You’ll be laughing, clapping and singing along with two of Broadway’s greatest performers, Mandy Patinkin and Patti LaPone, as they bring to life over thirty songs from different musicals in the show, “An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin” at the Ahmanson Theater of the Center Theatre Group in Downtown Los Angeles.  The two [...]

Created to celebrate and share all the Brits contributions to Los Angeles, this all- encompassing  British events, concerts, car rallies, plays, art exhibits, business mixers, sporting events, films, shopping, pub and restaurant news. You will be surprised at the breadth and depth of the British contribution to Californian life, from being the biggest foreign investors [...]

The classic story, “Annie” is coming to the Kodak Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center. The show will run from January 13th – January 18th of next year, and just in time for Christmas, tickets are available at a discounted price.
“Annie” is the story of  the eternally optimistic orphan who searches for a [...]

Get ready for some spectacular theatre because this fall UCLA Live once again presents a stunning line up at the UCLA Live Theatre Festival starting October 1st. Sponsored by Yahoo!, the seventh international Theatre Festival will showcase a range of classic and eclectic work, several pieces making their U.S. debut at UCLA Live’s exclusive event. [...]

If you’ve already frequented the famous “Hollywood Forever” cemetery as an outdoor answer to a great Saturday night, then it’s time to bundle the blanket and head on over to Silverlake for a sweet summer night of Shakespeare under the stars. And it’s free!
One of LA’s secret charms is letting the local parks and domains play [...]

Nestled deep within West Hollywood’s Plummer Park, in the quaint courtyard of the Great Hall, is home to Classical Theatre Lab’s company production of The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Shakespeare’s only domestic comedy is a cheerful delight. Story centers on Sir John Falstaff (Joe Hulser), a mischievous gentleman. Recently arrived in Windsor, he is [...]

“Mamafied” reads as a ‘flat-out hilarious comedy’ about motherhood, married sex, and three generations of women in the same family. And it is all that, but it’s also so much more. Part romantic comedy, part love story, even part quirky coming of age tale. It’s a tasty cocktail with more than a spritz of sexy [...]

The Met Theater is a modest 2-stage house smack in the middle of Hollywood. Founded in 1973, it has a prestigious history including productions with Ed Harris, Carole Kane, Holly Hunter, James Gammon and Sam Shepard. Its latest offering “Talk Radio” runs through July 27 under the careful direction of Ben Kusler and a supple [...]

Check out Matthew Landon starring in an original play, “Doll,” by Timothy Pape at the Hermosa Beach Playhouse Second Story Theatre.
Running for 8 weeks, the show starts at 7:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the door or pre-ordered at www.lastescapeproductions.com.
This [...]

Spring in Los Angeles may feel distinctly British this year, where BritWeek 2008 will be in full force between April 24, 2008 - May 10, 2008. Created by 19 Entertainment President and American Idol Exec Producer Nigel Lythgoe, BritWeek 2008 promises to celebrate the major investments and strong influences that the Brits have had [...]

Haste still pays haste, and leisure answers leisure; Like doth quit like, and MEASURE still FOR MEASURE. - Duke Vicentio
Shakespeare’s play “Measure for Measure” is one of those hysterical comedies that does not get enough recognition. Perhaps the reason is because it has the stigma attached of being dubbed a “problem play",
meaning many tribulations [...]

On April 10, "My Fair Lady" debuted after a brilliant revival in London proving musical lovers love a good musical. Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s 1956 classic polished Cinderella tale, adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s "Pygmalion", isn’t just one of the most successful shows from the golden age of musicals. It’s a franchise that [...]

On Thursday night April 17, David Mamet’s classic “Glengarry Glen Ross” opened at the Macha Theater in West Hollywood. Stars John Stamos, Nia Vardalos, Amanda Bynes and ‘Entourage’ creator Doug Ellis came out to support the night’s big cause, Steven Spielberg’s USC Shoah Foundation.

 
And Starring 
“Glengarry” is particularly known as an actor’s play. The dialogue is [...]

Starting May 11, Los Angeles fans will have a new reason to celebrate theater. Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and Academy Award-nominated writer David Mamet debuts his newest play “Keep Your Pantheon” on a double bill with his own “The Duck Variations” at the Kirk Douglas Theater in Culver City, CA.
“Keep Your Pantheon” is set in [...]

