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'IN MY LIFE - A Musical Theatre Tribute to the Beatles' is the award-winning, smash hit musical biography of the Beatles as seen through the eyes of their manager Brian Epstein, featuring the live music of renowned tribute band, Abbey Road. Since opening in April 2009, the show has played to packed houses, including their latest performance at the Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro on February 23, 2013, produced by Tom Maher and Andy Nagle.

In astrology, the Grand Irrationality is when the planets are all out of alignment and nothing adds up - a pretty fair description of Guy Proud's life in Jemma Kennedy's World Premiere comedy THE GRAND IRRATIONALITY at the Lost Studio.

Kentwood Players presents the 1998 Tony Award-winning musical 'RAGTIME' with book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty from Friday, March 15 to Saturday, April 20 at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry Avenue, Westchester, CA 90045. The production is directed by Susan Goldman Weisbarth, with Musical Director Bill Wolfe, Choreographer Victoria Miller, and produced by Margie Bates and Gail Bernardi by special arrangement with Music Theatre International. BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at photos from the production below!

Whether you make it a date night or a girls night out, everyone is sure to get a kick out of 'SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody' at Club Nokia in LA Live on Feb 15, 16 and 17, 2013. This hilarious unauthorized musical satire brings the naughty fun of the saucy best-selling book to life in a laugh-filled high-energy show that's part Chippendales, part Second City, presented in one deliciously sexy package. The show is definitely for mature audiences so leave the kids at home.

'When You're In Love, The Whole World Is Jewish' is more than an expression - it is the name of a World Premiere comedy/musical revue, directed by Seinfeld's Jason Alexander, now playing to sold out houses at the Greenway Court Theatre in Los Angeles. The premise of the show is that a nice Jewish boy has fallen in love with a Catholic girl and wants his Rabbi to teach her to be a Jew. The rabbi sums the problem up with 'This is why Oy rhymes with Goy!' And the one-liners continue from there.

'Once Upon a Mattress' marked the 1959 Broadway debut of later stage and TV legend Carol Burnett, who originated the role of Princess Winnifred. In the performance I attended, the role was played by spunky Hannah-Michelle Provisor who charmingly displayed sass, vulnerability, strength of character, and the great comedic timing needed to carry her songs 'Shy' and 'Happily Ever After' as well as the physical comedy needed for 'Song of Love.' Accomplished in dance and musical harmony, Provisor is one to watch as a future Broadway musical comedy star.

The power and lyricism of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lorraine Hansberry comes to life in the Actor's Co-Op production of TO BE YOUNG, GIFTED AND BLACK, currently onstage in their David Schall Theatre in Hollywood through March 17.

All things must come to an end. Even love. Especially love.

Everyone dreams of flying. In 2007, Marcelo and Summer Dey Cacciagioni brought their dream to life and created ENCORE, a non-profit Children's Theatre Company that strives through arts education and mentorship programs to instruct children and young adults in all aspects of the performing arts, to teach life skills, and to instill values that translate to the world beyond the stage.

Get ready to fail! You can do it! Have you ever attended a Tony Robbins self-help seminar? Ever do est? Love Dr. Phil? Then this is the show for you! In his one-man show "Tom Rubin - Success Guru" at the Santa Monica Playhouse on Friday nights at 8:00pm through February 22, stand-up comedian Tom Rubin turns success/self-help guru logic on its head in this mock motivational seminar complete with name badges for audience members.

'The Deep Throat Sex Scandal,' the new play by David Bertolino about the making of the famed, groundbreaking, 1970s pornographic film 'Deep Throat' and the subsequent controversy and obscenity trial the film ignited, is making its West Coast Premiere at the Zephyr Theatre for a six-week engagement beginning January 31, 2013, directed by award-winning adult film writer-director Jerry Douglas. It is a sinfully entertaining play about freedom, truth, justice, and porn.

Though so many of us have seen 'RENT' countless times, its creator, Jonathan Larson, never lived to see his work come to life since he died of an aneurysm in the early hours of its opening night. But I know he would have loved its current production dedicated to him which is now playing at the Actors Company, directed and produced by Rowan Sutherland with Musical Director Melissa Sky Eagle, and Choreographer Marcus S. Daniel.