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BWW Review: Not To Be Missed NEVER BEEN KISSED - THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL At Rockwell

The musical parodies hits just keep coming at Rockwell Table & Stage! Popular (sometimes cult) flicks get infused with pop songs resulting in a new twist on the film, and sometimes on the songs. With NEVER BEEN KISSED - THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL, cleverly written by Jordan Ross Schindler, the vocally-gifted, triple-threat cast perform their most entertaining, live, in-your-face version of Drew Barrymore's 1999-starrer Never Been Kissed.

BWW Review: STEPHEN KING'S IT - A MUSICAL PARODY Soars With Exceptional Vocal & Comic Talents

With STEPHEN KING'S IT - A MUSICAL PARODY, Rockwell Musical Parodies assumes the lofty mantle of UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY OF... in presenting a well-oiled selection of amazing vocalists singing hit pop songs that cleverly advance the narrative of cult, non-musical films. Familiar Rockwell Table & Stage talents on and off stage populate this re-imagining of Stephen King's horror flick It.

MOSTLY NEW MUSICALS Will Feature A World Premiere Song By Marc Cherry And Gregory Nabours

Feinstein's at Vitello's newest monthly series debuts Monday 9.9.19 with the music of Gregory Nabours; including a world premiere collaboration with Marc Cherry, creator of the Emmy Award winning DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES! The evening will also feature other world premieres, plus songs from Gregory's musicals THE TROUBLE WITH WORDS, MARILYN! THE NEW MUSICAL, MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, DOWN TO THE DARKNESS, and more!

BWW Review: A Marvelously Sung, Laugh Fest - UMPO STRANGER THINGS - No THING Better!!!

Kate Pazakis, executive producer of the UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY OF series, continues her successful streak of hysterical musical parodies of cinematic pop favorites with THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY OF STRANGER THINGS. Pazakis' most witty script cleverly utilizes pop songs to advance the narrative of the Netflix cult phenom Stranger Things. Nathan Moore expertly directs his cast of enthusiastic triple-threats at a rousing, non-stop pace with only enough time for deserved applause to die down before the next song or comedy bit tickles your funny bones. 

Photo Flash: Jeff Goldblum Visits The Unauthorized Musical Parody of JURASSIC PARK

Continuing its string of wildly successful productions from the UMPO Series, The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Jurassic Park stomps into Rockwell Table & Stage on January 25, 2018 with tickets selling fast with on this extended run. Star of the original film franchise, Jeff Goldblum stopped by to check out the prehistoric action, view the photos below!

Coeurage Theatre Company Announces 'Gathering Coeurage' Fundraiser

Kicking off its upcoming ninth season, Coeurage Theatre Company, LA's only Pay What You Want theatre company, has announced Gathering Coeurage, a special fundraising event that will offer a rare glimpse into the company's development process.

BWW Review: Pazakis' Dinosaurs & Company Hysterically Run Rampant in UMPO JURASSIC PARK

Kate Pazakis, executive producer of the UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY OF... series ably does triple duty in her latest wildly entertaining, two-hour production of THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY OF JURASSIC PARK. For UMPO JURASSIC PARK, Pazakis not only produces and cleverly writes this enthralling, very witty musical homage to Michael Crichton and Steven Spielberg's 1993 classic film Jurassic Park; Pazakis joins her talented cast onstage singing her ass off as the dinosaur T-Rex.

Rockwell Table And Stage Announces The UMPO JURASSIC PARK For Extended Run

Continuing its string of wildly successful productions from the UMPO Series, The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Jurassic Park stomps into Rockwell Table & Stage on January 25, 2018 with tickets selling fast with on this extended run. Get yours today before they go extinct.

BWW Review: THE LAST BREAKFAST CLUB Earns an A+ for Its Delicious Musical Detention

Kate Pazakis just keeps topping herself with her musical parodies! This time she teams up with Bradley Bredeweg and his Fuse Project for a wildly entertaining THE LAST BREAKFAST CLUB. Bredeweg and Pazakis ingeniously take the 'Musical Parody of' concept and 'fuse' a mash-up of John Hughes' classic film The Breakfast Club with other cinematic cult favorites. The pop song choices are simply genius as they each move the plot along.

Garrett Clayton, Jonah Platt, and More Lead THE LAST BREAKFAST CLUB at Rockwell

???????It's the end of the world as we know it - and the brain, the athlete, the basket case, the princess, and the criminal are still stuck in that damn library! The Fuse Project and Rockwell Table & Stage explore a musical theatre world in which the most beloved cinema characters from the 1980's era barricade themselves inside the library because the world as we know it has ended.

BWW Review: A Hysterical UMPO HOCUS POCUS Carries You to the Divine

Executive Producer Kate Pazakis has done it again with her latest UMPO production THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY OF HOCUS POCUS. Director Tye Blue effectively corrals his vocally gifted cast in gloriously performing re-purposed pop tunes in between delivering Pazakis and John Flynn's cleverly written homage to the 1993 film Hocus Pocus. 

BWW Interview: UMPO's Kate Pazakis Laboriously Producing Live Productions - The Latest Ones Simultaneously

For years now, Kate Pazakis' UMPO has been steadily optimizing her passion of film, turning them into loving spoofs that even those unfamiliar with the movie sent-up can still enjoy. With her talented partners, they take cult film favorites and match them up with pop tune soundtracks for mash-ups of wit, fun, incredible singing and much laughter. UMPO's latest creation THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY OF HOCUS POCUS opened September 29, 2016 at the Rockwell Table & Stage.

Seth Rogan and Friends Catch Rockwell Table & Stage's UMPO TROOP BEVERLY HILLS

On Saturday, July 23 'Neighbors 2' star Seth Rogen celebrated the 34th birthday of his wife, Lauren Miller by inviting 50 of their closest friends to see The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Troop Beverly Hills housed at Rockwell Table & Stage in Los Angeles, CA. Both Seth and Lauren were seen dancing, cheering & laughing along as the cast performed to a creative musical score, which included hit songs from Whitney Houston, Madonna, and Cyndi Lauper. 

Photo Flash: First Look at THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY OF TROOP BEVERLY HILLS at Rockwell

It's 'Cookie Time' again in The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Troop Beverly Hills, an all-new live interpretation of the hilarious 1989 Shelley Long comedy, running Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 12 noon from July 2 to Sept 10, 2016 at Rockwell Table & Stage located in Los Feliz, CA. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the company onstage below!

Photo Flash: Original Stars of TROOP BEVERLY HILLS Strut Red Carpet at Rockwell's Musical Parody Opening

This weekend Rockwell Table & Stage located in Los Feliz, CA hosted a 'mini" Troop Beverly Hills Reunion with original cast members Tasha Scott ("Jasmine Shaker") and Mary Gross ('Annie Herman'), along with film director Jeff Kanew in attendance for the opening night of The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Troop Beverly Hills. Scroll down for photos from the red carpet!

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