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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LA COCINA
Saturday, January 20th, 2024
The high-stress, high-intensity back-of-house goings-on at a classy New York City eatery come excitingly to life in Tony Menéses’s La Cocina, the latest from North Hollywood’s Loft Ensemble, and a particular treat for fans of Hulu’s The Bear.
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SUKKOT
Sunday, January 14th, 2024
Few situations are riper for raucous laughter, long-festering rage, and buckets of tears than the much dreaded family reunion, and since almost everybody on this planet has attended at least one (if not dozens) of them, expect to find much to identify with and relish in Matthew Leavitt’s marvelous new family-reunion dramedy Sukkot.
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MADAME SCROOGE: A CHRISTMAS CAROL MUSICAL
Sunday, December 24th, 2023
A Glendale landmark is reborn as The Nocturne Theatre just in time to treat holiday audiences to Madame Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Musical, Meyer2Meyer Entertainment’s fabulous new, gender-bending musical twist on the Charles Dickens Christmas classic.
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OY! TO THE WORLD ~ CHRISTMAS WITH A TWIST!
Saturday, December 16th, 2023
What do the teddy bear, the ballpoint pen, the Polaroid Land Camera, Barbie, and just about every Christmas pop standard you’ve ever heard have in common? They’re all the brainchildren of Chosen People like Irving Berlin, whose “White Christmas” is just one of over two dozen seasonal classics that make OY! To The World ~ Christmas With A Twist!, aka “a celebration of your favorite Christmas songs by Jewish songwriters,” a holiday music bonanza at NoHo’s El Portal 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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RESET
Tuesday, November 7th, 2023Described in press materials as a “sci-fi morality play,” Howard Ho’s Reset, the latest Moving Arts World Premiere, features an intriguing premise, a promising opening sequence, and a particularly appealing lead performance.
Unfortunately, things go downhill, way downhill, once a character known as “Old Man” shows up.
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SHE
Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
Coming-of-age stories don’t get any more engaging or heartwarming or inspiring than Marlow Wyatt’s SHE, now captivating audiences in its Antaeus Theatre Company World Premiere.
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