Philip Miller’s Nkoli: A Fierce and Fabulous Life is a groundbreaking production honoring the life and legacy of Simon Nkoli, a gay anti-apartheid freedom fighter who was charged with treason during the Delmas Treason Trial and later organized Johannesburg’s first Pride march...
Award-winning composer and sound artist Yvette Janine Jackson premieres new music with her Radio Opera Workshop, an ensemble that integrates electronics, acoustic instruments, voice and images. Jackson's radio operas weave together composed and improvised soundscapes into...
In A Deer Walks into a Dance , Alpert Award-winning choreographer Victoria Marks explores connection in a world of division. Using movement, text, and the deconstruction of a (bad) joke, she and four performers — Rian Alcid, Maya Billig, Karen Chuang, and Aaron Mason — morph...
A graceful yet unrelenting duel of beatbox and percussions, Mirlitons is a marathon vocal and dance duet from musician Aymeric Hainaux and choreographer François Chaignaud . Set on an intimate stage reminiscent of an arena, the work finds Hainaux and Chaignaud confronting each...
What starts as a traditional slasher set in suburbia takes a psychedelic turn when one of the victims escapes into an eerie forest inhabited by monstrous plant life. Set in an alternate universe, the evil Smile finally meets his match: a collective of colorful forest monsters...
Actor WEST LIANG, delivers deeply nuanced, emotionally quiet, and completely resonant character portrayals that enhance each time capsule, in this play about historical and generational change.…
TP’s production of Abaire’s KIMBERLY AKIMBO, the 2000 play, not the musical, is a potent concoction of pitch-black humor, family dysfunction and unexpected does of sweetness that one would not expect out of a tale this offbeat.…
The Gem Theatre in Garden Grove, CA, tackles one of Broadway’s darkest musicals, Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, armed with every color of light you can think of.…
Amid the heat and haze of Bakersfield emerges a spine-shivering show of human connection, compassion, and camaraderie. One of the first community theatre productions of Come From Away brings out the best of humanity (and Bakersfield) on stage.…
With a powerhouse cast and a Pulitzer Prize-winning story about how mental illness shapes a family, Hudson Backstage's production of NEXT TO NORMAL was every bit as moving as its source material.…
Political and politically motivated, this quintet of characters offers a blistering two-hour presentation on how extremist religious views can warp minds, even that of intellectuals. It’s a smart, timely, and timeless script that is both illuminating and alarming.…
The world of Barry Edelstein’s high octane spin on MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at the Old Globe Theater is much of a much, containing much of just about everything...Of Shakespeare’s comedies, Edelstein’s cast, crew and musicians have worked awfully hard to make this merry.…
Based on characters in Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula: The Musical, with a score by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics/book by Christopher Hampton and Don Black, will no doubt attract fans of the genre and its well-known characters to see Justin Meyers bring his terrifyingly horrific yet totally mesmerizing im…
Like the playwright, several of these company members are themselves proud Topangans. Performing as they are in the center of town, in quite literally the House that Geer Built, you’ve got to figure that they have a nightly audience who will get all the hippy in-jokes.…
Puppet Up!'s motley crew of Jim Henson puppets are as raw and funny as you can get...if you're willing.…
Step into Laurel Halo’s sonic world as she premieres new works for piano and electronics — a hypnotic blend of ambient, drone, jazz, and modern synthesis. These pieces explore rhythmic fluidity and harmonic depth, drawing listeners into shifting soundscapes that challenge the...
A beloved presence on the CAP UCLA stage, the legendary Zakir Hussain left an indelible mark on our community and the world of music. In a moving tribute to his legacy, Grammy-winning ensemble Third Coast Percussion returns with a powerful concert that honors their collaboration...
Gary, Indiana’s own Jlin (Jerrilynn Patton) electrifies The Nimoy for a set that showcases why she has quickly become one of the most distinctive composers in America and one of the most influential women in electronic music. Jlin’s thrilling, emotional and multidimensional...
With What I Call Sound, Wild Up becomes an improvising ensemble, taking on the music of several visionary composers: Eric Dolphy, a titan of creative improvised music whose compositions serve as a gateway in the seamless alchemy of jazz and contemporary classical; L.A.’s...
From Australia’s award-winning experimental collective Pony Cam, Burnout Paradise invites you into a high-stakes space charged with recklessness, euphoria, and the fleeting optimism that comes just before burnout. Four performers step onto four treadmills. What begins as a...
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Good Night, Oscar North Coast Repertory (9/16-10/11) |
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Catch Me If You Can Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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Comics Reading Comics Dynasty Typewriter (9/13-9/13) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age The Soraya (10/11-10/11) |
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It's A Lot Lyric Hyperion Theater & Cafe (9/17-9/19) |
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Jane Austen UnScripted Kings Road Park (9/12-9/27) |
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Melt : The Play The Marilyn Theatre at the Lee Strasberg Institute (9/24-10/02) |
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Our Man in Santiago by Mark Wilding Odyssey Theatre Ensemble (9/10-9/20) |
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Dickens' A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story Rubicon Theatre (12/02-12/24) |
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Annie Woodland Opera House (11/13-12/06) |
