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Elephant Stages - Lillian Theatre
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6322 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90038
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Box Office Phone:
(323) 962-0046
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Happy Face Sad Face
Open:
Jan-17 2013
Close:
Feb-24 2013
Life -- is it a comedy? Or a drama? The answer is "Yes!" HAPPY FACE SAD FACE has a brilliantly simple concept: two one acts... the first is a drama... the second is a comedy... the hook is, they are the same story, told from polar opposite perspective |
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The Rock of Abandon
Open:
Oct-18 2012
Close:
Nov-18 2012
Fierce Backbone presents a world premiere old school murder mystery...ancient, in fact. When blacklisted dramatist Euripides turns detective to avenge the murder of a courtesan he once loved, his investigation hurls him into a head-on collision with blackmail, treason, and the charismatic general who has just beguiled Athens into launching an unnecessary war. |
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Reclining Nude on La Cienega
Open:
Sep-07 2012
Close:
Oct-07 2012
A funny, touching story about families, relationships and growing up, Reclining Nude on La Cienega is a comedy that's searching to find a bit of order in our messy lives. The story revolves around Jann, an aspiring artist seeking to find some solace in her work. On a stage filled with art supplies, Jann tells the stories of her life and eventually transforms her studio from a blank canvas into a colorful, universal world of life and love. If you're searching for a bit of color in your life, Reclining... |
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Glennie & Maple Break Up
Open:
Jun-10 2012
Close:
Jun-24 2012
Funny, sad, angry, affectionate and poignant, GLENNIE & MAPLE BREAK UP dramatizes the fight(s) two headstrong people must make (or, sometimes, have) just to stay together. Glennie is recovering from an abusive relationship and battles episodes of deep depression. Maple loves to be supportive of her, mostly in ways that just piss Glennie off. She gets angry to cover up how miserable she feels. He plays his strength until it becomes a liability. They break up. They get back together when Maple helps... |
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The Crucible
Open:
Jun-07 2012
Close:
Jun-14 2012
Based on historical people and real events, Miller's drama is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hysteria. In the rigid theocracy of Salem, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town's most basic fears and suspicions; and when a young girl accuses Elizabeth Proctor of being a witch, self-righteous church leaders and townspeople insist that Elizabeth be brought to trial. The ruthlessness of the prosecutors and the eagerness of neighbor to testify against neighbor brilliantly... |
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Finding the Burnett Heart
Open:
Apr-19 2012
Close:
May-27 2012
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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After the Fall
Open:
Mar-10 2012
Close:
Apr-01 2012
Based on Arthur Miller's life and considered one of his most personal plays, After the Fall is an experimental portrait of a man on a quest to make peace with his own history, struggling with the choices he has made in his public and private life while examining the personal, political and universal forces that collide when we "fall" from innocence. While the characters in the play are fictional, much of the story is based on Arthur Miller's tumultuous relationship with his second wife, Marilyn... |
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A Basket Full of Miracles
Open:
Feb-08 2012
Close:
Feb-19 2012
The story is about a poor, young man who travels to the big city in search of his fortune and love. In a series of comedic accidents he becomes the reluctant leader of the local mafia. He leads a group of gangsters on a roller coaster ride adventure as he tries to repay a debt to an old woman that saved his life. The story also centers around the woman he falls in love with. She tries to inspire him to do the noble things - much unlike a gangster. This results in one hilarious event after the other... |
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Baby Doll
Open:
Nov-10 2011
Close:
Jan-22 2012
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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Hitchcocked
Open:
Jul-16 2011
Close:
Jul-22 2011
L.A.'s Improvatorium, which brought you "Zombience" and "Death, Lies & Alibis," delves into the world of Alfred Hitchcock with their latest improvised slap in the face to a much lionized genre. Audience suggestions will propel the action throughout the evening as the cast strives to create a one time only, completely original story in the style of Mr. H's films. The cast is costumed in the Hitchcockian tradition, but that is the only pre-prepared aspect of the show. Each show will be a unique experience.... |
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Death, Lies & Alibis
Open:
Jul-14 2011
Close:
Jul-23 2011
L.A.s newest improv sensation Improvatorium will presents the return of, Death, Lies & Alibis (costumed and improvised Agatha Christie) at The Lillian Theatre. The full-length improvised play will involve audience suggestions throughout the evening making each performance a unique experience. Join The Improvatorium players as they improvise the intricate web of truth and lies that ultimately have to add up to solving a murder. |
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Glory Days
Open:
Mar-17 2011
Close:
Apr-24 2011
Four high school friends meet one night, a year after graduation, on the high school football field's bleachers. Will introduces the background of the four friends. Will has invited the three of his friends, Andy (Will's college roommate), Skip (who went to an Ivy league school), and Jack (similarly separated from Will, Andy, and Skip, though where is not specified) to meet with him. As the friends arrive, Will begins to catch up with his friends and in the process gets caught up in a traditional... |
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The Little Flower of East Orange
Open:
Nov-06 2010
Close:
Dec-18 2010
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The Little Flower of East Orange, first produced at New York’s Public Theater in the spring of 2008, is an unconventional family drama centering around Therese Marie and her anxious, angry children. The events of the play unfold mostly in Therese Marie’s hospital room, where she very well could be on her death bed. She contends with visits from a patronizing doctor, a friendly police... |
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Topdog/Underdog
Open:
Aug-03 2010
Close:
Sep-12 2010
Topdog/Underdog, a darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity written by Suzan-Lori Parks, tells the story of two brothers, Lincoln and Booth, names given to them as a joke by their father. Haunted by the past and their obsession with the street con game, three-card monte, the brothers come to learn the true nature of their history as they cope with women, work, poverty, gambling, racism, and their troubled upbringings.
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Kill Your Television
Open:
Jun-19 2010
Close:
Jun-26 2010
It’s often said he who has the remote control has the power. Not in this living room…Take a bizarre plunge into the other side of the screen and discover why they call it “Programming.” An exciting hybrid of Radio Theatre, Live Performance and the Absurd.
This event is part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival |
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