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Performed as a readers' theater event, Tales from the Long Beach Playhouse, is told in five acts, each representing a significant era in its history.

When Faith Prince and Jason Graae first performed their show The Prince and the Showboy at Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal in June, 2012, I wrote, '.

By popular demand, America's top identical twin celebrity illusionists, The Edwards Twins, return to Los Angeles for 'An Evening with the Starz,' including two special New Year's Eve shows, at the E Spot Lounge @ Vitello's in Studio City, this week, December 29-31.

From that came INLAND EMPRESS, a world premiere drama produced by Mutant Collective and running January 23-February 28 at the Lounge Theatre 2 on Santa Monica in the heart of Theatre Row.

(mostly)musicals returns to the E Spot Lounge on Monday, January 4 with songsforanewYEAR, the company's 15th entry in a series of themed cabarets.

There are undoubtedly other productions worthy of merit in 2015 which I did not cover.

KPFK Radio's Arts in Review, Los Angeles's longest-running radio showcase on live theater and cabaret, presents its annual one-hour Christmas Day Holiday Drama Special, highlighted by the radio dramatization, To All A Good Night ("The History of Santa Claus"), performed by the Arts in Review (AIR) R

Happy Holidays! It's the last week to vote for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 18.

Cas Anvar (Olympus, The Expanse), Marisa Ramirez (Blue Bloods) and Brian White (Scandal) will share hosting duties for the L.

On Tuesday, December 22 exciting singer Laura Dickinson brought her BIG BAND HOLIDAY to the El Portal Mainstage in NoHo.

Award-winning veteran director Jules Aaron has been putting his directorial stamp on musicals and plays for several decades.

Ring in 2016 with MouseMingle's movie and dance party!

The Pasadena Playhouse adds to the excitement of this year's Panto at The Playhouse production of PETER PAN AND TINKER BELL - A PIRATES CHRISTMAS with special Peter Pan and Tinker Bell breakfasts on select days (which can be enjoyed with or without tickets to the show) and, as a way of giving back t

?The Stella Adler Academy & Theatre will begin its 2016 Series-  Artists At Adler with award-winning playwright Patricia Goldstone at The Stella Adler Theatre 6773 Hollywood Blvd.

Direct from a critically acclaimed off-Broadway run, HAM: A Musical Memoir will make its West Coast debut at the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Renberg Theatre with previews beginning January 21 and opening night set for Saturday, January 23.

Sally Kellerman, the Oscar-nominated "Hot Lips" Houlihan of the original Robert Altman film 'M*A*S*H,' will bring her acclaimed show, 'A Little Jazz, a Little Blues, a Little Rock and Roll' to the Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood for a special post-holiday engagement on Thursday, Jan.

On Saturday December 19 at 3 pm and 8 pm and on Sunday December 20 at 3 pm, the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA) presented its annual Holiday Spectacular at the Alex Theatre, Glendale, this year entitled Brassy, Classy & Sassy! There's always diversity in the shows - it's what I like most - a

Resourceful Dan Goggin designed a line of greeting cards to honor the nun, then turned the project into a cabaret which finally became a full-fledged musical comedy in 1985.

The Pasadena Playhouse and Lythgoe Family Productions (LFP) recently opened Panto at the Playhouse PETER PAN AND TINKER BELL - A PIRATES CHRISTMAS.

WOMEN LAUGHING ALONE WITH SALAD by Sheila Callaghan, directed by Neel Keller, will make its West Coast premiere beginning March 6, 2016, opening March 13 and running through April 3, 2016 at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre.

THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY and Taylor Gilbert, Founder/Artistic Director together with Sam Anderson, Artistic Director, are thrilled to announce the second show of its 2015-2016 - 25th Anniversary Season, the West Coast Premiere of BROKEN FENCES, written by Steven Simoncic and directed by Andre Ba

Solar power confronts spirit power in a new drama by Stephen Sachs about climate change, cultural change and the moral consequences of personal choice.

Playwright Josh Carson just wanted to settle a long-standing debate.

On Friday December 18 the legendary Ben Vereen came to Catalina Jazz Club for his latest one-man cabaret An Evening with Ben Vereen.

Theatre Palisades presents Noel Coward's hilarious comedy "HAY FEVER" opening Friday, January 15 through Sunday, February 21, 2016 with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.