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The Anaheim Performing Arts Center Foundation (APACF) has announced that Gigi Fusco Meese has been appointed as the organizations' first Executive Director.

Peter Pan/a musical production of the play by Sir James Barrie/lyrics by Carolyn Leigh & music by Moose Charlap/additional lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green; additional music by Jule Styne/directed by Glenn Casale/Pantages Theatre/through January 27

Two obsessive linguists and a nine-year-old zealot meet head-on with the magnetic leader of an est-like group training seminar in Complete, a new, fast-paced comedy by Andrea Kuchlewska opening February 23 at the Matrix Theatre in West Hollywood.

Three of New York's premiere vocalists- Daniel Rodriquez, Michael Amante and Andy Cooney - billed as 'The New York Tenors' will bring an 'evening of vocal excellence' featuring music from Broadway, opera, film and American classics to the McCallum Theatre tonight, January 17, and Friday, January 18.

Whitefire Theater in association with CRC Entertainment, presents the reflective real-life drama Beethoven and the Misfortune Cookies February 9th at 8pm, at the Whitefire Theater located at 13500 Ventura Blvd.

THE PIECE PROJECT and CELEBRATION THEATRE present an exclusive Los Angeles reading of Theresa Rebeck's SPIKE HEELS on Monday, January 28, 2013 at 8pm.

R&B superstar Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child fame has joined the cast of 'Fela!' The musical, produced by Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, and Stephen and Ruth Hendel, is filled with the exuberant music of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, and will be presented from April

TheatreWorks presents Priscilla Lopez in the Giovanna Sardelli-helmed SOMEWHERE, playing Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, January 16 through February 10.

Love will be in the air when the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) honors the generosity and dedication of long-time supporters Jennifer and Royce Diener (Santa Monica residents) and David K.

Virgin America, the California-based airline that is reinventing travel, today announces that it is bringing more of its upscale, low-fare flights to Las Vegas McCarran International Airport (LAS) with new nonstop service from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) beginning April 22, 2013.

Riders in the Sky is galloping into the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA) for a fun-filled, family-friendly show celebrating classic cowboy music.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, New York's long-running hit play by Mark St.

Directors Lab West Steering Committee has announced the dates for the 14th annual Directors Lab West.

The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center present FREUD'S LAST SESSION, New York's long-running hit play by Mark St.

Rubicon Theatre of Ventura continues the company's 15th Anniversary Season, and the theatre's community initiative titled 'Our Town/Your Theatre,' with Food Confessions, a hilarious new comedy from the pen of Nancy Nufer.

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FOX OPERATOR BILL MALONE OF FX ARTS is thrilled to present the third production of its 2012-2013 BROADWAY SERIES of shows with "Laverne and Shirley" star Cindy Williams starring in the heavenly and hilarious, NUNSET BOULEVARD.

The Magistrate - Filmed live at Great Britain's National Theatre, broadcast by National Theatre Live, and presented by L.

United States Navy Vice Admiral Michelle Janine Howard will receive the NAACP Chairman's Award during the 44th NAACP Image Awards, broadcast live on Friday, February 1st (8:00-10:00 PM EST) on NBC.

The Katselas Theatre Company and Rogue Machine will present an extended run of the current hit, DIRTY FILTHY LOVE STORY (CRITIC'S CHOICE-LA Times).

Impro Theatre (Dan O'Connor, Artistic Director) has announced a return engagement of Jane Austen Unscripted, directed by O'Connor and Paul Rogan, with preview performances beginning on Friday, February 8 at the Carrie Hamilton Theatre (upstairs at The Pasadena Playhouse) in Pasadena.

The Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA), a nationally recognized arts school that provides bright and talented students with a creative and challenging educational environment, is pleased to welcome Tony Award-winning American musical theatre composer, lyricist and playwright, Jason Robert Brow

Neil Berg will brings his all new production, 101 Years of Broadway, to the McCallum Theatre for two performances, tonight, January 15 and the 16th at 8:00 pm.

Tony Award nominee Cathy Rigby takes flight in an all-new production of PETER PAN.

Towne Street Theatre's 6th Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival will present ten unique plays, honoring Black History Month and celebrating TST's 20th Anniversary Season.