Santa Monica Playhouse Presents:
MOONLIGHT MADNESS: the 50's musical!8/20/2010 - 9/26/2010
A toe-tappin’, finger-snappin’, be-boppin’, sock-hoppin’ world premiere Rudie-DeCarlo musical about life, love, laughs and lipstick, guaranteed to have the whole family dancing in the aisles – conceived in the 50’s and 50 years in the making!
STAGEStheatre Presents:
Our Town8/20/2010 - 9/19/2010
Juxtaposed against the broader background of time, social history, and the universality of normal events, they are engaged in the lives of two families as they journey though daily life, love and marriage, death and loss. They will make you laugh, touch you with their humanity, and move you to realize how extraordinary even the most ordinary lives can be.
LifeHouse Productions Presents:
Pursued - A Jonah Story8/21/2010 - 9/19/2010
A DYNAMIC NEW MUSICAL EXPERIENCE
Witness God’s compassion through new eyes as you experience this dramatic retelling of lessons from the Book of Jonah! Join a reluctant prophet on his passionate odyssey through the richly imagined lands of Shalibria and Zadok and discover inspiring insights into timeless truths.
Bootleg Theater Presents:
The Good Boy8/27/2010 - 9/19/2010
THE GOOD BOY, the premiere production of a solo performance piece that tells the funny, moving and sometimes devastating story of his life as a little boy trying to find his voice in the middle of a large family raised by two complicated and loving deaf parents. Set in 1960’s Pasadena, Michael shares his family’s stories with the use of sign, speech and song. SUNDAY MATINEES: ASL INTERPRETER
Santa Monica Playhouse Presents:
Elizabeth Shakespeare and the Astute Detective8/28/2010 - 10/3/2010
The greatest hoodwink in the literary world – unmasked at last. Sexy Stratfordian Elizabeth Shakespeare says she is a descendant of the Bard, willing to kill to protect his name. But with a simple key-stroke on his computer the astute detective, an Oxfordian, can prove Shakespeare didn’t write a single word. It’s a duel of wits about wills and Wills (with much romance along the way).
Stages Theater Presents:
Twisted Wine8/28/2010 - 9/18/2010
Robert and Sherry have an amazing life together. They are young, intelligent, successful, and don't have too much to worry about... until their friend, Lisa, makes them an offer that shakes up their world.
Various Presents:
OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS8/28/2010 - 9/11/2010
Nick’s a single Italian-American guy from New Jersey with a routine of seeing both sets of grandparents every Sunday for dinner. This is a standard practice until he has to tell them he’s been offered a dream job that would take him away from his beloved, but annoying, grandparents. This news doesn’t sit so well with his family and starts a series of schemes to keep Nick around.
Albi/Azul and Bella da Ball Presents:
Delicious Dinner Revue at Georgie's Alibi/Azul8/31/2010 - 9/28/2010
Weekly Tuesday evening of vocalists and drag personalities with music-comedy-song-dance-costuming-good times with great food and drink, no cover charge, fabulous surroundings and wonderful guests and entertainers.
Shakespeare Orange County Presents:
The Tragedie of King Lear9/2/2010 - 9/18/2010
A test of love is only the beginning of one old man's journey on the path to Hell. Considered by many to be William Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, Lear is about repercussions of pride and vanity that eventually lead to the fatal destruction of both the great king and all who are of real importance to him. Lear is a metaphorical epic--a story of violence, lust, betrayal, and madness.
The Second City - Los Angeles Presents:
Two In One 9/2/2010 - 9/30/2010
Two In One is a unique long-form by Dan Bakkedahl and Scott Narver. The two, an audience suggestion, a single 25 minute character based scene right before the audiences eyes. $10
AthroughZ Productions Presents:
Phenomenon of Decline9/3/2010 - 9/12/2010
Fifteen years ago, Randolph Wonder's twin brother went into a bog to retrieve a fly ball and never returned. Now Randolph lives in the bog in a vigil of grief and guilt, in a ramshackle cabin he built by hand. But as the cabin starts sinking into the earth, and his three sisters arrive with three different agendas, Randolph must choose between seeking the dead and returning to life.
The Hunger Artists Presents:
Desdemona; A Play About A Handkerchief9/4/2010 - 9/19/2010
In this feminist retelling of Shakespeare's tragedy Othello, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel (How I Learned to Drive), the Moor's wife Desdemona, Iago's wife Emilia and the prostitute Bianca emerge from the background to drive the action.
Redlands Footlighters Theatre Presents:
And Then There Were None9/9/2010 - 9/26/2010
The excitement never lets up in this superlative mystery by the "Queen of Crime".
Troy Gleeson Presents:
Canvas Falcons: The Los Angeles Premier9/9/2010 - 10/2/2010
Canvas Falcons had a gestation period that spanned the larger part of a decade before premiering at the beauti-
ful Orpheum Theater in Phoenix, Arizona in the Spring of 2006. Captured in HD, edited and submitted to film
festivals, it won Best Feature Musical in the New York Independent Film Festival for both Los Angeles and New York.
ComedySportz Presents:
The High: The Next Class9/10/2010 - 10/22/2010
Modeled after angst-ridden shows like Beverly Hills 90210 and Gossip Girl, The High: The Next Class is an addictive and hilarious comedy show improvised live, based on audience suggestions.