http://www.theatermania.com/ RSS to find Los Angeles theater listings for any show, including news, reviews, photos and more at TheaterMania.com! Get discount tickets too! en-us Copyright 2009 TheaterMania.com Inc. http://www.theatermania.com/images/rss.gif http://www.theatermania.com/ 12/1/2010 - 12/19/2010. It's Christmas at Radio station WOV in New York. The Station takes to the air at the beginning of World War II, this time to record a broadcast for the troops overseas. The harassed producer whose leading singer is often drunk, the delivery boy who wants a chance in front of the mic, the second... 2009-07-10T08:58:52+00:00 2010-12-01 2010-12-19 Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, 1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Redondo Beach, CA, 90278 Civic Light Opera Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-1940s-radio-hour_157239/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-1940s-radio-hour_157239/ 11/24/2010 - 12/19/2010. A Chance Un-Holiday Tradition - Back for its 7th year, because our favorite team of reindeer still have plenty to say. Accusations, rumors and all-out attacks are flying fast and furious around Santa's toyshop this holiday season. Go behind the tinsel and hear the truth about Santa straight from the... 2009-11-09T17:10:38+00:00 2010-11-24 2010-12-19 Chance Theater, 5552 E La Palma Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92807 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-eight-reindeer-monologues_161338/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-eight-reindeer-monologues_161338/ 11/19/2010 - 12/23/2010. This enchanting classic of children's literature is now a brilliant musical by a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright. Orphaned in India, an 11 year old girl returns to Yorkshire to live with an embittered, reclusive uncle and his invalid son. Her own personality blossoms as she and a young gardener... 2009-11-09T17:05:10+00:00 2010-11-19 2010-12-23 Chance Theater, 5552 E La Palma Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92807 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-secret-garden-the-musical_161337/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-secret-garden-the-musical_161337/ 9/24/2010 - 10/24/2010. Tony & Drama Desk Award-Winning black comedy/drama by Edward Albee, concerning an architect who - in the same week that he receives an international prize, wins a lucrative contract, and celebrates his 50th birthday - is forced to confess to his wife and son that he's involved in a love affair that... 2009-11-09T16:53:03+00:00 2010-09-24 2010-10-24 Chance Theater, 5552 E La Palma Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92807 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-goat-or-who-is-sylvia_161336/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-goat-or-who-is-sylvia_161336/ 9/15/2010 - 10/3/2010. Remember when hair was hard and life was easy! This Major Musical will have you dancing in your seat as we learn the journey of women through the girl groups that spoke for a generation. The Shirelles, Brenda Lee, The Chiffons, Lesley Gore, The Supremes, Connie Francis, Petula Clark, Lulu, Dusty... 2009-07-10T08:52:24+00:00 2010-09-15 2010-10-03 Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, 1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Redondo Beach, CA, 90278 Civic Light Opera Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/beehive-the-1960s-girl-group-musical_157238/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/beehive-the-1960s-girl-group-musical_157238/ 8/27/2010 - 9/19/2010. We conclude our season with a newly commissioned work from José Cruz González, the author of The Heart's Desire, inspired by Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale and set in 19th century rancho California. Our story begins sadly - with love turned to obsession and destruction wrought by... 2009-08-05T12:59:14+00:00 2010-08-27 2010-09-19 Marian Theatre, 800 South College, Santa Maria, CA, 93454 PCPA Theaterfest Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/invierno_158276/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/invierno_158276/ 8/6/2010 - 8/21/2010. It's all about the music in this gorgeous song cycle from Jason Robert Brown, one of the rising voices of the musical theater. Each song transports us through different stories, humorous and moving, of our American identity and experience - our community and isolation, our desire for the immaterial... 2009-08-05T12:49:17+00:00 2010-08-06 2010-08-21 Marian Theatre, 800 South College, Santa Maria, CA, 93454 PCA Theater Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/songs-for-a-new-world_158275/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/songs-for-a-new-world_158275/ 7/27/2010 - 8/15/2010. The classic Mel Brooks movie is ALIVE...and it's headed here! You'll have a monstrously good time at this spectacular new production, winner of the 2008 Outer Critics Circle Award and the Broadway.com Audience Award for BEST MUSICAL! Don't miss the sensational cast delivering all your favorite... 2009-05-10T13:56:06+00:00 2010-07-27 2010-08-15 Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90028 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/young-frankenstein_155077/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/young-frankenstein_155077/ 7/14/2010 - 7/18/2010. A coming-of-age, coming-out cocktail with a twist of terror. Thirteen-year-old Franklin Robertson is trying to survive adolescence. His parents don't understand him, he has no friends, and he's more interested in the high school quarterback than any girl. The one bright spot in his life is the glow... 2009-09-05T13:34:01+00:00 2010-07-14 2010-07-18 Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90049 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/doctor-cerberus_159261/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/doctor-cerberus_159261/ 7/11/2010. Upright is taking their brand of new generation cabaret to La Mirada with the 'American Icon Series.' Four rising stars of stage and screen will pay homage to musical idols like Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, Joni Mitchell and Johnny Cash in a Cabaret Lounge created in the La Mirada Theatre lobby.... 2009-11-02T16:04:45+00:00 2010-07-11 2010-07-11 La Mirada Theatre, 14900 La Mirada Blvd., La Mirada, CA, 90638 Cabaret. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/upright-cabaret-country-roads_161158/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/upright-cabaret-country-roads_161158/ 7/9/2010 - 7/25/2010. In this triumphant legend, love transcends language, time and place. While Manhattan's west side rumbles with the clash of Jets and Sharks, Maria and Tony seek "a somewhere" their romance can thrive. In their revolutionary work that changed the course of the American musical, Bernstein,... 2009-08-05T12:04:23+00:00 2010-07-09 2010-07-25 Marian Theatre, 800 South College, Santa Maria, CA, 93454 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/west-side-story_158273/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/west-side-story_158273/ 7/6/2010 - 8/15/2010. Comprising workshops, readings and late night events, ClassicsFest 2010 brings audiences a different project almost every night of the week for six weeks. Over 100 theater artists gather for a refreshing and invigorating summer splash of the classics, any way you like 'em. Experience... 2009-07-28T10:21:05+00:00 2010-07-06 2010-08-15 Deaf West Theatre, 5112 Lankershim Blvd., N. Hollywood, CA, 91601 Antaeus Company Festival. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/classicsfest-2010_157968/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/classicsfest-2010_157968/ 6/30/2010 - 8/22/2010. Set on a tropical island during World War II, the musical tells the sweeping romantic story of two couples - U.S. Navy nurse Nellie Forbush and French plantation owner Emile de Becque, and Navy Airman Joe Cable and a young local native girl, Liat, and how their happiness is threatened by the... 2009-02-13T12:07:28+00:00 2010-06-30 2010-08-22 Ahmanson Theatre, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90012 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/south-pacific_152646/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/south-pacific_152646/ 6/26/2010 - 8/8/2010. At the center of ClassicsFest 2010 will be Antaeus' much-anticipated first full production of a Shakespearean play, and will feature the renowned scholar, actor, and founding Artistic Director, Dakin Matthews, in the title role. Considered one of Shakespeare's great tragedies, King... 2009-07-28T10:17:50+00:00 2010-06-26 2010-08-08 Deaf West Theatre, 5112 Lankershim Blvd., N. Hollywood, CA, 91601 Antaeus Company Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/king-lear_157966/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/king-lear_157966/ 6/22/2010 - 7/11/2010. In the Heights, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards including BEST MUSICAL!, is a sensational new show about chasing your dreams and finding your true home. With an amazing cast, incredible Tony Award-winning dancing and a thrilling Tony Award-winning score, In the Heights is an... 2009-05-10T13:54:50+00:00 2010-06-22 2010-07-11 Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90028 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/in-the-heights_155076/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/in-the-heights_155076/ 6/17/2010 - 7/3/2010. Our title character is the bone of contention between Greg and his wife Kate in this howlingly funny domestic comedy. This summer we'll unleash this hilarious and touching tale that takes the term "animal lover" to a whole other level. 2009-08-04T11:44:35+00:00 2010-06-17 2010-07-03 Marian Theatre, 800 South College, Santa Maria, CA, 93454 PCPA Theaterfest Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/sylvia_158247/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/sylvia_158247/ 6/16/2010 - 6/20/2010. Love, lies, and dysfunctional families. Sound like your last family gathering? Charles and George set out to woo the alluring and upper-crust Kate and Constance. But inexperienced Charles is shy and clumsy around upper-class ladies, so it's the barmaid who catches his eye. But is she really who she... 2009-09-05T13:22:04+00:00 2010-06-16 2010-06-20 Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90049 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/she-stoops-to-conquer-or-the-mistakes-of-a-night_159260/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/she-stoops-to-conquer-or-the-mistakes-of-a-night_159260/ 6/8/2010 - 6/20/2010. The beloved classic novel comes to life on the stage in this brand new musical sure to delight the whole family, directed by Broadway legend Jerry Zaks. Pongo and Mrs. Pongo are loving the good life in London with their 'pets" roger and Anita. When their 15 puppies go missing, the canines learn they... 2009-05-10T13:53:12+00:00 2010-06-08 2010-06-20 Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90028 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-101-dalmatians-musical_155075/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-101-dalmatians-musical_155075/ 6/6/2010. Upright is taking their brand of new generation cabaret to La Mirada with the 'American Icon Series.' Four rising stars of stage and screen will pay homage to musical idols like Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, Joni Mitchell and Johnny Cash in a Cabaret Lounge created in the La Mirada Theatre lobby.... 2009-11-02T16:01:19+00:00 2010-06-06 2010-06-06 La Mirada Theatre, 14900 La Mirada Blvd., La Mirada, CA, 90638 Cabaret. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/upright-cabaret-the-mighty-mississippi_161156/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/upright-cabaret-the-mighty-mississippi_161156/ 6/5/2010. The soft rock duo that brought you such hits as "The One that You Love," "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" and "All Out of Love" will be making a one night appearance full of nostalgia for the 80's romantic in all of us. These talented mates from down under will be performing a mix of new numbers... 2009-07-27T14:22:54+00:00 2010-06-05 2010-06-05 Lewis Family Playhouse @ Victoria Gardens Cultural Center, 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 91739 Concert. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/air-supply_157913/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/air-supply_157913/ 6/5/2010 - 6/20/2010. The story is not just a thoughtful study on divorce, but a turbulent meditation on the minefield of middle age. Gabe and Karen, a happily married couple, have been friends with married couple Tom and Beth for many years. While having dinner at Gabe and Karen's home one night, Beth tearfully reveals... 2009-04-27T18:40:53+00:00 2010-06-05 2010-06-20 La Mirada Theatre, 14900 La Mirada Blvd., La Mirada, CA, 90638 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/dinner-with-friends_154623/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/dinner-with-friends_154623/ 6/3/2010 - 8/27/2010. Loot is Joe Orton's edgy farce about greed, hypocrisy and police incompetence. On the eve of his mother's funeral, Hal robs a bank while his mother's nurse, who has a penchant of murder, plots her eighth marriage. Mayhem and anarchy reign in this hilarious and shocking comedy. USA... 2009-08-05T18:13:54+00:00 2010-06-03 2010-08-27 Alhecama Theatre, 914 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/loot_158295/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/loot_158295/ 5/25/2010. Let's Salute America is inspired by America's love of the Yellow Ribbon as a symbol of freedom, hope, homecomings and of course, Tony's number one recording of 1973, "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree." It was number one for that year, became Orlando's theme song... 2009-04-27T18:46:02+00:00 2010-05-25 2010-05-25 La Mirada Theatre, 14900 La Mirada Blvd., La Mirada, CA, 90638 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/lets-salute-america_154624/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/lets-salute-america_154624/ 5/21/2010 - 5/22/2010. On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions; the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire; and the attentions of... 2009-07-27T14:20:37+00:00 2010-05-21 2010-05-22 Lewis Family Playhouse @ Victoria Gardens Cultural Center, 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 91739 Black Box Productions Drama. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/proof_157912/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/proof_157912/ 5/12/2010 - 5/16/2010. The critics say it best: "An atmospheric memory play, Side Man spans three decades in the life of a Manhattan musician. Playwright Warren Leight, whose father was a sideman, incisively captures the pulse and climate of the New York jazz scene, with crisp dialogue and clearly drawn... 2009-09-05T11:59:15+00:00 2010-05-12 2010-05-16 Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90049 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/side-man_159258/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/side-man_159258/ 5/11/2010 - 5/23/2010. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying started out in 1952 as a best selling satirical novel by Shepherd Mead, and in 1961, with book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert and music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, became a smash Broadway musical, winning not only... 2009-04-28T10:11:26+00:00 2010-05-11 2010-05-23 Freud Playhouse, Macgowen HallHilgard Avenue, Los Angles, CA, 90024 Reprise Theatre Company Season. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/how-to-succeed-in-business-without-really-trying_154641/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/how-to-succeed-in-business-without-really-trying_154641/ 5/8/2010 - 5/22/2010. Whether revisiting it or discovering it for the first time, young people and adults alike will be enthralled by Stevenson's gripping pirate story in this fast-paced production! Set out to sea with young Jim Hawkins on an adventure of a lifetime to the mysterious Treasure Island - where pirate... 