On Friday April 4th, the Eclectic Company Theatre in association with Kerr Bahr Productions premiered their rendition of the William Shakespeare comedy Measure For Measure. The play is now running until May 18th at the Eclectic Company Theatre.
William Shakespeare wrote comedies?
Just when you thought you were familiar with all the Shakespeare classics, the deceased poet [...]

A special discount is being offered to LA’s the Place readers for the musical Flora, The Red Menace. The very first musical collaboration between the legendary Broadway team of Kander & Ebb, Flora, The Red Menace stars Eden Espinosa of Wicked fame, Sweeney Todd’s Manoel Felciano and Pajama Games’ Megan Lawrence.
A musical set in the [...]

"Family Guy" fans have an amazing opportunity to see their favorite show live. On May 10th at 8 p.m., the Center Theatre Group in association with Steve Linder and IMG Artists presents, "Freakin’ Sweet! An Evening of Music and Comedy with ‘Family Guy’s’ Alex Borstein and Seth MacFarlane." This animated pop culture phenomenon will go [...]

I always put on my forever overdue to do list to read a story by Irish writer James Joyce. His style influenced many magnanimous literary giants from Samuel Beckett, William Faulkner to George Orwell and Bret Easton Ellis. Joyce, next to Shakespeare, is one of the most influential writers of our time. The Dead is [...]

Pasadena Playhouse premieres “Mask” based on the Academy Award-winning 1985 film from the real-life story of Rocky Dennis. The debut musical at the Pasadena Playhouse stars Michelle Duffy as “Rusty”; TV and theater star Greg Evigan as “Gar”, Michael Lanning as “Dozer” and introduces Allen  E. Read as “Rocky.  Thespians replace the film’s star turns [...]

If anyone has ever listened to A Prairie Home Companion, they will know that one of Garrison Keillor’s favorite topics is winter itself. His stories, set in Lake Wobegon, Minnesota, frequently involve the brutal cold in which Keillor spent his formative years. Last Thursday, UCLAlive drew this heartland native to the perpetual summer of Los [...]

Even though L.A is known more for the big screen than for the stage, theatre lovers won’t be left out in the cold.  As there are certainly no shortage of theatres in the area, finding a great play to experience is not a problem.  If it’s the price you’re worried about, we got you covered [...]

Christopher Walken. The name alone conjures up the man’s unique speech pattern in the minds of anyone who has heard him speak. While nothing can truly compare to the real thing, listening to other people attempt to duplicate Mr. Walken’s vocal style is a close second. Paying tribute to the man, and those who love [...]

Adapting previously performed material is always a challenge for a small theatre company, particularly when the work in question has achieved a high level of notoriety. In these cases the production must not only create an effective suspension of disbelief, but must also convince the audience to look with fresh eyes upon something that they [...]

UCLA Live is proud to announce its upcoming events for March – June 2008. As a producer and presenter, UCLA Live is internationally acclaimed for the quality of dance, music, theatre, spoken works and artists that it presents to Los Angeles every year.
UCLA Live at Royce Hall is located at 340 Royce Dr., Los [...]

It’s the year 6000, and humans must contend with being less than desirable lovers compared to a world full of cat-walking supermodel sex-bots that can do it anytime, anywhere, and in any position. Unfortunately, they don’t want to do it with us. And there lies the rub, the temptation and the age-old question posed by [...]

The Golden State is as compelling as it is relevant. It is a wonderful and refreshing rendering of the interior nature of a family strung out on stereotypes and practical reality. From the beginning of the play, one can connect with its happenings if they so choose, but The Golden State—though jovially—gets in your face, [...]

Hope springs eternal even if the well is…well, running dry. South African playwright Athol Fugard’s latest play “Victory” premiering at the Fountain Theatre reveals the tenuous emotions of resentment and bitterness that lie just beneath the surface of a post apartheid South Africa struggling to find its identity.
Post Apartheid Playwright With his latest play, [...]

