In a cozy, secluded corner of Fullerton, California, a group of writers will sit at 6 AM to finish writing their individual, yet still strikingly similar, collection of plays that will be performed that evening. They had met together, in the dark of 11PM to begin, and at last, the fruits of their labors will be seen on.... Read More
Performance Spotlight
The Falcon Theatre is thrilled to present CHiPS the Musical, presented by the Troubadour Theater Company, a world premiere musical parody with original story and music written by Rick Batalla & Henry Phillips, and directed by Matt Walker. Do you crave some good, oldfashioned police work where men in overly tight uniforms.... Read More
It is always refreshing to see fantastic works come out of small and relatively unheard of theatres. When I heard that a version of the rarely produced Bent was coming to a theatre near me, I quickly scrambled to get tickets, only to discover that the theatre producing it wasn't just any other plain vanilla.... Read More
Los Angeles' Reprise Theatre Company today announced it's 2010-2011 season, which features three classic American musicals at UCLA's Freud Playhouse: "They're Playing Our Song" (September 28 to October 10, 2010), with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager and book by Neil Simon, and starring Jason Alexander, the company's Artistic Director; Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick.... Read More
Starting a theatre company is something that takes hours of time, and often thousands of dollars. When a theatre company lacks the funds to get started however, they must rely on something else. Courage.
The newly founded Coeurage Theatre Company, an underground organization headed by artistic director Jeremy Lelliot, debuted in February with their original production Head Over.... Read More
Streamlined, gender-bending versions of classic plays are the name of the game in a five-week summer theater festival from the Los Angeles Women' s Shakespeare Company. Longtime fans of the company's all-female explorations of classic texts will be intrigued to discover this festival's inclusion of male actors - although not always in the roles one might expect. Macbeth3,.... Read More
The critically acclaimed, award-winning Elephant Theatre Company, David Fofi, Artistic Director, has announced its 14th season, which will kick off on May 22 with the world premiere of Supernova by Timothy McNeil, followed by the world premiere of Parasite Drag by Mark Roberts and concluding with the West Coast premiere of The Little.... Read More
The 2010-2011 Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre season will include the world premiere of a new musical, "Leap of Faith," the 2010 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical "Next to Normal," the 2009 Tony Award-winning Best Play "God of Carnage," the 25th Anniversary celebration of an international musical classic, "Les Misérables," and a brand-new Cirque du Soleil production at the Cirque's new.... Read More
Get ready for a celebration nine decades in the making when The Laguna Playhouse marks a major milestone this summer and launches its 90th Anniversary Season! The 2010-2011 season begins July 6 with the award-winning hit musical Life Could Be a Dream. Other shows on the season schedule include the World Premiere of the.... Read More
Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, a hilarious reimagining of the 1935 film mystery, will arrive at the Ahmanson Theatre on April 27, 2010, for a limited three week run, continuing performances through May 16.
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have Alfred Hitchcock's The.... Read More
A tuneful, funny musical score meets a giant man-eating plant when Cabrillo Music Theatre's production of Little Shop Of Horrors devours the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. One of the longest-running Off-Broadway shows of all time, with a hit movie and a Broadway revival to its credit,.... Read More
South Bay playwright Gena Acosta's new play, Tooth and Nail, invites you to spend Labor Day weekend with the Laneys, a typical New Jersey family with a few extraordinary features: all three daughters were adopted, the parents are keeping a big, bad secret, and Dad is experiencing a temporary personality disorder. Add the.... Read More
Broadway/L.A. has announced an addition to its roster of live stage attractions playing the Pantages Theatre during its 2010-2011 Season. Avenue Q - the smash-hit Broadway musical about real life in New York City, as told by a cast of people and puppets through an acclaimed, Tony-winning book and score - .... Read More
The Colony Theatre Company has announced its 2010 - 2011 season of shows. In this, its tenth anniversary year in its beautiful home in Burbank, the multi-Ovation Award-winning theatre company brings its subscribers and audiences on five extraordinary and magical theatrical experiences, beginning with two women who find that they might just need each other more than.... Read More
The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has announced the winners and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre for the year 2009. The 41st Annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards ceremony took place Monday, March 22 at the Colony Theatre in Burbank.
Awards were given in twenty categories, honoring excellence in theatre over the.... Read More
The Orange County Performing Arts Center has announced their 2010-2011 Broadway and Curtain Call Series as well a a special bonus event. The Broadway Series includes Lincoln Center Theater's South Pacific, The Public Theater's Tony Award-winning production of Hair, a new show from Cirque du Soleil, the return of Broadway's blockbuster Wicked, the Orange County debut.... Read More
Theatricum Botanicum artistic director Ellen Geer has announced a delightfully eclectic season of plays, music, poetry and comedy improv for Summer 2010. Well known for its lovingly executed productions of Shakespeare, modern classics, and world premiere adaptations of classic plays and novels in a spectacular, outdoor setting, Theatricum's Summer 2010 Season.... Read More
The Colony Theatre Company presents the fifth and final production of its 35th anniversary season, the unforgettable Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris which will preview on Wednesday, April 7; Thursday, April 8 and Friday, April 9 at 8:00pm and will open on Saturday, April 10 at 8:00pm and continue.... Read More
Deaf West Theatre, Ed Waterstreet, Artistic Director, has announced their next production, My Sister In This House by Wendy Kesselman. Directed by Michael Unger, My Sister... will begin previews on Saturday, April 10 and is set to open on Saturday, April 17 at 8pm. The engagement will run through Sunday, May 30. My Sister....... Read More
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment present the fourth production and the "rocking-est" show of La Mirada Theatre's 2009-2010 season, Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story, written by Alan Janes & Rob Bettinson with choreography by Dana Solimando, musical direction by Darryl.... Read More