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Ripped from the pages of real life, Mortified Live is a show where adults share their most embarrassing childhood letters, lyrics, journals, home movies and artwork.

The Janet and Mark L.

Designer Frank Gehry, Director Alberto Arvelo and Actress Eloisa Maturen kicked off pre-production last week for the Stella Adler Lab Theatre Company fall production of Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden.

The cast has been set and rehearsals are underway for the Queer Classics production of William Shakespeare's controversial and often polarizing commedia dell'arte comedy, The Taming of the Shrew.

It's been 50 years since Neil Simon wrote The Odd Couple, perhaps the most famous of his early plays.

Groundlings Kung Fu Battle Island, the latest in The Groundlings' continued, well-oiled, laugh-filled Friday & Saturday night shows, just keeps the fine-tuned physical comedy and the hysterical jokes flowing.

For those who like their black comedy extremely black, The House of Yes just might be the perfect show for you! The House of Yes' ideal for those with the combined acquired taste for incest, mental illness, and unsympathetic characters.

The beauty of this revue is that it can be done in whatever style chosen by the director, either as just a collection of show tunes or songs interconnected to tell a story of how love makes the world go 'round.

After its critically acclaimed run at the Hudson Theatres this past February/March, the Hotel Astor opens its doors once again to Gloria Swanson (played by Kat Brower) and Tallulah Bankhead (played by Olivia Choate) who both come out of retirement for the return of Hollywood and Broadway, Gloria & T

Farce is a very difficult type of comedy to do well.

Hollywood Fringe presents the world premiere of STANDUPERA, a comedic night of theatre incorporating stand-up, story, cabaret, and opera.

Below, check out photos from Collaborative Artists Ensemble's world premiere presentation of LOST GENERATION.

Beatrice Casagran (Founding Artistic Director) is pleased to announce a special event tonight, May 9th from Ophelia's Jump Productions, ESPI?RITU GITANO, celebrating the flavor, music and passion of Spain featuring performances by some of LA's top Flamenco artists, musicians, singers and selections

Love, incest, mental illness and murder.

Following last year's sold out benefit, the Southland Theatre Artists Goodwill Event (STAGE) is delighted to announce the All-Star cast participating in the 31st annual gala, 'To Broadway, From Hollywood.

In honor of the 10th Anniversary of Endangered Species Day on May 15, The Los Angeles Zoo will be hosting a two-day event educating Zoo guests on the importance of preventing the loss of endangered species and preserving the ecosystems these species depend upon.

Author, political strategist, civil rights activist and political firebrand David Mixner will bring his audience right onto his metaphorical front porch in his theatrical tell-all, "Oh Hell No!," coming to Los Angeles and San Francisco next month.

NOT THAT JEWISH is a wonderful evening of entertainment and laughs in the Jewish Women's Theatre's new home at The Braid Theater in Santa Monica, an extension of the Bergamot Arts District.

Making its fifth appearance at The GRAMMY Museum, the creators of CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY brought new material -- outrageous, yet true music memoirs, ranging from Jennifer Lopez to Buble, Bieber, Beyonce, Barbra and beyond -- acted out live on stage on April 29th by a starry cast of performers.

The Colony Theatre has announced that the final production of its historic 40thAnniversary season, the critically-acclaimed, smash-hit, Los Angeles Premiere of WORDS BY IRA GERSHWIN A Musical Play by Joseph Vass, directed by David Ellenstein, Musical Director Kevin Toney, Musical Arranger Joseph Vas

A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, is hosting Pay What You Can performances of its two hit productions, The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill on Friday, May 22 at 8pm and Julius Caesar by Shakespeare on Sunday, May 17 at 7pm.

From the creator of the international off-Broadway hit and recent LA Times Critics' Choice "Confessions of a Mormon Boy" comes Steven Fales' new solo comedy CULT MODEL exploring our society's harrowing cult susceptibility and his own obsessive cult disorder.

In August, 2001, the United States was hit with a surprise attack by mermaids.

"One Starry Night: From Broadway to Hollywood," a one-night-only musical and entertainment extravaganza in benefit of the ALS Association Golden West Chapter, was presented Monday, April 20 at the historic Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, CA.

Coeurage Theatre Company, LA's 'Pay What You Want' Company, has announced the second production of its 2015 season, The Woodsman by Steven Fechter, directed by Jeremy Lelliott.