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Davidson Community Players and Davidson LifeLine, thru a partnership with an adult education institute, DavidsonLearns present the mental health/suicide awareness stage play, Ordinary People.

Perhaps Kander and Ebb's best musical, apart from Chicago, Cabaret has it all: a fine book, deliciously diverse characters, dynamite music and a subtext that will not quit. The subtext being: either compromise or get out if you value your life, the latter, to be sure, the wiser. This is Berlin, circa 1930, before Hitler, but just as Nazi pressure hits the fan. Crown City Theatre's new revival production, with a small ensemble of 11, has a completely new look with slick direction from Gary Lamb.

It's always nice to revisit a show and see a 100% improvement. Such is the case with the rewritten spoof A Big Gay North Hollywood Wedding at Crown City Theatre, which opened May 15 for an extended run, at least throughout the summer. The first time around - 2009 - (review below) I noticed a lot of missed opportunities for big laughs. With an exceedingly strong cast and a really sturdy ending which puts the whole issue of being gay centerstage in a totally positive way, this new version hits the top.

Crown City Theatre Company presents 'A Big Gay North Hollywood Wedding' aka Two Grooms by William Reilly and Ben Rovner, running tonight, May 9 through July 6, 2014.

Crown City Theatre Company presents 'A Big Gay North Hollywood Wedding' aka Two Grooms by William Reilly and Ben Rovner, running May 9 through July 6, 2014.

Crown City Theatre Company presents 'THE FOREIGNER' by Larry Shue, directed By Joanne McGee at the Crown City Theatre (located on the campus of St. Matthew's Church), 11031 Camarillo Street / North Hollywood, Calif.

Crown City Theatre Company presents 'THE FOREIGNER' by Larry Shue, directed By Joanne McGee at the Crown City Theatre (located on the campus of St. Matthew's Church), 11031 Camarillo Street / North Hollywood, Calif.

Crown City Theatre Company presents the musical theatre comedy 'I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE', with book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro, music by Jimmy Roberts and direction by Gary Lee Reed.

Crown City Theatre Company presents the musical theatre comedy 'I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE', with book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro, music by Jimmy Roberts and direction by Gary Lee Reed.

In its 1970 Broadway incarnation Company with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth reinvented the Broadway musical. Based on a series of short plays, it was the first time a musical could boast a nonlinear plot interweaving the stories of 5 distinctive married couples, all friends of a central character named Bobby, still a bachelor at 35 and incapable of a relationship. Now at Crown City Theatre in NoHo, the rarely revived Company is receiving a handsomely mounted production through March 31.

Fun, fun, fun! Think the zaniness of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest and Brandon Thomas' Charlie's Aunt and then those crazy American stage musical parodies like Little Mary Sunshine and The Boy Friend, and you've nailed the nonstop comical antics of I'm Just Wild About Harry adapted by Gary Lamb and William A. Reilly at Crown City Theatre in NoHo. With slick direction from Joanne McGee and a super energetic cast, this musical is the perfect summer concoction.