Reprise, Broadway’s Best is presenting Li’l Abner at UCLA Freud Playhouse February 5th through February 17th.
Broadway’s Best welcomes you to Dogpatch, U.S.A, which has just been deemed "the most unnecessary, no account" town in the country. In a scramble to keep Dogpatch from being used for atomic testing, Li’l Abner, Daisy Mae, and the other [...]

What do you do when everything you believe in is blown to pieces? If you’re the main character in The Catholic Girl’s Guide to Losing Your Virginity, you go out and try to have sex with every man you meet. A comedy about a good Catholic girl trying to make up for lost time, the [...]

The hit animated series that featured up-tempo educational songs and cartoon vignettes from 1973 to 1986 has made a comeback in this musical adaptation at the Greenway Court Theatre.
A perfect show for the entire family, kids will be thrilled to discover the magic of "Schoolhouse Rock" for the first time, and parents of early Gen [...]

The Pico Playhouse is putting up Annie Hendy’s The Catholic Girl’s Guide to Losing Your Virginity beginning January 11th. Directed by Eli Gonda, hot off of associate directing the critically acclaimed Broadway production of Cyrano de Bergerac, this eight-week show will run through March 1st. 
Filled with fantasy, romance and sexual awakening, The Catholic Girl’s [...]

Written and directed by Alexander Carver, Naked Yoga is a comedy about modern sexual politics. Based on some of Carver’s real life experiences, Naked Yoga focuses on a powerful woman’s effect on a weak man and how she changes him and everything around him.
Presented by the Unknown Theater Company, Naked Yoga’s cast includes Boomie Aglietti [...]

Presented by the City Ballet of Los Angeles, this is a unique performance of the holiday classic, "The Nutcracker," as it is set in Hancock Park in 1942, exploring Los Angeles’ diverse culture and the people living here. With a performance taking place on December 22nd at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre [...]

With previews beginning on December 13th and the show opening on December 16th at the CTG/Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, “The Color Purple” has already broken records with group sales figures already reaching $3.2 million for Broadway’s loved musical.
Based on a Pulitzer prize winning novel by Alice Walker – and turned into a film [...]

Nuttier than a fruitcake, spicier than spiked eggnog, "Bob’s Holiday Office Party" is back and naughtier than ever.
Playing for a dozen years, this raunchy, uproarious absurdity set in the conservative Midwest has a cult following for those needing a break from the standard seasonal fare. Now a tradition in its own right, the play which [...]

Rightly named so, the "Jolly Roger" is the name of a boat, the name of a pirate insignia, and a British euphemism for sex.  Taking place in present day San Francisco, on the night of Vince’s divorce settlement.  In celebration, he proposes to the woman he has been seeing, Sarah. Unfortunately for Vince, Sarah is [...]

365 Plays in 365 Days. Can it be done? Suzan-Lori Parks shows a play a day can be written and written well. 
Held at the outdoor Marina Pavilion in California Plaza, the Grand Finale of “365 Days/365 Plays” celebrated over 50 theatre companies, 500 actors, and of course, 365 plays coming to an end. Called one of [...]

The Latino Theater Company presents the play ‘Melancholia,’ at the NEW LA Theater Center as part of its International Festival of Theater and Dance. This abstract depiction of life after returning from the Iraq war zone brings reality to our doorstep. Very “Jacob’s Ladder” and “The Men,” this performance examines this topic from a Latino [...]

Forget about bringing a Thomas Guide along, "Lost Angeles" maneuvers through the back alleys of Gen Xers searching for love and ultimately finding it within themselves.  Like all well-traveled roads in L.A., there are obstacles, speed bumps, close calls, delays and detours for these lovers trying to make sense of it all.
But how can one [...]

Considering the laundry list of hot female teachers preying on their male students, (Mary K. Letourneau, Debra Lafave, Pamela Diehl-Moore come to mind), "Mustang Sally" halfheartedly approaches the double standard with tepid results.
 
Male teachers and coaches are instantly labeled predators, molesters, sexual deviants and pedophiles by the media and community when they are caught with [...]

Double Bass Productions and Mike Wittmers present a new artistic fusion of tap and rock proving that tap dance is no longer simply a nostalgic relic from the past or a hobby old Broadway fans.
Danced to the beats of rock classics such as Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, John Mayer, Stevie Rae Vaughn and many [...]

