MIDNIGHT SCREENING
Monday, April 17th, 2023
Take two or more complete strangers, trap them in a single location, and watch the fireworks fly. It’s a formula that worked for John Hughes in his 1985 classic The Breakfast Club and six years later in his not-so-classic Career Opportunities, and it’s a concept that proves every bit as effective at the Zephyr Theatre in Tim Schildberger’s World Premiere winner Midnight Screening.
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1776
Thursday, April 13th, 2023
Radical re-conception and revelatory re-casting add up to a revolutionary 21st-century take on Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone’s 1969 Broadway classic 1776 in the 2022 Broadway revival now thrilling audiences at the Ahmanson.
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BLUE
Sunday, April 9th, 2023
Award-winning L.A. stage star June Carryl proves herself a playwright to be reckoned with in Rogue Machine’s Blue, a ripped-from-today’s-headlines stunner now riveting audiences in the Matrix Theatre’s ultra-intimate Henry Murray Stage.
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THE THIN PLACE
Monday, March 20th, 2023
You don’t have to believe in psychic phenomena to find yourself spellbound by Lucas Hnath’s mysterious and spooky The Thin Place, the latest Echo Theater Company winner at the Atwater Village Theatre.
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THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT
Tuesday, March 7th, 2023
A simple fact-finding assignment pits Gen Z against Gen X and accuracy against truth in The Lifespan Of A Fact, the very funny—and very discussion-prompting—latest from the Fountain Theatre.
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THE SECRET GARDEN
Tuesday, February 28th, 2023
Inspired direction, stunning performances, a striking production design, and sumptuous orchestrations add up to something Los Angeles musical theater lovers have been waiting decades to experience, a Broadway-caliber revival of the Tony-winning The Secret Garden.
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FOR THE LOVE OF A GLOVE
Sunday, February 26th, 2023
Aliens from outer space give five boys from Indiana voices that will propel them to the top of the charts in For The Love Of A Glove, Julien Nitzberg’s shamelessly irreverent, gleefully filthy, 100% unauthorized look at the controversial life of a certain King Of Pop, now eliciting shocked laughs galore in downtown-adjacent Echo Park.
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COME GET MAGGIE
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023Rogue Machine Theatre’s World Premiere 1950s sci-fi spoof Come Get Maggie has almost everything a new original musical ought to have. It’s funny, it’s quirky, it’s clever, and it’s terrifically performed. What it lacks is an infectiously hummable score.
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