2009-07-27T14:16:42+00:00 2010-05-08 2010-05-22 Lewis Family Playhouse @ Victoria Gardens Cultural Center, 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 91739 MainStreet Theatre Company Children/Family.Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/treasure-island_157910/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/treasure-island_157910/ 4/25/2010. Thrilling audiences in all 50 states, 65 countries and 5 continents, the Golden Dragon Acrobats are now bringing their show full of contortion, amazing juggling and award winning acrobatics to our very own Lewis Family Playhouse. Watch as these masters of their craft perform the longest... 2009-07-27T14:13:16+00:00 2010-04-25 2010-04-25 Lewis Family Playhouse @ Victoria Gardens Cultural Center, 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 91739 Performance Art. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/golden-dragon-acrobats_157907/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/golden-dragon-acrobats_157907/ 4/24/2010. American folk-singer and songwriter Judy Collins has been serenading audiences with the stunning purity of her soprano since the release of her first album, A Maid of Constant Sorrow, in 1961. Classically trained in piano as a child and inspired by the political activist of the 60's as a... 2009-07-27T14:09:22+00:00 2010-04-24 2010-04-24 Lewis Family Playhouse @ Victoria Gardens Cultural Center, 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 91739 Concert. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/judy-collins_157906/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/judy-collins_157906/ 4/21/2010 - 5/9/2010. Andrew Lloyd Webber fills the stage with his most loved musical! From the party in the pyramids to the Elvis Style Pharaoh this jammed packed, upbeat Biblical romp will have you reading the Old Testament a new way. From 9 to 90 you'll love Joseph! 2009-07-10T08:49:27+00:00 2010-04-21 2010-05-09 Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, 1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Redondo Beach, CA, 90278 Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-dreamcoat_157237/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-dreamcoat_157237/ 4/21/2010. The duo of Mark Beckwith and Obediah Thomas have been delighting children with their hokey-pokey-turn-yourself-around-banjo-pickin'-rip-roarin'-show full of education and entertainment for the past eight years. With roots in award winning songwriting, Razzle Bam Boom will dazzle children and... 2009-07-27T14:06:10+00:00 2010-04-21 2010-04-21 Lewis Family Playhouse @ Victoria Gardens Cultural Center, 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 91739 Children/Family. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/razzle-bam-boom-all-that-trash_157905/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/razzle-bam-boom-all-that-trash_157905/ 4/20/2010 - 5/2/2010. There's never been a better time to experience Chicago, Broadway's razzle-dazzle smash. This triumphant hit musical is the recipient of six Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards, a Grammy and thousands of standing ovations. A sensational tale of sin, corruption and all that jazz, it's no... 2009-05-10T13:51:07+00:00 2010-04-20 2010-05-02 Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90028 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/chicago_155074/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/chicago_155074/ 4/20/2010 - 4/25/2010. Hairspray, winner of eight Tony Awards, will sweep Riverside away to 1960's Baltimore in this mega-hit, piled bouffant-high with laughter and romance - and enough deliriously tuneful songs to fill a nonstop platter party. In Hairspray it's 1962--the '50s are out and... 2009-05-29T18:30:17+00:00 2010-04-20 2010-04-25 Fox Performing Arts Center, 3801 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92501 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/hairspray_155794/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/hairspray_155794/ 4/18/2010. Upright is taking their brand of new generation cabaret to La Mirada with the 'American Icon Series.' Four rising stars of stage and screen will pay homage to musical idols like Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, Joni Mitchell and Johnny Cash in a Cabaret Lounge created in the La Mirada Theatre lobby.... 2009-11-02T15:01:06+00:00 2010-04-18 2010-04-18 La Mirada Theatre, 14900 La Mirada Blvd., La Mirada, CA, 90638 Cabaret. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/upright-cabaret-motor-city_161148/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/upright-cabaret-motor-city_161148/ 4/17/2010 - 5/2/2010. Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story tells the incredible story of the three years in which Buddy Holly became the world's top recording artist with a show that features over 20 of Buddy Holly's greatest hits including "Peggy Sue," "That'll Be The Day," "Oh Boy,"... 2009-04-27T18:24:45+00:00 2010-04-17 2010-05-02 La Mirada Theatre, 14900 La Mirada Blvd., La Mirada, CA, 90638 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/buddy-the-buddy-holly-story_154622/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/buddy-the-buddy-holly-story_154622/ 4/17/2010 - 5/22/2010. William Butler Yeats called it "picturesque, poetical, fantastical, a masterpiece of style and of music, the supreme work of our dialect theatre..." John Millington Synge, one of Ireland's most beloved playwrights skillfully weaves a multi-colored, prism-like romantic comedy, set in the remote bogs... 2009-08-19T18:22:43+00:00 2010-04-17 2010-05-22 A Noise Within Theatre, 234 South Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA, 91204 A Noise Within Theatre Company Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-playboy-of-the-western-world_158743/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-playboy-of-the-western-world_158743/ 4/16/2010 - 5/16/2010. A present-day story of personal recovery and acceptance. Upon her return from a difficult tour of duty in Iraq, wounded Marine Sergeant Jenny Sutter finds herself lost in the California desert, without the body and mind she once knew. The eccentric inhabitants of a makeshift community give her the... 2009-11-09T16:39:13+00:00 2010-04-16 2010-05-16 Chance Theater, 5552 E La Palma Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92807 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/welcome-home-jenny-sutter_161334/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/welcome-home-jenny-sutter_161334/ 4/15/2010 - 5/9/2010. In this hilarious collision of the traditions of Agatha Christie and 42nd Street, Kander and Ebb's Tony-winning musical celebrates the backstage "whodunnit." It's a toe tapping, gun slinging, wise cracking cavalcade in which Boston Detective Lt. Frank Cioffi has to drag his net to... 2009-07-31T14:11:45+00:00 2010-04-15 2010-05-09 Marian Theatre, 800 South College, Santa Maria, CA, 93454 PCPA Theaterfest Musical Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/curtains_158153/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/curtains_158153/ 4/14/2010 - 4/18/2010. There's something Constance Middleton's friends are dying to tell her: her husband is having an affair - with her best friend! Despite their hints, Constance remains ever cool, and seemingly oblivious. Or is she? In this biting comedy of manners, marriages and mistresses, Constance - a... 2009-09-05T11:46:52+00:00 2010-04-14 2010-04-18 Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90049 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-constant-wife_159257/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-constant-wife_159257/ 4/10/2010 - 5/9/2010. In 2006, this forgotten treasure of musical theatre was rediscovered in New York, and now it returns triumphantly to Los Angeles where it hasn't been seen in years. The genius of Jacques Brel is beautifully captured in this brilliant collection of timeless songs, songs of passionate desire and... 2009-04-29T20:13:20+00:00 2010-04-10 2010-05-09 Colony Theatre, 555 North Third Street, Burbank, CA, 91502 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/jacques-brel-is-alive-and-well-and-living-in-paris_154758/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/jacques-brel-is-alive-and-well-and-living-in-paris_154758/ 4/8/2010 - 5/2/2010. The great American classic, Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, will be presented in an all-new production. In this lyrical and haunting memory play set in the Great Depression, a young writer yearns to break free from his demanding mother, his emotionally crippled sister and a... 2009-08-05T18:07:34+00:00 2010-04-08 2010-05-02 Alhecama Theatre, 914 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-glass-menagerie_158294/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-glass-menagerie_158294/ 4/2/2010. A unique violin concept founded in Calgary, Canada and enjoyed by the likes of presidents, prime ministers and princes is now making its way to the Lewis Family Playhouse. The fiddle-fest is filled with ferocious energy of violin virtuosity for the entire family. Pulling music from all genres; be... 2009-07-27T14:02:34+00:00 2010-04-02 2010-04-02 Lewis Family Playhouse @ Victoria Gardens Cultural Center, 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 91739 Performance Art.Concert.Dance. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/barrage_157902/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/barrage_157902/ 3/30/2010 - 4/1/2010. Jesus Christ Superstar, the groundbreaking theatrical masterpiece by legendary writing team Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, and their first collaboration to be performed on the professional stage, is one of the most popular and enduring works ever created for the musical theatre. As... 2009-05-29T17:39:22+00:00 2010-03-30 2010-04-01 Fox Performing Arts Center, 3801 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92501 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/jesus-christ-superstar_155793/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/jesus-christ-superstar_155793/ 3/26/2010. The music of Andrew Lloyd Webber has been a remarkable part of musical theater for the past 30 years. The OnStage Cabaret Orchestra will bring you a vast retrospective of this prolific composer's unforgettable musicals including Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats, Phantom of the Opera... 2009-07-27T13:59:13+00:00 2010-03-26 2010-03-26 Lewis Family Playhouse @ Victoria Gardens Cultural Center, 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 91739 Musical.Concert. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/andrew-lloyd-webber-at-the-pops_157899/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/andrew-lloyd-webber-at-the-pops_157899/ 3/26/2010 - 4/25/2010. The Language Archive tells the story of George, a man consumed with preserving and documenting the dying languages of far-flung cultures. Closer to home, though, language is failing him. He doesn't know what to say to his wife, Mary, to keep her from leaving him, and he doesn't... 2009-11-13T14:05:20+00:00 2010-03-26 2010-04-25 South Coast Repertory Theatre, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626 South Coast Repertory Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-language-archive_161454/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-language-archive_161454/ 3/20/2010 - 5/23/2010. The economic ravages of 1930s New York threaten to destroy the tenuous ties that bind the Berger family. Matriarch Besse Berger is willing to crush her children's dreams in order to keep the struggling clan in tact. But the irrepressible spirit of youth refuses to be extinguished in gifted social... 2009-08-19T17:39:02+00:00 2010-03-20 2010-05-23 A Noise Within Theatre, 234 South Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA, 91204 A Noise WIthin Theatre Company Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/awake-and-sing_158740/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/awake-and-sing_158740/ 3/20/2010 - 4/11/2010. This show promises to deliver an avalanche of laughs that will highlight the most comedic and relevant elements of what it means to be behind the Orange Curtain. Whether you're a life-long OC resident or a recent transplant, you'll see yourself, your neighbor or your favorite plastic surgeon... 2009-07-17T13:55:02+00:00 2010-03-20 2010-04-11 Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach, CA, 92651 The Second City Comedy.Sketch Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/can-you-be-more-pacific_157617/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/can-you-be-more-pacific_157617/ 3/17/2010 - 3/21/2010. A behind-the-scenes story of a high-stakes political drama that dared the country and its citizens to look into the mirror -- and change. Robert Kennedy had an early mistrust of Dr. Martin Luther King and his tactics, but became one of the civil rights movement's greatest champions. Through... 2009-09-05T11:44:24+00:00 2010-03-17 2010-03-21 Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90049 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/rfk-the-journey-to-justice_159256/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/rfk-the-journey-to-justice_159256/ 3/16/2010 - 3/28/2010. Inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, with book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, earned several Tony awards, including best musical and best book in its original 1962... 2009-04-27T16:18:56+00:00 2010-03-16 2010-03-28 Freud Playhouse, Macgowen HallHilgard Avenue, Los Angles, CA, 90024 Reprise Theatre Company Season. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-forum_154607/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-forum_154607/ 3/9/2010 - 3/21/2010. There's no better way to introduce your family to the wonders of live theater than with the magic, the mystery, the memory of Cats. What began as a musical about cats after Andrew Lloyd Webber picked up a book of poems in an airport bookshop has become one of the longest running shows... 2009-05-10T13:47:24+00:00 2010-03-09 2010-03-21 Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90028 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/cats_155073/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/cats_155073/ 3/6/2010 - 5/21/2010. The war is over and romance is in the air. But barely has the champagne cork been popped when two formidable combatants in love, Beatrice and Benedick, create fireworks of their own. Armed with razor-edged wit and struggling with the gravitational pull of mutual attraction, these battle-hardened... 2009-08-19T17:31:22+00:00 2010-03-06 2010-05-21 A Noise Within Theatre, 234 South Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA, 91204 A Noise WIthin Theatre Company Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/much-ado-about-nothing_158738/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/much-ado-about-nothing_158738/ 3/5/2010 - 3/14/2010. Rent is more than a show, it's a phenomenon Jonathan Larson's ground-breaking Tony and Pulitzer Prize Award winner reinvented musicals when it debuted in 1996. An inspiring story about friends and artists struggling in New York City's East Village, Rent tackles addiction,... 2009-07-27T13:56:00+00:00 2010-03-05 2010-03-14 Lewis Family Playhouse @ Victoria Gardens Cultural Center, 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 91739 Broadway at the Gardens Musical Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/rent_157897/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/rent_157897/ 2/26/2010 - 4/4/2010. Full of onstage joy and backstage drama, Dreamgirls tells the rags-to-riches story of a 1960s R&B girl group, and the trials and tribulations that come with fame and fortune. The musical features music by Henry Krieger with lyrics and book by Tom Eyen. The new national tour is... 2009-02-13T12:06:07+00:00 2010-02-26 2010-04-04 Ahmanson Theatre, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90012 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/dreamgirls_152645/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/dreamgirls_152645/ 2/25/2010 - 3/7/2010. Monsieur Chopin begins at Frédéric Chopin's salon at 9 Square d'Orléans in Paris. Monsieur Chopin will teach a piano lesson that actually took place just days after the February 1848 French revolution. As the piano lesson unfolds, Chopin reveals secrets about the... 2009-07-09T08:58:18+00:00 2010-02-25 2010-03-07 Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach, CA, 92651 Solo Performance. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/monsieur-chopin_157207/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/monsieur-chopin_157207/ opens 2/25/2010. Havok Theatre Company presents the recent Broadway musical, The Story of My Life, featuring music and lyrics by Neil Bartram and a book by Brian Hill. Nick DeGruccio directs this tuner about two childhood friends and how their friendship profoundly defined their lives. Thomas... 2009-11-12T14:11:28+00:00 2010-02-25 1900-01-01 Lillian Theater, 1076 N. Lillian Way, Hollywood, CA, 90038 Havok Theatre Company Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-story-of-my-life_161430/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-story-of-my-life_161430/ 2/21/2010. Ed Asner will star in the solo performance drama FDR, based upon Dore Schary's Broadway hit Sunrise at Campebello. FDR explores the life of one of America's best-loved presidents and the events and decisions that shaped a nation. The powerful play follows the iconic... 2009-07-27T13:52:15+00:00 2010-02-21 2010-02-21 Lewis Family Playhouse @ Victoria Gardens Cultural Center, 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 91739 Drama.Solo Performance. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/fdr_157896/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/fdr_157896/ 2/18/2010 - 3/7/2010. The infamous chronicle of a Scottish hero's fall from grace, through spellbound seduction and the pursuit of power. Shakespeare's study of ambition leads us from battlefield triumph to bloody assassination as our title character gains the crown, but forfeits his soul. 2009-07-31T14:03:41+00:00 2010-02-18 2010-03-07 Marian Theatre, 800 South College, Santa Maria, CA, 93454 PCPA Theaterfest's Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/macbeth_158151/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/macbeth_158151/ 2/17/2010 - 2/21/2010. Hallelujah, irreverent comedy is resurrected! Mary, a rock-solid Catholic thinks door-to-door evangelists are like cats: "Be nice to them and they keep coming back!" Her doubting sister, Margaret, ignores this sage advice, however, so Mary finally declares holy war against the zealot on their... 2009-09-05T11:41:49+00:00 2010-02-17 2010-02-21 Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90049 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/savannah-disputation-the_159255/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/savannah-disputation-the_159255/ 2/16/2010 - 2/17/2010. The 2009-2010 season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center welcomes the North American Premiere of Kings of the Dance in which six renowned dance virtuosos share the stage and bring their power, strength, grace, and beauty to master works by many of the art form's... 2009-11-10T13:38:48+00:00 2010-02-16 2010-02-17 Ahmanson Theatre, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90012 Dance. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/kings-of-the-dance_161359/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/kings-of-the-dance_161359/ 2/12/2010 - 2/13/2010. This charming one act musical is a quirky, touching spin on the tale of the world's first couple, adapted from Mark Twain's "Extracts From Adam's Diary." Twain's humorous look at the very first male-female relationship: how it began, how it evolved and how it matured. This is a witty, playful and... 2009-07-27T13:46:47+00:00 2010-02-12 2010-02-13 Lewis Family Playhouse @ Victoria Gardens Cultural Center, 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 91739 Black Box Productions Musical.Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-diary-of-adam-and-eve_157894/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-diary-of-adam-and-eve_157894/ 2/10/2010 - 2/28/2010. The Newest Longest-running show in Los Angeles is going to have its first major stage debut on both coasts at the same time! It's a dog lover's dream come true! A Laugh out loud musical comedy that will have you bringing your friends to see again! A super salute to everyone's best friend! All new... 2009-07-10T08:43:33+00:00 2010-02-10 2010-02-28 Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, 1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Redondo Beach, CA, 90278 Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities Musical Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/bark-the-musical_157236/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/bark-the-musical_157236/ 2/10/2010 - 2/28/2010. Oprah Winfrey Presents The Color Purple, a soul-stirring musical based on the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and the moving film by Steven Spielberg. It is the unforgettable and inspiring story of a woman named Celie, who finds her unique voice in the world.... 2009-05-10T13:44:30+00:00 2010-02-10 2010-02-28 Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90028 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-color-purple_155072/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-color-purple_155072/ 2/7/2010. Upright is taking their brand of new generation cabaret to La Mirada with the 'American Icon Series.' Four rising stars of stage and screen will pay homage to musical idols like Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, Joni Mitchell and Johnny Cash in a Cabaret Lounge created in the La Mirada Theatre lobby.... 2009-11-02T14:55:54+00:00 2010-02-07 2010-02-07 La Mirada Theatre, 14900 La Mirada Blvd., La Mirada, CA, 90638 Cabaret. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/upright-cabaret-new-york-state-of-mind_161145/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/upright-cabaret-new-york-state-of-mind_161145/ 2/6/2010 - 2/21/2010. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is the story of how six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn't everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser. This hilarious... 2009-04-27T18:24:38+00:00 2010-02-06 2010-02-21 La Mirada Theatre, 14900 La Mirada Blvd., La Mirada, CA, 90638 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-25th-annual-putnam-county-spelling-bee_154621/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-25th-annual-putnam-county-spelling-bee_154621/ 2/6/2010 - 3/28/2010. A group of middle-aged Southerners come together in 1949 at a summer home on the Gulf of Mexico for their annual gathering. Compassionate and savagely funny, The Autumn Garden is Pulitzer Prize winner Lillian Hellman's masterpiece on how, in spite of everything, human beings still... 2009-07-28T10:14:00+00:00 2010-02-06 2010-03-28 Deaf West Theatre, 5112 Lankershim Blvd., N. Hollywood, CA, 91601 Antaeus Company Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-autumn-garden_157964/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-autumn-garden_157964/ 2/6/2010 - 3/7/2010. A free-spirited, rollicking romp involving a king in disguise, a mischievous maidservant, a tailor who can't speak, and a mysterious actor who may be more dangerous than he seems. Celadine, a fiercely intelligent woman ahead of her time, gets caught up in an uproarious story of... 2009-04-29T19:32:04+00:00 2010-02-06 2010-03-07 Colony Theatre, 555 North Third Street, Burbank, CA, 91502 Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/celadine_154757/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/celadine_154757/ 2/6/2010. A Southern California broadcasting icon, Fritz Coleman is the well-known, respected and admired weathercaster for NBC4's weekday edition of the Channel 4 News. As a stand-up comic, writer and the winner of four L.A. area Emmy Awards, Tonight at 11! marries his two lives - news and comedy. In a... 2009-07-27T13:11:03+00:00 2010-02-06 2010-02-06 Lewis Family Playhouse @ Victoria Gardens Cultural Center, 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 91739 Comedy.Solo Performance.Stand-Up. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/fritz-coleman-tonight-at-11_157893/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/fritz-coleman-tonight-at-11_157893/ 2/4/2010 - 2/28/2010. Florence Foster Jenkins fancied herself a grand opera singer. There was just one problem: she was tone deaf. This true story is the basis of the wildly funny play, Souvenir, by Stephen Temperley. Through a winning combination of determination and self-delusion, Ms. Jenkins' popularity... 2009-08-05T18:02:39+00:00 2010-02-04 2010-02-28 Alhecama Theatre, 914 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/souvenir_158293/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/souvenir_158293/ 2/2/2010 - 2/7/2010. Leapin' lizards! The timeless tale of Little Orphan Annie is back, giving a whole new generation the chance to experience this classic musical about never giving up hope. Boasting one of Broadway's most memorable scores, including "It's the Hard-Knock Life," "Easy Street," "N.Y.C." and the... 2009-06-02T10:17:11+00:00 2010-02-02 2010-02-07 Fox Performing Arts Center, 3801 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92501 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/annie_155885/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/annie_155885/ 1/30/2010 - 2/13/2010. The White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland suddenly arrives on the scene just as Gladys (the fairy godmother) is about to tell the story of Cinderella. But before he can get back to his own story, fast thinking Gladys decides she might be able to use a rabbit to help rescue Cinderella... 2009-07-27T13:01:50+00:00 2010-01-30 2010-02-13 Lewis Family Playhouse @ Victoria Gardens Cultural Center, 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 91739 MainStreet Theatre Company Children/Family.Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/cinderella_157892/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/cinderella_157892/ 1/29/2010 - 3/21/2010. A nosh above other romances. Bagels begins the morning after Rachel, a senior, has spent the night at the home of Jake, also a senior. But just sleeping. So, Jake is slightly annoyed. Jake and Rachel just met through an Internet dating service, and Rachel harbors an embarrassing secret... 2009-11-04T15:42:17+00:00 2010-01-29 2010-03-21 Secret Rose Theatre, 11246 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA, 91601 Secret Rose Theatre Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/bagels_161242/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/bagels_161242/ 1/29/2010 - 3/7/2010. The authors of the landmark Company reunite to turn the traditional showbiz musical on its head in this thrilling and compelling musical fable about friendship, compromise and the high price of success. Merrily We Roll Along begins in the present and moves backwards, tracing the lives... 2009-11-09T16:33:21+00:00 2010-01-29 2010-03-07 Chance Theater, 5552 E La Palma Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92807 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/merrily-we-roll-along_161333/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/merrily-we-roll-along_161333/ 1/28/2010 - 1/31/2010. The Joffrey Ballet returns to the Music Center with Sir Frederick Ashton's Cinderella, considered one of his greatest full-length ballets. Performed in three acts, the classic rags-to-riches story comes to life in a stunning ballet set to Serge Prokofiev's brilliant score, with... 2009-11-11T10:18:03+00:00 2010-01-28 2010-01-31 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at the Music Center, 135 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90017 The Joffrey Ballet Dance. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/cinderella_161383/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/cinderella_161383/ 1/28/2010 - 3/4/2010. Who's to blame when lovers stray? You be the judge. Six Degrees of Fornication - a dramedy about love, lust and temporary insanity - gives the audience a racy peek into the bedroom of three men & three women whose lives intersect as each of them struggles with fidelity. This ribald... 2009-11-23T09:56:20+00:00 2010-01-28 2010-03-04 Whitefire Theatre, 13500 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA, 91423 Comedy.Drama.Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/six-degrees-of-fornication_161718/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/six-degrees-of-fornication_161718/ 1/26/2010 - 2/10/2010. Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel first opened on Broadway in 1945 and in 1999 was hailed by Time magazine as "the best musical of the 20th century - that set the standards for the 20th century musical." Based on a story by Ferenc Molnar, Carousel takes place between... 2009-04-27T16:18:10+00:00 2010-01-26 2010-02-10 Freud Playhouse, Macgowen HallHilgard Avenue, Los Angles, CA, 90024 Reprise Theatre Company Season. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/carousel_154606/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/carousel_154606/ 1/26/2010 - 2/7/2010. Stomp is explosive, provocative, sophisticated, sexy, utterly unique and appeals to audiences of all ages. The international percussion sensation has garnered an armful of awards and rave reviews, and has appeared on numerous national television shows. The eight-member troupe uses... 2009-05-10T13:38:01+00:00 2010-01-26 2010-02-07 Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90028 Dance. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/stomp_155071/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/stomp_155071/ 1/16/2010. Be transported to the fabled jungle of Rudyard Kipling's India as you experience the visual and sensual delights of this world-premiere production. Set to the music of renowned composer Milan Svoboda of the Symphonic orchestra, this exciting new ballet will spark the spirit of adventure in... 2009-07-27T12:56:12+00:00 2010-01-16 2010-01-16 Lewis Family Playhouse @ Victoria Gardens Cultural Center, 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 91739 Dance Theater.Dance. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-jungle-book_157891/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-jungle-book_157891/ 1/16/2010 - 1/24/2010. Atop a blasted landscape, Didi and Gogo cling to the flickering faith that Godot will come. Godot will bring answers. Godot will bring meaning. Godot will bring happiness. When will Godot come? Irish treasure Samuel Beckett's wickedly witty treatise on the nature of human existence is considered one... 2009-08-19T16:57:41+00:00 2010-01-16 2010-01-24 A Noise Within Theatre, 234 South Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA, 91204 A NOISE WITHIN Theatre Company Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/waiting-for-godot-2010_158735/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/waiting-for-godot-2010_158735/ 1/13/2010 - 1/17/2010. Clifford Odets' 1935 masterpiece brings to urgent life the struggles of a working-class family aspiring to the promise of the American Dream. Even as they endure the country's worst economic nightmare, three generations of an immigrant family are crowded into a Bronx tenement, fiercely determined to... 2009-09-05T11:39:04+00:00 2010-01-13 2010-01-17 Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90049 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/awake-and-sing_159254/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/awake-and-sing_159254/ 1/13/2010. Master Puppeteer Jim Gamble returns to the Lewis Family Playhouse with his appealing rod puppets interpreting the favorite children's classic Peter and the Wolf. Join us for a morning of adventure. 