The Strawberry One-Act Festival gives the audience a say in who wins their coveted prizes.  Presented by the Riant Theatre Company from New York City, viewers, along with the theatre’s judges can cast their votes for best play, best director, best actor and best actress of the season. 
Twice a year, hundreds of plays from [...]

Ten fine actors in “Roe Sham V. Wade” perform an hilarious hour of original comedy skits a la SNL, at the famous “Second City” in Los Angeles …

"This [play] does have a happy ending; they usually don’t," explains Odalys Nanin, director, playwright, and producer of her latest theatrical tour de force, Skin of Honey, a saucy story about forbidden love, set during the Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba.
In Castro’s Cuba, the presence of homosexuals is regarded as a "filth" that needs [...]

Love can bite you in the ass and make you ache but it’s also an astounding experience that can leave one both fulfilled and drained. Writer/director Kevin Delin must have experienced some fantastic highs as well as some exhausting lows to come up with Heat & Hostility. The 14-part dramedy has an arc of every romantic [...]

Even if you’re not a fan of Dolly Parton, “Journey to Dollywood” is a trip worth taking.  Don’t let the title fool you.  This play is not a campy review of the buxom, blonde singer, but a delightful dramedy about courage and self-discovery.  Veteran playwright and actress Jessie McCormack’s heart warming play reveals that there [...]

Looking for a weekend family activity that you can enjoy indoors in this muggy weather? Well, this fall, Storybook Theatre brings you its new musical version of the classic story “Cinderella". From the first minute, this musical is full of fun and laughter. For proof, you had just had to look at the animated faces [...]

The Ahmanson Theatre is preparing to put up "The History Boys" beginning November 14th.  As a Mark Taper Forum subscription production, the Tony Award winning play will present previews on November 7th and will run through December 9th.
"The History Boys" presents opposing views of life and education as it follows eight bright, funny, history students [...]

Obie Award-winning writer/director Alex Timbers infuses dark comedy into “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,” the historically accurate story of a larger-than-life character, Andrew Jackson, as he rises from a humble background to battle the British, Spanish and Native Americans, while the Democratic Party, along with populism are brought to the Americans.
Throughout this time, though the [...]

Subtitled, "A Sort of Romantic comedy," playwright Alan Zweibel pays tribute to an old friend who likes to take things "slowly."  Spanning fourteen years from their first SNL staff meeting where Gilda Radner found Zweibel quaking behind a potted tree, the play sort of steals your heart, sort of makes one laugh and in the [...]

Ellen Fairey(writer) and Matthew Miller’s(director) full length play, recently transferred to Hollywood’s Hudson Theatre from Chicago’s Serendipity Theatre Collective is not to be missed. Girl, 20 brings to the entertainment scene what has been lacking for so long: an up-close-and personal look at the inner psyche of the modern college student: all honesty and finally [...]

In a time where sub-prime loans and creative financing have led to the highest rate of foreclosures in the past 20 years, it’s nice to see David Mamet’s slick and sleazy real estate agents on the boards again.  These guys are just trying to make a buck, and that’s what makes these pithy characters so [...]

Getting in the mood for Halloween and all things scary? Santa Monica Playhouse, know for great holidays shows presents a family holiday treat, Absolutely Halloween.
For 48 years, Santa Monica Playhouse has provided entertaining and exciting comedic and dramatic, classic and contemporary live theatrical productions as well as Family Theatre musicals. Great theatre to bring [...]

1994.
President Clinton delivers his first State of the Union address.  Nirvana dominates the air waves.  NAFTA goes into effect.  At least 500,000 Tutsis are killed in the Rwandan Genocide.  Kurt Cobain is found dead.  Millions watch OJ Simpson flee from the police in his white Bronco live on TV.  The CDC estimates that 41,930 American [...]

If you’re an actor, or an acting student, you know how difficult it is to find really great original pieces to perform onstage or in acting class, or even for your reel. At the urging of his associates, Ron Micci has resurrected his eclectic mix of poetic and satirical one-act plays and sketches, The One-Act [...]

