ANNA IN THE TROPICS
Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
Illicit passions set a Florida cigar factory aflame in Nilo Cruz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Anna Of The Tropics, the dramatic latest from A Noise Within.
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CRY IT OUT
Sunday, April 10th, 2022
Stay-at-home nursing moms rarely get a center-stage spotlight, which is just one reason to cheer the arrival of Molly Smith Metzler’s funny, compelling, deeply touching dramedy Cry It Out to Orange County’s Chance Theater.
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BRIGHT HALF LIFE
Saturday, April 9th, 2022
An interracial same-sex couple embark upon a four-decade-long roller-coaster ride of romantic highs and lows in the Road Theatre Company’s Los Angeles Premiere of Tanya Barfield’s Bright Half Life, as funny and sad and moving a two-character dramedy as I’ve seen in ages.
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BUYER & CELLAR
Monday, April 4th, 2022
Mike Millan and Barbra Streisand share the Broadwater Second Stage in Jonathan Tolins’ deliciously dishy Buyer & Cellar, Celebration Theatre’s long awaited return to live-and-in-person programming.
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A CHORUS LINE
Monday, April 4th, 2022
The annual USC spring musical is back after a three-year hiatus with director Tim Dang and choreographer Cedric Dodd’s strikingly fresh take on A Chorus Line, a talent showcase for a couple dozen Trojan triple-threats on their way to the top.
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L.A. NOW AND THEN
Saturday, April 2nd, 2022
The longer you’ve lived in Los Angeles, the more Bruce Kimmel’s L.A. Now And Then is likely to resonate with you, but even if names like Sheriff John and Engineer Bill don’t ring a bell, you’ll likely find much to enjoy in this musical love letter to the City of Angels, now playing at the Group Rep Theatre in North Hollywood.
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A PUBLIC READING OF AN UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY ABOUT THE DEATH OF WALT DISNEY
Monday, March 28th, 2022There may well be a compelling play to be written about Walt Disney’s life, but Lucas Hnath’s A Public Reading of An Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney is not that play.
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SPAMILTON: AN AMERICAN PARODY
Sunday, March 27th, 2022
Hamilton may have concluded its Pantages Theatre run on Hollywood Blvd., but for those suffering Hamilton withdrawal, Musical Theatre West treats audiences to Spamilton, eighty minutes of Broadway satire at its funniest, cleverest, and most tuneful.
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