Review: WIVES at East West Players
Far more corny than it is cutting or inspiring...the play offers a few insights, scattered laughs and a ton of heavy-handed self-actualization. Even at 90 minutes, this one feels repetitive.…
Lesher Center for the Arts
Lesher Center for the Arts is a theatre in Walnut Creek, CA.
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Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Ovation Theatre
Jagged Little Pill takes on a Herculean challenge: create a good original story out of a set of existing songs connected only by artist. Diablo Cody, the librettist for this Alanis Morissette musical, accomplishes this feat.…
Review: HEARTBREAK HOUSE at Antaeus Theatre Company
HEARTBREAK HOUSE marks the start of Antaeus Theatre Company’s thirty-fifth anniversary season, and it bodes well for what they have in store.…
Review: FALSETTOS at Victory Theatre
Let’s face the music: William Finn’s Falsettos, written during the Reagan administration’s brutal fumbling of the AIDS epidemic and polarizing of the LGBTQ+ community, remains strikingly relevant to today.…
Review: COME FROM AWAY at A Noise Within
Clearly there were a lot worse places to be on that infamous day than small provincial Gander. In Julia Rodriguez-Elliott’s spirited and heart-warming production...A Noise Within let’s us savor that unique visit.…
Review: WAITING IN THE WINGS at Theatricum Botanicum
Waiting in the Wings explores the glamor and elegance of a lost era, life on the stage of 1920s music halls, the terror and loss and beauty of aging, and the incomparable treasures of female friendship. …
Review: THE LIGHT WE LEAVE BEHIND Is a Dreamlike Experience Best Left Unexplained
BroadwayWorld reviews THE LIGHT WE LEAVE BEHIND, an unconventional concert experience that's as much about the mood as the music, playing through October 25 in Downtown LA's Arts District…
Review: BAT BOY at GEM Theatre
Before the hit movie-to-musical adaptations Legally Blonde and Heathers, Laurence O’Keefe wrote Bat Boy, a cult classic camp-horror musical about a boy who is half human and half bat.…
Review: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN at Colony Theatre
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN is a vivacious and colorful show making the most of its 1960s setting to dazzle us with period fashions and backdrops.…
Review: CRONE CREED at El Portal Theatre
CRONE CREED is an ambitious take on mythology and fate, and it is one of the best shows the El Portal has offered in recent years — out of a field of many exceptional efforts.…
Past Shows
Summer Sounds: The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra featuring Willy Jordan
FREE Music Event Based out of San Francisco, California The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, was founded in 2007, by guitarist/songwriter Anthony Paule. Inspired by authentic Soul and Blues recordings of the ‘60s and ‘70s, this dramatic horn driven extravagant act took shape. Known...
Summer Sounds: VUP
FREE Music Event A high-energy funk and soul band known for reimagining timeless classics. VUP brings you the legendary music of Stevie Wonder, MJ, Chaka, D’Angelo, and other funk and jazz greats. The band loves to perform original arrangements of timeless songs, and they...
Summer Sounds: Tom Rigney and Flambeau
FREE Music Event A powerhouse roots band serving up grooves, sharp solos, and pure musical joy. Rigney’s band of all stars simmers and cooks with musical intelligence. Their high energy live show features tight ensemble playing, deeply infectious grooves, and rich soloing...
Dance Series 2
Smuin’s season finale is headlined by soaring works that highlight the company’s artistry and depth of talent, including two new works created by women. Smuin will unveil the newest World Premiere by Amy Seiwert, as well as the company premiere of "Sextette" by Kate...
SMUIN Presents "The Christmas Ballet"
Smuin makes the holidays sizzle with its annual yuletide celebration of dance, "The Christmas Ballet." With a stunning and original array of ballet, tap, and jazz, this joyous showcase of styles is set to holiday tunes, with the surprise unwrapping of new treats every year. The...
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CLUB27 Jaxx Theatre (10/01-10/30) |
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The Cottage North Coast Repertory (10/28-11/22) |
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Woof Odyssey Theatre (10/03-11/08) |
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A Killer Night in Studio City Vitello's (9/06-10/31) |
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Adam Pascal Feinstein's at the Nikko (10/23-10/24) |
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Assassins The Actors Company — The Other Space (11/06-11/29) |
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EVITA Valverde Annex (10/17-10/25) |
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Once More, With Feeling: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Live! Three Clubs Hollywood (7/14-12/01) |
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THE OUTSIDER by Paul Slade Smith Canyon Theatre Guild (10/17-11/01) |
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The Rent Play Intimate Theatre at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex (10/15-10/24) |
