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On Friday March 9 and Sunday March 11, debonair Broadway tenor Brian Stokes Mitchell graced the stage of the Broad in Santa Monica for an intimate concert of standard tunes and Broadway favorites.

Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, will play at the Gallo Center for the Arts April 13 through 15, 2012.

The Creative Coalition announces the formation of the Arts Corps, a volunteer program that marshals leadership from the arts and entertainment arenas to help save arts funding in the public school systems.

Tune in for "Dinah Was" on Sunday, March 25 and be there when 90.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) Music Director Jeffrey Kahane will premiere Old Keys, a new concerto by young composer and piano virtuoso Timothy Andres, winner of the prestigious 2011 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer award, on Saturday, March 24, 8 pm, at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, and Sun

Willie Nelson, American country singer-songwriter, actor and activist, makes his debut appearance at Walt Disney Concert Hall with a one-night-only Willie Nelson & Family concert on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 8 p.

Late Night Catechism creator Maripat Donovan and company return to The Laguna Playhouse March 13 thru April 8, 2012 to perform their most recent installment of hilarity titled Sisters Easter Catechism: Will My Bunny go to Heaven?

THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY and Taylor Gilbert, Founder/Artistic Director together with Sam Anderson, Artistic Director, announce that the Los Angeles premiere of THE WATER'S EDGE, written by Theresa Rebeck ("Smash," Broadway's Seminar; Bad Dates, Mauritius) and directed by Sam Anderson ("Lost," Blackb

CHAMPS Charter High School of the Arts Performing Arts Academy brings the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical to life.

Over the Moon Productions presents the L.

As we come to the middle of March, I trust you will want to include going to at least a show or two at any one of the several live performance and theatre venues that make their home here on the Central Coast of California!

A CHORUS LINE opened at the Lewis Family Playhouse: Broadway at the Gardens this weekend.

Celebration Theatre presents the third show of its 2011-2012 Season, THE COLOR PURPLE, book by Marsha Norman, music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray, musical direction by Gregory Nabours, choreography by Janet Roston and directed by Michael Matthews.

Celebration Theatre today presents the third show of its 2011-2012 Season, THE COLOR PURPLE, book by Marsha Norman, music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray, musical direction by Gregory Nabours, choreography by Janet Roston and directed by Michael Matthews.

The Comedy of Errors in HD - Shakespeare's furiously paced comedy staged in a contemporary world into which walk three prohibited foreigners who see everything for the first time.

Stage and screen star Peter Gallagher is sharing his life through songs and stories in a one-night-only performance at the Geffen Playhouse on Sunday, March 11, 2012.

The cast has been set for the new work, "American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose," written by Richard Montoya, developed by Culture Clash and Jo Bonney and directed by Bonney.

80 West Productions has announced, the first Los Angeles production granted full rights by the author for their production of, BRILIANT TRACES, written by Cindy Lou Johnson and directed by John Hindman.

Georgia Ensemble Theatre (GET), North Fulton's only professional theatre company, continues its 19th season with one of the funniest American plays ever written, THE FOREIGNER by Larry Shue, running through March 11th.

30 elementary school students from New York City public schools will compete in an all-day chess tournament at The Cloisters Museum and Gardens, the branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art for medieval art and architecture located in Fort Tryon Park in northern Manhattan.

Coward's comedic genius is on full display in Private Lives, which follows the saga of perpetually dueling lovers Amanda and Elyot, two divorcees who unwittingly book adjoining rooms while honeymooning with their new spouses.

"American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose," written by Richard Montoya, developed by Culture Clash and Jo Bonney, and directed by Bonney, opens Sunday, March 11 at 6:30 p.

San Francisco-based string quartet Kronos and L.

FIORELLO!, the next staged reading of MUSICAL THEATRE WEST'S REINER READING SERIES will take place on March 11, 2012 at 7:00 p.

Hector Olivera performs the final organ recital of Pacific Symphony's 2011-12 "Pedals and Pipes" series showcasing the 4,322-piped William J.