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MEET & GREET, a new comedy play by tv veterans Stan Zimmerman (The Golden Girls, Roseanne, Gilmore Girls) & Christian McLaughlin (Married with Children, Desperate Housewives) and directed by Stan Zimmerman (Entertaining Mr. Sloane, Blink & You Might Miss Me, A Tuna Christmas), will be presented by Combined Artform at Hollywood Fringe 2014.

TALHOTBLOND opens tonight, March 7th and runs at 8pm todays and Saturdays, and 2pm on Sundays through April 26, 2014. Ruskin Group Theatre is located at 3000 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90405. Tickets are $25 ($20 for students, seniors, and guild members) and can be purchased in advance by calling (310) 397-3244. For more information please visit www.ruskingrouptheatre.com. Free parking is available at the theater.

TALHOTBLOND opens March 7th and runs at 8pm on Fridays and Saturdays, and 2pm on Sundays through April 26, 2014. Ruskin Group Theatre is located at 3000 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90405. Tickets are $25 ($20 for students, seniors, and guild members) and can be purchased in advance by calling (310) 397-3244. For more information please visit www.ruskingrouptheatre.com. Free parking is available at the theater.

The original New York hit comedy is now a Los Angeles hit redux and LA Times CRITIC'S CHOICE--from the company that launched the World Premiere and eight glorious months of Sideways The Play, and Paradise - A Divine Bluegrass Musical Comedy. EL GRANDE DE COCA-COLA is an extravaganza of timeless humor, in five languages that you never knew you could speak. NOW EXTENDED through November 23rd at Ruskin Group Theatre.

The World Premiere new musical PARADISE, is extending through May 4th, 2013, at Ruskin Group Theatre, 3000 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, Calif. The run will take a hiatus from March 31st - April 12th, no performance on April 28th. Award winning director Dan Bonnell has assembled an outstanding cast for this memorable new musical, with live music on stage.

SIDDOWN!!!, conversations with the mob, by Sam Henry Kass, opens tonight, December 7th at 8pm at the Ruskin Group Theatre, with a reception to follow. The show runs Todays-Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm through December 23, 2012.

SIDDOWN!!!, conversations with the mob, by Sam Henry Kass, opens December 7th at 8pm at the Ruskin Group Theatre, with a reception to follow. The show runs Fridays-Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm through December 23, 2012.

After a critically acclaimed extended run at Beverly Hills Playhouse, this stunning production of A Child Left Behind now opens at Ruskin Group Theatre, in Santa Monica.

After a critically acclaimed extended run at Beverly Hills Playhouse, this stunning production of A Child Left Behind now opens at Ruskin Group Theatre, in Santa Monica.

SIDEWAYS THE PLAY by Rex Pickett has extended its world premiere staging at Ruskin Group Theatre, running Fridays-Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm extended through October 28, 2012 (no performances 9/28-9/30).

Adapted by Rex Pickett from his own novel, SIDEWAYS THE PLAY is the story of two friends - Miles and Jack - and their journey across the Santa Ynez wine country, on one last blowout trip before Jack gets married. Miles and Jack must face their uncertain futures…just as soon as they figure out how to survive their chaotic present.

Sideways The Play, adapted by Rex Pickett from his own novel, plays in its world premiere by the Ruskin Group Theatre in Los Angeles, tonight, May 18 through July 22, Fridays-Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm. It is the story of two friends - Miles and Jack - and their journey across the Santa Ynez wine country, on one last blowout trip before Jack gets married. Miles and Jack must face their uncertain futures…just as soon as they figure out how to survive their chaotic present.

Sideways The Play, adapted by Rex Pickett from his own novel, will play in its world premiere by the Ruskin Group Theatre in Los Angeles, May 18 through July 22, Fridays-Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm. It is the story of two friends - Miles and Jack - and their journey across the Santa Ynez wine country, on one last blowout trip before Jack gets married. Miles and Jack must face their uncertain futures…just as soon as they figure out how to survive their chaotic present.

Actress Olivia d'Abo is BWW's Best Lead Actress Award winner for Entertaining Mr. Sloan. She is best known for TV's The Wonder Years and Law and Order: Criminal Intent. Few may know that she is also an accomplished musician. In our chat, d'Abo speaks fiercely about her passions, showing just how consummate a performer she truly is.

British actor Emrhys Cooper is riding high after a guest appearance on ABC TV's Desperate Housewives and after winning BWW's Person to Watch for 2012 based on his electrifying performance onstage inEntertaining Mr. Sloane. I had to call out a few tricks just to keep up with his amazing energy, but over our lunch he pretty much crystallized his philosophy of acting that will assuredly engulf him in success over the next several years, here ...and internationally.

After an intense internal auditing process, the results are in for the 2011 Los Angeles Awards! This year's awards broke traffic records and we couldn't be more excited to announce the 2011 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Award winners!

The Best in LA Theatre for 2011 (alphabetical listings) (artists performing outside LA may be included in performance categories)

It's almost over! There's just THREE days of voting remaining for the 2011 Los Angeles Awards and here is the latest update! Have you voted yet, and helped to spread the word to support your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Award? There is no time to waste, click on the voting link and make your opinion count! Below are the stats so far as of Monday December 26, 2011. Voting ends at midnight on 12/31 so time is running out.

There's just TWO short weeks left to go in voting for the 2011 Los Angeles Awards and here is the latest update! Have you voted yet, and helped to spread the word to support your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Award? There is no time to waste, click on the voting link and make your opinion count! Below are the stats so far as of Monday December 19, 2011. Voting ends at midnight on 12/31 so time is running out.

The Ruskin Group Theatre is proud to announce the 9th season of their LA Café Plays - dubbed the 'Fastest Theater in Town' because five short plays go from conception to execution in just 10 1/2 hours.