LOS ANGELES THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 728

For the past several summers, I have attended the Festival of Arts and The Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach.

On a warm summer evening, a full moon highlights and envelops the outdoor three-piece dance concert at the intriguing and wondrous Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Meet the cast of the one night only benefit performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream! The company is led by Jessica Gardner (seen on 'Glow,' 'Modern Family,' and now 'NCIS') as Bottom.

Critical acclaim and nightly standing ovations have resulted in an extension of the new play Miss America's Ugly Daughter until Sunday, August 26 at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica.

The Actors' Gang will begin performances for the 2018 Free Shakespeare in the Park for Families production of Much Ado About Avengers beginning Saturday, August 4th, continuing a 12-year tradition of free theater in Media Park.

Sponsored by Thornapple Consulting LLC, 'Geoffrey Mark Sings ELLA' is a celebration of what would have been Ella Fitzgerald's 101 on April 25th, a new show and book about the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald, with full support of the Fitzgerald estate and foundation, has been produced and written by Emmy(R

Hollywood Fringe Festival hit Shining City by Conor McPherson will return for four weeks only to the Hudson Guild Theatre in Hollywood, it was announced today by Hicks Street Productions.

Disney's The Little Mermaid/book by Doug Wright/music by Alan Menken/lyrics by Howard Ashman & Glenn Slater/directed by John LaLonde/choreographed by Chelsea Morgan Stock/musical director: Julie Lamoureux/Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre, Claremont/through September 1 Disney's The Little Merm

Willie Nelson, Blackbird Presents, Mark Rothbaum, and Live Nation are thrilled to announce the Outlaw Music Festival Tour at the historic Hollywood Bowl with Willie Nelson & Family, Phil Lesh & Friends, Sturgill Simpson, Margo Price, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, and Particle Kid.

The Burbank Comedy Festival will expand to five show venues in 2018, spreading the laughter far and wide with 200 of the hottest talent from around the world converging on Burbank for five days of nonstop funny business, Sunday, August 12 to Saturday, August 18, 2018.

The world premiere of Michael Leoni's FAMOUS receives a phenomenal, all-encompassing mounting from An 11:11 Experience in their new venue, The 11:11, in the heart of West Hollywood.

World Premiere of playwright Aruna Harjani's WEST BOLLYWOOD received an earnest mounting at The Matrix Theatre.

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Scott Thompson, Kathleen Delaney, and Tracy Powell in association with the Group Rep present a staged reading of THE WOMEN, a comedy of manners written by Clare Boothe Luce, directed by Scott Thompson, featuring Caroline Hennesy, as a fundraiser for D'Amor Center for Cancer Care and the Group Rep, S

Featured at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend (July 27-29) is Annie, helmed by Tony Award-nominated director Michael Arden, conducted by Todd Ellison, and choreographed by Eamon Foley.

Even if you have seen it before, I cannot stress enough how miraculous the current production of ANNIE is at the Hollywood Bowl, directed with creative ingenuity by Michael Arden.

Quite possibly the most popular family-friendly stage musical of all time, ANNIE---the classic 1977 Tony Award winner for Best Musical based on Harold Gray's 'Little Orphan Annie' comic strip---seems like a no-brainer choice to appear as the annual all-star summer musical at the world-famous Hollywo

Due to popular demand with tickets selling quickly, WEST BOLLYWOOD producers have added an additional matinee to the limited engagement for Today, July 28 at 3:00, playing at the Matrix Theatre in WeHo.

Following THE VAGRANCY's successful run of BLOSSOMING: a new play reading series: 2018, the award-winning theatre company proudly continues its commitment to new play development with a workshop and staged reading of KATHERINE VONDY's THE OCEAN DEEP, directed by MIRANDA STEWART.

THEROAD THEATRE COMPANY and Taylor Gilbert, Founder/Artistic Director together with Sam Anderson, Artistic Director, present the first show of its 2018-2019 season, the world premiere of THE RESCUED, written by Julie Marie Myatt (Birder,John is a father) and directed by Marya Mazor.

Pop newcomer Sydney Jaffe is seizing the moment with her new EP 'You Know Me'.

The Children's Theatre of Long Beach (CTLB) presents its first Renaissance Faire experience! Partake of delicious food, Play medieval themed games, create fairy wings or armor and top it all off with a 60 minute version of Shakespeare's 'MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING!' Aug.

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When it comes to seeing a fresh new show with low or even non-existent expectations, nothing is more pleasurable and satisfying than walking out at the end of it with a huge, beaming smile on your face.

Popular Indonesian and ethnic Indian playwright, Aruna Harjani, presents the World Premiere of her comedy with music WEST BOLLYWOOD, directed by Kiff Scholl, produced by Murray Kalis and Donna Lane.