Reviving the comedy that set box office records at the Falcon Theatre in 2001, this night was particularly special as it included celebrations for the playwright?s recent 87th birthday. Sitting near the front of the stage for the performance, Bradbury seemed utterly delighted to be in the house to champion his actors? first night…Read more in Arts and Culture

The Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles will host a benefit performance of CHESS on September 17, 2007.  The Tim Rice, Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus musical, produced by Brian Michael Purcell will be performed at the outdoor venue to raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. (Two more dancers are still being sought as of [...]

Booming from the stage of Springboard Theater?s production of Beautiful Souls is an Aussie story of human consequences that emerge from attempting to smuggle drugs while backpacking in Thailand…read more in Arts and Culture

The Ojai Playwrights Conference, held just north of Los Angeles, commemorates its 10th year of presenting new plays by continuing to spotlight the country’s most promising literary talents with public readings and performances. For its 10th anniversary, the Ojai Playwrights Conference will host favorite returning playwrights, as well as introduce rising new artists of American [...]

Lisa Temple has serious issues with her mother. In order to work through her past and finally forgive the woman who gave her life, Lisa, with the help of her husband, has put together a one-woman show detailing the pain of her formative years.  My Mother’s Yard is one woman’s attempt to gain closure on [...]

In the heart of Beverly Hills lies Aqua Lounge, a place where the food, drink and music flow all night long.  From an intimate dining experience to special musical events, Aqua Lounge has it all.

The 60 seat upscale restaurant offers a "Creative World Cuisine" which is comprised of international ingredients used in new and adventurous ways. [...]

William Shakespeare himself could not have picked a finer ensemble for his classic, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona,” featuring Michael Matthys (Valentine), Brad Wilcox (Proteus), Summer Sinclair (Julia), and Annunziata Gianzero (Silvia) from Classical Theater Lab. In conjunction with the city of West Hollywood, this will hopefully be the first production of future annual Shakespeare [...]

This 1950s script is from a time when ours was a society that took itself a bit too seriously, but its humor transcends the decades.  Today’s audience is now unfazed by what was once taboo — and the homosexual references and “questionable Freudian theories” that once kept “Bad Seed” banned from Broadway just make it [...]

Avenue Q”, the Tony Award® -winner for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book in 2004, hits Los Angeles’ Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre this September. This hilarious show is full of heart and hummable tunes.  It tells the story of Princeton, an optimistic college grad, who comes to New York with big dreams and little [...]

Like it or not, part of every parent’s job is to screw up their kids. No matter how well intentioned a parental figure is, they will undoubtedly affect how their children function in the world.  It’s this unfortunate fact of life that authors Fiona Hogan and Courtney Kramer have put to music in Mental, playing [...]

It isn’t just that ballet, sleeping for 100 years, and finding the man of your dreams, the things not synonymous with California, can have West Coast balletomanes rustling in their imaginary tutus, pointing their feet and pirouetting into the Orange County Performing Arts Center to snap up seats to an all-new production of a well-known [...]

Paul Mazursky’s witty production of Michael Elias’ play, “The Catskill Sonata” allows its audience to take a journey back to the year 1957 and to the Mountainview Hotel in the Catskill Mountains. In the play, the Rosen’s Mountainview Hotel serves as a place for performing artists to share their art.

The audience is immediately introduced [...]

Everyone loves a high school reunion, especially when it’s not your own! Now you can enjoy all the mischief and drama of a high school reunion from the comfort-zone of your own theater seat as Aqua Lounge presents Classless Reunion Live. The alum of fictional Macky High School takes class reunion to a whole [...]

Very often in the world of theatre low budget can be mistaken for true art, something about the closeness of the magic to the audience without all the glitz and glamour of a cast of thousands. However, there is never an instance where true art is confused with something that is just low budget. “Burn [...]

Combining theatre and improv, Fries on the Side is a weekly sketch comedy show performed at the Meisner Center in North Hollywood. Celebrating their 5th season, the production welcomed actor Alan Ruck (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) as their host and P!stol P!stol as the musical guest on June 16th. [...]

Los Angeles is truly becoming a cultural and performing arts epicenter and at UCLA Live you can see that change taking place. The UCLA Live 2007-2008 Season offers a wide variety of cultural programs that include theatre, dance, classical music, world music, jazz, roots and pop music, spoken word, and family oriented material. Each of [...]

