LINES IN THE DUST
Sunday, November 5th, 2023
Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Nikkole Salter examines inequities in public education in her powerful, thought-provoking, thoroughly engrossing Lines In The Dust, a memorable debut collaboration between Collaborative Artists Bloc and Support Black Theatre at the Matrix.
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SPRING AWAKENING
Saturday, November 4th, 2023
Director Tim Dang, choreographer Preston Mui, an all-around sensational cast, and a stunning production design make East West Players’ Spring Awakening a standout among the umpteen productions I’ve seen so far.
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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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BISEXUAL SADNESS
Sunday, October 29th, 2023
A bi woman about to marry the man of her dreams fears losing the community of gay women who welcomed her during her lengthy relationship with a lesbian in India Kotis’s Bisexual Sadness, a laughter-and-drama-packed Road Theatre World Premiere guaranteed to get you thinking and talking about sexuality and gender in new and unexpected ways.
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BABY FOOT
Tuesday, October 24th, 2023
Two addicts, one on her way out of rehab after 90 days sober, the other on his way in with a frighteningly drug-free 90-day challenge ahead of him, meet to electrifying effect in Baby Foot, Tim Venable’s gut-punchingly powerful, unexpectedly laugh-getting follow-up to last year’s stunning The Beautiful People at Rogue Machine Theatre.
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THE ADDAMS FAMILY
Monday, October 23rd, 2023
Inland Valley Repertory Theatre celebrates its move to the Lewis Family Playhouse with the creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky delight that is (“Snap! Snap!”) Broadway’s The Addams Family, hands down one of the company’s best productions ever.
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THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Sunday, October 22nd, 2023
Musical Theatre West’s splendiferously performed revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound Of Music makes it abundantly clear why the 1959 Broadway smash is a bona fide musical theater classic.
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DEATHTRAP
Saturday, October 21st, 2023
International City Theatre winds up its 2023 season with Ira Levin’s Broadway suspense classic Deathtrap, guaranteeing audiences an abundance of thrills and chills and gasp-worthy plot twists amidst an equal bounty of laughs.
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