2009-07-27T12:53:28+00:00 2010-01-13 2010-01-13 Lewis Family Playhouse @ Victoria Gardens Cultural Center, 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 91739 Children/Family.Puppet Theater. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/jim-gamble-puppets-peter-and-the-wolf_157890/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/jim-gamble-puppets-peter-and-the-wolf_157890/ 1/12/2010 - 2/21/2010. Internationally acclaimed actor and musician Hershey Felder renders an intimate portrait of legendary composer George Gershwin in this award-winning production that provides a personal glimpse into Gershwin's early years, his personal life and his artistic genius. The evening is packed with many of... 2009-02-13T08:53:17+00:00 2010-01-12 2010-02-21 Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach, CA, 92651 Event. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/george-gershwin-alone_152631/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/george-gershwin-alone_152631/ 1/12/2010 - 2/7/2010. To the generation that grew up with his groundbreaking Saturday morning television show, Pee-wee Herman is an icon. Revered by media theorists and studied in colleges, his enormous cultural influence continues to reverberate in fashion, film and television. When asked to comment, Herman himself... 2009-08-12T14:56:05+00:00 2010-01-12 2010-02-07 Club Nokia @ LA Live, 800 West Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90015 Children/Family. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-peewee-herman-show_158514/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-peewee-herman-show_158514/ 1/12/2010 - 1/24/2010. Riverdance, the thunderous celebration of Irish music, song and dance that has tapped its way onto the world stage thrilling millions of people around the globe, will play 16 Farewell Performances in Los Angeles. "A Phenomenon of Historic Proportions!" raves the Washington... 2009-05-10T13:34:51+00:00 2010-01-12 2010-01-24 Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90028 Dance. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/riverdance_155070/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/riverdance_155070/ 1/10/2010 - 2/14/2010. It is the year 1933. Hitler and his Nazis are starting a power grab in Germany. Among the artists and acrobats of Circus Welt, a small circus traveling in the south of Germany, are Jews, blacks, gays, and communists. They all hope that if they do not get involved, the storm will blow... 2009-09-09T12:24:33+00:00 2010-01-10 2010-02-14 Whitefire Theatre, 13500 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA, 91423 Drama.Circus. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/circus-welt_159332/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/circus-welt_159332/ 1/9/2010. Few artists can say they have been as popular in movies and television as they have on stage, but Ben Vereen has given us legendary performances in both genres overflowing with versatility, creativity and charm. This Tony award winning actor and singer showcases his immense repertoire under... 2009-07-27T12:50:54+00:00 2010-01-09 2010-01-09 Lewis Family Playhouse @ Victoria Gardens Cultural Center, 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 91739 Concert.Dance. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/an-evening-with-ben-vereen_157889/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/an-evening-with-ben-vereen_157889/ 12/31/2009. Comedy! Musical Numbers! Special surprises! Dinner! Champagne! Favors! Special surprises - celebrating 50 years of Santa Monica Playhouse. A super musical review of audience favorite songs, dances, comedy and other delights culled from five decades of critically-acclaimed Playhouse productions,... 2009-11-15T15:40:18+00:00 2009-12-31 2009-12-31 Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 Fourth St., Santa Monica, CA, 90401 Santa Monica Playhouse Revue. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/50-new-years-eves_161492/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/50-new-years-eves_161492/ 12/29/2009 - 1/10/2010. Ricky Jay has long been considered one of the world's great sleight of hand artists and his career is further distinguished by the remarkable variety of his accomplishments as an author, actor, historian and film consultant. His one man shows Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants and Ricky... 2009-10-07T14:57:26+00:00 2009-12-29 2010-01-10 Geffen Playhouse, University of California10886 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90024 Magic Show. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/ricky-jay-a-rogues-gallery_160366/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/ricky-jay-a-rogues-gallery_160366/ 12/26/2009 - 12/29/2009. Straight from Broadway to your backyard, Cabrillo Music Theatre presents Irving Berlin's White Christmas. Based on the beloved film starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, it features elaborate dance, opulent costumes, and Irving Berlin's 1942 Academy Award Winner "Best Original... 2009-11-19T10:54:41+00:00 2009-12-26 2009-12-29 Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks, CA, 91362 Cabrillo Music Theatre Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/irving-berlins-white-christmas_161612/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/irving-berlins-white-christmas_161612/ 12/23/2009. Whimsical and imaginative storytelling blends with the richness of Russian classical dance to make the Great Russian Nutcracker a unique performance not to be missed! 2009-11-19T18:35:41+00:00 2009-12-23 2009-12-23 La Mirada Theatre, 14900 La Mirada Blvd., La Mirada, CA, 90638 Dance Theater. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/great-russian-nutcracker_161641/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/great-russian-nutcracker_161641/ 12/20/2009. The world renowned Preservation Hall Jazz Band is here to entertain New Orleans style. Winner of the 2006, "National Medal of Arts," preservation hall jazz band is comprised of gifted musicians born and raised in New Orleans. Now, for one night only, these southern talents are bringing the... 2009-07-27T12:48:43+00:00 2009-12-20 2009-12-20 Lewis Family Playhouse @ Victoria Gardens Cultural Center, 12505 Cultural Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 91739 Concert. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/preservation-hall-jazz-band-creole-christmas_157887/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/preservation-hall-jazz-band-creole-christmas_157887/ 12/17/2009. Twisted Comedy, Grand Illusions, Death-Defying Stunts...and Dirty Dirty Secrets Revealed! London's hit variety show, The Dirty Secret Club is here for ONE NIGHT ONLY to purge the souls of Hollywood's most filthy and guilty! Starring: Our Host, Derek Hughes, Derek Delgaudio,... 2009-11-20T14:04:05+00:00 2009-12-17 2009-12-17 Level 3, temp reserved, , , Hole In The Head Productions Comedy.Cabaret.Magic Show.Improv.Event.Vaudeville.Variety Show. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/dirty-secret-club-la_161655/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/dirty-secret-club-la_161655/ 12/13/2009 - 12/18/2009. Tony Award winner Alan Cumming brings his one-man cabaret show to the Geffen Playhouse, directly following critically acclaimed runs at the Sydney Opera House, Lincoln Center and the Vaudeville Theater on London's West End. Alan Cumming: I Bought a Blue Car Today is a fast-paced... 2009-09-14T14:03:13+00:00 2009-12-13 2009-12-18 Geffen Playhouse, University of California10886 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90024 Cabaret. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/alan-cumming-i-bought-a-blue-car-today_159489/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/alan-cumming-i-bought-a-blue-car-today_159489/ 12/13/2009 - 1/24/2010. Set on an American Indian reservation in the Southwest, Palestine, New Mexico follows the fate of Army Captain Siler who has returned from Iraq with a secret she just can't keep. Determined to set the record straight about the "friendly-fire" death of the tribal chief's son,... 2008-08-17T09:36:18+00:00 2009-12-13 2010-01-24 Mark Taper Forum, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90012 Center Theatre Group Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/palestine-new-mexico_146749/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/palestine-new-mexico_146749/ 12/12/2009 - 5/22/2010. The Story Pirates are a boisterous gang who adapt and perform stories written by kids as a way of celebrating the words and ideas of young people. Their concept promotes literacy as a vital part of early childhood education and preserves the spark of youthful creativity often lost in... 2009-11-19T12:01:32+00:00 2009-12-12 2010-05-22 Geffen Playhouse, University of California10886 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90024 Children/Family. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/story-pirates_161617/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/story-pirates_161617/ 12/11/2009 - 1/17/2010. The Falcon Theatre presents the Troubadour Theater Company's Frosty the Snow Manilow. Get "Ready to Take a Chance Again" on a brand new musical that melts together the holiday classic "Frosty the Snowman" and the sounds of the love-song-crooner Barry Manilow. "Could It Be Magic"... 2009-11-03T16:42:04+00:00 2009-12-11 2010-01-17 Falcon Theatre, 4252 Riverside Dr., Burbank, CA, 91505 Comedy.Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/frosty-the-snow-manilow_161205/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/frosty-the-snow-manilow_161205/ 12/11/2009 - 12/13/2009. Whitney Channing Sargent spent several years delving through the vast biographical resources on her grandfather and his church, while dissecting a family tree that is more entangled than is easily imaginable. In Legacy, she brings that research to the stage, questioning what it means... 2009-10-28T14:33:47+00:00 2009-12-11 2009-12-13 Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Avenue, Venice, CA, 90291 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/legacy_161013/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/legacy_161013/ 12/11/2009 - 12/20/2009. Musical Theatre West is proud to announce that Jai Rodriguez, star of Bravo TV's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is featured in the cast line up for their production of the Jonathan Larson Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-Winning smash Rent. 2009-11-18T10:31:17+00:00 2009-12-11 2009-12-20 Carpenter Performing Arts Center, 6200 Atherton Street, Long Beach, CA, 90815 Musical Theatre West Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/rent_161582/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/rent_161582/ 12/10/2009 - 12/20/2009. Emmy Award Winner Leslie Jordan returns to the live stage with another theatrical segment from his amazing mindset. Leslie Jordan won the 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor for his sterling portrayal of "Beverly Leslie" in the hit television series "Will & Grace." Other... 2009-10-19T15:47:47+00:00 2009-12-10 2009-12-20 Renberg Theatre, 1125 North McCadden Place, Los Angeles, CA, 90038 Solo Performance.Event. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/full-of-gin-and-regret-an-evening-with-leslie-jordan_160702/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/full-of-gin-and-regret-an-evening-with-leslie-jordan_160702/ 12/10/2009 - 12/11/2009. A Los Angeles holiday tradition, La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin is the simple story of an Indian peasant's vision of the Virgin Mary that has become a theatrical cornerstone at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral for years. This profoundly moving show taps into our universal... 2009-09-16T10:11:34+00:00 2009-12-10 2009-12-11 Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, 555 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90012 Latino Theater Company Event.Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/la-virgen-de-guadalupe-dios-inantzin_159573/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/la-virgen-de-guadalupe-dios-inantzin_159573/ 12/9/2009 - 12/13/2009. Recently widowed Godfrey is under the spell of Sweet Father Divine, while his teen daughters, Ernestine and Ermina, immerse themselves in the illusions of Hollywood to escape the realities of racial prejudice in 1950's Brooklyn. But things change quickly when free-spirited Aunt Lily shows up!... 2009-09-05T11:24:41+00:00 2009-12-09 2009-12-13 Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90049 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/crumbs-from-the-table-of-joy_159253/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/crumbs-from-the-table-of-joy_159253/ 12/6/2009 - 2/28/2010. A recovering empty-nester after "her-kids-went-off-to-college-and-her-husband-flew-the-coop," Ginger Peechee-Keane, (Aalda) and her younger, but more worldly, "never-been-married-but-kissed-by quite-a-lot-of-men," sister, Sonia Peechee, (Morris) have had very different life experiences. Now at... 2009-11-14T11:40:05+00:00 2009-12-06 2010-02-28 Hayworth Theatre, 2511 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90057 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/moist_161475/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/moist_161475/ 12/6/2009 - 12/20/2009. West of Broadway Theater Company and Reading Is Fundamental of Southern California present Mrs. Scrooge, a fresh adaptation of the classic A Christmas Carol. Make this an unforgettable holiday season. Create a recipe for fun and laughter and join us in this high-energy... 2009-11-13T02:00:10+00:00 2009-12-06 2009-12-20 Edgemar Center for the Arts, 2437 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90405 West of Broadway Children/Family. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/mrs-scrooge_161444/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/mrs-scrooge_161444/ 12/5/2009 - 12/23/2009. This musical saga of enchantment and mystery brings us through the Wardrobe into C.S. Lewis' Narnia, a land of deep magic in which the Pevensie children face the fearsome White Witch and embrace the great heart of Aslan. Join Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy as their adventures transform Narnia from a... 2009-07-31T13:49:35+00:00 2009-12-05 2009-12-23 Marian Theatre, 800 South College, Santa Maria, CA, 93454 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe_158149/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe_158149/ 12/5/2009 - 12/19/2009. Ray Bradbury's Merry Christmas 2116 follows Mr. & Mrs. Wycherly as they celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary. It seems they are both disillusioned with their reflections in the mirror and wish they could do something to help their spouses as they age. Enter Mr. Marionette, who... 2009-11-03T12:32:53+00:00 2009-12-05 2009-12-19 Fremont Centre Theatre, 1000 Fremont Avenue, South Pasadena, CA, 91030 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/ray-bradburys-merry-christmas-2116_161180/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/ray-bradburys-merry-christmas-2116_161180/ 12/5/2009 - 12/19/2009. A serial could live on for weeks or be quietly smothered in its sleep - it's up to you. Whichever pieces you vote for, one thing is certain - by the end of the evening, you will be a Serial Killer. 2009-11-16T12:55:16+00:00 2009-12-05 2009-12-19 Sacred Fools Theater, 660 N. Heliotrope Dr., Hollywood, CA, 90004 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/serial-killers_161507/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/serial-killers_161507/ 12/5/2009 - 12/20/2009. Something for everyone in your family. The classic songs of Dr. Seuss' stories come to life in the wonderfully entertaining show. All the Whos down in Whoville will be live on stage! And of course That famous Cat and his Hat will be there as well. Sing-a-long with these family classics. What a... 2009-07-10T08:40:33+00:00 2009-12-05 2009-12-20 Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, 1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Redondo Beach, CA, 90278 Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities Musical.Children/Family. