind and, for the first time in the U.S., Love Never Dies. 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 >>
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tue, Jun 10, 2014-Sun, Jun 29, 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 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 >>
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