ALICE BY HEART
Sunday, November 9th, 2025
The off-Broadway critics got it right when they called Alice By Heart’s book muddled, but that didn’t bother me a bit last night, so captivated was I by the impressive production it has been given by MouthBone Theater Company.
PERFECT WORLD
Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
Barbara Follett had two novels published before she turned 15. Then, at the age of 25, she disappeared and was never heard from again. Her life now forms the basis of Perfect World, a promising new bio-musical being given the most polished of World Premieres at the El Portal Theatre.
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ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME
Saturday, October 25th, 2025A heaping helping of music video-style dance numbers and over twenty of Britney Spears’ Greatest Hits go a long way towards keeping the audience at Jaxx Theatricals entertained for two and a half hours, but minus multi-million-dollar Broadway production values, Once Upon A One More Time’s book-related shortcomings are harder to ignore in its AEA Showcase Los Angeles Premiere.
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HELLO, DOLLY!
Sunday, October 19th, 2025
Tami Tappan Damiano lights up the Musical Theatre West stage like nobody’s business as the one-and-only Dolly Levi in the record-breaking 10-Tony-Award-winning Best Musical of 1964, Hello, Dolly!, not only one of Broadway’s Golden Era’s greatest but one of MTW’s most spectacular productions in years.
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HAIRSPRAY
Sunday, October 12th, 2025
5-Star Theatricals concludes its 2025 season with an irresistibly entertaining revival of the 2002 Broadway smash Hairspray, directed by none other than the show’s original Tracy Turnblad, Best Lead Actress Tony winner Marissa Jaret Winokur herself.
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MY SPIRITS SOAR
Monday, September 29th, 2025Rising L.A. stage star Abigail Stewart and Daytime Emmy nominee Kevin Spirtas light up the stage in Doug Haverty and Adryan Russ’s entertainingly old-fashioned romantic musical comedy My Spirit Soars now playing at The Group Rep.
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RENT
Thursday, September 25th, 2025
No matter how many times you’ve seen Jonathan Larson’s legendary rock musical Rent, you have never seen it “dancified” the way Lineage Performing Arts Center dancifies their shows, just one reason why Lineage’s unique take on the 1990s Broadway classic is well worth checking out.
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COME FROM AWAY
Monday, September 22nd, 2025
Come From Away makes its long-awaited regional debut at the La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts in a feel-good production that’s even better than the already brilliant 2017 Tony-winning Broadway original at bringing to life this true story of heroism, humanity, and heart triumphing over terror.
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