UCLA Live’s Program Series includes special family-friendly events for all ages. The 2007/08 Series will present award-winning family entertainment.  UCLA Live’s Design for Sharing Family Series is named for its acclaimed outreach program, Design for Sharing, one of the largest, most accomplished university-based outreach organizations in the country. Intended for children and their families to [...]

UCLA Live continues to present daring and provocative work through its 2007/08 season including the Sixth International Theatre Festival. UCLA Live will once again show groundbreaking productions from around the globe, the upcoming festival features a U.S. premiere, two U.S. company debuts, multiple West Coast premieres and exclusive engagements from theaters based in Scotland, The [...]

The themes behind Johnny Garcia’s thoughtful play, “Satisfy Me” are nothing new. Love and marriage, infidelity, chronic immaturity, self-indulgence and plain old lust have been explored and disseminated since the beginning of theater itself. Nevertheless, “Satisfy Me” delivers as a freshly rendered and well-written take on our steadfast weaknesses. Based in NYC “Satisfy Me” [...]

One of the main numbers of the first act in the new Derek Taylor Kent musical “King Kalimari” is called a “A New Kind of Show,” and for the small musical, that could certainly be considered it’s theme as well. "King Kalimari." which uses a mixes media presentation of slides and normal props, is the [...]

Wynn Las Vegas’ water-based spectacle Le Rêve (The Dream) certainly lives up to its name. While watching one can’t help but feel as though you have entered an alternate and utterly imaginative universe. [...]

In his first full length play in ten years, playwright David Henry Hwang combines autobiographical truth with fiction in the Center Theatre Group’s production of “Yellow Face” at the Mark Taper Forum. The piece serves as one of Hwang’s most vulnerable works as it grapples with his professional and personal struggles as well as the social [...]

Feet move like paintbrushes gliding, stroking the floor like a canvas. An electric violin screeches and a tribal drumbeat accompanies it. The music rings out over the dancers dressed in full blue unitards lit under blue lights. It is the first meeting between all these elements, intertwining live, creating something new from independent entities.
This is [...]

In the midst of overhauling their theatre, the Mark Taper Forum announces their 41st season.  Beginning in November, audiences can expect to enjoy both American classics and British hits while appreciating their new surroundings in the renovated theatre. 
The 2007-2008 season of The Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum at the Los Angeles Music Center was [...]

Dance, Cabaret, Jazz or Broadway, whatever your preference, the Orange County Performing Arts Center has it all. Unveiling their 2007-2008 season lineup, The Center offers a diverse series that utilizes the Center in Segerstrom Hall, the new Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall and the Samueli Theatre. With such eclectic and entertaining performances this is [...]

“We’ve got a lot to do tonight,” Will Shortz said as he strolled onto the stage of UCLA’s Royce Hall Wednesday night. He spoke with an unassuming presence he would maintain throughout the evening, as if it didn’t make much difference whether there were hundreds of people in the audience (which there were) or a [...]

With three world premieres, and six new plays in all, the Center Theater Group has exciting plans to titillate audiences in their 2007-2008 season at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City.? From September 2007 through July 2008, CTG will showcase a wide-range of work, from the best of off-Broadway and international fare to hip [...]

King Arthur’s Court has come to Las Vegas, and no I’m not talking about the Excalibur.  The smash-hit musical, Monty Python’s Spamalot, is now performing at the Wynn.
From its New York origins this 2005 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, whose original cast included Tim Curry, David Hyde Pierce and Hank Azaria [...]

A twist on the old classic, the world premiere of the musical, "Sleeping Beauty Wakes" has extended it’s run at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.  Presented by the Center Theatre Group and Deaf West Theatre, this entertaining musical incorporating both deaf and hearing actors will now run through May 20th. Through signing as [...]

There are works of literature in the American canon that over the years have achieved a certain iconic status. These works are as different as sibling children; though distinct in myriad ways, they each carry a common element that binds them - the power to pierce the public consciousness like a syringe through epidermis and [...]

The Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre is the next stop for Reginald Rose’s national tour of the classic play "Twelve Angry Men."  Running from March 28 through May 6, this version boasts Richard Thomas and George Wendt in starring roles.

Directed by Scott Ellis, this acclaimed Roundabout Theatre production received Tony nominations for Best Revival and Best [...]

