THE NERD

Rick Steadman, aka The Nerd, is the guest from hell who comes and stays and stays and stays…in Larry Shue’s hilarious comedy, The Nerd.  Shue only wrote two plays (The Nerd and The Foreigner) in a life cut far too short, but they are both comic gems which assure his legacy. There is hardly a theater company (regional, community, or school) that hasn’t presented at least one of them, and with good reason.  They are funny, outrageous, absurd delights, and Shue’s The Nerd is now getting an almost perfect production at the Hermosa Beach Playhouse.

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LEADING LADIES

Playwright Ken Ludwig is a master of the contemporary farce, something that
anyone who has seen his much performed Lend Me A Tenor can attest to.
Another Ludwig gem is Leading Ladies, now getting first-rate treatment by Norris
Center, a gem of a professional theater hidden in beautiful Rolling Hills Estates,
down Palos Verdes way.
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COME BACK TO THE FIVE & DIME JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN

In the tradition of Steel Magnolias and Crimes of the Heart comes the current 
offering at the Hermosa Beach Playhouse, Ed Graczyk’s down-home comedy 
Come Back to the Five & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. Like SM and COTH, 
CBTTF&DJDJD features a cast of feisty and fabulous Southern (in this case Texas) 
women, loads of laughs, and a surprise or two.
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