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LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & UPRIGHT CABARET are thrilled to announce the performers for its fifth and final show of their second season, CALIFORNIA DREAMIN', starring vocal powerhouse JAKE SIMPSON (2x 'Star Search' Grand Champion, Oprah Winfrey Favorite), Broadway sensation JENNIFER

Lulu Gainsbourg, son of French icon and musician Serge Gainsbourg, makes a special guest appearance for the Serge Gainsbourg Tribute concert at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday, August 28, at 7 p.

There have been several musical plays based on Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will showcase a new digital restoration of 'Breakfast at Tiffany's,' in celebration of the film's 50th anniversary, on Friday, July 29, at 7:30 p.

James Gray and his merry band of cuckoos led by Momma are back for a whole week this year in Firecracker Follies, the campy and irreverent salute to our nation's history.

Since its premiere on Broadway in 1969, the musical 1776 has become as popular as Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music; it seems that people cannot get enough of the show especially around the Fourth of July.

International 3D Society Awards Co-Chair Lenny Lipton announced today that fifteen 3D categories have been selected for the third annual I3DS Creative Arts Awards Show to be held from 7-9 pm on Thursday, February 2, 2012, at Chinese Theatre.

The all new production of 'Les Misérables,' featuring glorious new staging and spectacular re-imagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo, just opened at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre on Friday, June 17, 2011.

THE KATSELAS THEATRE COMPANY is proud to announce the extension of the smash hit World Premiere MAD WOMEN, conceived, written and performed by John Fleck, directed by Ric Montejano.

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In his internationally acclaimed stage work, La Razón Blindada, Argentine-born playwright/director Aristides Vargas infuses Miguel de Cervantes' classic novel, El Quijote with Franz Kafka's, The Truth About Sancho Panza, and testimonies by Chicho Vargas and other political prisoners held in the 197

The National Acrobats of the People's Republic of China, touring for the first time in the US, kick off the exciting Pepperdine University Center for the Arts 2011-2012 season, which features music, dance, comedy, and family shows as well as art exhibitions at Pepperdine's ocean-side campus in Malib

Falcon Theatre Founder, Garry Marshall, is thrilled to announce the Falcon Theatre's 2011-2012 5-Play Subscription Season.

At a press conference last Thursday, Angela Motta, Deputy from Councilman Eric Garcetti's office, proclaimed June 16, 2011 'Cirque du Soleil Day' in Los Angeles, in honor of Cirque du Soleil's new show IRIS, A Journey Through the World of Cinema.

Forever Flamenco! - The Fountain Theatre's acclaimed series returns to the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre on June 19.

At a press conference last Thursday, Angela Motta, Deputy from Councilman Eric Garcetti's office, proclaimed June 16, 2011 'Cirque du Soleil Day' in Los Angeles, in honor of Cirque du Soleil's new show IRIS, A Journey Through the World of Cinema.

Hailed as one of the foremost stand-ups of his generation, Emmy-winning comic Eddie Izzard makes Hollywood Bowl history with Stripped to the Bowl, the first-ever solo comedy presentation at the iconic venue, after selling out Madison Square Garden in January 2010.

Gala Fundraiser and Celebrity Reading of Orson Welles' 1936 'Vodou Macbeth', an adaption of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', set in Haiti.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Margaret Herrick Library today launched its latest online research tool, the Production Art Database [http://collections.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles® (BAFTA Los Angeles) will honor Academy Award® winning writer/director John Lasseter with the Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment, and BAFTA winning director David Yates with the John Schlesinger Britannia A

The Pasadena Playhouse just opened the west coast premiere of the new musical TWIST - An American Musical by William F.

The Hollywood Bowl presents a night of cool standards and romantic instrumentals with Grammy-winning jazz/pop trumpeter Chris Botti and vocal virtuoso Bobby McFerrin in collaboration with electro-acoustic jazz band Yellowjackets, Wednesday, July 13 at 8p.

The 2011 edition of KCRW's World Festival continues with Reggae Night X: Tuff Gong Worldwide and Ziggy Marley Salute Legends of Reggae on Sunday, July 31 at 7PM.

As we move from the latter portion of June to the 4th of July Holiday weekend and beyond, I trust you have your reservations made to avail yourself of one or more of the WONDERFUL shows that are currently running (or soon will be) at any number of the several live performance and theatre venues that

Universal Studios Hollywood(SM) invites aspiring filmmakers to compete in its annual 'Halloween Horror Nights' short film competition, offering budding directors an opportunity to have their most disturbing horror short films judged by a panel of industry insiders, including horror film auteur Eli R