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Composer and musical director Georgia Stitt will present the West Coast premiere of her recent CD, 'This Ordinary Thursday,' with a live performance at North Hollywood's El Portal Theatre on June 2.
The popular ABBA tunefest, Mama Mia! will return to the Orange County Performing Arts Center for a limited engagement beginning August 7 and running through the 19th.
The Center for Cultural Innovation has announced that the 2007 Los Angeles Arts Town Hall will take place June 16 at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in Little Tokyo.
The off-Broadway play, Fully Committed, will be presented by the Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities at the Hermosa Beach Playhouse, with previews beginning May 29.
The Quest Theatre Company in Los Angeles lost their Artistic Director and CEO, as they announced the tragic passing of Jim Alexander, due to sudden heart failure, over the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
Producer David Stone sought to capture magic in a bottle twice with his Tony Award winning musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, reuniting the entire original cast for the show's Los Angeles premiere, and judging Sunday's opening performance, his plan was a S-U-C-C-E-S-S.
Stage and screen star Jason Alexander, who was recently announced as the new artistic director for Reprise! Broadway's Best in Los Angeles, will honor Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Founding Director John Mauceri at the 2007 Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame Concert on June 22.
UPRIGHT Cabaret celebrated Mothers' Day with a night full of love and care May 11 at La Boheme restaurant in West Hollywood, with Shoshana Bean and Ken Page joining in on the fun.
The Lost Angels Theatre Company will extend their production of Tracy Letts' Obie award-winning play Bug through July 8, currently in its Los Angeles premiere at the Coast Playhouse in West Hollywood.
Yellow Face often blurs the lines between fact and fiction, with many of Hwang's personal travails making their way into the play, yet never fully emphasizing what is truth.
Just as the long-running Disney musical Beauty and the Beast comes to a close on Broadway, now in its 13th year, Cabrillo Music Theatre announces the family-friendly musical will round out its 2007 season beginning July 27 at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza's Countrywide Performing Arts Center.
Sunday's world premiere of David Henry Hwang's latest play, Yellow Face, attracted prominent members of the Asian artistic community at the Mark Taper Forum.
Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre has announced that Screen Actors Guild president Alan Rosenberg will replace previously announced Bruce Davison in the final production of their 2006-2007 season, Come Back, Little Sheba, opening June 24 at the Culver City location.
Walt Disney Pictures premiered 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End' May 19 at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, with Broadway and Film stars clashing on the high seas.
South Coast Repertory tackles William Shakespeare's Hamlet in its final production of their 2006-2007 Season with Tony Award winning director Daniel Sullivan helming the English classic, which begins previews May 25.
Although Graae's Anatomy is making its West Coast debut at the El Portal Theatre, Los Angeles is no stranger to the musical and often comedic styling of star Jason Graae.