A FROGGY BECOMES
Sunday, March 17th, 2024
If you’ve ever been twelve years old, you’ll get an extra special kick out of Becky Wahlstrom’s wild and wacky and way-out-there coming-of-age comedy A Froggy Becomes, now getting the most exhilarating of World Premiere stagings at Open Fist Theatre.
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BRUSHSTROKE
Monday, January 29th, 2024
There’s nothing quite like a book, movie, TV show or play that has audiences gasping “I did not see that coming.” Case in point: John Ross Bowie’s World Premiere wow of a comedy thriller, Brushstroke, now getting a world-class World Premiere at the Odyssey.
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POTUS Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Saturday, January 27th, 2024
Comedic chaos runs wild at the Geffen Playhouse in Selina Fillinger’s farcical, filthy, fabulously entertaining POTUS Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive.
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MERCURY
Saturday, January 13th, 2024
No one does dark and twisted with quite the devilish glee of playwright Steve Yockey, proof positive of which can be seen in Mercury, a gloriously grizzly Road Theatre Company West Coast Premiere.
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ON THE FARCE DAY OF CHRISTMAS
Tuesday, December 19th, 2023
A divorced couple set madcap hijinks in motion by pretending their split never happened in Ken Levine’s On The Farce Day Of Christmas, not just a wild and wacky comedic ride but a tasty treat for those seeking something fresh and new for the holidays.
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METEOR SHOWER
Saturday, November 25th, 2023
Leave it to “a wild and crazy guy” like Steve Martin to write a wild and crazy play like Meteor Shower, the deliciously quirky, stealthily surreal hour-long gem now tickling audiences at San Pedro’s Little Fish Theatre.
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A FAMILY BUSINESS
Saturday, November 18th, 2023
All hell breaks loose when a dating couple and two sets of parents get together for the first time in A Family Business, Matt Chait’s thoroughly entertaining follow-up to Bearings, which won the playwright a 2022-2023 Best Of The Year Scenie.
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LOVE AMONG THE RUINS
Monday, October 9th, 2023
Star power lights up the El Portal stage in Love Among The Ruins, as delectable an evening or afternoon of live theater as any playgoer could wish for.
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