It’s Saturday night.  You’re sick of the bar scene, you’ve seen everything that’s out at the theatres and you’ve only got ten bucks in your pocket. What to do? Well, one idea is to check out some improv at The Complex in Hollywood.
If you’ve ever watched the show, “Whose Line is it Anyway?” you’ll [...]

The VetStage Foundation, along with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, present the world premiere of Los Angeles playwright/actor Sean Huze’s “The Wolf”. Directed by Rick Pagano, the six week limited engagement of this timely drama begins Saturday, March 24 at the ART/WORKS Performance Space in Hollywood.
“The Wolf” deals with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder [...]

Whether driving on a road trip or flying overseas, travel is something just about everyone can relate to. Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know is a musical that is sure to strike a cord with even the most inexperienced of jetsetters.
Based on Fodor’s best-selling book, this off-Broadway musical lambasts everything from rental cars to cruise [...]

The human head is believed to remain in a state of consciousness for one and a half minutes after decapitation.  Using this as a jumping off point, Pulitzer Prize winning author Robert Olen Butler wrote Severance: Stories, in which he imagines the thoughts running through 62 minds (both real and fictional) immediately after losing their [...]

In November 2002, Pulitzer prize-winning Suzan-Lori Parks sat down and committed to writing a play a day for the next 365 days. The result—“365 Days/365 Plays”—has been playing in cities around the country since November 13, 2006, and has now landed in Los Angeles.
365 plays, seven plays a week for a [...]

The Tony Award-Winning Best Musical, “Jersey Boys” is gearing up for an 11 week run at the Ahmanson Theatre at the Los Angeles Music Center.  With tickets going on sale to the general public Sunday, March 11 at 10am, performances will begin May 25, 2007 and play through August 5, 2007.  
“Jersey Boys” is the [...]

The 2007-2008 season at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, which was announced today by CTG’s Artistic Director Michael Ritchie, will be a yearlong celebration of the best in musical theatre. Center Theatre Group continues to present some of the finest theatre in America in its 41st season at the [...]

The national tour of Reginald Rose’s classic, “Twelve Angry Men”, is coming to the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre in March. The acclaimed Roundabout Theatre production, directed by Scott Ellis, received Tony nominations for Best Revival and Best Direction. This do-not-miss performance opens on March 29th and will run through May 6, 2007.
The touring cast [...]

“El amor es ciego – pero la matrimonia devuelve la vista.”
This Spanish proverb, translated loosely as “Love is blind – but marriage restores one’s vision” has perhaps never been more aptly illustrated than in the dysfunctional union of George and Martha, the main characters in Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The latest revival [...]

If Los Angeles truly is the intersection where fantasy meets reality, then Feeding the Monkey in Hollywood, a new play from writer/actor Theresa Burkhart, is an out-of-control 1984 white Cabriolet convertible that comes careening through the red light, sideswipes two cars, nearly rolls over as it skids on two wheels, and then just barely misses [...]

INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED PRODUCTION OF “WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?” COLLECTS ANOTHER AWARD
ALBEE’S CLASSIC BEGINS PREVIEWS AT THE AHMANSON FEBRUARY 6 
Performances begin Tuesday, February 6, 2007, for the six-week engagement of Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” at CTG / Ahmanson Theatre.   The award-winning production starring Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin opens Friday, [...]

Who knew that when poet Naomi Wallace put pen to paper to write the 1994 play “In the Heart of America” it would be so appropriate in the political landscape today, thirteen years later?
“In the Heart of America”, playing at the Knightsbridge Theatre, is a relevant and thought provoking piece of art directed by Jamil [...]

Celebrate the end of Mark Taper Forum’s 40th season with the world premiere of “Yellow Face”, a biting and funny new play about race and identity in America by Tony Award-winner David Henry Hwang.  The wild satire places Hwang in the midst of the familial politics and international intrigue that erupt after a white actor [...]

Set amidst the backdrop of New York City’s gentrification in the 90’s, In Arabia We’d All Be Kings offers a bleak look into the lives of those being displaced.  Originally written by Stephen Adly Guirgis and directed by David Fofi for the Elephant Theatre Company, Kings centers around one bar in Hell’s Kitchen where a [...]