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/seussical_157235/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/seussical_157235/ 12/5/2009. Shushybye is sleep-themed entertainment for toddlers and preschoolers, but don't be fooled by their drowsy theme. The Shushybye Dream Band features award-winning "and highly contagious" original songs, which are all professionally composed rock tunes designed to encourage children to look forward to... 2009-11-19T11:52:00+00:00 2009-12-05 2009-12-05 Geffen Playhouse, University of California10886 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90024 Children/Family. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/shusybye-dream-band_161616/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/shusybye-dream-band_161616/ 12/5/2009 - 12/27/2009. Award winning actress, Stephanie Zimbalist, plays the legendary Katharine Hepburn in Tea at Five, a poignant and funny one-woman show about one of America's greatest actresses. Based on Hepburn's book Me: Stories of My Life, Tea at Five is an intimate and... 2009-11-04T13:59:43+00:00 2009-12-05 2009-12-27 Alhecama Theatre, 914 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101 Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara Solo Performance.Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/tea-at-five_161229/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/tea-at-five_161229/ 12/4/2009 - 12/20/2009. It's the final installment of the epic melodrama set in the Long Beach Pike of old and calamity is everywhere! Will Ging Pao stay behind bars? Will Dixie marry Rod? Will Ian Sidious become sole owner of The Pike? Join us for one last ride on the loof carousel. We won't cry if you don't. 2009-04-03T23:29:34+00:00 2009-12-04 2009-12-20 The Garage Theatre, 251 East 7th Street, Long Beach, CA, 90813 The Garage Theatre Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-7th-annual-melodrama_153925/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-7th-annual-melodrama_153925/ 12/4/2009 - 12/20/2009. Every year, insurance agent Bob Finhead's whacked out friends and clients stop by his small-town Iowa office for their annual holiday bash. The town mayor, the sheriff, the twin farmer sisters, the stoner, the town floozy and the pastor's wife have already RSVPed for this year's event. But Bob has... 2009-11-02T14:48:51+00:00 2009-12-04 2009-12-20 Theatre Asylum, 6320 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90038 Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/bobs-holiday-office-party-2009_161144/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/bobs-holiday-office-party-2009_161144/ 12/4/2009 - 12/26/2009. 19th century London comes to life when your family joins the SCR family to celebrate Hal Landon Jr.'s 30th season as everyone's favorite curmudgeon ("The quintessential Ebenezer Scrooge!" according to the Daily Pilot). Recapture the spirit of an old-fashioned Christmas with this timeless... 2009-11-19T11:11:07+00:00 2009-12-04 2009-12-26 South Coast Repertory Theatre, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626 SCR Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/a-christmas-carol_161614/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/a-christmas-carol_161614/ 12/4/2009 - 12/20/2009. The Attic Theatre presents a live radio-theatre presentation based on the classic Frank Capra film. Experience this classic Christmas story like you never have before! 2009-11-19T11:32:26+00:00 2009-12-04 2009-12-20 Attic Theatre & Film Center, 5429 W. Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90016 The Attic Theatre Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/its-a-wonderful-life_161615/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/its-a-wonderful-life_161615/ 12/4/2009 - 12/5/2009. 9 to 5's Megan Hilty and 2009 Olivier Award Winner Lesli Margherita ("Zorro") join multi-award winning composer and lyricist Ryan Scott Oliver to bring sexy schoolteachers, provocative rent-boys, obsessive homicidal teenagers, and fairy dust to rock out during Rated RSO: The... 2009-11-12T18:57:50+00:00 2009-12-04 2009-12-05 Boston Court, 70 North Mentor, Los Angeles, CA, 91106 Concert. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/rated-rso-the-music--lyrics-of-ryan-scott-oliver_161441/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/rated-rso-the-music--lyrics-of-ryan-scott-oliver_161441/ 12/4/2009 - 12/20/2009. The year: 1956. The time: 8:07. The man: Rod McGirdlebutt. We pick up the night where we left off with, Rod McGirdlebutt on bended knee proposing to Dixie Troobaloo, his sweetheart. Meanwhile our villain, Ian Sidious, has managed to incarcerate Ging Pao, fool the Palookas, and is poised to take over... 2009-11-17T13:20:15+00:00 2009-12-04 2009-12-20 The Garage Theatre, 251 East 7th Street, Long Beach, CA, 90813 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/rod-mcgirdlebutt-strikes-back_161545/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/rod-mcgirdlebutt-strikes-back_161545/ 12/4/2009 - 12/26/2009. Santasia is celebrating it's 10th outstanding year! Written and performed by alumni of Chicago's Improv Olympic, Chicago's Second City, and L.A.'s Comedy Sportz, Santasia is a delightful and irreverent action packed comedic Christmas special. Compared to the classic Carol... 2009-10-16T09:57:37+00:00 2009-12-04 2009-12-26 Whitefire Theatre, 13500 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA, 91423 Comedy.Musical Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/santasia-a-holiday-comedy_160642/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/santasia-a-holiday-comedy_160642/ 12/4/2009 - 12/12/2009. Welcome to the North Pole. It's somehow trashier than you imagined it. Frost-tipped tress reach out to you like bony fingers. Crumpled newspaper, broken toys and ornaments line the street. The alternate reality is disturbing and somehow oddly familiar. A lost little girl must find Santa Claus amidst... 2009-11-10T13:10:15+00:00 2009-12-04 2009-12-12 Eclectic Company Theatre, 5312 Laurel Canyon Blvd., North Hollywood, CA, 91607 The Eclectic Company Theatre Comedy.Cabaret.Live Music. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/xmas-cabaret_161358/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/xmas-cabaret_161358/ 12/3/2009. In celebration of the inspiring work done by the I Have a Dream Foundation - helping children become productive citizens through academic enhancement, mentoring, cultural enrichment, and an assured opportunity for higher education - Dianne Fraser performs her hit Cabaret show Part Time... 2009-11-05T21:11:49+00:00 2009-12-03 2009-12-03 The Cinegrill, 7000 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90028 Cabaret.Benefit. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/dianne-fraser-part-time-diva_161282/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/dianne-fraser-part-time-diva_161282/ 12/3/2009 - 12/13/2009. Best known for his role on TV's "Soap," Jay Johnson reveals the full scope of his talent in his acclaimed solo show, where he breathes life into every object he touches. Jay's personal journey intertwines the dark history of ventriloquism with the story of a shy boy in Texas who... 2009-11-14T12:18:18+00:00 2009-12-03 2009-12-13 Colony Theatre, 555 North Third Street, Burbank, CA, 91502 THE COLONY THEATRE COMPANY Children/Family.One-Acts.Event.Puppet Theater. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/jay-johnson-the-two-and-only_161477/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/jay-johnson-the-two-and-only_161477/ 12/3/2009. Dianne Fraser performs her hit cabaret show Part Time diva on Thurs., Dec. 3rd at Hollywood's legendary Cinegrill in the Roosevelt Hotel. This is a one-night-only benefit for the I Have a Dream Foundation. 2009-11-15T11:44:03+00:00 2009-12-03 2009-12-03 The Cinegrill, 7000 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90028 Cabarabia Cabaret.Benefit. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/part-time-diva-benefit-for-the-i-have-a-dream-foundation_161486/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/part-time-diva-benefit-for-the-i-have-a-dream-foundation_161486/ 12/1/2009 - 12/24/2009. Performed in English with a Latin beat, this enchanting musical play blends the traditions of Mexican street theater and Latin jazz. Gracie is a young girl who joins her neighborhood posada on Christmas Eve. Along the way, she and her companions encounter colorful characters, including chocolate... 2009-11-17T15:40:40+00:00 2009-12-01 2009-12-24 Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90025 Musical Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/la-posada-magica-the-magical-journey_161566/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/la-posada-magica-the-magical-journey_161566/ 12/1/2009 - 12/20/2009. Poignant romantic comedy about a feisty Southern grandmother and a crusty Yankee widower finding love the second time around. 2009-11-13T14:56:58+00:00 2009-12-01 2009-12-20 Theatre 40 at Reuben Cordova Theatre, 241 Moreno Drive, Beverly Hills, CA, 90210 Theatre 40 Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/southern-comforts-by-kathleen-clark_161457/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/southern-comforts-by-kathleen-clark_161457/ 11/28/2009 - 1/3/2010. Don your best cocktail and/or vintage attire and join the Grand Guignolers on a 1920s luxury cruise to Shanghai. On board entertainment begins at 8pm: travel photos, Charleston lessons, absinthe/demo & tea tastings, tango, Flashlight Follies. After docking, meet Sing Song girls (Chinese geishas) and... 2009-11-23T13:21:17+00:00 2009-11-28 2010-01-03 art/ works Theater, 6569 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90038 www.grandguignolers.com Comedy.Drama.Mystery/Thriller.Magic Show.Dance Theater.Play.Puppet Theater. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/absinthe-opium-and-magic-1920s-shanghai_161743/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/absinthe-opium-and-magic-1920s-shanghai_161743/ 11/28/2009 - 12/20/2009. Pure Dickens! It is all in the words. Magical - Mystical- Musical. All of the elements of the original classic Dickens tale are here - - illuminated by mask, music, and puppetry. This production is the ultimate 3-D experience with ghosts, carolers and old Ebenezer Scrooge coming to life right... 2009-10-30T15:59:02+00:00 2009-11-28 2009-12-20 Group Rep at the Lonny Chapman Theatre, 10900 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, CA, 91601 Group Rep at the Lonny Chapman Theatre Musical.Children/Family. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/a-christmas-carol_161108/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/a-christmas-carol_161108/ 11/27/2009 - 12/20/2009. Every year, the local neighborhood church has a Christmas pageant, a potluck, and bazaar. When Mrs. Armstrong, the woman who usually runs these things breaks her leg and is incapacitated, Grace Bradley takes over running the pageant. Grace is a capable person, and should be able to handle it. But... 2009-11-03T09:37:00+00:00 2009-11-27 2009-12-20 Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 91024 Sierra Madre Players Comedy.Children/Family.Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-best-christmas-pageant-ever_161171/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-best-christmas-pageant-ever_161171/ 11/27/2009 - 12/6/2009. Writer/performer Jude Narita will present her one-woman play From the Heart, and will be joined by various Los Angeles guest artists for a limited two-week engagement. From the Heart celebrates the lives and dreams of different Asian and Asian American women. From a Korean... 2009-11-12T15:17:18+00:00 2009-11-27 2009-12-06 Miles Memorial Playhouse, 1130 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, CA, 90403 Solo Performance. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/jude-narita-and-friends_161432/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/jude-narita-and-friends_161432/ 11/27/2009. Mercy Warren, an American writer, invites several friends over for tea, shortly after the American Revolution, hoping that they will set aside their political differences, so she can write a detailed description of the war from a woman's perspective. But she is soon disappointed. The tea party... 2009-10-19T01:06:36+00:00 2009-11-27 2009-11-27 Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90025 John Stark Productions Drama. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/mercy-warrens-tea_160681/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/mercy-warrens-tea_160681/ 11/27/2009 - 12/20/2009. From the theatre that brought you the year-long run of David & Amy Sedaris' The Book of Liz, The Santaland Diaries is an outrageously funny one-man play (from NPR's well-loved humorist David Sedaris) about the author's experiences as an unemployed writer taking a job as an elf... 2009-10-14T18:56:00+00:00 2009-11-27 2009-12-20 2nd Stage Theatre, 6500 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90038 The Blank Theatre Company Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-santaland-diaries_160599/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-santaland-diaries_160599/ 11/25/2009 - 12/20/2009. In the spirit of A Christmas Carol and Oliver Twist comes a new play based on several short stories by one of the most beloved authors of all time. The play will be a heartwarming multi-media exploration of the wonder and magic of the holiday season while giving new life to classic... 2009-01-21T13:58:20+00:00 2009-11-25 2009-12-20 Chance Theater, 5552 E La Palma Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92807 Children/Family.Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/charles-dickens-christmas-tree_151586/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/charles-dickens-christmas-tree_151586/ 11/23/2009 - 12/30/2009. The Wonderettes are back! Set six months after the end of The Marvelous Wonderettes, this seasonal sequel finds the girls returning to their hometown for a Holiday celebration with their family and friends, complete with great Wonderette renditions of '60s holiday tunes.... 2009-02-13T08:49:26+00:00 2009-11-23 2009-12-30 Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach, CA, 92651 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/winter-wonderettes_152630/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/winter-wonderettes_152630/ 11/21/2009 - 12/13/2009. James Roday (USA Network's Psych), Michael Weston (Fox's House) and Amanda Detmer (ABC's Private Practice) star in the world premiere of Gabe McKinley's Extinction, a darkly funny exploration of the evolution of friendships - and the lengths to which we go to save... 2009-10-21T17:07:04+00:00 2009-11-21 2009-12-13 Elephant Space, 6322 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90038 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/extinction_160806/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/extinction_160806/ 11/20/2009 - 12/19/2009. Sacred Fools Theatre is proud to quietly present the world premiere of Jonas Oppenheim's Hamlet Shut Up. What this dialogue-free adaptation lacks in words, it makes up for in slapstick, music, clowning, vaudeville, and sharks. Working off Oppenheim's outline, the physically gifted... 