LOS ANGELES THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1334

The Bob Baker Marionette Theater continues its 53rd season this summer with 'Bob Baker's It's A Musical World!' beginning performances June 22, 2013.

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment present the Southern California regional theatre premiere of the Tony Award-winning musical, NEXT TO NORMAL, music by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, musical direction by Darryl Archibald and directed by Nick DeGrucci

Now performing at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa through June 9, Director Amanda Dehnert's beguiling new revival of THE FANTASTICKS comes to vibrant life as an old-timey vaudevillian review that just happens to have a love story woven into it.

Southern California fans of musical theater are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the musical RENT with a one-weekend-only production of the beloved Broadway smash hit presented by Beyond the Stage productions, with proceeds from the show benefiting the HIV/AIDS outreach and education organizatio

The 34th Kritzerland show is a tribute to a unique, one-of-a-kind original - Noel Coward.

Cabaret singer and actor Jerome Elliott stars in a one-man musical concert entitled 'My Favorite Springs' tonight, June 2, 2013 as part of the Todays In Summer Series presented by Les Michaels at the Arthur Newman Theatre at The Joslyn Center in Palm Desert.

Members of the public are invited to attend free readings of two new plays-in-development at Rubicon Theatre Company on June 8, 9 and 15 as part of Rubicon's continuing Plays-in-Progress series.

For one performance only, RUBICON THEATRE COMPANY presents Molloy by Samuel Beckett.

Bring your picnic blanket and tow along the kids - Rustic Canyon Park is about to get a little more mischievous this summer, thanks to The City Shakespeare Company's (City Shakes') weekend performances of William Shakespeare's As You Like It.

Celebration Theatre is has announced the final show of its celebratory 30th Anniversary Season, and the final show in its current home on Santa Monica Blvd, the world premiere of a new play,revolver, written by Chris Phillips, choreographed by Janet Roston and directed by Ryan Bergmann.

Taken from the plays, playlets, journals and poetry of "Theatre of the Absurd" playwright Eugene Ionesco (Rhinoceros, The Bald Soprano, Exit the King), IONESCOPADE is a zany musical vaudeville featuring mime, farce and parody - all hilariously balanced on the edge of madness.

Tammy Minoff (of Los Angeles; Original Casts of 'The Will Rogers Follies' and 'The Goodbye Girl') will star as Rosemary in the World Premiere of a new play called 'Perennial,' which marks her debut as a playwright.

In national voting completed today, SAG-AFTRA members overwhelmingly approved new, three-year contracts negotiated with the advertising industry covering commercials.

Profiles in History, run by Joe Maddalena, has announced the high sale results of their auction, 'The Property Of A Distinguished American Collector Part II' in Los Angeles.

BOBBYWOOD: THE LONGEST DEATH SCENE - a theatrical performance in the 2013 Hollywood Fringe Festival written and performed by renowned Hollywood voiceover artist Bill Ratner - returns this year, beginning previews June 6th.

Bring your picnic blanket and tow along the kids - Rustic Canyon Park is about to get a little more mischievous this summer, thanks to The City Shakespeare Company's (City Shakes') weekend performances of William Shakespeare's As You Like It.

Priscilla Queen of the Desert the musical/book by Stephan Elliott & Allan Scott/based on the 1994 film distributed by MGM/directed by Simon Philips/Pantages Theatre/through June 16

Leave it to Kander and Ebb to create The Scottsboro Boys, a monstrously humane musical in the guise of a minstrel show.

HYPERBOLE: bard - Rogue Artists Ensemble presents an original, whimsical, family-friendly performance that recreates a collection of William Shakespeare's most famous scenes through clowning, masked movement, puppets and original music.

DOMA Theatre Company has announced it will sponsor the 2013 Hollywood Fringe Festival's "Best Fringe Festival Musical" award, to be accompanied by a $1,000 check designated for further development of the winning production.

PRISCILLA, produced on tour by Troika Entertainment and Nullarbor Productions Ltd.

PRIVATE EYES by Steven Dietz is a play about deception and broken trust, labeled by the author as a 'comedy of suspicion,' as the story is told in multiple layers and the audience is repeatedly tricked to believe that the current situation is real as nothing is ever quite what it seems.

What happens when you cram together the star quality of Barbra, the riffs of Beyonce, Whitney, and Mariah, the sass of Stevie, and the deep, emotional soul of Aretha? You get Broadway star and old-school soul revivalist Shoshana Bean.

COOKING OIL, written by award-winning Ugandan playwright Deborah Asiimwe, makes its US premiere under the direction of Fulbright Fellow Emily Mendelsohn June 6-9, 2013 at ATX / Arts + Innovation Complex.

'The Scottsboro Boys' with music and lyrics by Kander & Ebb (writers of 'Chicago,' 'Cabaret,' 'Zorba' and more) and book by David Thompson, directed by five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman, celebreated its opening night at the Ahmanson Theatre last night, May 29th.