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Caesar and Cleopatra (Deaf West Theatre) A wily, passionate game of chess between a girl queen and a crafty politician, Shaw gives new insight into this historical romance. ("First Look" reading) |
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Baby Doll (Elephant Stages - Lillian Theatre) Tennessee Williams's controversial story Baby Doll opens with Archie Lee's teenage bride driving him to distraction, as she has refused to consummate their marriage until the day of her twentieth birthday. Enter wily Sicilian Silva Vaccaro, Archie's rival both in the cotton business and for the affections of the flirtatious Baby Doll, and things reach breaking-point. |
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Finding the Burnett Heart (Elephant Stages - Lillian Theatre) For sixteen-year old Tyler Burnett, it’s hard enough just being a teenager, without being suddenly forced to share your room with your eighty-year old grandfather, a man who has based his entire life on making others miserable. They are a cross-generational odd couple whose dysfunction is heightened by the fact they are family, which makes for riveting drama and hilarious comedy. Trapped together in a room barely big enough for one boy's dream, these adversaries discover and, with great difficulty,... |
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I Do Card Tricks and I'm Funny (Theatre of NOTE) This is not just another close up magic show! Jon Armstrong has traveled around the world with just his wit and a pack of cards. Having grown up in Orlando, Florida, he now lives in Los Angeles where he is a frequent performer and award winner at the world famous Magic Castle. Come to this rare public performance and experience the type of magic and humor that has amazed and entertained audiences the world over! |
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Oliver! (Benedum Center) This beloved musical brings Charles Dickens' touching tale of young orphan Oliver Twist to life! Hungry, homeless and befriended by pickpockets, Oliver searches the crowded streets for the road to true happiness. Can he escape from the clutches of the crime ring and find a loving home? Oliver!’s Tony® Award-winning score boasts the musical theater classics “Food, Glorious Food,” “I'd Do Anything,” Where is Love?,” “Consider Yourself,” “As Long As He Needs Me,” “Who Will Buy”... |
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Nunset Boulevard: The Nunsense Hollywood Bowl Show (Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts) The uproarious sequel to Nunsense takes the Little Sisters of Hoboken from New York to Hollywood. Instead of a gig at the Hollywood Bowl, they wind up at the Hollywood Bowl-a-Rama. But when they hear that a bit-time producer is auditioning people for a new movie musical, their spirits soar! Could this be their big break? Hilarity ensues as Laverne and Shirley star Cindy Williams headlines NUNSET BOULEVARD. |
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Silk Stockings (Theatre at Saint Peter's) Based on Ernst Lubitch’s brilliant romantic comedy, Ninotchka, where “Garbo Laughs” was the tag line, Silk Stockings uses the plot and characters of this film to launch a Hot Romance during the height of the cold war. The plot of Silk Stockings provides a humorous look at the stereotypical Soviet psyche, and Ninotchka’s attempt to resist the temptations of Paris while valiantly carrying out her political mission, developed with logic and wit in this 1955 musical gem. This new adaptation... |
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Love and Other Fables (Hartford Stage) On the heels of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder comes another world premiere musical-comedy. Aesop, a slave in Ancient Greece, sets out to win the love of a beautiful woman by spinning fables and dancing circles around everyone who comes his way. Love and Other Fables brings back the golden era of American musicals and screwball comedy. |
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After the Dance (Deaf West Theatre) Set on the eve of World War II, the aging hedonists of the Great War stave off the approaching storm with sex and alcohol and whatever else they can get their hands on to the chagrin of the prim younger generation.("First Look" reading) |
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Buried Child (James Bridges Theater at UCLA) You think your last family gathering was dysfunctional? Try this one one for size: It's a curious homecoming for Vince, the son nobody seems to remember. An alcoholic father, an emotionally absent mother and an emasculated brother - and Vince is more like an intruder than a relative. Yet violence is never far from the surface as his unexpected return uncovers a deep, dark secret that triggers catastrophe. |
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Confessions of a Mormon Boy (Hudson Guild) CONFESSIONS OF A MORMON BOY: The Original True Story -- After excommunication, divorce, prostitution and drugs, a sixth-generation Utah Mormon reclaims his kids and ‘Donny Osmond’ smile. Told with humor, song, and The Book of Mormon. A hit off Broadway (SoHo Playhouse 2006), nationally (Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Houston, Miami, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, etc.), and internationally (Charing Cross Theatre in London’s West End, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011, International Dublin Gay Theatre... |
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Lost & Found (Theatre of NOTE) In this powerful solo show directed by Phillip Edward Van Lear, writer/performer Nikki Brown takes you on an emotional and compelling journey into the heart, soul and mind of a young woman as she finds her hidden truth through channeling the assistance of her inner voices. Lost & Found is an exposition of the people we become when grappling with issues such as domestic violence, tumultuous love affairs, suicidal tendencies, and red tutu skirts. |
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Miss Saigon (Benedum Center) This unforgettable story of love and loss is one of the most stunning Broadway productions of all time! An epic love story that will touch your heart and haunt your memory, this raw and uncompromising tale shares the powerful story of an American GI and his love affair with a Vietnamese girl in a world torn apart by war. She was his savior from the hell of Saigon. Can the son he never knew be part of the life that her love helped him build? This emotionally powerful score features the show stopping... |
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Miss Saigon (Broadway Theatre) An American G.I. falls in love with a Vietnamese prostitute while stationed in Saigon during the Vietnam War. They are separated when the country falls, until she returns to his life years later, in this musical inspired by the opera Madame Butterfly. |
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Complete (Matrix Theatre) Jennifer Chambers directs the West Coast premiere of Andrea Kuchlewska’s fast-paced comedy, a time-splitting wrangle over the power and perversion of language. Two obsessive linguists and a nine-year-old zealot meet head-on with the magnetic leader of an “est”-like group seminar. When Eve finds out Micah is doing “The Training,” she risks their careers, their relationship and their safety to prove just how destructive the notion of self-creation can be. Produced at FringeNYC 2009 and selected... |