2009-11-02T15:47:27+00:00 2009-11-20 2009-12-19 Sacred Fools Theater, 660 N. Heliotrope Dr., Hollywood, CA, 90004 Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/hamlet-shut-up_161154/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/hamlet-shut-up_161154/ 11/20/2009 - 12/27/2009. Fans of Chance productions of Anne of Green Gables - The Musical will fall in love with Little Women - The Musical. The play follows the saga of the four March sisters and their beloved Marmee, at home in Concord, Massachusetts while the father is serving as a Union Army... 2009-01-21T13:28:41+00:00 2009-11-20 2009-12-27 Chance Theater, 5552 E La Palma Ave, Anaheim, CA, 92807 Children/Family.Musical Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/little-women-the-musical_151580/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/little-women-the-musical_151580/ 11/20/2009 - 12/19/2009. In Oklahomo!, A sub-99-seat (gay) theatre company in Hollywood attempts to mount an unauthorized adaptation of Oklahoma! facing off LA marathon traffic, a power hungry director, an ovation-winning diva-actress, attorneys from the Rodgers & Hammerstein estate and a string of... 2009-11-06T14:54:30+00:00 2009-11-20 2009-12-19 Celebration Theatre, 7051 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90038 Tijuana Gray Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/oklohomo_161301/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/oklohomo_161301/ 11/20/2009 - 12/20/2009. In this hilarious send-up of women in prison 'B' movies of the 50's, Sweet Mary Eleanor-framed for a crime she didn't commit-lands in the Greenwich Village Women's House of Detention. Presided over by a sadistic prison matron with a taste for female flesh, Mary Eleanor enters this multicultural den... 2009-10-18T11:55:25+00:00 2009-11-20 2009-12-20 Celebration Theatre, 7051 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90038 Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/women-behind-bars_160677/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/women-behind-bars_160677/ 11/15/2009 - 2/7/2010. Mary Poppins is produced by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, and includes many of the original songs from the film, with music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, who won two Oscars for the film version of Mary Poppins. 2009-02-13T12:04:34+00:00 2009-11-15 2010-02-07 Ahmanson Theatre, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90012 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/mary-poppins_152644/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/mary-poppins_152644/ 11/14/2009 - 12/19/2009. Chaos reigns both onstage and off in Michael Frayn's joyfully out-of-control British farce. Under-rehearsed and over-worked, with a penchant for drama more personal than professional, a bumbling troupe of thespians ready themselves for the world premiere of a new play with the auspicious title... 2009-08-18T19:17:12+00:00 2009-11-14 2009-12-19 A Noise Within Theatre, 234 South Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA, 91204 A Noise Within Theatre Company Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/noises-off_158687/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/noises-off_158687/ 11/13/2009 - 12/13/2009. Wrapped in the sensational songs of the 60s, Baby It's You! is the new musical about the groundbreaking girl group, The Shirelles and Florence Greenberg, the New Jersey housewife who discovered them. With the help of African-American songwriter, producer Luther Dixon, Florence took on... 2009-10-03T15:40:22+00:00 2009-11-13 2009-12-13 Pasadena Playhouse, 39 South El Molino Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91101 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/baby-its-you_160260/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/baby-its-you_160260/ 11/13/2009 - 12/13/2009. It is the 1970's in New York City and Raisel ("Bubbie"), a former star of the Yiddish Theatre, is now living with her daughter Red and her granddaughter Jenny. Jenny is desperate to know about her Bubbie's past - especially her life in pre-World War II Poland. Red, a television comedy... 2009-04-16T11:03:28+00:00 2009-11-13 2009-12-13 Pasadena Playhouse, 39 South El Molino Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91101 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/laughing-matters_154278/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/laughing-matters_154278/ 11/13/2009 - 12/13/2009. The award-winning Irish playwright's drama about what it means to see is re-envisioned in a new Los Angeles production. Drawing from Oliver Sack's case history entitled, "To See and Not See," Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel examines the difference between seeing and understanding.... 2009-11-04T18:36:38+00:00 2009-11-13 2009-12-13 The Son of Semele Theater, 3301 Beverly Blvd., Silverlake, CA, 90004 Drama. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/molly-sweeney_161246/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/molly-sweeney_161246/ 11/13/2009 - 12/20/2009. In this hilarious new comedy, the audience is a part of the act as they attend Robbie Jensen: The 12 Steps of Christmas, a Life Skills Workshop with this self proclaimed Life Coaching Journeyman. Robbie's high energy and ceaseless self-promotion lays the framework for his... 2009-10-23T08:39:45+00:00 2009-11-13 2009-12-20 The NoHo Arts Center, 11136 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA, 91601 Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/robbie-jensen-the-12-steps-of-christmas_160845/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/robbie-jensen-the-12-steps-of-christmas_160845/ 11/13/2009 - 12/20/2009. This is an evening of two plays about women who go over the edge while trying to deal with big changes in their lives. The Menopause "Crack-Up" Fridays at 8:00PM In Judith E.'s solo dramedy directed by Kaz Matamura, we witness the trials and tribulations of one woman's... 2009-11-19T09:12:55+00:00 2009-11-13 2009-12-20 NoHo Actors' Studio, 5215 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA, 91601 J.E.T. Productions West One-Acts. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/women-over-the-edge_161605/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/women-over-the-edge_161605/ 11/12/2009 - 12/12/2009. Glendale's Luna Playhouse is presenting the World Premiere of Saghatel Harutyunyan's If Your Eye's Are Clear...an Armenian play with English adaptation and direction by Aramzd Stepahian. A Soviet era Armenian superior court judge is under great pressure from all sides to convict a... 2009-11-19T16:34:24+00:00 2009-11-12 2009-12-12 Luna Playhouse, 3706 San Fernando Road, Glendale, CA, 91204 Drama.Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/if-your-eyes-are-clear_161635/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/if-your-eyes-are-clear_161635/ 11/12/2009 - 12/20/2009. Filled with enormous vitality and humor, A Lie of the Mind explores the destinies of two families linked by marriage, but set apart by distrust, as they probe into the human heart and the destructiveness it engenders. 2009-09-17T15:10:37+00:00 2009-11-12 2009-12-20 Studio/Stage, 520 N. Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90004 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/a-lie-of-the-mind_159632/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/a-lie-of-the-mind_159632/ 11/12/2009 - 12/6/2009. Po Boy Tango is a heart warming play where the issues of racism and death are addressed through the power of food. Shark Fin Soup. Drunken Crab. Black Feather Chicken. Po Mama's Chinese cuisine evokes the joy of cooking and her son, Richie Po has the palette to prove it. When Po... 2009-10-11T11:15:02+00:00 2009-11-12 2009-12-06 David Henry Hwang Theater, 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles, CA, 90012 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/po-boy-tango_160469/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/po-boy-tango_160469/ 11/10/2009 - 1/3/2010. The Grinch is a re-discovery of the magic of Dr. Seuss' heartwarming holiday tale. Larger-than-life sets and costumes inspired by Dr. Seuss' original illustrations help transport audiences to the whimsical world of Whoville, as Max the Dog narrates the story of the mean and scheming Grinch, with a... 2008-04-17T09:35:46+00:00 2009-11-10 2010-01-03 Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90028 Children/Family.Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/dr-seuss-how-the-grinch-stole-christmas_143265/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/dr-seuss-how-the-grinch-stole-christmas_143265/ 11/10/2009 - 12/20/2009. A witty historical fiction with Shakespeare as its protagonist, Equivocation is set in the early 1600's and focuses on what happens when a member of King James' court attempts to commission a play about the Gunpowder Plot, when Guy Fawkes attempted to blow up parliament. 2009-07-29T15:37:16+00:00 2009-11-10 2009-12-20 Geffen Playhouse, University of California10886 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90024 Geffen Playhouse Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/equivocation_158084/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/equivocation_158084/ 11/7/2009 - 11/7/2010. Part of Music at the Court's 2009 Fall Classical Series, the Jung Trio, including pianist Jennie Jung and her sisters, violinist Ellen Jung and cellist Julie Jung, brings soul-stirring chamber music performances to the Boston Court stage. The Jung Trio has established its status... 2009-10-29T14:45:03+00:00 2009-11-07 2010-11-07 Boston Court, 70 North Mentor, Los Angeles, CA, 91106 Concert. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/jung-trio_161060/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/jung-trio_161060/ 11/7/2009 - 12/13/2009. This tongue-firmly-in-cheek bawdy musical comedy features damsels, rogues, and wenches who run gaily amok in the beleaguered town of Hamelot. In this world premiere Rudie-DeCarlo tribute to the heroes and heroines, wenches and rogues of the Bard, magic and mayhem, fops and fairies, mistaken... 2009-10-04T02:28:28+00:00 2009-11-07 2009-12-13 Santa Monica Playhouse - The Other Space, 1211 4th Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90401 Actors' Repertory Theatre at Santa Monica Playhouse Musical Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/love-in-bloom_160262/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/love-in-bloom_160262/ 11/7/2009 - 12/13/2009. Three generations divided by race, culture and time connect when a white Southern woman discovers old love letters leading her to an African-American half-brother. 2009-10-06T14:38:42+00:00 2009-11-07 2009-12-13 Ford Amphitheater, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Los Angeles, CA, 90068 Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA Drama.Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/tree_160322/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/tree_160322/ 11/6/2009 - 12/11/2009. Each week The Captains of Industry brings you a fully-improvised performance, based upon suggestions that come directly from the audience. Each show is unique, fun, and completely unlike anything you've seen before! Join us in The Captain's Lounge before and after the show! Doors open at... 2009-11-04T11:00:43+00:00 2009-11-06 2009-12-11 The Missing Piece Theater, 2811 West Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA, 91505 Comedy.Improv. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/captains-of-industry_161217/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/captains-of-industry_161217/ 11/6/2009 - 11/29/2009. From the winner of the 2007 Ovation Award for Best World Premiere play comes a new tragi-comedy that meld the 1920s silent movie era and the downtrodden, downtown Los Angeles of early 2000s through eerie humor and revelations of riotously dark secrets. At its center is a sharply clever murder... 2009-10-20T01:52:30+00:00 2009-11-06 2009-11-29 Company of Angels at the Alexandria, 501 South Spring Street,, Los Angeles, California, 90013 Company of Angels Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-ghost-building_160710/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-ghost-building_160710/ 11/6/2009 - 12/12/2009. One of Broadway's most neglected masterpieces, the romantic and achingly beautiful A Little Night Music deals with the universal subject of love, in all its wondrous, humorous and ironic permutations. In turn-of-the-century Sweden, middle-aged Fredrik Egerman brings his... 2009-10-17T12:15:03+00:00 2009-11-06 2009-12-12 Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90045 Westchester Playhouse Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/a-little-night-music_160671/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/a-little-night-music_160671/ 11/6/2009 - 12/20/2009. Simon Gray's Molly is the story of a love quadrangle gone awry. Jeffery Passero directs. Set in London's 1930's, the play is inspired by the notorious Rattenbury Trial case. 2009-10-27T14:43:46+00:00 2009-11-06 2009-12-20 Victory Theatre, 3326 W. Victory Blvd., Burbank, CA, 91505 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/molly_160947/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/molly_160947/ 11/6/2009 - 12/12/2009. A comedy about the horrors of youth. It's summer of 1992 in the suburban hell of Meford, New Jersey. Five teenagers (played by adults) come to terms with impending adulthood, and find their lives changed by a mysterious visitor from another world. A dark comedy about that time when everything and... 2009-10-28T16:24:08+00:00 2009-11-06 2009-12-12 Theatre of NOTE, 1517 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90028 Theatre of NOTE Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/nibbler_161027/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/nibbler_161027/ 11/6/2009 - 12/20/2009. This is the story about The Synchronistics, an over-the-hill ABBA wannabe group who reunite to perform at a public access tv station telethon. It was 1979 and The Synchronistics were big. Johnny Carson big. Their hit single, "Better Together," rose to #2 on the charts. Then something terrible... 2009-09-18T15:57:13+00:00 2009-11-06 2009-12-20 Actors Forum Theatre, 10655 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA, 91601 DHM Entertainment Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/polyester-the-musical_159695/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/polyester-the-musical_159695/ 11/6/2009 - 12/13/2009. The Play highlights a Black family's conflict when their son returns from military training undecided about his own future and not quite the hero his father expected. The Black Power friends he left are still struggling with their issues and find he is not quite the staunch militant they once... 2009-02-04T15:01:54+00:00 2009-11-06 2009-12-13 The New LATC, 514 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA, 90013 Robey Theare Company Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-river-niger_152243/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-river-niger_152243/ 11/4/2009 - 2/21/2010. DouglasPlus, now in its second year and heralded by Los Angeles Times theatre critic Charles McNulty as "a refreshing extension of CTG's artistic palette," features readings, workshops and short-run events. See the schedule below. Next Stop Amazingland (Staged Workshop)... 2009-11-02T12:44:24+00:00 2009-11-04 2010-02-21 Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232 Reading.Workshop.Season. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/douglasplus_161130/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/douglasplus_161130/ 11/1/2009 - 12/19/2009. Harold Pinter's tragicomic gem about two aging writers, Hirst and Spooner. After meeting on Hampstead Heath, they return home for a late-night session of witty banter, sinister power games, and the worship of alcohol, watched by Hirst's henchman, Briggs and Foster. This unique and haunting play is... 2009-10-08T13:46:54+00:00 2009-11-01 2009-12-19 Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90025 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/no-mans-land_160410/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/no-mans-land_160410/ 10/30/2009 - 11/27/2009. A Johnny Cash prison tribute cooking show-concert! Jailbreak cakes every night backed up by With a Bible and a Gun, a Johnny Cash tribute band! Jewell Rae (Gilkerson) Jeffers is a Celebrity Chef, Home Economist, and the host of "Tastes Like Home" live cooking show. She is thrilled to cook live for... 2009-10-19T15:54:50+00:00 2009-10-30 2009-11-27 The Actors' Gang at The Ivy Substation, 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City, CA, 90232 Concert. