LOS ANGELES THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 1335

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 Mysterium Theatre's production of the musical ASSASSINS is set to open tomorrow night, May 31, and run through June 30.

Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm in the Middle), reprising the role she created for the U.

The latest in the city's image and operational overhaul is a new commission.

Anchor is showing in The Ruby Theatre at The Complex, 6476 Santa Monica Blvd throughout the month of June.

Hollywood Fringe 2013 is coming up, and more plays have been announced.

Not Man Apart (NMA), the Los Angeles-based physical theatre ensemble since 2004, presents John Farmanesh-Bocca's adaptation of Roman Philosopher and Playwright Seneca the Younger's tragedy Hercules Furens (The Madness of Hercules), opening Thursday, June 6 and closing Sunday, June 23, 2013.

Cirque du Soleil is pleased to announce the return of its trademark blue-and-yellow big top in the Greater Los Angeles Area this fall with an all-new awe-inspiring production.

The Production Company's artistic directors, August Viverito, T L Kolman and Skip Pipo, proudly announce the company's return to the NoHo Arts District in residence at The Secret Rose Theatre and announce the first three productions of TheProdCo's 7th Legendary Season.

To celebrate the anniversary of Thornton Wilder's OUR TOWN, PASSCAL will produce a limited engagement of the classic play with Americana music and original scoring composed by Jonathan Kupper, at The First Congregational Church in Buena Park, California for the first two weekends of August.

Kelrik Productions announces its final production at Unity, a satirical comedy musical called URINETOWN performing June 7 - 29.

Bayou Playhouse and Flambeaux Productions have announced the West Coast premiere of The Katrina Comedy Fest, written by Rob Florence, directed by Misty Carlisle, and featuring video projections by Jeff Teeter, at Hollywood's Lounge Theatre as part of the 2013 Hollywood Fringe Festival.

After more than eight months of playing to packed houses in Santa Monica and North Hollywood, Smoke and Mirrors - a heartfelt comedy-drama with mind-bending magic that has been named 'Critics Pick' in the Los Angeles Times - has extended its run again at The Road on Lankershim, 5108 Lankershim Blvd

As part a citywide celebration of Alfred Hitchcock films, the Academy will present “Blackmail Times Two!” a double feature of the silent and sound versions of “Blackmail” (1929), featuring live musical accompaniment, on Tuesday, June 18.

Native Voices at the Autry, America's leading Native American theatre company, continues its tradition of excellence, developing plays by new and established Native American Playwrights at its highly regarded PLAYWRIGHTS RETREAT AND FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS, and culminating in free staged public readin

The Laguna Playouse will present Hershey Felder's newest production, award-winning concert pianist Mona Golabek starring in the one-woman show, based on a true story, THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE.

'The Scottsboro Boys', featuring Music and Lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb and Book by David Thompson, will be directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman at CTG's Ahmanson Theatre.

Chris Isaacson Presents and Upright Cabaret have announced that American Idol's Michael Orland will be the musical director for the West Coast club return of Broadway diva and Tony Award-winner Lillias White's new show, A Woman On Love, at the Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood.

Casa 0101 Theater will present a new World Premiere play written by Josefina Lopez (of Silver Lake) entitled "Hungry Woman," based on an abridged adaptation of Lopez's novel, "Hungry Woman in Paris," to be presented in a Limited Run for four weeks from June 7 - 30, 2013 on the Main Stage at Casa 010

"West Side Story," the dramatic musical that centers around two teenage street gangs in 1950s New York City, begins a three-weekend run on the Playhouse Merced mainstage Friday, May 31 at 7:30 pm.

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Fierce Backbone presents a world premiere rhythmic play at this year's Hollywood Fringe Festival - THE BEATING, written by Mona Deutsch Miller and directed by Sam Szabo.

Offering a private visit with history's most haunted first lady, the brand new one-person play, 'The Ghosts of Mary Lincoln,' written by Drama Critics Circle Award-winning playwright Tom Dugan, will run workshop performances in Beverly Hills at Theatre 40, 241 South Moreno Drive, July 31, Aug.

The Hollywood Fringe announced today that Fringe Central Station (6314 Santa Monica Blvd.

In a quite extraordinary way Stephen Sachs' world premiere comedy/drama Heart Song tears down barriers separating life and death across many cultures.