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Hairspray, can't get enough of that Hairspray! 60s girls lacquered up their dos - hair, that is, with oodles and oodles of it until their hair was a sticky, gooey mess; well, the musical of the same name has been seen close to a half dozen times in the last several months, and few seem to tire of it

The Mystery of Irma Vep, written by Charles Ludlam in 1984 and a sensation off Broadway and beyond into the 90s, certainly lives up to its subtitle A Penny Dreadful.

On Sunday October 30 Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's presented a unique treat in cabaret with the dual sounds of Broadway's Randall Phillips and pop singer Jerry Sharell in Together Again.

Hosted by Pamela Anderson, A Swingin' Affair! gala benefiting the Alzheimer's Association California Southland Chapter, which takes place Sunday, December 11, 2011 at the Riviera Palm Springs, celebrates Frank Sinatra's birthday in grand style.

Madison Square Garden Entertainment just announced the 2012 audition cites and dates for the Rockettes Summer Intensive summer training program at Radio City Music Hall for all local area aspiring dancers.

Jeff Goode's THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES comes to The Lex Theatre this holiday season.

West Coast Ensemble is saddened to announce that after 30 years as a membership company, it is discontinuing its membership component effective November 1.

Violinist Hilary Hahn returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall in a recital of music by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, as well as selections from her own commissioning project, In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores, Tuesday, November 1, at 8 p.

The Fulfillment Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping promising yet under-resourced Los Angeles students graduate from high school and complete college, will honor Rich Ross, Chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, at its STARS 2011 Benefit Gala at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, November 1, 2011, at

The Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Stephen Eich, Executive Director) announced today that BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY, by Pearl Cleage, is set as the second production of the 2011 - 2012 season.

To qualify in the Animated Feature Film category for the 83rd Academy Awards®, filmmakers must submit entry forms and supporting materials to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by 5 p.

The Coterie executive producers Amber Cassell & Julie Garnyé will present Emmy-winning composer/songwriter Lance Horne in concert on November 1.

Virtuoso pianist Lang Lang returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall, Sunday, November 6, at 7:30 p.

Alfred Molina, David Krumholtz and Jane Kaczmarek star when L.

TWO ROADS THEATRE presents a world premiere play, THE SECOND COMING: A ONE WOMAN COMEDY OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS, written by and starring Sherry Glaser (Family Secrets) and directed by Gail Feldman

To commemorate World AIDS Day, SHOWTIME will premiere 'KEEP A CHILD ALIVE WITH ALICIA KEYS,' a powerful documentary that bears witness to the AIDS pandemic in South Africa, on Thursday, December 1st at 9:00 PM (ET/PT).

The new show 'On Holy Ground' brings the Israeli-Palestine conflict into sharp focus from the wildly different perspectives of three women.

Gus The Dog Productions is set to present a world premiere play, ESTHER'S MOUSTACHE, written and directed by Laurel Ollstein.

Theatre of NOTE continues the celebration of its 30th anniversary with HAVE YOU SEEN ALICE?, written by Jacqueline Wright and directed by Adrian Alex Cruz .

On Monday, October 24, the American Theatre Wing awarded Watts Village Theater Company (WVTC) a 2011 National Theatre Company Grant.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrates Pacific Standard Time with The Hollywood Sound, a program led by Thomas Wilkins, Thursday and Friday, December 8 and 9, at 8 p.

Madison Square Garden Entertainment announces the 2012 audition cites and dates for the Rockettes Summer Intensive summer training program at Radio City Music Hall for all local area aspiring dancers.

As we bid farewell to October and move on into November, I hope you are planning to avail yourself of at least one or two of the live performance and theatre productions that presently (or soon will be) running at any number of the live entertainment establishments that make their homes here on the

The first thing to know about Out of the Box Theatre Company's production of Evil Dead: The Musical.

This Halloween, for one night only, critically acclaimed author Mark Z.