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/all-cake-no-file_160705/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/all-cake-no-file_160705/ 10/30/2009 - 12/20/2009. Seductive, cunning, and deliciously wicked, Jeffrey Hatcher's adaptation of Honore de Balzac's 1846 masterpiece, Cousin Bette, tells the story of the powerful Hulot family, who inspire hate and loathing in the heart of their poor relative, a spinster named Bette. Set in Paris in mid... 2009-07-28T10:08:37+00:00 2009-10-30 2009-12-20 Deaf West Theatre, 5112 Lankershim Blvd., N. Hollywood, CA, 91601 Antaeus Company Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/cousin-bette_157962/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/cousin-bette_157962/ 10/29/2009 - 12/13/2009. Slasher is the story of a D-list Hollywood movie director, Marc Hunter, who goes to Texas to shoot Bloodbath, a low-budget slasher flick. After he loses his 'name actress' he hires a local "Hooter" waitress, Sheena McKinney, as 'The Last Girl' to be killed, which... 2009-10-12T11:26:10+00:00 2009-10-29 2009-12-13 Zephyr Theatre, 7458 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA, 90046 Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/slasher_160476/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/slasher_160476/ 10/28/2009 - 5/16/2010. The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies celebrates happy days with our newest edition entitled Let the Good Times Roll!...and that is exactly what we are going to do! All season long, we're bringing back the greatest good-time music of the ?40s, ?50s and ?60s. We'll dance! We'll sing!... 2009-07-23T08:31:53+00:00 2009-10-28 2010-05-16 Historic Plaza Theatre, 128 South Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Spring, CA, 92262 The Palm Springs Follies Revue.Vaudeville. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-palm-springs-follies-let-the-good-times-roll_157778/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-palm-springs-follies-let-the-good-times-roll_157778/ 10/23/2009 - 12/5/2009. High school sucks, especially when zombies attack. Five disparate high school students find themselves trapped in detention together after their school is overrun with Zombies. Between tormenting the decapitated zombie head of their former math teacher, getting stoned, and mocking each other every... 2009-10-20T13:28:28+00:00 2009-10-23 2009-12-05 Beverly Hills Playhouse, 254 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90038 The Katselas Theatre Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/detention-from-the-dead_160733/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/detention-from-the-dead_160733/ 10/23/2009 - 11/29/2009. In Love Will Tear Us Apart, a young gay man, Nicky, is visited each night by the voice of a former lover. He is confronted with his past discretions, and his inability to get close with anyone. Nicky turns to drinking and drugs to try and drown out the voice, but the voice only... 2009-09-23T17:39:51+00:00 2009-10-23 2009-11-29 Hudson Guild Theatre, 6539 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90038 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/love-will-tear-us-apart_159859/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/love-will-tear-us-apart_159859/ 10/17/2009 - 12/17/2009. This thrilling new adaptation of a towering masterpiece--undertaken by three actors in 90 breathless minutes--explores the exquisite fragility of the mind. In a desperate quest to be redeemed for the perpetration of an unspeakable crime, brilliant Raskolnikov embodies humankind's eternal struggle... 2009-08-18T19:02:51+00:00 2009-10-17 2009-12-17 A Noise Within Theatre, 234 South Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA, 91204 A Noise WIthin Theatre Company Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/crime-and-punishment_158686/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/crime-and-punishment_158686/ 10/17/2009 - 11/29/2009. The End of Civilization is a fictional tale of an ordinary middle class couple set against the backdrop of a country on the brink of financial ruin. The US economy seems to be in a permanent state of decline, monthly job losses number in the hundreds of thousands and otherwise good... 2009-10-09T11:23:12+00:00 2009-10-17 2009-11-29 The Sidewalk Studio Theatre, 4150 Riverside Drive, Burbank, CA, 91505 SkyPilot Theatre Company Children/Family. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-end-of-civilization_160440/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-end-of-civilization_160440/ 10/16/2009 - 1/31/2010. In Henry Jaglom's Just 45 Minutes From Broadway," a theatrical family of several generations is visited for the weekend by their two daughters and one potential son-in-law--a civilian--in their run-down home Just 45 Minutes From Broadway. 2009-08-24T09:21:21+00:00 2009-10-16 2010-01-31 Edgemar Center for the Arts, 2437 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90405 The Rainbow Theatre Company Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/just-45-minutes-from-broadway_158859/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/just-45-minutes-from-broadway_158859/ 10/16/2009 - 12/20/2009. Kooza is a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil that combines two circus traditions - acrobatic performance and the art of clowning. The show highlights the physical demands of human performance in all its splendor and fragility, presented in a colorful mélange that... 2009-05-12T14:42:13+00:00 2009-10-16 2009-12-20 Le Grand Chapiteau, Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, CA, 90401 Cirque du Soleil Circus. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/kooza_155150/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/kooza_155150/ 10/16/2009 - 11/29/2009. Sally Spectre The Musical arrives right on time for the Halloween scary season. The singing, dancing ghost story is subtitled "A Children's Horror Story for Adults." The show contains imagery that may be disturbing and inappropriate for very young children, but older kids and... 2009-09-04T17:31:40+00:00 2009-10-16 2009-11-29 Theatre West, 3333 Cahuenga Blvd. W., Los Angeles, CA, 90068 Theatre West in association with News of Spite Productions Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/sally-spectre-the-musical-a-childrens-horror-story-for-adults_159243/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/sally-spectre-the-musical-a-childrens-horror-story-for-adults_159243/ 10/11/2009 - 12/12/2009. What if your life were an uninvited work of art? An onrushing riot of the senses. And love is a perfect white "O" that smells of salt & gasoline? That's jack's life. And he's in love. 2009-10-02T14:23:17+00:00 2009-10-11 2009-12-12 Road Theatre Company, at the Historic Lankershim Arts Center, 5108 Lankershim Blvd., N. Hollywood, CA, 91601 The Road Theatre Company Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/as-white-as-o_160226/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/as-white-as-o_160226/ 10/5/2009 - 12/5/2009. It's the summer of 1992 in the suburban hell of Medford, New Jersey. Five teenagers come to terms with impending adulthood, and find their lives changed by a mysterious visitor from another world. A dark comedy about that time when everything and nothing seem possible. 2009-10-20T13:35:54+00:00 2009-10-05 2009-12-05 Theatre of NOTE, 1517 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90028 Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/nibbler_160734/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/nibbler_160734/ 10/3/2009 - 12/12/2009. With and eye on the crown and a heart of flint, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, gleefully murders his way to the top. Fueled by unquenchable bloodlust and endowed with an uncanny ability to charm his victims, this "bottled spider" weaves a tangled web and inadvertently snared his own soul. William... 2009-08-18T18:32:24+00:00 2009-10-03 2009-12-12 A Noise Within Theatre, 234 South Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA, 91204 A Noise WIthin Theatre Company Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/richard-iii_158684/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/richard-iii_158684/ 10/2/2009 - 1/2/2010. Join world-acclaimed performer Tim Piper in a 'once-in-a-lifetime' journey through the life, music, and social impact of one of Rock & Rolls true icons. You'll be transported to the very beginning of the life of the founder of the group that changed history, The Beatles. "Just Imagine" is a... 2009-09-10T12:45:34+00:00 2009-10-02 2010-01-02 The NoHo Arts Center, 11136 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA, 91601 Play.Multimedia. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/just-imagine_159350/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/just-imagine_159350/ 9/26/2009 - 2/27/2010. There's plenty of adventure, laughs, songs and interactive fun in this play where a Prince becomes a frog, and the children of the audience join in dance numbers and attend a banquet at the castle with the Princess and the King and the magical fairy. 2009-08-19T12:58:27+00:00 2009-09-26 2010-02-27 Theatre West, 3333 Cahuenga Blvd. W., Los Angeles, CA, 90068 Storybook Theatre Children/Family. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-princess-and-the-frog_158707/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-princess-and-the-frog_158707/ 9/19/2009 - 12/19/2009. Morlan Higgins and William Dennis Hurley lead the cast of Conor McPherson's Tony-nominated play Shining City, directed by Stephen Sachs. In the play, a middle-aged businessman living in Dublin (Higgins) has seen the ghost of his recently deceased wife. Terrified and sleepless, he... 2009-08-14T08:54:42+00:00 2009-09-19 2009-12-19 Fountain Theatre, 5060 Fountain Avenue, Hollywood, CA, 90029 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/shining-city_158560/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/shining-city_158560/ 9/12/2009 - 1/31/2010. With the kids away at camp, three married couples get together for an evening of relaxation and laughs. But as the liquor flows, games are played, secrets are revealed, trust is tested, boundaries are broken and reality gets swapped for fantasy. A thought-provoking, brutally honest and convulsively... 2009-09-01T09:39:24+00:00 2009-09-12 2010-01-31 Two Roads Theatre, 4348 Tujunga Avenue, Studio City, CA, 91604 Comedy.Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/its-just-sex-a-comedy-of-lust-and-trust_159127/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/its-just-sex-a-comedy-of-lust-and-trust_159127/ 8/7/2009 - 12/27/2009. SH-BOOM! From the "marvelous" mind of creator Roger Bean, comes another trip to Springfield where we meet the "Crooning Crabcakes," the boy group banned from the Springfield High School prom which made it possible for "The Marvelous Wonderettes" to perform there. Now in an era before... 2009-06-23T15:47:13+00:00 2009-08-07 2009-12-27 Hudson Mainstage Theatre, 6539 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90038 DAVID ELZER, PETER SCHNEIDER & CROONING CRABCAKES, LLC Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/life-could-be-a-dream_156731/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/life-could-be-a-dream_156731/ opens 6/5/2009. Highly acclaimed and very Interactive Murder Mystery Dinner at the historic El Cid. This evening of intrigue, suspense, laughter, and murder includes a 4 course gourmet dinner with salad, soup, choice of entree and dessert. Guests may be implicated in the crime. Audience has the opportunity to... 2009-11-10T21:42:55+00:00 2009-06-05 1900-01-01 El Cid , temp reserved, , , Sharpo Incorporated Dinner Theater. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/sharpo-murder-mystery-dinner-at-el-cid_161380/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/sharpo-murder-mystery-dinner-at-el-cid_161380/ opens 5/15/2009. The economy has crashed. The country's on the skids. And all we have is our family...drama. 2009-04-18T20:01:51+00:00 2009-05-15 1900-01-01 The Actor's Playpen, 1514 Gardner Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90046 Drama. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/my-three-sisters_154340/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/my-three-sisters_154340/ opens 5/2/2009. Part game and part theater, Neil Patrick Harris presents Accomplice: Hollywood, an experience unlike any found on a stage, taking its audience on an actual journey through the city streets. It all begins with a phone call disclosing a secret meeting location. Armed with a few initial... 2009-08-31T14:08:34+00:00 2009-05-02 1900-01-01 Various Locations, , , , 90012 Accomplice Comedy.Interactive.Performance Art.Mystery/Thriller.Improv.Event.Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/accomplice-hollywood_159082/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/accomplice-hollywood_159082/ opens 2/14/2009. Set in present-day Los Angeles, Divorce! The Musical takes us on Penny and Rich's journey, as their fairy-tale marriage unravels. Denial, deception, and raw outrage collide with greedy lawyers, dramatically inclined family members, mountains of paperwork and out-to-lunch therapists.... 2008-11-15T15:41:58+00:00 2009-02-14 1900-01-01 Hudson Mainstage Theatre, 6539 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90038 Musical. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/divorce-the-musical_149619/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/divorce-the-musical_149619/ 1/20/2009 - 12/10/2009. Weird On Top, a favorite with local audiences, returns to The Eclectic Company Theatre by popular demand with more premium-grade improvisational comedy. The players include Danielle Cintron, Tiffany Cole, Jay Fremed, Mason Halberg, Kerr Seth Lordygan, Sarah McCann , Alex Sanborn and... 2009-01-07T11:25:07+00:00 2009-01-20 2009-12-10 Eclectic Company Theatre, 5312 Laurel Canyon Blvd., North Hollywood, CA, 91607 Improv. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/weird-on-top_151024/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/weird-on-top_151024/ 1/10/2009 - 12/20/2009. Last chance to try on the glass slipper! Help Cinderella find her happily-ever-after one more time as the Year of the Glass Slipper approaches the finish line. Romance blooms in this internationally acclaimed musical for kids 2 to 102, featuring zany fairy godmother, charming prince, silly... 2009-02-25T02:55:20+00:00 2009-01-10 2009-12-20 Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 Fourth St., Santa Monica, CA, 90401 Santa Monica Playhouse Children/Family. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/cinderella-the-musical_152917/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/cinderella-the-musical_152917/ opens 10/18/2008. House On The Hill, Mammy Pleasant's Story is a must see dramatic portrayal of a historical figure who amassed 30 million dollars in the late 1800s. Mammy Pleasant was considered the first African American Woman Millionaire as well as the Mother of Civil Rights in the State of... 2008-03-12T13:49:25+00:00 2008-10-18 1900-01-01 Playhouse Theatre Playhouse, 600 Moulton Avenue , Los Angeles, CA , 90031 Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/house-on-the-hill-mammy-pleasants-story_142211/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/house-on-the-hill-mammy-pleasants-story_142211/ opens 8/16/2008. Latinologues Tu (2) is an updated comedy showcase written, created, directed and produced by Rick Najera. The show, which will include new and original monologues written by Najera, is a compilation of comedic and poignant monologues revealing the Latino experience in America. The... 2008-08-12T16:42:50+00:00 2008-08-16 1900-01-01 Hayworth Theatre, 2511 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90057 Comedy. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/latinologues-tu-2_146599/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/latinologues-tu-2_146599/ opens 5/30/2008. THE LONGEST RUNNING THEATER SHOW IN LOS ANGELES!!!! In October of 2009 Point Break LIVE! celebrates it's 2 year anniversary in LA! "Can only be described as all-encompassing, wet, interactive, loud, extreme, and altogether awesome." - la2day.com "The worse it gets, the... 2007-09-25T15:43:52+00:00 2008-05-30 1900-01-01 The Dragonfly, 6510 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90038 New Rock Theater Productions LLC Comedy.Interactive.Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/point-break-live_137639/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/point-break-live_137639/ opens 4/4/2008. Spontaneous Productions proudly invites you to the WORLD PREMIERE of Pitch It!, a new improv show at The Lyric Theatre. Each hour long Pitch It! show features sketches, short-form improv games, and a signature movie-themed long-form that lets the audience pitch its very own... 2008-03-18T14:41:24+00:00 2008-04-04 1900-01-01 Lyric Theatre, 520 North La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90036 Spontaneous Productions Comedy.Improv. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/pitch-it_142384/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/pitch-it_142384/ opens 2/2/2008. In a magical winter wonderland presided over by the mischievous Jack Frost and the dazzling Snow Queen herself, Bob Baker's Musical World! leads you on a wondrous journey with many a magical stop along the way. With a day at the circus, a stop at an Enchanted Toy Shop, and even the... 2008-02-05T15:42:05+00:00 2008-02-02 1900-01-01 Bob Baker Marionette Theater, 1345 W. First St., Los Angeles, CA, 90026 Children/Family.Puppet Theater. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/bob-bakers-musical-world_141336/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/bob-bakers-musical-world_141336/ opens 8/25/2007. Originated in Chicago, in 2002. Friendly neighbors is a musical sketch comedy soap opera, bringing new and exciting characters each season. 2007-08-20T18:04:18+00:00 2007-08-25 1900-01-01 The Promenade Playhouse, 1404 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA, 90401 YO! LV Productions Musical.Sketch Comedy.Serial. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/friendly-neighbors_136747/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/friendly-neighbors_136747/ opens 7/20/2007. American Star tracks the life of an artist since he was a child, with all of the struggles, sacrifices and fun along the way. Incorporating singing, rhythm tap dancing, break dancing, acting and other crafts to tell the story, this one-man musical odyssey is kid friendly but will... 2007-06-27T13:59:46+00:00 2007-07-20 1900-01-01 Hudson Guild Theatre, 6539 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90038 Solo Performance. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/american-star_135061/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/american-star_135061/ opens 6/26/2007. The Behind The Emerald Curtain experience gives audience members the unique opportunity to see what happens to make a big Broadway musical like Wicked come alive at every performance - everything from design and production to performance and marketing. Call 866-755-3075... 2007-06-11T16:53:03+00:00 2007-06-26 1900-01-01 Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90028 Art/Museum. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/behind-the-emerald-curtain_134461/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/behind-the-emerald-curtain_134461/ opens 5/6/2007. This evening of entertainment features clean stand up from comedians over 40 for the entire family. 2007-04-17T15:01:41+00:00 2007-05-06 1900-01-01 Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim Street, Long Beach, CA, 90804 Long Beach Playhouse Comedy.Stand-Up. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/over-the-hill-comedy-night_132509/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/over-the-hill-comedy-night_132509/ opens 4/26/2007. Motown's Big Three poets export top of the line percussive imagery, exotic word flavors and jazz with heart and spirit at a performance reading called Rhythm In The Head: Jazz/Poetry In L.A.. Meet the legendary poet, activist and author of Guitar Army, John Sinclair, award... 2007-04-10T08:59:36+00:00 2007-04-26 1900-01-01 ArtShare Los Angeles, 801 East Fourth Place, Los Angeles, CA, 90013 Live Music.Poetry. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/rhythm-in-the-head-jazzpoetry-in-la_132236/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/rhythm-in-the-head-jazzpoetry-in-la_132236/ opens 2/9/2007. It's the hilarious, outrageous, big, swanky, musical and comedy event of the year! It's Ester Goldberg's The Big Show, starring Ester Goldberg and her nine-piece orchestra, The Archibald Leeches. And it's the perfect entertainment spectacle for adults of all ages! Ester's "supper... 2007-02-02T16:36:26+00:00 2007-02-09 1900-01-01 The Comedy Store, 8433 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90069 The Comedy Store & Zannel Comedy.Cabaret. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/ester-goldbergs-the-big-show_130317/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/ester-goldbergs-the-big-show_130317/ opens 3/10/2006. 3rd Street Comedy features some of this country's most compelling comedians who will entertain local audiences as part of the new comedy series offered in Santa Monica. Many of these performers are known to audiences nationwide. They perform at clubs throughout the country and are... 2006-02-21T17:03:39+00:00 2006-03-10 1900-01-01 The Promenade Playhouse, 1404 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA, 90401 Comedy.Stand-Up. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/3rd-street-comedy_119026/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/3rd-street-comedy_119026/ opens 1/11/2006. Looking straight, acting straight and turning straight ... almost. Box Office Hours: 30 min. prior to the show Group Sales Number (11+): 818-766-3691 x.2 Appropriate For Ages: 18 & up 2006-02-22T09:45:13+00:00 2006-01-11 1900-01-01 Secret Rose Theatre, 11246 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA, 91601 Fire Rose Productions Comedy.Solo Performance. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/almost-walking-a-straight-line_119083/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/almost-walking-a-straight-line_119083/ opens 11/1/2002. Every weekend, the ACME Comedy Theatre gives you reason to enjoy. On any given night, improv and sketch comedy can be seen. The Theatre offers new shows that change weekly as well as old favorites, such as The J. Keith van Straaten Show. For full details and scheduling,... 2000-09-12T15:31:32+00:00 2002-11-01 1900-01-01 ACME Comedy Theatre, 135 N. La Brea, Los Angeles, CA, 90036 Improv. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/acme-comedy-theatre_6712/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/acme-comedy-theatre_6712/ open run. Written by Broadway playwrights, this lively show brings the stories of the American Girls characters to life through ten original songs. Watching it will help you discover the possibilities within yourself... and the inspiration to make this your moment in history! NOTE: No children... 2007-03-16T11:50:34+00:00 1900-01-01 1900-01-01 American Girl Place, 189 The Grove Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90036 Musical.Children/Family. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-american-girls-revueandreg_131553/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-american-girls-revueandreg_131553/ open run. Stan Wells, former Groundlings director, directs the Being Humans in the "Clap-In" long form style. Audience suggestions are built upon by the players in various scenarios, sometimes with blacked out scenes, other times through fast-paced clap-ins. Each scenario builds on the previous one,... 2004-11-18T12:51:43+00:00 1900-01-01 1900-01-01 Empty Stage Theatre, 2372 Veteran Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90064 Improv. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/being-humans_107880/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/being-humans_107880/ open run. Bitty Bear's Matinee: The Family Tree is an audience participation family theater production for children ages 3 and up that celebrates the virtues of family and friendship while teaching age-appropriate skills such as sharing and working together. This 40 minute live musical... 2007-04-24T12:58:24+00:00 1900-01-01 1900-01-01 American Girl Place, 189 The Grove Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90036 American Girl Place Musical.Children/Family. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/bitty-bears-matinee-the-family-tree_132745/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/bitty-bears-matinee-the-family-tree_132745/ open run. "Inside the Teenage Mind" When teenagers are given more freedom than most parents allow, then you have the Detention Span hour! A Theatrical show that's better than Cats! The teens of Joy Theatre Teens perform a madcap, fun-filled hour of sketch, improv, impressions, singing, and more at... 2005-12-28T10:28:06+00:00 1900-01-01 1900-01-01 Joy Theatre at the Raven Playhouse, 5233 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA, 91601 Joy Theatre Improv.Sketch Comedy.Stand-Up. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/detention-span_117765/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/detention-span_117765/ open run. The hottest flamenco in town is happening at the Fountain! A thrilling combination of prepared work and spontaneous exploration, Forever Flamenco is an on-going Sunday night series featuring "the best dancers from L.A.'s vibrant community as well as significant out-of-town guests"... 2006-08-08T12:33:44+00:00 1900-01-01 1900-01-01 Fountain Theatre, 5060 Fountain Avenue, Hollywood, CA, 90029 Concert.Dance. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/forever-flamenco_124021/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/forever-flamenco_124021/ open run. Stan Wells, former Groundlings director, directs The Fortune Room, a musical lounge improv extravaganza. This show has to be seen to be understood. But the Stella Ray Trio, featuring Jimmy Tonic, Dr. Skins, and, of course, Stella Ray, will guide through the musical world that is the... 2004-11-18T12:55:19+00:00 1900-01-01 1900-01-01 Empty Stage Theatre, 2372 Veteran Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90064 Musical.Improv. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-fortune-room_107882/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-fortune-room_107882/ open run. "Two Shows, Two Casts, Four Feet Tall! " Take a ride into the minds and world of the Children of the Valley in this fun interactive theatrical experience when the kids of Joy Theatre perform comedy, standup, improv and sketch at the Raven Playhouse. Presented by Joy Theatre, a unique... 2005-12-28T10:16:03+00:00 1900-01-01 1900-01-01 Joy Theatre at the Raven Playhouse, 5233 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA, 91601 Joy Theatre Improv.Sketch Comedy.Stand-Up. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/giggle-gaggle_117764/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/giggle-gaggle_117764/ open run. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) hosts an entire week of events that celebrate the voice of the music creator. I Create Music Week brings together some of the industry's top songwriters, composers, lyricists, and music publishers representing a broad... 2007-04-02T16:25:20+00:00 1900-01-01 1900-01-01 Various Locations, , , , 90012 Event. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/i-create-music-week_132034/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/i-create-music-week_132034/ open run. Improv Olympic West, the Los Angeles arm of the world-famous ImprovOlympic in Chicago, presents the best improvisation west of the Windy City. There are shows every night. It's always something new, fresh...and funny! Only persons 21 and older will be admitted into Improv Olympic... 2000-09-11T16:20:43+00:00 1900-01-01 1900-01-01 Improv Olympic West, 6366 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90028 Improv. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/improv-olympic-west_6707/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/improv-olympic-west_6707/ through 12/19/2009. Edgar Allan Poe lives and breathes, live on stage, in the performance of Jeffrey Combs in Nevermore. The rebel and the poet who became a public sensation in his own lifetime is given flesh and blood anew. Poe struggled through much of his career. Defying literary convention, he... 2009-07-23T17:34:33+00:00 1900-01-01 2009-12-19 Steve Allen Theatre, 4773 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90027 Red Hen Productions Play. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/nevermore_157809/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/nevermore_157809/ open run. Stan Wells, former Groundlings director, directs POP! in the "Clap-In" long form style. Political and popular culture audience suggestions are built upon by the players in various scenarios, sometimes with blacked out scenes, other times through fast-paced clap-ins. Each scenario... 2000-08-03T17:28:55+00:00 1900-01-01 1900-01-01 Empty Stage Theatre, 2372 Veteran Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90064 Improv. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/pop_5890/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/pop_5890/ open run. Room to Improv is an all-Asian American theatre troupe that performs and practices the art of short and longer form improvisation. Every performance is unique because the games and scenes that are created are based on suggestions from the audience. No one knows what will come next... 2004-08-11T16:56:10+00:00 1900-01-01 1900-01-01 Two Roads Theatre, 4348 Tujunga Avenue, Studio City, CA, 91604 Improv. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/room-to-improv_106038/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/room-to-improv_106038/ open run. Stan Wells, former Groundlings director, directs the Empty Stage's premiere group, The Transformers, in the transformation style, in which scenes seem to magically flow from one to the next. One audience suggestion drives the entire show. Fast paced, free-wheeling, no topic is out... 2000-03-28T16:25:26+00:00 1900-01-01 1900-01-01 Empty Stage Theatre, 2372 Veteran Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90064 Improv. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-transformers_2594/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-transformers_2594/ open run. Named after two of our favorite things, alcohol and sugar, Vodka and Donuts finds the hilarity in a fast-paced "clap-in" style improv show fueled by your audience suggestions. 2004-11-18T12:52:24+00:00 1900-01-01 1900-01-01 Empty Stage Theatre, 2372 Veteran Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90064 Improv.Stand-Up. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/vodka-and-doughnuts_107881/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/vodka-and-doughnuts_107881/ open run. Stan Wells, former Groundlings director, directs The Waterbrains in the "Clap-In" long form style. Audience suggestions are built upon by the players in various scenarios, sometimes with blacked out scenes, other times through fast-paced clap-ins. Each scenario builds on the... 2000-03-28T16:26:37+00:00 1900-01-01 1900-01-01 Empty Stage Theatre, 2372 Veteran Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90064 Improv. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-waterbrains_2595/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/the-waterbrains_2595/ open run. Discover the secrets of your favorite neighborhood or museum on a Watson Adventures Scavenger Hunt. You won't be collecting objects (put back that statue!) but searching for answers to tricky and humorous questions. You can discover the diner where Snow White tanks up in Hollywood, see a sultry... 2007-05-01T09:58:27+00:00 1900-01-01 1900-01-01 Various Locations, , , , 90012 Interactive. http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/watson-adventures_132992/ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/shows/watson-adventures_132992/