Ahmanson Theatre News

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has announced its nominations and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre for the year 2010 (Dec. 1, 2009 - Nov. 30, 2010).

Preview performances begin this Sunday, January 30, for the five-time Tony nominated production of '33 Variations' with Jane Fonda at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre. '33 Variations,' written and directed by Moisés Kaufman, opens February 9 and continues through March 6, 2011.

James Gandolfini, best known for his leading role on the HBO series 'The Sopranos', will join forces with his former TV producer David Chase in the upcoming film Twylight Zones, reports Deadline.com.

Jamie Adkins' one-man circus comedy, 'Circus INcognitus' begins performances Saturday, January 15 at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre. The special treat for families and children runs for six public performances only through January 23, 2011, as part of DouglasPlus programming.

New Adventures returns to Sadler's Wells for its 9th annual Christmas Season with a new production of Matthew Bourne's CINDERELLA from Tuesday 30 November 2010 to Sunday 23 January 2011.New Adventures returns to Sadler's Wells for its 9th annual Christmas Season with a new production of Matthew Bourne's CINDERELLA. The production will close on Sunday 23 January 2011. London 1940... The Blackout... a siren sounds...

Center Theatre Group announces its March-May listings.

Victory Gardens continues its 2010/11 Season with the world premiere of The Boys Room by Ensemble Playwright Joel Drake Johnson, directed by Associate Artistic Director Sandy Shinner. The Boys Room marks Shinner and Johnson's sixth collaboration-A Guide For The Perplexed, Four Places, The End of the Tour, Before My Eyes, all at Victory Gardens, and Tranquillity Woods for Steppenwolf's First Look series. The production runs January 21 - February 20, 2011 at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Avenue in Lincoln Park. The Press Opening is Monday, January 31, 2011, at 7:30 pm.

'A Pretty Filthy Evening,' a special one-night-only cabaret created by The Civilians, and a reading of the new play 'The Opponent' by Brett Neveu, will be presented in February 2011 as part of DouglasPlus programming at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City.

William Atherton, Matt Cavenaugh, Lisa O'Hare, Carol Lawrence, Millicent Martin and Jason Graae are the acclaimed film, Broadway and West End stars who will lead the cast of Reprise Theatre Company's second production of the 2010-2011 season, 'Gigi', playing February 15 to February 27, 2011 (press opening February 16, 2011) at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. The musical - with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe -- will be directed by veteran musical theatre director David Lee, with choreography by Peggy Hickey and musical direction by Steve Orich.

Alice Ripley, who received the 2009 Tony Award® for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award®-winning Next to Normal, will return to San Diego, where she spent several years performing in local productions, to reprise her acclaimed performance in the musical's 36-week multi-city North American tour, launching November 23 at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. It will play in San Diego January 18-23, 2011 at the Balboa Theatre, as part of the current season of Broadway/San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentation.

Victoria Theatre Association presents the Miami Valley & Good Samaritan Hospitals Broadway Series presentation of 9 to 5: The Musical, direct from Broadway, opening Tuesday, February 1 at the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center!

Cabrillo Music Theatre, the Ovation Award-winning Resident Musical Production Company of the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, is proud to announce it will be hosting the LA STAGE ALLIANCE 2010 OVATION AWARDS CEREMONY on Monday, January 17 at 7:30pm at the 1,800-seat Fred Kavli Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, located at 2100 Thousand Oaks Boulevard in Thousand Oaks.

Jamie Adkins' one-man circus comedy, 'Circus INcognitus' begins performances Saturday, January 15 at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre. The special treat for families and children runs for six public performances only through January 23, 2011, as part of DouglasPlus programming.

Jamie Adkins' one-man circus comedy, 'Circus INcognitus' begins performances Saturday, January 15 at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre. The special treat for families and children runs for six public performances only through January 23, 2011, as part of DouglasPlus programming.

Jamie Adkins' one-man circus comedy, 'Circus INcognitus' begins performances Saturday, January 15 at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre. The special treat for families and children runs for six public performances only through January 23, 2011, as part of DouglasPlus programming. 'Circus INcognitus,' is a show filled with hilarious circus hi-jinks and zany acrobatics as the audience follows Jamie on an adventure about having the courage to try new ideas and not giving up when all goes wrong. 'Circus INcognitus' is part of DouglasPlus programming.

Jamie Adkins' "Circus INcognitus" is a special treat for families and children (ages 6-12).

The startling new musical Next to Normal, winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, launched a national tour at Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre on November 23. The show moved on to Denver on January 4, where it is currently playing at Ellie Caulkins Opera House.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed "Best of New York" by New York Magazine, and "an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post, continues its Winter 2011 season with the nightclub debut of film, television and stage star BROOKE SHIELDS from February 1 - 12.

The original Broadway cast of the smash hit comedy GOD OF CARNAGE comes to the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles for six weeks only! Hear what Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini and Marcia Gay Harden have to say about the play, which took New York by storm last year.

The votes have all been counted and audited and we're VERY excited to announce the results of the first ever BroadwayWorld.com Southern California Awards! Tens of thousands of votes were cast during six weeks of intensive voting on nearly 300 nominees in 25 categories. Thank you to all who voted and congratulations to all the winners!