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Chris Isaacson has announced that Upright Cabaret's AMERICAN ICON Series ends another stunning season with VIVA LAS VEGAS - a presentation of personality and pop that honors the flashiest performers of all time: Elvis, Cher and Elton John.

Yes, And … Productions, led by Helen H.

The Terrace Theater at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center presents AINADAMAR, the operatic biography of Federico Garcia Lorca.

Today, May 26 @ 2:00pm, the Orange County Playwrights Alliance's OCPA Studios series returns to the Hunger Artists Theatre Company with the reading of Erica's Bennett's drama Water Closet.

The Veteran Center for the Performing Arts presents an evening exploring the soldiers experience through the timeless words of William Shakespeare - CRY HAVOC conceived by Stefan Wolfert and directed by Eric Tucker & Bruce Cervi.

On the heels of their 2011 Best Production Awards sweep for Small Engine Repair (Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, LA Weekly, Ovation, and Garland Awards), Rogue Machine have announcesd the first production of their new season.

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The Porters of Hellsgate present William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, directed by Charles Pasterna, running June 15 through July 22 at The Whitmore Theatre in North Hollywood.

Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic give the world premiere of LA Phil Creative Chair John Adams' LA Phil-commissioned The Gospel According to the Other Mary, Thursday and Friday, May 31 and June 1, at 8 pm, and Saturday and Sunday, June 2 and 3, at 2 pm, at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Tonight, May 25, Watts Village Theater Company will open its first mainstage production since Ochre & Onyx in 2009, "Simply Maria, Or The American Dream" by Josefina Lopez.

Sublimity by David Bridel, directed by Jeremy Aluma and David Bridel, will be presented by Four Clowns and The Clown School in Los Angeles for two performances only.

"Fair is fair!" That is the rebel-rousing cry of sultry 18 year-old Billie Jean Davy and her band of teenage misfits; on the run from the law and in search of truth, justice and a kick-ass haircut! It's the summer of 1985, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Katselas Theatre Company presents the world premiere of BEAUTIFIED by multi-award-winner Tony Abatemarco, opening tonight, May 25, 2012 with reception to follow and then 8pm Friday and Saturdays, 2pm Sundays through July 1, 2012 at the Skylight Theatre 1816 N.

The multi award-winning THEATRE TRIBE presents the Los Angeles premiere of the 2004 Kaufman and Hart award-winning play, THE SLEEPER, written by acclaimed playwright Catherine Butterfield ("Grimm") and directed by Ovation Award-winner Stuart Rogers (The Long Christmas Ride Home, Recent Tragic Event

In conjunction with the 50th Anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's untimely death in August of 1962, the Forum Theatre at the El Portal Theatre Complex will be renamed THE MONROE/FORUM THEATRE.

The Colony Theatre Company has announced its 2012 - 2013 season of shows.

Paul Garman, Executive Director/Producer and Steven Glaudini, Artistic Director of Musical Theatre West, have announced that Davis Gaines (LA's Phantom of the Opera) will star in the upcoming MTW production of MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT.

It was My Three Sons Day in LA, and Me-TV captured cast members Stanley Livingston (Chip), Barry Livingston (Ernie), Tim Considine (MIke) and Tina Cole (Katie) reminiscing their time on the show.

The Actors Fund just offered TONY Award VIP's a kick-off reception in advance of their highly anticipated annual Tony Awards Gala Viewing Party to be held on Sunday, June 10 at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles (http://www.

Orange County, CA-based 3D Theatricals presents a fine, top-notch revival of the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning A CHORUS LINE, now playing at the Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton through May 27.

Drew Brody/The Infinite Monkey Project is thrilled to present the 10-year anniversary production of the "absurdly hilarious" hit comedy, FLUFFY BUNNIES IN A FIELD OF DAISIES, written and directed by Matt Chaffee.

The world premiere of Mona Golabek in The Pianist of Willesden Lane has once again been extended an extra month through July 22, 2012 in the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater at the Geffen Playhouse.

Katselas Theatre Company will present Tony Abatemarco's BEAUTIFIED, described as 'a riotous new romp through four decades in a Massachusetts beauty parlor.

The Coterie will present popular composer Georgia Stitt live in concert May 25th.

Friday, June 1, Outlaugh 2012, an 8-night comedy festival featuring standup, sketches, short films, essays, improv and1-person shows, kicks off.