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Hamlisch's 'Song' Still Sounds Good
A show that started in this city nearly 30 years ago, They're Playing Our Song, makes a rather pleasurable return to the El Portal Theatre spinning some disco-era tunes from the genius of composer Marvin Hamlisch and lyricist Carole Bayer Sager......
NBC Gets Greased Live: Week 4
The outfits were divine and the amount of talent packing the house was innumerable as self-congratulatory praise was spread around. Oh wait, that was the Academy Awards… wrong show. Once again, NBC faced a formidable opponent in terms of a ratings battle as 'Grease: You're the One That I Want' ...
Hollywood's Having Wicked Fun
Let the games begin. That is games of ticket scalpers and daily lottery drawings for those impossible to snag seats, as Broadway's smash hit Wicked has finally landed in Hollywood for a presumably lengthy run......
NBC Gets Greased Live: Week 3
This week marked a change of pace for NBC's 'Grease: You're the One that I Want,' as producers seemed to have jumbled up the run of things, fixing a few glaring mistakes made last week but dropping the ball overall......
Maura Knowles Bares All at Sterling's
Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's restaurant in Studio City celebrated their 8th anniversary with a cool sense of chic cabaret as Maura M. Knowles (Bare) flew through stage classics to a crowded house......
NBC Gets Greased Live: Week 2
After going dark for a week, NBC's 'Grease: You're the One that I Want' made its triumphant return Sunday evening, although a slightly overshadowed one as it battled against the Grammy Awards......
Mamet's Plow Slaps Hollywood Silly
Hollywood is the town where young dreamers flock, hoping to one day be discovered and launch into a career of cheers and stardom. It is a place where everyone walking down the street, be it bum or barista, has within them the next cinematic masterpiece......
This Baby Sure Can Sing
There are moments in musical theatre when the sets become cumbersome and staging simply hampers the works on stage, which might explain the popularity of Reprise! Broadway's Best's Marvelous Musical Monday series at UCLA......
Fun in Bidding Jamaica Farewell
Like most things in life, Jamaica, an island known for the occasional holiday getaway by some of the more wealthy, is not the most luxurious of locales when looked at closely......
Little Orphan Annie Still the Champ
As the driving creative force behind the now 30-year-old musical that has spawned countless child stars, including Andrea McArdle and Sarah Jessica Parker, Charnin again returns to his beloved classic, currently at the Orange County Performing Arts Center......
NBC Gets Greased Live: Week 1
Hello twelve, hello fourteen. NBC kicked off the two-hour live episode of the Broadway casting extravaganza, 'Grease: You're the One that I Want,' with the top 12 contestants suddenly discovering two fallen stars were thrown back into the race......
Marissa Chibas is Revolutionary at REDCAT
There is a revolution afoot at the REDCAT and Marissa Chibas is to thank, as her one-woman masterwork, Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary, makes its world premiere in the downtown Los Angeles theatre presented by CalArts......
Mormon Boy Comes Clean with Confession
Confessing one's sins certainly takes an act of bravery, but imagine doing so in front of a packed theatre night after night, let alone revealing your dark past and divulging family tidbits to absolute strangers......
Sugar, Spice and Everything Marvelous
Move over Rydell High, there is a new group of singing teenage starlets on stage hailing from Springfield High, and they are making audiences flip at the El Portal Theatre as they relive their 1958 Senior Prom to some doo-wop classics......
Slava's Snowshow Explodes at UCLA
As ambient sounds of faraway whistling trains and occasional waves of stage smoke filled the expansive Royce Hall, a childlike sense of anticipation overcame the audience as they awaited an evening of whimsy and spectacle......
Matthew Bourne's Sharp With Scissorhands
Bourne cuts to the heart of Edward Scissorhands with his approachable dance interpretation, picking up on the despair of the title character's struggle for acceptance in a superficial anywhere American neighborhood......
Ilene Graff Sings at Sterling's Upstairs
Mr. Belvedere star Ilene Graff goes cabaret at Sterling's Upstairs......
John Denver Comes Home at Rubicon
Pull out the fiddle and rosin up the bow, because we all might just be able to go home and discover we are a country boy, or girl, at heart after seeing Back Home Again: A John Denver Holiday Concert......
Kids Steal Show in Civic Lights' Oliver!
With an impressive cast of 28 children, it is the younger talent that proves to be the heartbeat of this Lionel Bart adaptation of Charles Dicken's novel......
John Waters' Merry-Scarry Holiday Cheer
Good tidings be damned this holiday season. From the man who created such camp-classic films as 'Hairspray' and 'Cry Baby,' comes a shocking outlook on the most sacred of all Hallmark holidays......
Struthers Saves Christmas in Nuncrackers
Sally Struthers and Adrian Zmed save Christmas with their jovial interpretation of convent leaders in Nuncrackers, The Nunsense Christmas Musical now at the El Portal Theatre......
The Light in the Piazza Luminates L.A.'s Ahmanson Theatre
The hit touring production of The Light in the Piazza runs through December 10 at The Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles....
Amusing Tale in What the Rabbi Saw
Jewish schtick, long a staple of stage going back to days of vaudeville is alive and well in Los Angeles......
Wishful Drinking Intoxicates at Geffen
Fisher gives a glimpse into her roller coaster life in this World Premiere one-woman show......
Sister Act Makes World Premiere in Pasadena
The Pasadena Playhouse presents the world premiere of Sister Act the Musical, by a Tony, Emmy and Academy Award-winning team......
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John Cameron Mitchell: Hedwig 25th Anniversary Movie Tour Wilshire Ebell Theatre (9/18-9/18) |
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OTR: A New Play OTR: A New Play (11/23-11/27) |
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A CINDERELLA Summer – an “Enchanting” Rudie-DeCarlo Family Theatre Musical for kids 2 to 102 Santa Monica Playhouse (6/06-8/30) |
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Les Talens Lyriques Zipper Concert Hall (5/24-5/24) |
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Bassist Ryan Cross Appears at Sierra Madre Playhouse Sierra Madre Playhouse (5/17-5/17) |
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A Role Playing Game The Hobgoblin Playhouse on Gardner (Main Stage) (6/08-6/28) |
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Peter Hook And The Light Hollywood Palladium (9/19-9/19) |
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